Syria

Infighting between Rebel Groups and Qaeda-linked ISIS Spreads to the Eastern Syrian City of Raqqa - NYTimes.com

VIDEO: Syria Islamists Fight Al Qaeda Allies In Raqqa - YouTube

VIDEO: Clashes in Raqqa between ISIS and Ahrar Al-Sham Islamists - LiveLeak.com

Al Qaida's ISIS rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in Syria - McClatchy DC

VIDEO: Beheaded corpses found in a mass grave near a former ISIS HQ in Kafranbel - LiveLeak.com

Syria rebels free al-Qaida captives as 'war within a war' deepens - theguardian.com

VIDEO: Jabhat al Nusra frees captives from ISIS prison - YouTube

Syria: Army of the Mujahideen Challenges ISIS Gains - Al Akhbar English

VIDEO (Arabic): Islamic Front military chief Zahran Alloush: ISIS is a defiant group & we had to fight it - YouTube

AUDIO: Aleppo ISIS militants ask for ceasefire after heavy losses in Syria - LiveLeak.com

Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: The Path to Conflict - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Freed Turkish journalist kidnapped allegedly by ISIS traumatized by ordeal - Today's Zaman

Syrian Journalists Face ISIS Kidnap Threat - Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

ISIS Threatened to Close School Unless Female Students Wear Islamic Dress - The Syrian Observer

PHOTO: 9 yr old Rahaf Saleem was abducted by Syrian rebels from her home in Balouteh,Latakia in August 2013 & is still missing - Syrian Perspective

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VIDEO: Two cities in Iraq fall to Al Qaeda - Fox News Video

Iraqi tribes taking lead in fight to evict al-Qaeda - usatoday.com

U.S. steps up military deliveries to Iraq to help fight al Qaeda-White House - Reuters

Kerry: US will support Iraq, but without troops - The Seattle Times

Iran offers to help Iraq in fight against al-Qaida - The Washington Post

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U.N. sending invitations to Switzerland peace talks on Syria, Iran not yet invited - ABC News

Iran rejects Kerry proposal on participation in Geneva 2, dismisses sideline role in peace talks - AFP

Iran must prove helpful for Syria role by persuading Assad to stop the bombardment of Aleppo and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to besieged towns, U.S. officials say  - Businessweek

The Saudi challenge to US Syria policy - Al-Monitor

Syrian Coalition Lists Regime Officials Considered Eligible for Transitional Ruling Body - Syrian National Coaltion

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Constituent Assembly approves West Kurdistan Constitution, The Democratic Autonomous Kurdish Government is made up of three cantons - EKURD

Western Kurdistan’s Governmental Model Comes Together, The council also agree on the formation of 20 ministries - The Rojava Report

Kurdish fighters recapture Tal Hamis from Qaeda in NE Syrias (VIDEO) - PressTV

PHOTO: Piles of corpses of Kurds slain by Ahrar ash-Sham et al. on accusations of fighting for YPG in Tel Hamis - Twitter / ajaltamimi

VIDEO: YPG Capture Al Qaida weapons in Tel Hamis - Transnational Middle-East Observer

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Al Qaeda-linked group ISIS routed in Syrian rebel infighting - latimes.com

Al Qaeda affiliate ISIS pull out of northern Syria strongholds - Reuters

Syria rebels kill, capture dozens of Qaeda affiliates - AFP

ISIS kill 50 Syria rebels in new front - Yahoo News

The Battle between ISIS and Syria's Rebel Militias - Syria Comment

Reports of ISIS defeats in Raqqa - YALLA SOURIYA

Syria's Islamic Front warns ISIS: we are grateful and thankful to the foreigners who came to help us…but we will not accept any group that claims to be a state" - Yahoo News

VIDEO (Arabic): Islamic Front head of political bureau Hassan Aboud blames ISIS although makes clear that he views ISIS as a potential partner - YouTube

Syria opposition says backs rebel fight against Qaeda-linked ISIS - THE DAILY STAR

Top FSA official: Qaeda group ISIS backed by Assad, Iran, Iraq - ZAMAN ALWSL 

MAPS: Maps detailing rebel infighting - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Syria rebels launch fierce attack on al Qaeda fighters - YouTube

VIDEO: Islamic Front and Free Syrian Army Attack Islamic State of Iraq in Manbij in Aleppo Province - YouTube

VIDEO: Protests for the withdrawal of the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham from towns and cities has spread to Raqqa - YouTube

VIDEO: Protest in the Salaheddine neighborhood of Aleppo against ISIS! - YouTube

Al Qaida group ISIS already battling in Iraq and Syria claims suicide attack in Lebanon - McClatchy DC

Qaeda-linked chief Majid al-Majid dies in Lebanese custody - France - France 24

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Kerry says Iran could participate in Syrian peace talks - The Boston Globe

VIDEO: Kerry hints at role for Iran in Syria negotiations - France 24

Syrian Coalition: Insistence on Iran's Participation Will Foil Geneva II - Syrian National CoaltionI

Syrian Coalition to decide on Geneva II on Monday - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Syria opposition re-elects Jarba as leader - AFP

Syrian Coalition: Assad Regime Escalating Terrorism in the Region Before Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "At the Geneva 2 one has to take cognizance of the fact that Syria is not Libya" - Fides News Agency

Syria rebels, regime agree truce in Damascus district - Yahoo News

Negotiations underway to release Maaloula nuns in swap deal: Zaman Alwasl source - ZAMAN ALWSL

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Erdogan denounces 'judicial coup' against Turkey - GlobalPost

Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Çiçek deplores end of court independence - hurriyetdailynews.com

Media unions react harshly to criminal complaints filed by Prime Minister Erdogan against journalists - Today's Zaman

More police fired in aftermath of corruption probe - Today's Zaman

Ex-economy minister traveled to Mecca with private jet of key suspect in graft probe: Report - hurriyetdailynews.com

CHP leader interrogates double standards in law, targeting Turkish PM’s son - hurriyetdailynews.com

CHP leader: AK Party feeds partisans with money it takes from public - Today's Zaman

Turkey to Mull Proposals for Military Re-Trial - ABC News

Prosecutor passes off Hatay truck case in protest, his repeated requests to search a truck that was reportedly carrying weapons and ammunition to Syria were denied - Today's Zaman

Is Turkey sending weapons to Syria under guise of aid? - Al-Monitor

Syrian Coalition renews gratitude to Turkey for continued support - Syrian National Coaltion

Turkish journalist freed in northern Syria, kidnapped by groups believed to be linked to al-Qaida - ABC News

VIDEO: Turkish journalists rally over colleagues kidnapped in Syria - YouTube

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Rebel groups battle Al Qaeda linked ISIS in northern Syria - latimes.com

VIDEOS: Syria: Insurgents & Protesters Rally v. Islamic State of Iraq - EA WorldView

Syria: ISIS Are Alien Invaders, Say Kafranbel Activists - EA WorldView

Doctors Without Borders says 5 staff members 'taken by group' in north Syria - Maan News Agency

A spokesman for the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group says Doctors Without Borders members were in the ISIS hand - Latin American Herald Tribune

Silence continues over abduction of Syrian human rights lawyer - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Explosions Target Syrian Gas Pipelines, Knock Out Electricity - VOA

Exclusive tittle-tattle interview with the three jihadi leaders in Syria: ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al Nusra Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani and Islamic Front Zahran Alloush - Karl reMarks

Up to 7,000 Foreign Jihadists Reportedly Fighting in Syrian Civil War - Algemeiner.com

