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Syria News - Nov 12, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 11 November 2015

Russia outlines plan for steering Syria out of conflict, a constitutional reform lasting up to 18 months followed by presidential elections - CBC

Text of Russia's draft proposals on Syrian crisis - Daily Mail Online

Syrian opposition rejects Russian proposal to end conflict - The National

Syria talks to focus on which opposition groups should negotiate with Assad's regime and which should be designated as terrorists - Daily Mail

UN Syria envoy:'momentum' of Vienna talks must not be squandered - Yahoo News

VIDEO: Staffan de Mistura (UN Special Envoy on Syria) on a political solution to the Syrian crisis - United Nations Web TV

Erdoğan once again floats the idea of a safe zone in Syria amid talk of Turkish involvement in a ground operation in its southern neighbor - todayszaman.com

The Reckless Proposal to Impose a No-Fly Zone in Syria - Cato @ Liberty

Syria solution should not only be about Assad: Rouhani - Yahoo News

Syria Christian archbishop calls on West to back President Bashar al-Assad in war against Islamist rebels - Telegraph

Syria: Pro-Assad Christian Militia to the Rescue as 1000s of Christians flee ISIL approach - Informed Comment

U.S. fighter jets sent to Turkey to protect slow-flying attack planes hitting Islamic State targets in Syria and to deter Russian aggression in the region: Defense official - usatoday.com

U.S. to continue its support to Kurdish YPG forces in Syria: spokesman - ekurd.net

VIDEO: Watch Live Secretary of State John Kerry Delivering Remarks on U.S. Strategy in Syria at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday - state.gov

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In a major breakthrough, Syrian army frees Aleppo's Kweires air base from ISIL siege - The National

Assad’s men claim control over 'tens of villages and strategic hills' in the Aleppo countryside surrounding the Kweires air base - Long War Journal

Strategic Implications of Assad’s Victory at Kweires - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

VIDEO: Syrian opposition provided intel to target terrorists around besieged Kweires airbase: Russia - YouTube

VIDEO: Fighting erupts as Syrian govt. forces break siege of Kweires airbase - YouTube

VIDEO: Pro-Assad TV channel reports on Syrian forces recapturing Kweires key airbase - YouTube

VIDEO: Drone Footage of Kweires Airbase Taken After Lifting The Siege - LiveLeak.com

Palmyra will be flattened by ISIS within six months, warns antiquities director - The Independent

Hope for Palmyra? Syrian Army Comes Closer to Strategically Important City - sputniknews.com

Russian aviation group in Syria has made 85 sorties against 277 terrorist facilities over the past 2 days, bomber destroys IS tanks and infantry vehicles in Homs: Defense Ministry - TASS

Russia in Syria: 50 journalists from 12 countries visit Russian base in Latakia - ibtimes.co.in

VIDEO: BBC inside airbase where Russia carries out Syria airstrikes - BBC News

Russia's Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say - Reuters

Free Syrian Army decimated by desertions - Al Jazeera English

VIDEO: Inside the Battle: Al Nusra-Al Qaeda in Syria - VICE News

The riddle of Haji Bakr: a former colonel in an elite intelligence unit of the Saddam Hussein regime as an “architect” of I.S.’s expansion into Syria - The Syrian Intifada

Hezbollah Expands Military Presence in Syrian War - VOA

Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus airport, According to unconfirmed reports by opposition groups target was a weapons shipment intended for Hezbollah - The Times of Israel

Netanyahu ‘not sure’ how to intervene in Syria - The Times of Israel

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