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Here's what the Syrian war looks like from Damascus, Turkey, and the ISIS de...
The following three views provide unique perspectives into how the Syrian regime, the U.S. and Turkey, and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) perceive the battlefield. The regime viewpoint,...
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US special forces and the CIA are using drones against al Qaeda and ISIS in...
With no regular American presence in the war theater, the U.S. has struggled to answer basic intelligence questions about the situation in Syria and Iraq, including the Islamic State group's fighting...
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This algorithm could help predict ISIS' future moves
A computer scientist has pioneered an artificial intelligence-driven method of modeling the behaviors of militant groups, and the Department of Defense is interested.In a paper titled "Mining for...
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ISIS is only a fraction of the problem in Syria
The second debate between Republican presidential candidates, recent testimonies by the Administration, testimony to bodies like the Senate Armed Service Committee, and statements by more neutral...
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Putin at UN: We need a 'genuinely broad alliance against terrorism, just like...
Russian President Vladimir Putin just took the stage at the UN General Assembly for the first time in a decade, and he called for a "genuinely broad alliance against terrorism, just like the one...
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One of the Russians seen fighting in Syria is a well-known militia leader...
A well-known Russian soldier implicated in war crimes in eastern Ukraine has now been spotted in Syria. Photos allegedly taken in Syria show Arseny Pavlov, better known by his nom de guerre Motorla,...
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One thing that ISIS is not struggling with
Despite Western efforts to counter extremism and terrorism recruiting, tens of thousands of foreigners have traveled to the Middle East to join groups like ISIS, The New York Times reports.The number...
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Obama meeting with Putin is a gift
An odd thing happened on President Barack Obama's way to New York for meetings at the UN with world leaders.He forgot to schedule a session with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Of course, New...
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The West is walking into the abyss on Syria
Once again, Syria is making the headlines.As tens of thousands of desperate Syrians embark on their perilous journeys towards Europe, policymakers in the West are faced with yet another unintended...
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'85 percent of what Putin said was unmitigated bulls---'
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the United Nations' General Assembly on Monday that there is a need for an international coalition to fight the Islamic State terror group and support the regime...
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Iran's president bashed the 'inhumane Zionist entity’ at the UN in New York
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the UN General Assembly Monday that Iran seeks to rebuild relations with the international community and especially its neighbors, but left little doubt that he...
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Iran president: We are ready to bring democracy to Syria and Yemen
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Tehran was ready to help bring democracy to war-torn Syria and Yemen, and blamed the spread of terrorism in the Middle East on the United States.In...
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Russia has deployed at least one spyplane to Syria
Along with the 28 combat planes that have arrived at al-Assad International Airport via Iran hiding under Il-76 cargo planes last week, the Russian Air Force has deployed at least one Il-20 Coot...
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Here are the fully loaded fighter jets France sent to bomb ISIS in Syria
On Sept. 27, five Rafale jets, an Atlantique 2 and a C-135 tanker aircraft “launched by airbases located in Jordan and the Persian Gulf,” were involved in the first mission against an ISIS training...
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6 more Russian fighter jets arrive in Syria through Iran and Iraq
Six Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft have eventually arrived at Latakia to join the Russian contingent already there.Images allegedly shot around the al-Assad International Airport clearly show one Russian...
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Obama and Putin met on Syria but still don't agree on Assad's fate
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama met on the crisis in Syria but failed to resolve their dispute over the future role of Bashar...
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Russia is trying to coax the US into sharing intel with Iraq, Iran, and Syria...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and US leaders, Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, discussed information sharing on the crisis in Syria when they met in New York on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
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We now know more about Russian forces in Syria
Since publishing the most recent imagery of the Bassel al Assad air base in Syria on Sept. 20, Stratfor has been working with the imagery analysts at AllSource Analysis to obtain higher-resolution...
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Both Putin and Obama are wrong on Syria
Having boldly deployed troops and planes on behalf of Syria's bloodstained dictatorship, Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted the podium of the U.N. General Assembly on Monday and called on the...
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Russia has established a seaborne lifeline for the Syrian regime
The Alexandr Tkachenko, an ageing ferry with a canary-yellow hull, usually carries people across the Kerch Strait, a bustling sea route and the only connection between Russia and Crimea, the peninsula...
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