Tag Archives: Syria
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The last days of the ISIS ‘caliphate’
25 March 2019 | Tony Gamal-Gabriel
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Suicide bombers, snipers, rockets -- ISIS fighters did everything they could to defend their last scrap of territory in eastern Syria, but their diminished resources were not enough. ...
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France carries out first air strikes on ISIS in Syria
27 September 2015 | Guy Jackson
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France said Sunday it had carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Syria, on the eve of a UN gathering of world leaders where the Syrian war will be at the centre of the debate. ...
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Photos of drowned Syrian boy shock world as refugee crisis grows
3 September 2015 | Danny Kemp with Peter Murphy in Budapest
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Harrowing pictures of a drowned Syrian toddler washed up on a Turkish beach brought home the horror of the escalating refugee crisis Thursday as Europe was accused of letting the Mediterranean become a "cemetery" for migrants. ...
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US-led airstrikes kill ‘hundreds’ of Islamic State fighters
16 October 2014
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US-led airstrikes have killed "several hundred" jihadist fighters in and around Kobane, but the Islamic State group could still seize the besieged strategic Syrian town, the Pentagon said. ...
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Russia warns of nuclear disaster if US hits Syria
5 September 2013
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Russia said on Wednesday that a military strike on Syria could have catastrophic effects if a missile hit a small reactor near Damascus that contains radioactive uranium. ...
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Disinformation flies in Syria’s growing cyber war
8 August 2012 | Peter Apps
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Both sides in Syria are waging what seems to be an intensifying conflict in cyberspace, often attempting to use misinformation and rumour to tilt the war in reality. ...