Rebel Foreign Fighters killed in Syria for December alone = 652, via SOHR - Twitter / joshua_landis

24% of rebel forces killed in 2013 were foreign fighters, only 1% of regime forces, via SOHR - Twitter / joshua_landis

Qaeda-Aligned Militants in Iraq Claim Falluja as Independent State - NYTimes.com

Iraq army, tribes join forces against al Qaeda - Reuters

Lebanon IDs Commander Of Al-Qaida-Linked Group - NPR

Qaeda leader held in Lebanon raised funds for anti-Assad militants -experts - Reuters

Report: Ex-Guantanamo detainee and member of Bahrain's royal family joins Syrian jihad - The Long War Journal

VIDEO (English Subtitles): Terrorists affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra confess to assassination of cleric scholar Sheikh al-Bouti - YouTube

PHOTO: ISIS beheaded several army soldiers after taking al-Tanahej barricade in Hama - Twitter / zaidbenjamin

VIDEO: Ahrar al-Sham flogs two men 25 times for working during Friday prayer - YpuTube

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Brahimi states List of Geneva II participant countries - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Jarba expresses Geneva II concerns - Al-Monitor

Key Syria opposition reaffirms peace talks rejection - AFP

Sarah: Russia and Iran do not want a political solution - Syrian National Coaltion

National Coalition to re-elect Jarba mid January: source - ZAMAN ALWSL

Phones, Media, Banned from Upcoming Coalition Meeting to Discuss Whether to Participate in Geneva II - The Syrian Observer

Maleh: ISIS is a mine planted by Assad - Syrian National Coaltion

Fighting in Aleppo, Resisting Geneva: An Interview With the Tawhid Brigade - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Vatican to Propose Syrian Cease-Fire at Jan. 13 Meeting - NCRegister.com

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Two Syria Kurdish cities are besieged by ISIS: PYD spokesman - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Syrian Coalition condemns the joint Assad/PYD offensive against the town of Tal Hamis, calls on the FSA to fend off attackers - Syrian National Coaltion

PUK backs Syrian Kurds' autonomy - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Turkey building a wall between Antep and Jarablus - ANF

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Turkish governor blocks search of Syria-bound truck, Police officers removed after stopping the truck allegedly carrying weapons - hurriyetdailynews

A mysterious truck with an alleged cargo of arms and humanitarian aid en route to Syria stirs crisis between judiciary, executive - CİHAN

Turkish Truck Mystery Adds New Front to Political Crisis: Ankara’s Syria policy - WSJ

VIDEO: As Syria Bound Truck Resists Search in Turkey's Hatay, ICP Asks UN Amos - Inner City Press

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ISIS condemned for brutal murder of fellow jihadist Suleiman, a physician who was also a commander in the Ahrar al-Sham militia - THE DAILY STAR

PHOTO: A shocking photograph of the disfigured body of Dr. Suleiman after his extremely brutal torture and death - Twitter / HadiAlabdallah

FORENSIC REPORT: A report of a forensic doctor about the effects of extremely brutal torture on the body of Dr. Hussein Suleiman - YALLA SOURIYA

Syrian Coalition Condemns Killing of Dr. Hussein al-Suleiman by ISIS - Syrian National Coaltion

Syria: Western-backed Coalition accuse ISIS of having ties to the Damascus government and serving Assad’s interests - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

The Revolution Betrayed: Syrian activists who protested the Assad regime from the beginning are now being arrested, imprisoned, tortured and killed by Al-Qaeda linked rebels - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

FSA, Nusra, Protests Against ISIS Extend to Idleb - The Syrian Observer

After ISIS Kidnaps Shehabi, Masaken Hanano News Suspends Operations - The Syrian Observer

Syria: Interview with Free Syrian Army Prisoner, Lt Col Ahmad Saoud, released by ISIS - EA WorldView

Idlib: Thug groups which claim operating under Free Syrian Army impose royalties on people -ZAMAN ALWSL

Masked militants kidnap Euphrates Dam facility manager in Al-Raqqa - Syria Newsdesk

Al Nusra Opens Syrian Jihad School - Israel National News

VIDEO: Dozen Dead In Syria During Clashes Between ISIL vs FSA Syria December 2013 - YouTube

VIDEO: ISIS youth event in Aleppo, Kids sing of slaughtering Alawis. Love only Muslims. Bayaa to ISIS's Baghdadi - Twitter / joshua_landis

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Syrian Coalition: Assad’s Brutality Impedes Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

Al-Maleh: Assad Must Be Prosecuted and Held Accountable - Syrian National Coaltion

We reject Geneva II as platform to deploy opposition forces against each other, divide rebels into “moderates” and “extremists”: Sabra - The Syrian Observer

Al-Bahra: Russian Statements about Geneva II don’t represent agenda - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition: Inviting Iran mines Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

Syria says Geneva peace meet invites unsent, the delay is "the result of the floundering efforts to form a delegation representing the opposition"- THE DAILY STAR

Opposition Coalition head met Manna and Abdul Azim in Cairo: source - ZAMAN ALWSL

National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria: Statement On Geneva II – NCB

Opposition member urges mass resignation from the National Coalition - ZAMAN ALWSL

Opposition bloc seeks to form new body instead of National Coalition next Cordoba conference - ZAMAN ALWSL

Achievements Of The FSA - 2013 in review - Syrian National Coaltion

In Syria, Opposition Fights With Itself - WSJ.com

Baath Battalions at Damascus Checkpoints - The Syrian Observer

The Arab Nationalist Guard: A Pro-Assad Militia - Brown Moses Blog

Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype's social media accounts - Chicago Tribune

PHOTOS: Images of the Skype blog hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army - TechCrunch

Skype says user information safe in Syrian Electronic Army hack - Reuters

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Al Qaeda seizes partial control of 2 cities in western Iraq (VIDEO) - The Long War Journal

VIDEO: Iraq - ISIS terrorists enter Ramadi - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Army forces in "heavy" fighting with militants in Fallujah, Iraq - YouTube

VIDEO: Iraqi gunmen capture Maliki soldiers in Fallujah - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Sunni Militants Storm Iraq Police Stations - One News Page

Civilian death toll in Iraq highest in years, fueling concern of Al Qaeda 'resurgence' - Fox News

Saudi Arms Shipments to Rebels Waiting behind Iraq's Borders with Syria - AhlulBayt Islamic Mission (AIM)

Bombing Aimed at Hezbollah Hits Southern Beirut - NYTimes.com

VIDEO: Lebanon explosion kills at least 5, injures 20 people - YouTube

Lebanon arrests Saudi leader of Al Qaeda-linked group, reports say - The Boston Globe

Hezbollah Commander: “We Intervened to Defend Shia Villages” - ZAMAN ALWSL

Report: Syrian troops clash with infiltrators coming from Lebanon - Fox News

Israeli study of foreign fighters in Syria suggests Shiites may outnumber Sunnis - washingtonpost.com

REPORT: Foreign Fighters in Syria - terrorism-info.org.il

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Government plans to change Turkey's justice system - hurriyetdailynews.com

Faced with legal challenges, gov't tries to weaken top administrative court - Today's Zaman

Turkish court refuses to release ex-minister’s son, others in graft probe - hurriyetdailynews.com

Judges, prosecutors say dismissing police officers intervention in judiciary - Today's Zaman

POLL: Poll shows massive support for HSYK declaration - Today's Zaman

Despite Turkish gov't, Europe praises HSYK - Today's Zaman

Turkish PM Erdoğan labels graft probe an ‘assassination attempt' - hurriyetdailynews.com

Erdoğan sues Today's Zaman journalist over critical tweets - Today's Zaman

Another AK Party deputy, Hami Yıldırım, resigns in protest - Today's Zaman

Turkish governor blocks police search on Syria-bound truck reportedly carrying weapons - hurriyetdailynews.com

Minister says intercepted truck was taking aid to Syria - Today's Zaman

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Robert Parry reports that the New York Times has finally, and quietly, admitted that a key claim pushed in September by the New York Times and Human Rights Watch that nearly took the United States to war in Syria is false. Parry has been the editor of ConsortiumNews.com since 1995. He broke stories on Iran-Contra and the October Surprise for AP and Newsweek and other outlets. His books include America's Stolen Narrative: From Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan, and the Bushes to Obama.

