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Why Syrians are sending love messages to Angela Merkel
German chancellor Angela Merkel is receiving an outpouring of love online from Syrians, this comes after German authorities dropped a bureaucratic procedure that may allow Syrian citizens to claim...
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ISIS just blew up the largest and most beautiful pre-Christian temple in Palmyra
Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group has blown up parts of the Temple of Bel in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor and activists said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...
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Syria has named a street and a park after the founder of North Korea in a...
Syrian and North Korean officials vowed to maintain good relations with each other Monday during a ceremony that saw Syrian officials pay tribute to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's family.Kim Il Sung...
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Satellite images confirm that ISIS destroyed an ancient temple in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Satellite images have confirmed the destruction of the main building of a Roman-era temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a United Nations agency said, after activists said the...
View ArticleThis heartbreaking photo of a Syrian refugee trying to sell pens went viral...
A heartbreaking photo of a Syrian refugee selling blue ballpoint pens on the streets of Lebanon went completely viral — now over $160,000 has been raised on crowdfunding site Indiegogo to help the man...
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Everyone’s missing the really major development of the Syrian conflict
Persistent rumors resurfaced at the end of last month that Russia, dismayed by the difficulties that the Syrian regime has endured at the hands of ISIS and other rebel groups, has committed a...
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We just got our most extensive picture yet of ISIS' mysterious and reclusive...
The world knows little of the Islamic State terror group's brutal leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but a new article from counterterrorism expert Will McCants provides one of the most extensive accounts...
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American prison camps in Iraq paved the way for ISIS
This passage from the Brookings Institution's essay, 'The Believer' describes how the US prison camps in a war-torn Iraq became a breeding ground for extremists and jihadists like Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi,...
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Hundreds of migrants are protesting at the Budapest train station trying to...
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants protested in front of Budapest's Eastern railway station on Wednesday, shouting "Freedom, freedom" and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany but...
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The migrant crisis could mean the end of Europe's open border policy
Brussels (AFP) - Europe's cherished system of borderless travel is increasingly at risk as countries grapple with record numbers of refugees and migrants clamouring to enter their territory, officials...
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Heartbreaking photo of a drowned toddler embodies the world's failure in Syria
The image of a drowned Syrian toddler washed up on a Turkish beach gained widespread attention on social media Wednesday, along with the hashtag "KiyiyaVuranInsanlik"— "humanity washed ashore."The boy...
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These photos suggest Russian Air Force jets and drones are already operating...
Pictures allegedly shot over Idlib and posted on Twitter seem to suggest Sukhoi Su-27 (or derivative) Flanker, Mig-29 Fulcrum, Su-34 Fullback jets and Pchela-1T drone are operating in Syria. #Syria...
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UN: Syria's conflict is being 'driven' by world powers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrians are caught between government bombardment of civilian areas and ruthless Islamist groups in a conflict increasingly driven by foreign powers and marked by the "spread of...
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Europe's asylum system is reaching its breaking point
Hundreds of migrants left Budapest aboard a packed train bound for a town near the Austrian border on Thursday after two days of chaos symbolic of a European asylum system brought to breaking...
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Here's what we know about the Syrian child who drowned trying to escape with...
ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) — The family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had been trying to emigrate to Canada after fleeing the war-torn town of Kobani, one of their relatives...
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The haunting photo of a drowned Syrian child is finally forcing the world to...
The image of a drowned Syrian toddler washed up on a Turkish beach that was shared widely on social media Wednesday has caught the attention of newspapers and politicians around the world.British...
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Father of drowned Syrian boy in heartbreaking photo: 'We want the whole world...
MUGLA, Turkey (Reuters) — The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies Thursday and...
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Aunt of drowned Syrian toddlers: 'I'm blaming the whole world for this'
The family of two Syrian toddlers who drowned as they tried to reach Greece had not yet applied to enter Canada, the extended family said on Thursday, despite earlier reports that their refugee...
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The White House is monitoring reports that Russia is carrying out military...
The White House is closely monitoring reports that Russia has begun military operations in Syria, according to a tweet from Agence France-Presse's White House reporter, Andrew Beatty. While there is no...
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