US EMBASSY: TURKEY, US SIGN DEAL TO TRAIN, ARM SYRIAN REBELS
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkey and the United States signed an agreement february 19 to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting the…
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Syria strikes kill 66 after rebel fire on Damascus: Monitor
BEIRUT (TIP): At least 66 people were killed on February 6 as Syria's regime pounded a rebel stronghold with air…
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AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST DIES IN SYRIA
BEIRUT (TIP): A correspondent working for Al Jazeera Arabic died while covering battles in southern Syria, the pan-Arab news network…
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ISIS attacks govt airbase in eastern Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): ISIS militants have launched an attack overnight on a major military air base in eastern Syria in what…
Read MoreUK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria
LONDON (TIP): A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting with Islamic State (IS)…
Read MoreIraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State
SURUC, TURKEY/BEIRUT (TIP): A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday…
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Islamic State backs up force in Syria with threats, taunting calls
YUMURTALIK, TURKEY (TIP): Khaled Baki phones the number of a fellow Kurdish fighter and gets through to the Islamic State…
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House authorizes arming Syrian rebels to fight ISIS
WASHINGTON (TIP): The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, September 17, afternoon to approve President Obama's controversial proposal to arm…
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MOTHER OF US REPORTER IN SYRIA BEGS FOR HIS LIFE
BEIRUT (TIP): The mother of a hostage American journalist pleaded for his release on August 27 in a video directed…
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Obama seeks allies for action in Syria as first American Jihadi reported dead
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama has begun to seek and mobilize allies for possible US action in Syria and Northern Iraq…
Read More15 AUSTRALIAN FIGHTERS KILLED IN IRAQ, SYRIA: SPY CHIEF
SYDNEY (TIP): Fifteen Australians, including two suicide bombers, are believed to have died fighting in Syria and Iraq, intelligence chief…
Read MoreUK had plan to train and equip 100,000 Syrian rebels: BBC
LONDON (TIP): Britain had planned to train and equip a 100,000-strong rebel army to defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before…
Read MoreUN urges Security Council to consider steps on Syria aid access
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the Security Council to consider what action it should take…
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US sanctions Syrian government officials
WASHINGTON (TIP): Stepping up pressure on Syria, the treasury department on May 8 sanctioned six Syrian officials and a Russian…
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SYRIA: Deal struck to evacuate civilians from Homs
BEIRUT (TIP): The Syrian government reached an agreement with the United Nations on february 6 to secure the evacuation of…
Read MoreSyrian peace talks stuck over Assad’s future
MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Peace talks intended to carve a path out of Syria's civil war got off to a rocky…
Read MorePutin, Obama discuss Syria conference over telephone: Kremlin
MOSCOW (TIP): US President Barack Obama spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by telephone on Tuesday, and the leaders…
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UN issues distress call over war-affected Syrians
KUWAIT CITY (TIP): UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warned on January 15 that nearly half of Syria's population needs urgent…
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Britain calls for strong action against Syrian President Assad
LONDON (TIP): Britain has called for stern action against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the appalling human rights violations that…
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Britain calls for strong action against Syrian President Assad
LONDON (TIP): Britain has called for stern action against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the appalling human rights violations that…
Read MoreChemical weapons inspectors visit three sites in Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria's chemical weapons program, a spokesman said on…
Read MoreJohn Kerry says UN Security Council must act on Syria
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry said on September 19, it was essential that a Russia-US deal on…
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Reflecting Democrats’ divide, pro-Obama group silent on Syria
WASHINGTON (TIP): As President Barack Obama's team faces one of its toughest lobbying challenges in urging Congress to approve US…
Read MoreHague: Syria Massacre ‘Was A Chemical Attack’
DAMASCUS (TIP): Foreign Secretary William Hague has said for the first time that the "atrocity" in Syria "was a chemical…
Read MoreUS forces move closer to Syria as military options weighed
WASHINGTON (TIP): US naval forces are moving closer to Syria as President Barack Obama considers military options for responding to…
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SYRIA’S ASSAD ‘CONFIDENT OF VICTORY IN CIVIL WAR’
BEIRUT (TIP): Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast on May 30 that he is "confident in victory"…
Read MoreUs Rethinking Its Opposition To Arming Syrian Rebels: Hagel
WASHINGTON: The United States is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, President Barack Obama's defense chief said on…
Read MoreIran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that for the first time would…
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Russia Accuses Us Over Un Statement On Syria Attack
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia hasaccused US diplomats of blocking a UNSecurity Council condemnation of a bombattack in the Syrian capital…
Read MoreMassacre Of Over 100 Reported In Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT (TIP): More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian…
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