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Saudi Arabia promises record $3 billion in military aid to Lebanon to purchase French weapons systems and equipment - CSMonitor.com

Saudi’s $3bn pledge to Lebanon seen as counterbalance to Hizbollah, Iran - The National

Feeling U.S. snub, Saudis find new ties with France - AP

Kingdom, France sign nine bilateral cooperation pacts - Saudi Gazette

PHOTO: Hollande sword dance with the Saudis - Google Search

Report: Lebanon to Receive Additional Grant from UAE to Boost Army's Capabilities - Naharnet

Lebanese army fired on Syrian planes, officials say - CBS News

Syria's Assad urges fight against Saudi religious ideology - AFP

Cancel your New Year’s Eve festivities, Saudi religious police warn - RT News

Going to Hell for Using Twitter? Saudi Arabia Condemns Social Networks - christianpost.com

Saudi Arabia warns against illegal fundraising for Syria refugees - THE DAILY STAR

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Prosecutors launch criminal complaint into defamation efforts - Today's Zaman

Prosecutor Akkaş: Refusal to comply with court decision violated probe's confidentiality - Today's Zaman

PM Erdoğan to prosecutor of second graft investigation: ‘We’re not done yet' - hurriyetdailynews.com

Woman detained for holding up shoebox to protest PM for graft probe - Today's Zaman

Turkey lashes out at EU 'interference' in corruption scandal - Telegraph

Turkey Biggest Loser in World Stocks as Crisis Persists - Bloomberg

Damascus asks UNSC to make Turkey answerable for aiding terrorists in Syria - The Voice of Russia

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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says threatened by Islamist extremists - AFP

Sweida: relatives of abductees by Al Qaeda, take three people from Daraa as hostages - ZAMAN ALWSL 

ISIS Storms Shahba Press Office - The Syrian Observer

ISIS – major threat to media freedom in both Iraq and Syria - Reporters Without Borders

ISIS releases kidnapped FSA officer in Aleppo - THE DAILY STAR

Is “Al-Nusra Front” really a Syrian group? The battle of al-Kindi hospital revealed a large presence of the Iraqi elements - Islam Times

VIDEO: Chechen Amir Seyfullakh Shishani & Jaish Khilafatul Islamia Join Jabhat al-Nusra - EA WorldView

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No direct negotiations with regime at Geneva II, Brahimi will deliver messages between the two delegations: Opposition Sources - The Syrian Observer

Syrian opposition interim government hopes to open offices in Syria - Al-Monitor

Syrian Coalition: President Hollande Confirms Assad’s Support of Extremists to Distort the Image of the Moderate Opposition - Syrian National Coaltion 

Syrian Coalition: Next head of the Syrian Coalition to Respond to the Russian invitation to visit Moscow - Syrian National Coaltion

11 FSA Commanders Surrender to Syrian Army in Damascus Countryside - Syria 360°

Can Iran Go to Geneva II Without Endorsing Geneva I? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

U.N. seeks access to Palestinians in Syria after 15 die of hunger - Reuters

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YPG says liberated 17 villages in Syria Kurdish regions - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Syrian Kurds agree to disagree - Al-Monitor

Syrian Kurds face dilemma following Transitional Administration announcement - BAS NEWS

Iraqi Kurdish Islamic youth blows up PYD office in Syrian Kurdistan - ekurd

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In message to Pope, Syrian President says he's ready for peace talks - CNN.com

More about the Assad letter to the Pope - Globaltimes.cn

Syrian Coalition: Assad’s Terrorism Must Top Discussions at Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

Sabra: Assad Remaining will Cripple Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

Syria's Muslim Brotherhood won't attend Geneva II unless conditions met - Today's Zaman

Bahra: Russia is helping kill Syrians slowly in a Piecemeal Fashion - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition: “Oil For Blood” Deal With Russia Is Null And Void - Syrian National Coaltion

For First Time, Syria Opposition To Hold Confidential Meeting Outside Turkey - masrawy

VIDEO: Syrian National Coaltion Press Briefing 27 Dec, 2013 - YouTube

Training of Syrian insurgents steps up in Saudi Arabia - IHS Jane's 360

Sunni monarchs back YouTube hate preachers: Anti-Shia propaganda threatens a sectarian civil war which will engulf the entire Muslim world - The Independent

Hollande to Meet Hariri, Syria Opposition Chief in Saudi - Naharnet

Secret HQ in Amman helps and directs FSA rebels in south - The National

IDF estimates: 300 Hezbollah operatives killed in Syria - Ynetnews

E.U Under Terror Threat: Thousands of ‘European’ Jihadists 'Training' in Syria - upww.us

Iraqi MP Reveals Collaboration between Terrorist ISIS, MKO - islamicinvitationturkey.com

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19 Syria rebels killed in fight for air base: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - AFP

Activists: Syrian airstrike kills 21 in Aleppo - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ISIS takes on Kafranbel targeting a radio station and a media center - THE DAILY STAR

Syria Evacuates 5,000 From Adra Near Damascus - ABC News

Syrian government sends food shipment to al-Muadamia town of Damascus after holding a reconciliation agreement - breakingnews.sy

VIDEO: Syrian government sends food shipment al-Muadamia town of Damascus after holding a reconciliation agreement - facebook.com

Takfiris belonging to ISIS have destroyed a mosque because it contains the tomb of Sheikh Hilal (PHOTO) - Syrian Truth - English

Al-Nusra urges rebels to help free leader from ISIS captivity - Syria Newsdesk

Activists: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights distorts facts, Army ambush killed civilians not Islamist fighters in Qalamoun -  ZAMAN ALWSL 

PHOTO: Opposition fighters in Syria playing soccer with the chopped off heads of Alawites and "Rafida" - Twitter / joshua_landis

VIDEO: German nun’s testimony of Muslim killing of Christians in Syria: ‘They say God orders them to kill’ - YouTube

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Syria Kurds to announce autonomy ahead of Geneva II - Kurdpress News Aganecy

The Kurdish Center for Studies and Legal Consultancy (YASA) presents draft 'Constitution of Western Kurdistan' in Erbil - hawarnews.com

Analysis: With Inspiration from Iraq, Syrian Kurds Publish a Draft Constitution - Iraq and Gulf Analysis

FULL TEXT (Arabic): Draft of project of the Constitution of Kurdistan Rojava - ekurd

YPG: We have killed Almost 3,000 Al-Nusra militants and 376 Syrian soldiers, 379 members of the YPG were killed - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Kurdish Police in Syria: We Captured '1533 terrorists' - LiveLeak.com

Islamists versus YPG Kurds in Hasakah province - Transnational Middle-East Observer

15 injured due to car explosion in Syria's Kurdish Afrin - aranews.org

Failed Assassination Attempt Against Kurdish Politician in Qamishli - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Kurdish police defuses bomb found in mosque - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Kurdish Youth May Have Been Recruited at Mosques for Syrian ‘Jihad' - rudaw

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NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis - Consortiumnews

New Study Refines View of Sarin Attack in Syria - NYTimes.com

Syria's gas attack: 'The children's faces have not left me. I'm not the same man' - theguardian.com

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For months, the “slam-dunk” evidence “proving” Syrian government guilt in the Aug. 21 Sarin attack near Damascus was a “vector analysis” pushed by the New York Times showing where the rockets supposedly were launched. But the Times now grudgingly admits its analysis was flawed, reports Robert Parry.

