Syrian civil war News
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U.S. President Barack Obama has called for more forceful intervention in the Syrian conflict — but groups on the ground say that America's misguided actions aren't just not helping — they're making things worse.
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A US-led coalition airstrike, most likely American, targeting a headquarters of Islamic State militants in northern Syria has killed at least 50 civilians being held prisoner by the terrorist group.
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According to a UNICEF statement released on December 8, an estimated 230 million children live in countries and areas affected by armed conflicts.
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While the Islamic State appears to have suffered significant casualties in the long conflict over the Syrian town Kobani( or Kobane) on the border with Turkey the Kurdish troops in the town appear to be at a disadvantage at present.
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Two of the main moderate rebel groups who had received weapons from the US have surrendered to the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front after defeats in battle.There are reports that Islamic State forces joined the Nusra Front in at least one attack.
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Ankara -
The U.S. and the UK say they are willing to look at the possibility of creating a "buffer zone" between Syria and Turkey. Meanwhile the Islamic State is continuing its assault on the border town of Kobane with fighting now taking place within the town .
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Baghdad -
Many weapons used by the Islamic State were seized as they captured bases in Iraq from Iraqi forces. However, the group also has US weapons that appear to have been given originally to moderate Syrian rebels linked to the Free Syrian Army.
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Beirut -
Jihadists associated with Islamic State (also ISIS or ISIL) seized territory inside Lebanon. The rebel group that swore allegiance to the Islamic State set up checkpoints in the town of Arsal.
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Baghdad -
For President Obama, Iraq is the anti-war horse he rode to victory in 2008. Many political analysts say opposition to the Iraqi war was the club he used to first pound Clinton then Republicans into submission.
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Homs -
Activists report that Syrian rebels have negotiated a ceasefire near the city of Homs. The ceasefire came into effect Friday. Earlier negotiations led to rebels giving up Homs while they were transported with weapons to rebel-held areas.
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Fighting between rival radical Islamist groups has claimed the lives of 62 militants and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes to avoid the violence.
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Homs -
While there may be no progress in Syria peace talks there have been local ceasefires from time to time. A new ceasefire deal has been reached between rebel and Syrian commanders.
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New York -
Lakhdar Brahimi the UN and Arab League joint special representative on Syria is said to be planning to resign in the near future. He told reporters almost a year ago in New York that he thought about resigning every day.
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Damascus -
The speaker of the Syrian parliament announced on April 28 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would seek a third term in office in an election that is to be held on June 3.
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Beirut -
Clashes between pro and anti-Assad gunmen in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has left at least 13 people wounded according to police.
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Aleppo -
The radical Jabhat al-Nusra Front recognized by Al Qaeda gave rivals Islamic State in Iraq and Levant(ISIS or ISIL or AQI) five days to agree to mediation over control over the areas of northern Syria ISIL occupies.
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Syrian state-run news outlets report that Syrian forces ambushed fighters of the Jabhat al-Nusra faction of rebels linked to Al Qaeda killing 175 and wounding many more.
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Aleppo -
Abu Khaled al Suri died in a suicide bombing in Aleppo Syria. He was a member of Ahrar al-Sham and close to current Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. The death was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Istanbul -
The former commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) General Salim Idriss rejected his dismissal as military head of the group. He claims that the whole chain of command needed a "total restructuring".
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Geneva -
UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said that high-level Russian and U.S. diplomats promised to try and keep the Geneva 2 peace talks alive as they are now at a deadlock after very little progress.
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Geneva -
The Geneva 2 peace talks have resumed as of Monday February 10th. On the first day the two sides did not meet together but the UN Special Envoy met separately with each side and took messages back and forth.
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Homs -
In spite of mortar fire and shooting yesterday, a total of six hundred people have now been evacuated from besieged parts of Homs mostly women, children, and the elderly.
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The UN welcomed reports that an agreement had been reached to allow evacuation of civilians from besieged areas of Homs and for aid to be delivered as well.
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Moscow -
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters that the Syrian government will take part in the second round of talks at Geneva 2.
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Aleppo -
Syrian government helicopters and war planes have launched air strikes on 15 opposition-held neighbourhoods in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday.
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Geneva -
The first round of peace talks designed to end the ongoing civil war in Syria have now ended. There was no breakthrough achieved. Each side blamed the other for the lack of progress.
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Damascus -
Yarmouk is a Palestinian refugee camp a short distance south of Damascus. The camp was set up for Palestinian refugees after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that resulted in the creation of Israel but displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
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Damascus -
In another development that will help improve the humanitarian situation in the Syrian civil war, a ceasefire has been arranged between government forces and rebels in an area of Damascus held by rebels.
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While Geneva 2 may not be able to stop the fighting in the civil war, even at this early stage the meetings have resulted in agreement on a positive humanitarian move.
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Just a day before the Geneva 2 talks began, the Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the northeast area of Syria that they control.
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Syrian civil war Image
A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus August 21, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Bassam Khabieh
A close-up view of the Za'atri camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, as seen on July 18, 2013, from a helicopter U.S. State Department
Syrian child refugees in Lebanon IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
October 3, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A series of car bombs detonated in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in Aleppo, destroy an Officer's Club, hotel and a cafe. At least 44 are killed and 122 are wounded. The al-Qaida-linked al-Nursa Front claimed responsibility for the attack. Zyzzzzzy
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, U.N. investigators gather potential evidence in a Damascus suburb, August 28, 2013 ENN
Free Syrian Army fighters in Idlib governorate. FreedomHouse2
Syrian children FreedomHouse
File photo: An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube, allegedly shows a tank from forces loyal to the Syrian government being hit by a projectile in the town of Izaz, on the Turkish-Syrian border Screengrab
A U.N. chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus August 29, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Mohamed Abdullah
Free Syrian Army rebels chant slogans against President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus. Voice of America
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Syria at the U.S. Department of State in Washington U.S. Department of State
OPCW-UN Chemical Weapons Team Arrives in Damascus U.N. photo
The docks at the port of Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast. Norwegian and Danish ships are expected to transport Syria's chemical weapons from Latakia to a port in Italy for processing and making safe aboard a specially adapted American ship. Wikipedia CC
Kamal Hamami, aka Abu Basir, was reportedly killed with his brother during a reconnaissance mission in Turkmen mountains Via Al Jazeera
Syria: Wounded civilians Scott Bobb /VOA
In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, Syrians search under rubble to rescue people from houses that were destroyed by a Syrian government warplane in Idlib province, August 30, 2013 ENN
People carry as they lower the bodies of the five civilian activists, who were killed during what activists said was an ambush, into their graves during their funeral in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus November 24, 2013. Fierce fighting to the east of Damascus has killed more than 160 people in the past two days as Syrian rebels struggle to break a months-long blockade by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad With permission by Reuters / Bassam Khabieh
A FSA fighter engaged in a shootout in Aleppo Wikimedia Commons
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