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Pentagon plan to establish Syrian moderate rebel army struggled since inception - paper
Date: 2015-10-05 13:34:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:3472681
The US Wall Street Journal said that the Pentagon's effort to stand up a Syrian moderate rebel army, which would give the US ground forces to fight Daesh, has struggled since its inception to meet even its own modest goals, according to an account ....
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Kunduz hospital airstrike irresponsible, unjustifiable: Iran
Date: 2015-10-05 07:56:38 GMT - Iran - International - SN:2 - ID:3469685
Iran has strongly condemned as “irresponsible and unjustifiable” the recent deadly US airstrike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz which killed 22 people, Press TV reported. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Sunday ....
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Cameron promises to 'beef up' the SAS to take the fight to Daesh
Date: 2015-10-04 09:50:00 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:3464321
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said the government will buy 20 new drones – known as Protectors – that can target Daesh extremists in Syria and Iraq. Britain's special forces will be the biggest beneficiaries of the forthcoming defense review as ....
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Plane carrying 114 Iranian victims of Mina crush lands in Tehran
Date: 2015-10-04 08:34:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:3463749
The second plane transporting the bodies of 114 Iranian pilgrims who lost their lives in the tragic human crush of September 24 in Mina, Saudi Arabia, has arrived in Iran’s capital, Tehran, Press TV reported. The Saudi aircraft landed at Mehrabad ....
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Eurotunnel suspends services after 'massive invasion' at Calais terminal
Date: 2015-10-03 08:11:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:3458145
Eurotunnel services were suspended overnight on Friday after a "massive invasion" of more than 100 refugees and migrants in the French terminal, The Guardian reported Saturday. A "large and coordinated" group stormed the tracks at Calais at ....
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Kunduz MSF clinic workers killed
Date: 2015-10-03 08:08:19 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:2 - ID:3458137
A clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been bombarded in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, killing three MSF aid workers, the BBC News reported. The medical charity says 30 people were also unaccounted for. There is no word on the ....
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Putin wins parliamentary approval to deploy Russian forces abroad
Date: 2015-09-30 10:31:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:3441681
Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has approved a request by President Vladimir Putin to authorize the the use of military force abroad, CNBC reported Wednesday. The Kremlin did not say which country the decision would ....
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Obama’s call at U.N. to fight ISIS with ideas is largely seen as futile
Date: 2015-09-30 08:14:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:3440585
US President Barack Obama has called upon a conclave of world leaders on Tuesday to fight violent extremism not just with weapons but with ideas, jobs and good governance, a strategy he has long advocated. There are few signs that it is succeeding, ....
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Pentagon to open communication channel with Russia over Syria
Date: 2015-09-30 08:11:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:3440533
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has ordered his staff to set up a communication channel with Moscow to coordinate military operations by the US and Russia in Syria. The order was issued on Tuesday a day after US President Barack Obama met with ....
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Putin and Obama have profound differences on Syria
Date: 2015-09-29 10:57:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:3434517
Speaking at the United Nations on Monday, President Barack Obama and President Vladimir Putin of Russia affirmed the need for international cooperation. But those sentiments are undermined by profound differences on the nature of the Syrian crisis — ....
