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Al Nusrah Front
Christian village becomes a battleground in Syrian war
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Syria
Lingering Doubts Over Syria Gas Attack Evidence
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Syria
Insight: Assad forces fear rebel rampage in aftermath of U.S. strikes
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Russia
Ukrainian port eyed as analysts seek Syria’s arms source
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Al Qaeda
Syria chemical weapons stir Maghreb fears
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Syria
Videos show glimpse into evidence for Syria intervention
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Syria
Initial Investigation On Potential Chemical Weapons Found In Syria
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Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on “the increasing human rights violations that have been committed by the ISIS” (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Several fighters from both sides were killed in clashes between Kurds and the Al Nusrah Front, the ISIL, and rebel fighters in Hasakah. The ruling Baath Party leadership said it would go into “permanent session” starting today. The US and allies have not yet established a direct link between the regime leadership and the Aug. 21 chemical attack. According to the UN, some 2,000,000 Syrians have become refugees from the civil war,…
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Christian Village Besieged By Jihadists
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European Union
Syrian chemical weapons attack a war crime, says EU
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Syria
Pope Francis leads global fasting, prayer day for Syria peace
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah, Iran and Syria prepare for counterattack
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Syria
Direct link between Assad and gas attack elusive for U.S.
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Salafi jihadists hold public march in Gaza denouncing Assad and el Sisi
Salafi jihadists in the Gaza Strip recently held a rare public demonstration in the Gaza Strip denouncing the Assad regime as well as the Egyptian military’s takeover. In addition to numerous al Qaeda black flags, demonstrators held pictures of Bashar al Assad and Abdel Fattah el Sisi with text calling the two leaders “murderers and killers.”
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Who are the Syrian rebels?
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Israel
As Syria deteriorates, neighbors fear bioweapons threat
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Syria
Syria could be a crucial proving ground for US cyberwarriors
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Syria
Syrian rebels say they’ll pounce on Assad’s forces if US attacks
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Syria
US saw yearlong rise in chemical weapons use by Syria
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Russia
US Decided Not to Horse-Trade With Russia on Assad
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Syria
Rockets in Syrian Attack Carried Large Payload of Gas, Experts Say
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Intercepts indicate IRGC Qods Force seeks response to US strikes in Syria
The US has intercepted communications between leaders of the IRGC Qods Force and Shiite militias in Iraq planning attacks in response to US strikes in Syria.
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Syria
The government offered a reward for the capture of any “non-Syrian terrorist,” and promised that amnesty would be offered to rebels who informed on their comrades. Syrian troops and tanks took up positions outside the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, which was stormed by the Al Nusrah Front and Free Syrian Army troops earlier this week, after a preliminary attack by a Jordanian suicide bomber with the Al Nusrah Front. Kurdish forces clashed with rebels in Aleppo province. Sources say Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah have set up a coordination center to counter threatened US strikes on Syria, but Iran and…
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Al Qaeda
US faces charge of becoming Qaida’s ‘airforce’
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Videos show joint Al Nusrah, Free Syrian Army attacks in ancient village
According to the New York Times, videos posted online suggest “cooperation” between al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and a Free Syrian Army brigade in an assault on Malula earlier this week. Separately, Ahrar al Sham condemned the prospect of Western intervention in Syria.
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Syria
Advocate for rebels wields influence with Kerry, McCain
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Russia
Syria crisis: Russia and US ‘no closer’
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Syria
The Syrian poet Mohammad al-Hamada was shot and killed by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Idlib after an altercation; he had gone there to inquire after his son, who had been missing for months. The local revolutionary council in Minbej city in Aleppo resigned its responsibilities to the military council in protest against the takeover of the city mills by ISIL. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front stormed into the ancient Christian town of Maaloula, north of Damascus, clashing with regime forces there. The president of the European Union called the Aug. 21 chemical…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Kerry portrait of Syria rebels at odds with intelligence reports
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China
Syria crisis: China joins Russia in opposing military strikes
