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Peter Kassig Is Not Just An American Hero, But A Global One
Last week, militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria executed another American hostage. This one was Peter Kassig, and American aid worker who changed his name to Abdul Rahman upon converting...
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US Strikes Have Reportedly Killed 910 People In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes by U.S.-led forces in Syria have killed 910 people, including 52 civilians, since the start of the campaign against Islamic State and other fighters two months ago, a...
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These Are Assad's Henchmen
In cities and towns across Syria, the “Shabiha” are a much-feared cadre of pro-Assad paramilitary militia thugs. The word “Shabiha” means “ghost” in Arabic, and their ranks are composed of thousands of...
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ISIS Is Building An Army of Child Soldiers In The Capital Of Its 'Caliphate'
Teenagers carrying weapons stand at checkpoints and busy intersections in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul.Patched onto the left arms of their black uniforms are the logos of the Islamic Police.In...
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UN Expert: ISIS Received Up To $45 Million In Ransom Payments In 2013 Alone
The Islamic State group, which is said to be the world’s wealthiest terrorist organization with diversified sources of funding, received up to $45 million in ransom in the past year, according to a...
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Hagel's Views On Syria Clashed With The White House — And May Have Cost Him...
The dismissal of Barack Obama's Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, marks yet another instance in which the President and his closest aides find themselves at odds with senior colleagues primarily on the...
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Qatar And The US Are Training Anti-ISIS Fighters At A Secret Desert Base
Qatar, with help from the US, is training Syrian rebels at a base in the desert to fight President Bashar Assad's forces and the Islamic State group, Reuters reported Wednesday.Most of the rebels...
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What It's Like Inside The Syrian Border Town Being Besieged by ISIS
Blocks of low-rise buildings with hollow facades, shattered concrete, streets strewn with rubble and overturned, crumpled remains of cars and trucks. Such is the landscape in Kobani, where the sounds...
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Pope Francis: ISIS Is Committing 'Grave Sin Against God'
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis said Islamic militants were carrying out a "profoundly grave sin against God" in Syria and Iraq, calling on Sunday for inter-religious dialogue and action against...
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The World's Most Wanted Nazi Reportedly Died In Syria While Living Under The...
The world's most wanted Nazi criminal, Adolf Eichmann's second-in-command, died four years ago in Syria at age 98, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Sunday, citing the testimony of a former German...
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American F-16 Pilot Killed In Middle East Crash
An American Air Force pilot was killed on November 30 when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed shortly after takeoff from a base in the Middle East, according to a report from from US Central Command.The...
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ISIS Is Running An Alarmingly Effective Terrorist State
ISIS blitzed through Iraq and Syria over the summer, seizing Iraq's second-largest city, ethnically cleansing entire minority groups, and executing US and British hostages.At times, the group appeared...
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The US Is Clearly Strengthening Assad's Hand In Syria
By attacking rebels less extreme than the Islamic State, the U.S. almost seems to be doing Syria’s bidding.In Foreign Policy magazine, Noah Bonsey writes:U.S. officials publicly acknowledge that the...
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Syrian Rebel Commander: A Little US Training Goes A Long Way
Syrian rebel commander Abdulaziz says U.S. military training helped his men kill at least 15 ISIS fighters in a recent battle near Aleppo.Three months earlier, a similar engagement had gone the other...
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Russia Just Blocked The Websites Of Several Top Western Analysts Tracking ISIS
A number of blogs and websites written by Western analysts who track jihadi and extremist groups, including the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group, appear to have been blocked in Russia.Pieter Van...
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One Of ISIS Leader Baghdadi’s Wives Was Arrested In Lebanon
Lebanon’s army in late November arrested one of Islamic State (ISIS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wives and one of their children, media outlets reported Tuesday. Lebanese daily As-Safir broke the...
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The US IS Now In An 'Awkward' Position Over Syria And Iraq
Whether they're directly cooperating or just "deconflicting," the US air force is operating alongside the Syrian and the Iranian air forces over Iraq and Syria.On Monday, an unnamed US defense official...
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US Expects To See CIA-Trained Rebels In The Recruits For Fighting ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is creating a vigorous vetting process to weed out undesirables among the Syrian rebels it will train to fight Islamic State, but some of the new recruits will...
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Assad Says US Airstrikes Aren't Making A Difference — And That He's Just...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S-led air strikes in Syria have made no difference on the ground and described himself as a captain trying to save his ship, in comments to a French magazine and...
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ISIS Is Targeting Arab Doctors From Israel For Recruitment
The Islamic State group (ISIS) has been trying to recruit Israeli Arab doctors and medical students to help out in its field hospitals, which are suffering from a dearth of qualified personnel, Channel...
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