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Pentagon Acknowledges Anti-ISIS Airstrikes May Have Killed Civilians
The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday announced that it had initiated investigations into allegations that a large number of civilians were killed in airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition during its...
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ISIS Beheaded A Street Magician
A street magician in Syria beloved by children was beheaded by militants with the Islamic State group after his performances were deemed to be insulting to God, the Daily Mirror reported Wednesday.The...
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How 'Smart Guns' Could Eventually Help Shape US Foreign Policy
On November 3, 1969, president Richard Nixon addressed the nation, at one point laying out "what has been described as the Nixon Doctrine," a three-point foreign policy "to prevent future Vietnams."The...
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Here's The List Of What 3,222 US-Led Airstrikes Against ISIS Have Destroyed...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria have damaged or destroyed 3,222 targets since August, including 58 tanks, 184 Humvees, 673 fighting positions...
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The US Is Increasingly Aligning Itself With Russia And Iran On Syria
The meeting on Syria that Russia intends to organize in Moscow later this month is, predictably, proving to be a complete fiasco.The Russians had planned to bring together members of the Syrian...
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The US Air Force Is Dropping More Bombs On ISIS Than Ever Before
The United States Air Force has increased the level of its attacks on the Islamic State group in recent weeks, dropping more munitions than ever before.The increase, mentioned in an article on the...
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Suspected Paris Attacks Accomplice Entered Syria On January 8
The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five days before the killings and crossed into Syria on Jan. 8, Foreign MinisterMevlut Cavusoglu was cited on...
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What The Anti-ISIS Campaign In Iraq And Syria Has To Do Next
Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have had clear benefits, but a broader campaign involving more intelligence and targeting assistance on the ground is required to reap the full strategic benefits...
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Kerry On Syria: Russia Has A Plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry voiced support Wednesday for a Russian effort to bring Syria's warring factions together for talks to end the four-year conflict.Meeting in Geneva with the UN and Arab...
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Iran Just Announced The Construction of Two New Nuclear Plants
Iran has begun construction on two new nuclear plants as negotiations with America over its contested program continue in Geneva, according to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.Construction of the...
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Satellite Images Point To Who Was Behind The Worst Syrian Sarin Attack
Since the Sarin attacks in Damascus on August 21st 2013 I’ve spent a lot of time examining various aspects of the attack, from the munitions used to various claims and counter-claims about who was...
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KOBANE: Inside The Syrian Town Under Siege By ISIS And Bombed By The US
"Welcome to Stalingrad. Welcome to Kobane," said a Kurdish militant, starting his car. A mad dash across the closed Turkish border had just brought us into the majority Kurdish Syrian town, then...
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The Pentagon Is Deploying 400 Troops To Train Syrian Rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State, along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon...
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The US's Rhetoric On Assad Is Shifting In The Dictator's Favor
On Wednesday, the American secretary of state, John Kerry, met with the United Nations envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, in Geneva.De Mistura must have been happy to hear Kerry praise his efforts and...
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Tensions Between Israel And Hezbollah Are At A Boiling Point
The apparent Israeli strike inside of Syrian territory and near the Israeli-held Golan Heights on a group of commanders from Iran and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite terrorist organization, raises the...
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Here's What Hezbollah's Retaliation Against Israel Could Look Like
“Death to Israel! Death to America!” chanted thousands of people gathered yesterday in Beirut’s southern suburbs as they mourned 25-year-old Jihad Moughnieh, son of assassinated Hezbollah military...
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We Still Know Very Little About The US Plan To Build An Army To Fight ISIS In...
As the U.S. train-and-equip program for vetted Syrian rebels reportedly approaches its long-delayed kickoff, many questions remain unanswered about its nature and purpose. Setting the new force's...
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Suburban American Teen Who Wanted To Join ISIS Gets 4 Years In Prison
A US court jailed a "radicalized" Colorado teenager intercepted by the FBI when she attempted to join her fiance in the Islamic State (IS) group to fight in Syria.Shannon Conley, 19, will serve four...
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ISIS Is Being Driven Out Of Syrian Border Town Kobani
The extremist Islamic State group has nearly been pushed out of the Syrian border town of Kobani, activists and Kurdish officials said Monday, marking a major symbolic victory both for the Kurds and...
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Kurdish Fighters Have Completely Kicked ISIS Out Of Kobani
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Kurdish forces took full control of the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, driving out remaining Islamic State fighters to end a four-month battle that became a focal point of...
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