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John Kerry: Russia's actions in Syria 'could provoke a further escalation of...
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday Russia's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could raise the risk of confrontation with coalition forces fighting...
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Report: A US-trained Syrian rebel leader defected to al Qaeda affiliate
A group of U.S.-trained rebels that recently returned to Syria says it is investigating reports that one of its members has defected and handed over his weapons to the al-Qaida affiliate in the...
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Kurdistan’s elite counterterrorism group takes the fight to ISIS
“If I knew where Al-Baghdadi was, I would fly in and kill him tonight,” says Polad Talabani, the commander of Kurdistan’s Counterterrorism Group or CTG.Polad has been with CTG since its inception in...
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Hezbollah is joining a formal alliance with Russia, Iran, and the Syrian regime
A leading pro-Hezbollah daily claimed on Tuesday that the party has joined a new counter-terror alliance with Moscow and that Russia will take part in military operations alongside the Syrian army and...
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Latest imagery shows 28 Russian combat planes on the ground in Syria
A satellite image has finally unveiled the whole Russian Air Force contingent made of 28 combat planes deployed to Syria: taken on Sept. 21, the photograph shows 4 Su-30SMs, 12 Su-25SMs and 12 Su-24s...
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White House dithering paralyzes the best US ally for fighting ISIS
While the Obama administration haggles over its Syria strategy, a Kurdish militia that claims more than 25,000 battle-hardened fighters is poised several dozen miles north of the Islamic State's...
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Putin has already scored an important victory in Syria
Putin did not have to fire a shot to assert Russian power, focus the world’s attention, and counter U.S. influence.According to reliable press reports, President Vladimir Putin has already made major...
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There's a rogue group in Iraq's second-largest city that's assassinating ISIS...
Their identities are secret. They work after sundown, preferring deserted areas of the city. No one knows where they will strike next. They target different neighborhoods each time.Their mission is...
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Here's why Latakia is vital to Assad's regime
In light of its large Sunni population, the coastal city and its environs are not secure for the Syrian regime, possibly explaining why Russian forces are concentrating there.Over the past few months,...
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Putin says he'll conduct unilateral airstrikes in Syria if the US won't work...
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for unilateral airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria if the United States rejects his proposal to join forces, Bloomberg...
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Here's how the Russian Air Force moved 28 aircraft to Syria (almost) undetected
Satellite imagery released in the last couple of days has exposed the presence of 28 Russian aircraft at al-Assad airfield, near Latakia, in western Syria.The photographs taken from space gave us the...
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Israel and Russia are setting up a military coordination team for Syria
An Israeli-Russian coordination team set up to prevent the countries accidentally trading fire in Syria will be headed by their deputy armed forces chiefs and will hold its first meeting by Oct. 5, an...
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The ISIS intel scandal is 'directly at the heart of Central Command'
Accusations of altered US military intelligence have come from deep within the Pentagon agency covering security interests in the Middle East, according to a report in The New York Times.The Times...
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The Syrian army is using new Russian jets to beat back rebels in northern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces used newly arrived Russian warplanes to bombard Islamic State insurgents in Aleppo province in northern Syria, a group monitoring the civil war said on...
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Geolocating Russian military aircraft in Syria
Over the last week there’s been a great deal of interest in the movement of Russian military equipment and troops to Syria, with images published by AllSource Analysis of al-Assad International Airport...
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ISIS has a cash-flow problem
The ISIS economy is struggling.A little more than a year after declaring an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the extremist group is having a hard time keeping the promises it made to those living...
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This baby was a victim of Assad's air war on Syrian civilians before she was...
A newborn baby whose mother was injured in an airstrike near Aleppo, Syria, was born with shrapnel lodged in her forehead, a hospital spokesman told CNN. The shrapnel had reportedly pierced the woman's...
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Migrants are reportedly using Facebook to acquire fake Syrian passports to...
For migrants looking to enter Europe, it is the best possible shortcut. A quick tap on their smartphone takes them to The Travellers’ Platform, a Facebook page that provides the answers to all their...
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Syrian Mig-29 fighter jets escorted those 28 Russian combat aircraft that...
A US official who spoke with Fox News has just confirmed what we reported with plenty of details on Thursday: The 28 Russian Sukhoi jets hid under radar signature of cargo planes and made a stopover in...
View ArticleHere's how the migrant crisis is spreading through Europe and the Middle East
Millions of Syrian refugees trying to escape escalating violence from the civil war and ISIS have taken shelter in neighboring countries as other migrants and refugees continue to look for asylum in...
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