Top administrative court overturns a government amendment requiring police officers to inform their superiors about all investigations - Today's Zaman

I would judge the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors if I had authority: Turkish PM - hurriyetdailynews.com

Justice minister slams judges board over statement on judicial police regulation - hurriyetdailynews.com

Justice Minister stopped police from carrying out prosecutor’s order - Today's Zaman

CHP head slams judicial regulation as ‘imperative to inform thiefs about probes' - hurriyetdailynews.com

Rift in AK Party over graft probe widens as 3 more deputies resign - Today's Zaman

PM Erdoğan slams resigning AKP deputies in support rally at Istanbul airport - hurriyetdailynews.com

Gov't preparing comprehensive reshuffle of governors, police chiefs - Today's Zaman

Turkish army says it will not get involved in political corruption scandal - theguardian.com

GYV head dismisses parallel state allegations against Hizmet lead by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen - Today's Zaman

Erdogan’s woes snarl Turkey’s Syria policy - THE DAILY STAR

Turkey-US ties in 2013: Tension simmering over Mideast boils over amid graft probe - Today's Zaman

Police in Istanbul and Ankara stage crackdown on protesters denouncing Turkish gov't over graft scandal - hurriyetdailynews.com

VIDEO: Weary Istanbulis fed up with Erdogan - The Globe and Mail

VIDEO: Anti-government protesters rock Turkey's Taksim Square - soltv.no

VIDEO: Pepper gassing - police cannons clearing anti-government protesters - dha.com.tr

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Syrian troops ambush and kill dozens of Nusra Front rebels - The Washington Post

VIDEO: Footage of the ambush carried out by the Syrian army killing dozens of Nusra Front rebels - YouTube

ISIS armed group kidnaps 7 media activists in Aleppo Wednesday - ZAMAN ALWSL

Radical 'Iraq and The Levant' kidnaps prominent journalist in Aleppo - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Terrorists assassinate Imam of al-Bisher Mosque in Damascus countryside - SANA, Syria

4 martyred, 19 others injured in terrorist attacks by mortar shells in Homs, Damascus and Idleb - SANA, Syria

Nilesat suspends Deir Zour channel over claims of Supporting Al Qaeda - ZAMAN ALWSL

How al-Qaeda Changed the Syrian War by Sarah Birke - The New York Review of Books

The Islamic State: Leaving al-Qaeda Behind - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

VIDEO: Huge gathering in Maarat Al Nouman demanding the release of FSA Lt. Col. Ahmed Soud, detained by ISIS - YouTube

PHOTO: After that huge gathering to call for the release of FSA Lt Col Ahmed Soud today, ISIS released him - witter.com/ammar_alzeer

VIDEO: Al Qaeda terrorists in syria playing with the head of a Syrian soldier after they beheaded him - LiveLeak.com

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Syrian Coalition: We will not Go to Geneva if Shelling by Barrel Bombs Continues - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian opposition interim government head rejects Iran's participation in Geneva II - Al-Monitor

The opposition government defense minister calls on Arab countries to support the armed opposition - Al-Monitor

Syrian opposition rejects regime oil deal with Russia - GlobalPost

Al-Moallem: Geneva Conference should focus on combating terrorism - SANA, Syria

Moscow favors practice of local truce in Syria - The Voice of Russia

Car bombing kills pro-Western Lebanese politician critical of Syria and its ally Hezbollah - Boston.com

VIDEO: Lebanon bomb kills ex-minister Chatah, Hezbollah and Syria deny role - euronews

Hizballah Cavalcade: Deck the Halls with a Minority Alliance: Shia Militia Social Media Messages to Christians - JIHADOLOGY

U.S. Sends dozens of Hellfire missiles and low-tech surveillance drones to aid Iraq fight with extremists - NYTimes.com

Iraq: Government continues offensive against ISIS - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

France tries to supplant US as Saudi Arabia's arms supplier - Al-Monitor

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Kurdish militia has 35,000 fighters: spokesman - THE DAILY STAR

Reports that the YPG has taken over 5 villages by al-Qamishli city after violent clashes with the ISIS - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

MAP: YPG recent advances against ISIS in North-Eastern - Twitter / p_vanostaeyen

Syrian Kurds Agree to Side with Opposition in Geneva Talks: Source - www.iede.co.uk

Kurdish Female 'Police' Center Set Up in Qamishli - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Another wall of shame built on Efrin border by Turkey - ANF

VIDEO: Rojava Kurdistan: Syria's Unknown War (VICE News) - YouTube

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Prosecutor removed from new graft probe amid concerns of cover-up, The magnitude of the corruption is alleged to be around $100 billion - Today's Zaman

Leader of the main opposition party Kilicdaroglu says Turkey is witnessing a clash between the judiciary and executive branches - Anadolu Agency

Opposition, pundits say meddling in judiciary violates Constitution - Today's Zaman

Top legal body says judicial police regulation against Constitution - Today's Zaman

Report: Al Qaeda suspects flee after Turkish gov't blocks raid - Today's Zaman

Turkish PM’s son next target of graft probe: media - AFP

Turkish PM Erdoğan says the real target of the graft probe is himself through an NGO related to his son Bilal - hurriyetdailynews.com

Embattled Erdoğan brings loyalists to government in Cabinet reshuffle - Today's Zaman

Opposition parties criticize PM and Cabinet reshuffle - Today's Zaman

CHP's Kılıçdaroğlu says new interior minister is Erdoğan's ‘deep state' - Today's Zaman

Turkish Markets Thrown into Turmoil Amid Political Crisis - WSJ

Erdogan Resignation Call Chokes Lira Prop-Up Plan: Turkey Credit - Businessweek

VIDEO: Turkey: Police disperse protesters with water cannons - LiveLeak.com

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Three ministers resign as one urges PM to step down amid corruption probe - Today's Zaman

VIDEO: Embattled Erdogan defends AK Party as trio of ministers resign - YouTube

VIDEO: Protests in Ankara chanting "AKP resign" - Vine

VIDEO: Istanbul clashes as Turkey PM Erdogan condemns 'plot' - YouTube

VIDEO: Protestors call for government's "urgent" resignation" - ustream.tv

Turkish PM replaces 10 ministers amid graft inquiry - Reuters

PM threatens business, media and civic groups amid corruption woes - Today's Zaman

PM praises chief suspect Zarrab for contribution to Turkish economy - Today's Zaman

VIDEO: Istanbul's police chief axed as anti-graft raid backlash intensifies - YouTube

400 more police officers in İstanbul removed from duty - Today's Zaman

Journalists' unions slam directive denying access to police departments - Today's Zaman

İstanbul prosecutor orders detention of 30 people, police resist - Today's Zaman

US refutes media reports of embassy staff lobbying against Turkish government - hurriyetdailynews.com

