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ISIS has reportedly blown up more ancient sites in the Syrian city Palmyra
Damascus (AFP) - Jihadists of the Islamic State group have blown up three of the famed tower tombs of Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra, antiquities department chief Maamoun Abdelkarim told AFP...
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This Egyptian tycoon wants to buy an island to house Syrian refugees
An Egyptian billionaire has offered to buy a Mediterranean island to help the thousands of people fleeing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere, according to a report from AFP.Naguib Sawiris, the owner of...
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This map shows exactly how many refugees are applying for asylum across Europe
Europe is in the midst of a refugee crisis.Thousands of people are fleeing the Syrian civil war, now in its fifth year, as well as Islamic State militants in parts of the Middle East, conflict in...
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Here's how Kurdish guerrilla forces are using dirty tricks against ISIS
The roles of underground operations, guerrilla, sabotage and classic special operations units are groups who act in frustration to opposing forces.In this case the bullet meets the bone in Syria as...
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Hungarian government unexpectedly offers to bus refugees to the Austrian border
BICSKE, Hungary (AP) — In a surprise late announcement, the Hungarian government says it will offer buses to take hundreds of migrants to the border with Austria.Earlier Friday, some 1,200 frustrated...
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White House says it is 'monitoring' reports Russian military is in Syria
Washington (AFP) - The White House on Thursday said it was closely monitoring reports that Russia is carrying out military operations in Syria, warning such actions, if confirmed, would be...
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Putin is upping military intervention in Syria
Russia is providing “serious” training and logistical support to the Syrian army, Vladimir Putin has said, in the first public confirmation of the depth of Russia’s involvement in Syria's civil war...
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Austria and Germany open their borders to thousands of exhausted, rain-soaked...
Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a right-wing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by...
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Putin is upping the ante in Syria
Evidence is emerging that Russia may be ramping up its military involvement in Syria in a bid to help the ailing regime of President Bashar Assad stave off ISIS and other rebel groups.American...
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Britain says air strikes against ISIS in Syria may be the answer to the...
ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe's migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a...
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The US is not happy about reports of Russia's military build-up in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia's enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday with his Russian counterpart,...
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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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More than 6,000 refugees fleeing war in Syria are given a ‘warm welcome’ in...
For weeks while they traveled a punitive road, Europe cast a cold eye on their unwelcome progress.On Saturday, for the first time since fleeing their troubled homelands, they could set foot in their...
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Syrian military official: There’s been a ‘big shift’ in Russian military...
While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country's war was dominating news bulletins this summer, yet another diplomatic push to end the four-year-old conflict was quietly running into the...
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Obama's Middle East policy is reaching a crucial crossroads
Obama's half-hearted Syria policy — which is now intertwined with his entire Middle East strategy — is being tested again.Syrian rebels receiving training to fight the Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, or...
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Here's how many refugees are applying for asylum in each European country
Europe is in the midst of a refugee crisis.Thousands of people are fleeing the Syrian civil war, now in its fifth year, as well as Islamic State militants in parts of the Middle East, conflict in...
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Gulf Arab states are being criticized for their 'shameful' response to the...
DUBAI (Reuters) - When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant...
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Putin is being coy and fueling suspicions about what he plans to do in Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — Signs of an ongoing Russian military buildup in Syria have drawn U.S. concerns and raised questions of whether Moscow plans to enter the conflict.President Vladimir Putin has been coy on...
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Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay are now fighting to leave
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Five families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president's offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American...
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The UK 'won't hesitate' to carry out more deadly drone strikes after it...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not hesitate to carry out more deadly drone strikes against militants in Syria planning attacks on the United Kingdom, defense minister Michael Fallon said on Tuesday,...
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