Tag: Syria

State admits: Islamic State terrorists trying to pose as refugees

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State admits: Islamic State terrorists trying to pose as refugees

Pete Kasperowicz · September 21, 2016 12:41 pm

A U.N. humanitarian aid convoy in Syria was hit by airstrikes Monday as the Syrian military declared that a U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire had failed, and U.N. officials reported many dead and seriously wounded. (Aleppo 24 news via AP)

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Airstrike kills at least five medical workers near Aleppo

Kelly Cohen · September 21, 2016 12:22 pm

Russian officials on Tuesday said Russian and Syrian warplanes did not hit a United Nations aid convoy near Aleppo with airstrikes Monday. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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Russia says it didn’t strike aid convoy

Anna Giaritelli · September 21, 2016 12:09 am

—œThe Assad regime and its allies are indiscriminately killing on a breathtaking scale, and this administration has done nothing substantial to stop them,—£ Kevin McCarthy said. (AP Photo)

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GOP: Obama ‘tolerating our enemies’ by working against Syria bill

Susan Crabtree · September 20, 2016 10:43 pm

The latest development related to Donald Trump's charitable foundation comes less than a week after Eric Schneiderman announced that his office had opened a probe into his charity. (AP Photo)

Trump: ‘There’s nothing like doing things with other people’s money’

Al Weaver · September 20, 2016 10:37 pm

The doomed convoy was traveling near the besieged city of Aleppo, previously Syria's most populous city. (Aleppo 24 news via AP)

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U.S. concludes Russia bombed Syrian aid convoy

Nicole Duran · September 20, 2016 8:39 pm

"Today, now, we have to do more to open our hearts to refugees" who need a home, Obama told the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Obama: Resettling refugees will make world ‘more secure’

Susan Crabtree · September 20, 2016 3:39 pm

Donald Trump Jr.'s analogy is not an accurate depiction of the threat (or lack thereof) posed by Syrian refugees. Not even close. (AP Photo)

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‘Skittles are candy; refugees are people’

Jason Russell · September 20, 2016 3:27 pm

Investigators are determining why coalition airplanes apparently mistook Syrian forces for members of the Islamic State. (AP photo)

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Report: Syrians bombed over the weekend may have been prisoners

Mariana Barillas · September 20, 2016 2:08 pm

Fifty-one companies, including Accenture, AirBNB, Chobani, Citigroup, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Google and IBM, will help provide education, training and jobs to more than 6.3 million refugees from more than 20 countries, according to the White House. (AP Photo)

U.S. firms pledge $650 million to help resettle refugees

Susan Crabtree · September 20, 2016 1:23 pm

A Donald Trump surrogate said that Trump's priority as president would be to American citizens, not Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Lawmaker: Trump would be president for Americans, not refugees

Mariana Barillas · September 20, 2016 12:34 pm

The United Nations is halting aid to Syria after its deadly attack in Aleppo against a convoy of aid trucks and a warehouse containing essential supplies. (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi)

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U.N. cancels aid to Syria after strike

Mariana Barillas · September 20, 2016 12:16 pm