Growing Mistrust Between U.S. and Turkey Is Played Out in Public - NYTimes.com

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Damascus says rebels attacked chemical weapons sites - AFP

Syria gov: Secret location of Syria chemical sites ‘leaked’ to al-Nusra - alalam.ir

Truce agreed between government and rebels in besieged town Moadamiyaat Ash-Sham near Damascus - Yahoo News

VIDEO: Besieged Moadamiyaat Ash-Sham Raises Regime Flag to Get Food - YouTube

AP Exclusive: Al-Qaida leader targeting UN workers - Yahoo News

Terrorist mortar attack claims lives of 4 citizens in Damascus- SANA, Syria

25 Islamist groups unite under Al Qaeda command in Al Qalamoun battles - ZAMAN ALWSL 

FSA is in talks with Islamic Front to unite efforts: Chiefs spokesman - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Moroccan ex-Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria - Syria Comment

Exclusive: The story of a kidnapped Syrian forced by al-Qaeda to bomb in Idlib - islamicinvitationturkey.com

Al-Qaeda in Syria Recruiting Foreign Fighters Online - Assyrian International News Agency

The Syrian Electronic Army Is at It Again - NYTimes.com

New report exposes digital front of Syria's civil war - Al Jazeera America

UN Investigator Undercuts New York Times on Syria Chemical Attack - Alternative

VIDEO: Compilation of Videos Shows Children Fighting Among Syrian Rebels Including the Free Syrian Army - Israel National News

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Exclusive - Assad s secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt - Yahoo!7

Syria signs offshore oil and gas exploration deal with Russia - RT Business

Syria issues second food tender using Iranian credit - THE DAILY STAR

Iraq closes border with ally Syria - Al Arabiya News

UN chief: Iran should be part of international conference on Syria - Trend.Az

VIDEO: UN chief wants Iran to attend Syria peace talks - YouTube

Follow the Money: How Syrian Salafis Are Funded From the Gulf - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Hizballah Cavalcade: Khamenei’s Cannon: .50 Caliber Anti-Material Rifles & Shia Fighters in Syria - JIHADOLOGY

Hizballah Cavalcade: Liwa’a al-Hamad: Harakat al-Nujaba’s Latest Shia Militia in Syria - JIHADOLOGY

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Kurdish Groups Agree to Attend Geneva 2 Under United Banner - Rudaw

The Fractious Politics of Syria's Kurds,  PYD is deeply problematic but shares some common interests with US - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Rojava Revolution in 2013: The Success of the YPG - The Rojava Report

Syria’s Kurdish Army: An Interview With Redur Khalil - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Rojava (Syria Kurdistan): Syria's Unknown War - VICE United States

Al Nusrah Kurds: how do they operate and why do they fight fellow Kurds in Syria? - The Kurdistan Tribune

Iraqi Kurdistan's security forces arrest Islamic leader for encouraging youths to go to Syria - ekurd

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Syria opposition 'won't attend talks' unless Aleppo bombing ends - Yahoo News

Syrian opposition to decide on its participation in Geneva II on Jan 7 – chief - The Voice of Russia

Syrian Coalition: Brahimi's statements Appease Iran - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition: Russia has to demonstrate impartiality ahead of Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition: Real Terrorists in Syria are Bashar al-Assad and the militias of Hezbollah - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition Condemns Abductions And Forced Disappearances Practiced By The Assad Regime - Syrian National Coaltion

UN chief backs Iran going to Geneva II, says preparations for upcoming Syria peace conference ‘on track’ - United Nations News Centre

Jimmy Carter calls for Syria elections, peacekeepers - The Washington Post

Hezbollah ambush kills 32 Islamist fighters in e. Lebanon - THE DAILY STAR

Jabhat al-Nusra: Now in Lebanon? - NOW

Army officers among 17 dead as Syria fuels Iraq violence - AP

Iraq To Tighten Security On Syria Border - Eurasia Review

Al-Maliki: countries which lack freedoms stand behind crisis in Syria - SANA, Syria

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Assad says Syria facing major extremist offensive - THE DAILY STAR

North Caucasian al-Shishani On Capture Of Kindi Hospital, "This is the will of Allah, in short. In short, a lot of infidels were killed here" - EA WorldView

Islamic Front joins al Qaeda suicide assault to take Kindi hospital - The Long War Journal

Islamist rebels invaded Adra town in Syria conducting Sharia trials and executions of residents - Tavern Keepers

Islamist rebels said to forcibly convert Syrian Druze, Residents of 14 villages ordered by al-Qaeda group to publicly embrace Islam - The Times of Israel

Al Qaeda affiliates gain loyalty and power east Syria: FSA commanders - ZAMAN ALWSL

The Rebel Offensives in East Ghouta: “The Battle of God is the Greatest and Most Honorable” (November 22nd-December 21st) - Brown Moses Blog

Idriss: We Are Working To Unite The Ranks Of Fighters Fighting Assad - Syrian National Coaltion

VIDEO (English): Latest speech from Brigadier General Salim Idriss - LiveLeak.com -

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Muslim: We won't allow Geneva-II to become another Lausanne which divided "Kurdistan" into four parts - hawarnews.com

Talks between Syrian Kurdish parties continuing - ekurd

Syrian Coalition: Kurdish delegation to Geneva II Will be Part of the Syrian Coalition - Syrian National Coaltion

PKK Agrees with KDP on Four Principal Points - ekurd

Jabhat Al-Nusra and Kurdish People’s Protection Units fight for control of Alouk - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Turkish police attack Kurdish protesters on Syrian border (VIDEO) - PressTV 

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Qatar Islamic charity officials gave millions to al-Qaeda, U.S. says - The Washington Post

Terrorists for human rights, working closely with the United Nations and human rights groups, most notably Human Rights Watch - The Daily Beast

Amnesty admits links to activist accused of funding Al Qaeda, Human Rights Watch declined to comment - The National

Qatar rights advocate hit by U.S. sanctions denies al Qaeda ties - Reuters

US State Department calls on regional leaders to stop funding ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra- SANA, Syria

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Suicide bombing near Shiite school in Syria’s Homs kills 7, incl 5 children - RT News

8 killed in rebel attacks against church in southern Syria - Xinhua - English.news.cn

5 killed by rebel mortar attack in in Aleppo province - Xinhua - English.news.cn

Syrian government airstrikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo kill at least 32, activists say - AP

Mujahideen of Islamic Front and Al-Nusra Front capture strategic Al-Kendi hospital in Aleppo - Kavkazcenter.com

VIDEO: Suicide bombers destroy Al-Kendi cancer hospital in Aleppo - YouTube

VIDEO: Rebel statement outside the Al-Kendi hospital - YALLA SOURIYA

Syria Minister: damages of the terrorist attack on al-Kindi hospital estimated at 1.5 billion SYP - SANA, Syria

Syria State media: Terrorists attacked a number of families who last Wed were fleeing Eastern Ghouta to Beit Sahm and turning themselves in to the authorities, Three civilians killed and others injured - breakingnews.sy

Activists: Pro Assad Shiite militant group opened fire on civilians who were fleeing Eastern Ghouta to Beit Sahm killing at least 30 people - The Syrian Observer

VIDEO: Families fleeing Eastern Ghouta to Beit Sahm under attack - YouTube

TRANSCRIPT: Terrorist confesses to carrying out the crime of assassinating cleric and erudite scholar Muhammad Sa'eed Ramadhaan Al-Bouti - Syrian Perspective

Photographer turned down by Al-Qaeda linked group dies shooting for Reuters in Syria - duckrabbit blog

