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Syria/Turkey News - Aug 5, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 04 August 2015

Al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front hunting down U.S.-trained Syrian rebels, more believed captured: source - Reuters

U.S.-trained Syria rebel believed killed in fighting with Nusra Front: sources - Reuters

U.S backed Division 30 losses: July 30 - 8 captured. July 31 - 5 killed, 18 wounded, 20 captured. August 3 - 5 captured - Charles Lister on Twitter

U.S backed Division 30: Yet another Pentagon's failure in Syria - The News Hub

U.S. drones flying out of Incirlik Air Base in Turkey defending Syrian rebels from Nusra Front - NBC News

Pentagon: US not at war with Assad, “The people we are training and equipping are pledged to fight ISIL and only ISIL - PressTV

A US warning that it would use its air power to defend Pentagon-trained rebels should they be attacked by Syrian troops was met with scepticism by officials in Damascus - AFP

US, Turkey agree to keep Syrian Kurds out of proposed border zone - WSJ

US support of Syrian Kurds ruffles Turkey's feathers - Al-Monitor

Syrian Kurds set terms for partnership with Assad, official of YPG group battling ISIL says they are willing to coordinate with anyone who is ready for democracy - Al Jazeera

Russia Seeks Coalition on Islamic State While It Backs Assad - Bloomberg Business

Russia not planning to send troops to fight ISIS in Syria: Putin’s spokesman - RT News

At least 11 IS militants killed in US-led coalition airstrikes on their headquarter in al- Mayadin - Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Jihadists in Syria honor Mullah Omar, praise Taliban’s radical state - The Long War Journal

Why haven’t Syrian banks collapsed under sanctions and war? - The Washington Post

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Report: Turkish Jets Attack PKK Targets in Southeast Turkey - ABC News

Three soldiers killed by PKK in southeast amid violence outbreak - hurriyetdailynews.com

VIDEO: Three killed by PKK mine in southeast Turkey: security sources - Reuters

PKK attacks Turkey's halted Shah Deniz gas pipeline - Yahoo News

EU, US call for Turkish restraint against Kurds, urge the PKK to renounce violence and re-engage in peace talks - VOA

CHP, HDP seek to reduce tension, call on PKK to stop violence - hurriyetdailynews.com

Demirtaş says PKK ready to return to negotiations, quoting a senior PKK figure - hurriyetdailynews.com

It’s never late to call for peace: Demirtaş - hurriyetdailynews.com

ISIL revealed to have conducted reconnaissance before Suruç bombing - todayszaman.com

ISIS fighters throw man from a building in Iraq for being gay (PHOTOS) - Daily Mail Online

Islamic State Circulates Sex Slave Price List - Bloomberg Business

Islamic State Yazidi Slaves: Thousands Remain In ISIS Captivity As Iraqi Kurdistan Marks One Year Since Sinjar Massacre - IBTIMES

Yazidis Demand UN Action Against ISIS on 1st anniversary of attack - breitbart.com

Islamic State launches Android app for news and recruitment - IBTimes

ISIS or Al Qaeda? American Officials Split Over Top Terror Threat - The New York Times

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