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An Al Qaeda affiliate was the driving force behind the biggest Syrian rebel...
Rebel forces led by al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) wrested control of Idlib City from the Assad regime on March 28, 2015.Removing the regime from a second provincial capital is arguably the...
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China is cracking down on local governments that submit fake air quality data
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vice minister for environmental protection has announced a two-year inspection campaign to root out fake air quality data and accused some local governments of manipulating...
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ISIS is trying to establish a base 5 miles from Syria's capital
Islamic State jihadists in Syria have for months expanded their field of operations beyond their “caliphate” in the north-east of the country.But now they are fighting for the Yarmouk Palestinian...
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Assad is having a rough week
BEIRUT (AP) — It was a bruising week for Syria's Bashar Assad. The rapid collapse of his forces on two fronts in the north and south brought the opposition its biggest victories in two years, raising...
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ISIS blew up a Syrian church on Easter
BEIRUT – ISIS reportedly leveled a church in a village in eastern Syria’s Tel Tamr region as the Assyrian Christians of the beleaguered area celebrated Easter. “The Islamic State has blown up the...
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Assad is not a serious ally in the fight against ISIS
“The reality is that Mr. Assad has become a necessary, if still unpalatable, potential ally in combating the Islamic State.”So says The New York Times Editorial Board. Far from explaining their...
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The contest to reverse ISIS gains in Iraq is escalating
The contest to reverse ISIS's territorial gains in Iraq is escalating. The recent success achieved by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and allied forces in Tikrit has set a decision point for the...
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UN official: State of Syrian refugee camp 'beyond inhumane'
BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinian fighters clashed with Islamic State militants in a heavily contested Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital on Monday as a United Nations official described the...
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Syria and Iraq are awash with Russian, Iranian, and Chinese weapons
As ISIS first blitzed across northern Iraq in June 2014, the militants seized large quantities of US arms and vehicles from the fleeing Iraqi forces. Over the almost past year of fighting, however,...
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ISIS has turned a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria into 'hell on earth'
Given their tragic modern history, Palestinians are used to being trapped between Scylla and Charybdis in one form or another. But rarely has the situation been as stark and alarming as has now...
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US plans for training an anti-ISIS army sound like a total mess
ISTANBUL (AP) — The fight against the Islamic State group received a jolt of energy when the United States and Turkey sealed a pact to train and arm Syrian rebels. Two months later, the program faces...
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The ISIS takeover of a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus shows how the...
During the first week of April, the "Islamic State"/ISIS captured as much as 90 percent of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus — an important and somewhat surprising development...
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About 6,000 Europeans are reportedly fighting with jihadist groups in Syria
Paris (AFP) - The number of Europeans fighting with jihadist groups in Syria could exceed 6,000, a top EU official told a French newspaper Monday."At the European level, we estimate that 5,000-6,000...
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The Pentagon just released more video of the US pounding ISIS targets in...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has released videos of US airstrikes against ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. CENTCOM released footage of the targeting and destruction of five different ISIS targets between...
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Russia and Iran just showed how 'they can do whatever they like' right now
Iran and a US-led group of countries consisting of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany (called the P5+1) still have a ways to go before they reach a final...
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A man has been arrested by British police after being deported from Turkey...
LONDON (Reuters) - A 21-year-old man, one of nine members of the same family detained earlier this month in Turkey on suspicion of trying to illegally enter Syria, was arrested by British police on his...
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Here's where the Pentagon says that ISIS is dominant in Iraq and Syria
ISIS is experiencing a string of setbacks in Iraq. Since August 2014, the militant group has lost control of somewhere between 5,000 to 6,000 square miles, according to a Pentagon assessment. This...
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Iran is redeploying its soldiers around Syria's capital after 'heavy losses'
BEIRUT – Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops fighting on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime have reportedly withdrawn from a number of battlefronts and redeployed to strategic points around the Syrian...
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NBC journalist admits he made mistakes in reporting a story from a conflict zone
Months after the Brian Williams scandal hit NBC's news division, foreign correspondent Richard Engel has said he made mistakes in the reporting of his 2012 kidnapping in Syria.The New York Times...
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The US train-and-equip program for Syrian rebels has major regional implications
Augmenting the planned force could help address intensifying threats posed by ISIS, along with Iran-backed militias and the Assad regime.Washington's train-and-equip program for the Syrian moderate...
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