ISIS Recruiting Ex-Iraqi Intelligence Officers - islamicinvitationturkey

VIDEO: Execution of alleged "Shabiha" by members of ISIS - YouTube

VIDEO: Al Nusra /ISIS terrorists in Syria burning cartons of cigarettes - YouTube

VIDEO (English subtitles): Confession of a Jordanian Terrorist in Syria - LiveLeak.com

Syria's Barrel Bomb Technology Relative To Aleppo Syria Attacks - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (VIDEO) - Brown Moses Blog

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Leader of Ahrar al-Sham and Islamic Front political chief Hassan Aboud rejects Geneva peace talks - Al Jazeera English

VIDEO (Full Interview, English Subtitles): Leader of Ahrar al-Sham and Islamic Front political chief Hassan Aboud speaks to Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera‎

Interim PM Tomah: Syrian Coalition Desires to Build Bridges with the Islamic Front - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Coalition official dismisses chances of Geneva II going ahead - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Former Assad official Makdissi backs ‘third way’ for Syria’s silent majority- The National

Interview with the Syrian Prime Minister on Geneva II - Al Akhbar English

“Dubious Sources”: Tracing the Rumors About EU Intelligence Reconnecting With Assad - Syria in Crisis - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Hizbullah Clashes with Syrian Rebels Overnight in Bekaa's Nahle — Naharnet

Hizballah Cavalcade: Liwa’a al-Hamad: Harakat al-Nujaba’s Latest Shia Militia in Syria - JIHADOLOGY

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Two Syria Kurdish cities are besieged by ISIS: PYD spokesman - Kurdpress News Aganecy

ISIS kidnap no less than 50 Syrian Kurdish civilians - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Kurdish leaders announce two delegations for Geneva – one in conjunction with the Syrian opposition, the other with President Assad’s regime - ekurd

Pro-PYD media: Syrian opposition trying to prevent Kurdish unity - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Syrian Opposition Head Jarba: Barzani is Great Supporter of Syrian People, Revolution - Rudaw

Draft of project of the Constitution of Syrian Kurdistan - ekurd

Kurdish Strategy Towards Ethnically-Mixed Areas in the Syrian Conflict - The Jamestown Foundation

New Kurdish media find their voices in Syrian Kurdistan - ekurd

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Russia: Battle near Syrian chemical facility endangers disarmament process — RT News

Who Attacked Ghouta With Chemical Weapons?: Review of UN Press Conference (VIDEO) - whoghouta.blogspot.com

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Syria is a swirling cauldron of battles and tragedies as the thirty-day countdown begins for the January 22, 2013 United States-Russia sponsored peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland. (Image)

Syrian government sources reported between 80 and 100 killed in Adra, an industrial town northwest of Damascus.   Al Qaeda aligned Al Nusra rebels and the Saudi sponsored Islamic front entered the town on December 12 after a series of defeats in the surrounding area.  Reports indicate that Christian and Druze Syrians were singled out.  According to local workers, rebels infiltrated factories then began shooting workers.  Workers staged a protest on December 20 demanding a response by the United Nations and support from the International Labor Organization.

Battles between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and rebels heated up in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, and the mountainous Qalamoun region near the border with Lebanon. 

Brahimi: US Blocks Iran From Syria Peace Talks, Saudi Invited - dailystar.com

VIDEO: Brahimi: US Blocks Iran From Syria Peace Talks - BBC News 

Difficult to have Iran at Syria peace talks: U.S. official - chicagotribune.com

Syria crisis can’t be solved without Iran: Russian official - PressTV

No preconditions for joining Syria conference: Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif - PressTV

Ban-ki Moon Stresses Necessity for Iran’s Participation in Geneva II Conference on Syria - islamicinvitationturkey.com

VIDEO (Dec 3) : Ban Ki moon Iran must be invited to Syria talks - YouTube

Reports of Secret Negotiations Between Syria Regime, Opposition in Oman - The Syrian Observer

West Understands That Assad Is Lesser Evil Than Terrorists – Lavrov - RIA Novosti

Russia Signals to Syria's Assad to Stay Silent on Re-election - NYTimes.com

Damascus defiant on Assad re-election - THE DAILY STAR

U.S. caution over Assad future prompts opposition doubts - Reuters

"Bashar al-Assad Is Not As Bad As These People!" - A Libyan On Joining Jabhat al-Nusra - Brown Moses Blog

Russia blocks U.N. statement condemning Syrian attacks: diplomats - Reuters

Russia did not ‘block’ Syria draft statement at UN – diplomatic source - RT News

The Gulf Goes Global: the evolving role of Gulf countries in the Middle East and North Africa and beyond - FRIDE 

The Political Science of Syria's War - foreignpolicy.com

NYT Replays Its Iraq Fiasco on Syria Chemical Attack - Consortiumnews

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Amnesty International accuses ISIS of kidnapping, torture and executions - latimes.com

FULL REPORT: Rule of Fear: abuses committed in detention facilities run by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) -  Amnesty International

VIDEO: Amnesty Int'l: Al-Qaeda in Syria kidnaps, tortures, executes prisoners in secret jails - RT News

Adra massacre: Militants show photos of those they beheaded (PHOTO) - alalam.ir

Exclusive: Survivors of Adra carnage speak about 'black Wednesday' (VIDEO) - alalam.ir

Islamic Extremists Assault Syria's Alawite Villages: ‘Scenes of Beauty As Well As Unspeakable Horrors’ - WSJ

Syria Islamic Militants Go After Opposition Activists - ABC News

Rebel Leader: Nuns Were Led To Safety, Not Seized, In Syria - Public Radio Tulsa

Brahimi Urges Rebels to Release Syrian Human Rights Activist Razan Zeitouneh — Naharnet

Syria: Insurgents capture Kindi hospital converted into regime military barracks in Aleppo (VIDEO) - EA WorldView

Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: A Chaotic Conflict of Brigades - Al Akhbar English

The Factions of Abu Kamal - Brown Moses Blog

Video raises worries of Britons fighting with Syria militants - Reuters

VIDEO: Brigade of exclusively British jihadists fighting in Syria - Sky News

Foreign Jihadists in Syria: Tracking Recruitment Networks - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria - The International Spectator - Volume 48, Issue 4

The German Jihadists’ Colony in Syria - Foundation for Defense of Democracies

U.S. Court Revives 9/11 Victims' Case Against Saudi Arabia - NYTimes.com

VIDEO (English): Interview with Al-Nusra leader in Syria - Al Jazeera

VIDEO (Arabic): Full 50-minute interview with the head of al-Nusra - Al Jazeera Arabic

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Abbas Khan's death in Syria: why his family don't believe the official story - The Guardian

The BBC's Contradicting Reports On Abbas Khan, the doctor's family feared that the he was likely to commit suicide five days before his death - M of A

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Syrian Kurds fail to agree on Geneva II - ekurd

PYD demands Kurdish delegation at Geneva talks separate from both the government and opposition - Reuters

Jarba says Syria Kurds 'to send two delegations to peace talks', one with the opposition coalition and the other with the government - THE DAILY STAR

Kurdish Geneva Particpants Announced by KNC - The Syrian Observer

Night Raids on Kurdistan Mosques to Catch Islamist Recruits for Syria - Rudaw

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Syria's Islamic Front spurns talks with U.S.: diplomat - Yahoo News

Syria: Islamic Front denies meeting US ambassador - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

The Islamic Front says it 'will not fight the al Qaeda organization' - Threat Matrix

