Tag: Syria

Militants attack major air base in eastern Syria

Militants attack major air base in eastern Syria

Zeina Karam · August 20, 2014 4:53 pm

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VIDEO: Islamist militants claim killing of American journalist

Ed Sykes · August 20, 2014 3:57 pm

Annihilate ISIS

William Kristol · August 20, 2014 2:54 pm

White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

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White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

Susan Crabtree · August 19, 2014 10:46 pm

Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, stand guard near Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

Just when he thought he was out, Iraq pulls Obama back in

Noemie Emery · August 19, 2014 9:28 pm

This undated photo obtained by The Associated Press from the Small Arms Survey, shows a man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS. Armed groups in Syria have an estimated several hundred portable anti-aircraft missiles that could easily be diverted to extremists and used to destroy low-flying commercial planes, according to a new report by a respected international research group. It cites the risk that the missiles could be smuggled out of Syria by terrorists. (AP Photo/Small Arms Survey)

New report warns of anti-aircraft weapons in Syria

Stephen Braun · August 19, 2014 6:07 pm

Activists: Jihadi killed near Syria-Lebanon border

Activists: Jihadi killed near Syria-Lebanon border

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 1:06 pm

Watchdog: Syria’s chemical weapons destroyed

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Watchdog: Syria’s chemical weapons destroyed

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 12:45 pm

This Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Free Syrian Army fighter aiming his weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants in Aleppo, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have been marching in the northern province of Aleppo capturing areas under the control of the mainstream Free Syrian Army. Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province last week crushing what little resistance they have encountered. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

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Syria strikes militants as US targets them in Iraq

Zeina Karam · August 19, 2014 8:44 am

A truck carrying a container from the Danish vessel Ark Futura drives into the hold of the U.S.-owned MV Cape Ray, at Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. A Danish ship carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons steamed into the southern Italian port for a rendezvous with a U.S. cargo vessel that will destroy the toxic material. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Obama says Syria’s declared chemical weapons destroyed

Susan Crabtree · August 18, 2014 10:28 pm

Obama hails elimination of Syria chemical weapons

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Obama hails elimination of Syria chemical weapons

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 10:25 pm

Obama to host UN summit on foreign fighters threat

Obama to host UN summit on foreign fighters threat

Edith Lederer · August 18, 2014 10:07 pm