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Syria News - Mar 5 , 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 04 March 2016

In its first week, Syria truce brings sharp drop in violence - AP

Syria accord lays ground for vital progress, say aid chiefs - aa.com

UN delivers aid to rebel towns east of Syria capital - Al Arabiya English

Water returns to Syria’s war-torn Aleppo - Al Arabiya English

Syrians resume peaceful anti-government street protests in rebel-held areas - DW.COM

VIDEO: Syria’s first major public protests in years - Fusion

Truce reached with Syria’s Jaysh al-Islam, opposition groups: Russian MoD - Sputnik International

Islamic State’s governor for Aleppo reportedly killed in airstrike - The Long War Journal

IS, al-Nusra declare mutual ceasefire in southern Syria, it comes after two days of fighting between the two organizations - The Times of Israel

Is ISIS going broke? - CNN

Is the Islamic State hurting? The President’s point man on ISIS speaks out - The New Yorker

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France, Britain, Germany urge Syrian opposition to attend peace talks - Yahoo News

Syria opposition: Circumstances not suitable for peace talks - AP

UN envoy optimistic about the ceasefire, says Syrians should decide Assad's fate - Yahoo News

VIDEO: UN envoy insists Syria peace talks have momentum - France 24

Assad: Syrian ceasefire a ‘glimmer of hope’ - VOA

Putin: Syrian regime poll ‘does not interfere’ with peace process - Al Arabiya English

Large landing warship to deliver supplies for Russian air task force in Syria: source - TASS

Underwater and underhanded: Russian submarines come to the Mideast - Observer

All hands on deck: Russian military sets up high-tech radar system in Syria - Sputnik International

Armenia pulled into Russia-Turkey clash in Syria - Washington Times

Russia has been 'helpful, and… cooperative' in Syria peace process: State Dept - sputniknews.com

GOP foreign policy hawks declare war on Trump, some say they could vote for Hillary Clinton - POLITICO

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Kurds receive no official invitation to join Next Syria peace talks - Sputnik

Syrian peace talks without Kurds 'incomplete', Russian FM says - ekurd.net

Kurdish YPG accuses Syrian Arab opposition in Aleppo of violating deal - ekurd.net

43 YPG, 140 IS forces were killed during clashes on Geri Spi: Kurdish official - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Kurd-led fighters take key hill from Nusra Front - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Turkey ‘protects & supplies’ Al-Nusra camps at its border: Syria’s YPG (VIDEO) - RT News

Russian MoD accuses Turkey of ongoing hostilities in Syria's Aleppo, Idlib as it ensures steady supply of weapons to terrorists and keeps shelling Kurdish militia - Sputnik

Turkey not shelled Syrian Kurdish YPG since truce: Ankara official - ekurd.net

Erdogan accuses Turkey's constitutional court of breaching Constitution, by releasing two journalists arrested for investigating the delivery of weapons from Ankara to radical groups in Syria - Sputnik

Erdoğan: Prosecutors may object to the release of the journalists who unveiled a story on MIT trucks delivering weapons to radical groups in Syria - todayszaman.com

Freed journalist says no response came after seeking MİT’s view on trucks story - Cihan

Turkey seizes control opposition Zaman newspaper linked to Gulen - BBC News

VIDEO: Turkish police raid Zaman HQs, fire tear gas on readers after gov’t takeover - todayszaman.com

Jordan foils Isis terror plot as Saudi Arabia calls for Syria's Arab neighbours to pick a side - ibtimes.co.uk

Saudis ready to give Syrian rebels missiles against Russian warplanes and tanks - debka.com

Newly translated WikiLeaks Saudi cable: Overthrow the Syrian regime 'by all means available', but play nice with Russia – Levant Report

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