The Islamic Front: New Power On The Ground In Syria - buzzfeed.com

Islamic Front Military Leader Zahran Alloush: His Ideology and Beliefs - Syria Comment

VIDEO (Arabic) - Ahrar al-Sham ldr & Islamic Front political chief Hassan Aboud sounding dismissive of Geneva II - YouTube

Islamic Front leading figure was bin Laden's courier, now Zawahiri's representative - The Long War Journal

A Confused Situation in Northern Syria: FSA and the Islamic Front - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Salim Idris has failed as leader of Syrian rebels, coalition says - Telegraph

FSA, Islamic Front pledge to reconcile - THE DAILY STAR

Islamic Front ends up disputes with leading rebel group in Idlib - ZAMAN ALWSL

Opposition Coalition spokesman resigns - ZAMAN ALWSL 

The Belated Birth of the  Muslim Brotherhood’s Waad Party in Syria in Crisis - Carnegie Middle East Center

Lavrov: "All Syrian Patriots Must Unite to Fight Against Islamic Front, Jihadists, and Al Qaeda" (VIDEO) - EA WorldView

Syrian Foreign Ministry wonders at US intention to hold talks with Islamic Front terrorist group- SANA, Syria

Syria peace conference to open Jan. 22 in Montreux - Boston Herald

U.N. heads, EU call for humanitarian ceasefire in Syria - Reuters

Exclusive: West signals to Syrian opposition Assad may stay - Reuters

Interview with Syrian Minister ‘We Are Not Going to Geneva to Hand Over Power' - Rudaw

Syrian Coalition: Iran’s Participation in Geneva II Can Be Reconsidered - Syrian National Coaltion

Fragmented Syria: The Balance of Forces as of Late 2013 - gloria-center.org

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‘Slaughtered like sheep’: Eyewitnesses recount rebel massacre in Adra, Syria (VIDEO) — RT News

A survivor of Adraa tells his nights of terror with al-Nusra Front - LiveLeak.com

Rebels denounce claims of killing civilians in Adra: statement - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Russia condemns Adra massacre, calls on world community to react — RT News

Lavrov: Foreign support to armed groups in Syria caused terrorist massacre in Adra- SANA, Syria

VIDEO: Sectarian Based Massacres and Burning Committed in Adra, Syria by Saudi Backed Wahhabi Militants - YouTube

Al Qaeda-Linked Jihadists Are Hunting and Killing Moderate Syrian Rebels - The Daily Beast

ISIS Arrests FSA Leader - The Syrian Observer

Al Qaeda freed leader of Hama FSA Military Council - ZAMAN ALWSL

Kanayé, another Christian village invaded by jihadists that impose the Islamic law - Fides News Agency

Turkish journalist kidnapped by al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria - hurriyetdailynews.com

ISIS and al-Nusra Front sell Maalula’s artifacts via internet - breakingnews.sy

Al-Nusra Front leader in Syria speaks to Al Jazeera - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

An alleged biography of Al-Nusra Front leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani – pietervanostaeyen

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – a Short Biography of the ISIS Sheikh - pietervanostaeyen

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham - gloria-center.org

Documents show Turkey sent guns to Syrian rebels, over 47 tons of weaponry since June - hurriyetdailynews.com

Turkey admits export of rifles to Syria only ‘for sports': hunting rifles and blank firing guns - hurriyetdailynews.com

Saudi prince bashes US over foreign policy in Iran and Syria, says his country ready to act 'with or without' West - Al Jazeera America

Syria’s Saudi Jihadist Problem - The Daily Beast

ICSR Insight: Up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria; steep rise among Western Europeans - ICSR

Militants from 70 countries fight in Syria: Report - alalam.ir

Sweden raises estimate of fighters in Syria to 75 - ZAMAN ALWSL

The Chechen Jihadists fighting in Syria - BBC News

Syria: Chechen Fighter Abu Umar al-Shishani rise to power, "Likes To Spend Time In Jacuzzi In His Aleppo Villa" - EA WorldView

As many as 100 Canadians could be fighting in Syria against Assad regime, think tank says - National Post

Extremist Syrian faction touts training camp for boys - The Washington Post

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Dr Abbas Khan's mother accuses Syrian regime of killing son to spite Britain - Telegraph

Tragic last letter of British doctor Abbas Khan murdered in a Syrian prison cell - Mail Online

Syria says British doctor's family can probe death - AFP

Syria Foreign Ministry submits medical report on death of British citizen who entered Syria illegally - SANA

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Syrian Kurds welcome agreement to unite for the Geneva II conference - Al-Monitor

Syrian Kurds jockey for seat at Geneva talks - Al-Monitor

Barzani sneaks to Geneva II to put Kurdish dream on table - ZAMAN ALWSL

Syrian and Iraqi Kurds more divided over Syria - Al-Monitor

Syrian Kurdish PYD committee on visit to Russia, Salih Muslim to give address in the Duma - ekurd

Iran pleased with PYD transitional administration - BAS NEWS

ʿAyn al-ʿArab/ʿAfrin: Islamic State imposes economic blockade - KurdWatch.org 

"Why Syria’s Kurds are beating Al Qaeda" - Syria Comment

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Russia and western nations clash over who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria at a UN Security Council meeting  - AFP

Who Attacked Ghouta?: Location of Liwa Al Islam Videos - whoghouta.blogspot.co.uk

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VIDEO: Interview with General Salim Idriss, the chief of staff the Free Syrian Army - Al Jazeera English

VIDEO: Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and the Collapsing Free Syrian Army - therealnews.com

Free Syrian Army Spokesman Fahad al-Masri criticizes Chief of General Staff Salim Idriss calling his superior ‘‘unsuccessful and wretched’’ - Aydinlik

The Syrian Coalition calls on the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front to "unite their ranks under a single national project" - Syrian Coalition

Syria's moderate opposition in 'serious difficulty': France - THE DAILY STAR

FSA commander al-Wawi freed after days of abduction - ZAMAN ALWSL 

FSA commander defects to Qaeda-linked group - Yahoo News UK

Insurgents in Syria Fight Each Other, Inflict Casualties - abna.ir

Two Rebel groups reach reconciliation accord - ZAMAN ALWSL 

VIDEO: Heavy clashes erupt among various insurgents groups in Syria - YouTube

Syria rebel commander freezes to death - AFP

Syrian Army: Syrian rebels execute 80 civilians in Adra outside Damascus, ‘Whole families murdered’ - RT News

Al Qaeda affiliate ISIS makes gains in Deir Zour - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Plundered Syrian Torah scrolls said held by Al-Qaeda-linked rebels - The Times of Israel

Talks 'ongoing' to free seized nuns in Syria - Independent.ie

Protesters call for nuns’ release outside Turkey embassy - AFP

Sharia law imposed in Christian village in Syria by Nusra Front - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia | AGI

New Shari'a council takes over oil fields in Deir Ezzour - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

VIDEO: Demonstration against Jabhat Al-Nasra in at the engineering faculty in Raqqa - YouTube

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Syrian Islamic Front rebels to meet U.S. officials: opposition sources - Reuters

US explores ties with Syrian Islamist rebels, possibly Assad too - for a lineup to fight al Qaeda - DEBKAfile

US, Turkey to rethink Syria policies - Al-Monitor

Qatar resets its Syria policy - Al-Monitor

VIDEO: Former CIA chief Michael Hayden believes militant win is not possible in Syria - YouTube

