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Russia
Obama’s Uncertain Path Amid Syria Bloodshed
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Fearing retribution, Syrian minorities keep low profile in exile
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Saudi Arabia
Saudis Said to Disregard US on Aid to Syria Islamists
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Russia
In a Weapons Shell Game, Russia Is Still Arming Syria
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ISIS launches 3 more suicide attacks against Iraqi security forces
Suicide bombers struck in Mosul, Rutba, and Jurf al-Sakhar. Since Oct. 1, the ISIS has used at least 25 suicide bombers in Iraq.
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Syria
Al Qaeda-linked rebels stormed the Christian town of Sadad, which is near several arms depots, and killed nine civilians in the streets. The Syrian National Coalition refused to participate in Geneva talks unless their aim is to remove President Assad from power. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham released video of fighters in the Aleppo city of Azaz.
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Iraq
Kurdish rebels threaten new fight in Turkey as Syria clashes intensify
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Turkey’s war on al-Qaeda groups in Syria
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Saudi Arabia
Spy Chief Distances Saudis From U.S.
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ISIS launches another suicide assault in Anbar
Since Oct. 1, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has used 22 suicide bombers in Iraq.
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Syria
US State Department officials said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has hindered the flow of aid from the US and other countries to the moderate opposition. Abu Amarr, a senior rebel commander in the Free Syrian Army and the leader of the Fallujah-Houran brigade, was killed in clashes with regime forces in Daraa. Regime airstrikes targeted areas south of Damascus near Jaramana where the Al Nusrah Front had made advances after a suicide bombing. Syrian opposition leaders are meeting in London tomorrow to consider participation in the Geneva peace talks. The Al Nusrah Front released statements and…
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ISIS fighter from Kosovo praises jihad in Syria
German intelligence estimates that more than 1,000 Europeans, including 150 Muslims from Kosovo, are fighting against the Assad regime in Syria.
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ISIS uses 8 suicide bombers in complex attack in western Iraq
The ISIS has not had difficulty in recruiting and deploying suicide bombers to conduct complex assaults in either Iraq or Syria.
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Syria
From England, One Man Feeds Western Media on Syria
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Syria
A suicide truck bombing by the Al Nusrah Front killed 43 people in Hama and wounded dozens more; although an army checkpoint was targeted, 32 of the dead were civilians. The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused the international community of hypocrisy for focusing on chemical weapons while thousands of Syrians are being killed by the ongoing conflict. The chief of the Arab League said peace talks on Syria would begin on Nov. 23 in Geneva, but the UN’s envoy for Syria said no date had been set.
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Syria
Syria’s civil war plays out on social media
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Israeli Arab reported killed fighting in Syria may be alive
An Israeli Arab said to have been killed in September while fighting alongside the Al Nusrah Front in Syria allegedly called his family today. The person purporting to be Mueid Juma’a did not disclose his current location.
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Hamas
Syria: Tensions escalate between Islamist rebels and Hamas
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Syria
Battling on two fronts, moderate Syrian rebels struggle for funding, lose fighters
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, assisted by the Al Nusrah Front and rebel battalions, clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, and bombarded the towns of Kendar and Ando Kawi in Raqqah. Rebels and Islamist forces clashed in Reef Dimashq after an Al Nusrah truck bomb detonated by the Tamiko factory checkpoint, killing at least 16 soldiers. A British surgeon said snipers in Syria targeted specific body areas, including the bellies of pregnant women.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Family vacation? No, ‘family jihad’ in Syria
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia turns down UN Security Council membership
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Syria
Regime bombardments killed 12 civilians in the Aleppo town of Tel’eren, which was wrested from the control of Liwa’ Jabhat al-Akrad rebels by the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in July. Al Nusrah and Ahrar al-Sham clashed with regime forces near Aleppo Central Prison. Al Nusrah executed 10 regime soldiers in Deir Azzour, and rebels took over a literature college near al-Reshdiya. The OPCW has visited 14 of 20 chemical weapons sites, but has been unable to inspect the Safira military complex due to heavy fighting. The Syrian National Council said it would…
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Ahrar al Sham
Weapons, fighters flow to Syria’s next battlefront as offensive looms
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ISIS photos show children training at ‘al Zarqawi Cubs Camp’
The ISIS images are similar to videos and photographs of child training camps in Pakistan’s tribal areas that are run by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Turkistan Islamic Party, and the Islamic Jihad Union.
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Saudi Arabia
Training of Syrian insurgents steps up in Saudi Arabia
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Syria
Erdogan, Syria Rebels’ Leading Ally, Hesitates, 31 Months In
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Syria
A rebel sniper killed senior Syrian general Jama’a Jama’a in a battle in Deir Azzour with fighters that included al Qaeda forces. He was head of military intelligence in Deir Azzour, and had been blacklisted by the US in 2006. A Canadian lawyer who worked for the UN observer force along Syria’s Golan Heights border and who was kidnapped in February managed to escape from his rebel captors. The humanitarian evacuation of residents from rebel-held Moadhamiya has been impeded by both rebels and regime forces. Security concerns caused OPCW inspectors to be turned back from one site.
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Free Syrian Army continues to fracture as more units defect
Sixty-six units in the south split from the FSA and the Syrian National Coalition. One of the brigades has fought with the Al Nusrah Front in the past.
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France
France agrees to shelter 500 Syrian refugees, UN says