U.S., Britain have not helped Syrian rebels enough, Saudi prince says - Reuters

VIDEO: King of the Sands: Controversial Syrian Film on Saudi Arabia's Founder Shown in Syria + Trailer - YouTube

Report: Bandar asked Putin to delay Geneva II conference - THE DAILY STAR

Syrian coalition: opposition delegation to Geneva II will comprise all factions - World Bulletin

Prominent Shiite cleric backs fighting in Syria - The Washington Post

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Salih Muslim is said to be in Erbil to settle differences between PYD and Barzani - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Syria war brings al-Qaeda threat to Iraqi Kurdistan - Al-Monitor

First UN aid flight takes off from Iraqi Kurdistan for Syrian Kurdistan - ekurd

Syria Kurds will establish their government: Kurdish KNC official - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Fears that rise of PYD in northern Syria jeopardizes Turkmen presence in region - Today's Zaman

Foreign Policy Analysis: Syrian Turkmen in Grip of Assad Regime, ISIS and PYD - ORSAM

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After the Release of the UN Report Fresh Doubts about Syria’s Sarin Guilt - Consortiumnews

Responses To The Final UN Report Into The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria - Part 2 - Brown Moses Blog

Responses To The Final UN Report Into The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria - Part 3 - Brown Moses Blog

Who Attacked Ghouta?: Hexamine is not the Smoking Gun Implying Government Culpability - whoghouta.blogspot.com

Observations on the UN final report into chemical weapons use in Syria - Human rights investigations

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Activists: Islamists kill 15 Alawite and Druze civilians in Adra, Witnesses accuse the Islamic Front and Nusra Front of carrying out the attacks - NBC News

VIDEO: Syria rebels attack Adra homes, make piles of bodies - LiveLeak.com

PHOTO: Child Bashar Hassan was murdered with his parents and two siblings by the rebels in Adra - Syrian Perspective

Islam Army denies kidnap accusations of prominent activist near Damascus - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Shuhada'a Douma Brigade to retaliate against kidnappers of VDC activists - Syria Newsdesk

VIDEO (English): Human rights lawyer Razan Zeitouneh describe siege & life in Syria, recorded just before abduction - YouTube

Negotiations intensify for release of Syrian nuns - Al-Monitor

Al-Qaeda affiliate's execution of disabled man in Syria sparks outrage - Al-Shorfa

Syria's Rebel Press Is Fighting Back Against Jihadists - VICE

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Qaeda rebels seize 120 Syrian Kurds near Turkish border: watchdog - Yahoo News

PYD leader Salih Muslim: No solution for Syria without the Kurds, we won’t accept any decision made at Geneva if we are not involved in it - ekurd

US former Ambassador Robert Ford says Kurdish issue should not be discussed in Geneva - Kurdpress News Aganecy

PKK Supports Initiative to Reconcile Syrian Kurds Ahead of Geneva Conference - Rudaw

Syrian Kurdish PYD leader Salih Muslim says talks in Erbil positive for the revival of the Kurdish Supreme Council - ekurd

Barzani, Baydemir and Zana are to unite Syrian Kurdish parties: official - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Turkey's top Kurdish politicians in Iraqi Kurdistan for mediation between KDP and PYD - ekurd

ʿAyn al‑ʿArab: PYD closes private schools - KurdWatch.org

Education "politicalized" in Syria's Kurdish region: Students protest - aranews.org

State of the Battle between Kurds and Islamist Rebels - Syria Deeply

How do Kurds join Al Nusrah in Syria - and who are they? - The Kurdistan Tribune

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Syrian National Coalition: Islamic Front Militants Nabbed Our Weapons - ABC News

FSA - Islamic Front showdown at Bab al-Hawa - Carnegie Middle East Center

VIDEO (Arabic): FSA Officer at warehouse in Bab al-Hawa explains how the Islamic Front surrounded camp, robbed it, even taking underwear - YouTube

VIDEO (Arabic): An insurgent from the Islamic Front describes the seizing of FSA warehouses - YouTube

Ankara mediates between FSA and Islamic Front, However the two sides were ultimately unable to reach a solution  - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

FSA top commander denies fleeing Syria to Qatar -ZAMAN ALWSL

FSA commander, Ammar al-Wawi, missed near Turkish border -ZAMAN ALWSL 

Opposition memo proposes to establish FSA-Islamic Front “Joint Distribution Center Command" - washingtonpost.com

Syrian coalition say Islamic Front fighters are 'welcome' to participate in Geneva peace talks - Fox News

The FSA creates a new military alliance: Syria Revolutionaries’ Front - Carnegie Middle East Center

US switches military aid from rebels in the north to new pro-US security zone against Al Qaeda - DEBKAfile

White House willing to support a Syrian rebel coalition that would include Islamist groups provided they back upcoming peace talks in Geneva and return seized military material  - The Washington Post

Hagel: U.S. vows support for Syrian opposition despite troubles - Reuters

CIA focuses on al-Qaeda's use of Turkish smuggling routes - Al-Monitor

Does the Islamic Front 'battle al Qaeda'? - Threat Matrix

Free Syrian Army and al-Nusra Front battling it out for leadership over the “the refugee republic” in Ersal - Al Akhbar English

Muhajireen Battalions in Syria - JIHADOLOGY

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Iran, Saudi among 30 countries invited to Syria talks - THE DAILY STAR

Brahimi sets deadline for naming Syrian delegations to peace talks - The Star Online

Interview with the prime minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government on the Geneva II peace conference - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Obama Advisor: 'Extremism' Could Be Key to Ending Syrian Civil War - foreignpolicy.com

Why Is Saudi Arabia Buying 15,000 U.S. Anti-Tank Missiles? The deal may be related to Riyadh's support for the Syrian rebels - foreignpolicy.com 

Saudi religious leader condemns suicide attacks - Yahoo News Maktoob

Film taking aim at Saudi monarchy opens in Syria - SanLuisObispo.com

Syrian girls advertised for selling in Saudi Arabia - alalam.ir

Russia: Is Damascus' Claim Of "1,700 Chechens" Fighting in Syria Correct? - EA WorldView

Syria: Abu Umar al-Shishani - "Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar Joined ISIS After Al-Baghdadi Oath" - EA WorldView

Jihadists from Spain in Syria: facts and figures - Elcano

Syrian War Profiteers Gun for Frozen Funds - Al Akhbar English

Syria tender for food calls for payment from Iran - Yahoo News

Syria frees 366 prisoners from Aleppo jail: SANA - THE DAILY STAR

VIDEO (English Subtitles): Interview With The Syrian Electronic Army - YouTube

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U.N. confirms chemical arms were used repeatedly in Syria - Reuters

UN final report on chemical weapons attacks in Syria (full text) - unoda

Syria: Summary of Conclusions of the UN Mission on the Use of Chemical Weapons - EA WorldView

Responses To The Final UN Report Into The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria - Part 1 - Brown Moses Blog

Fast Proof of Nerve Gas in Syria - DiscoverMagazine.com

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U.S., Britain suspend aid to north Syria after Islamic Front seizes FSA weapons store, General Salim Idriss flees into Turkey -Reuters

VIDEO: U.S. suspends non-lethal assistance to northern Syria - YouTube

Turkey closes Syria border gate as US suspends non-lethal aid - hurriyetdailynews.com

Islamic Front “complete coup” against the FSA’s Chiefs of Staff seizing ten warehouses with an arsenal of weaponry - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

FSA Statement on the Islamic Front - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian FSA struggles in shadow of Saudi-backed opposition front - Al-Monitor

Nusra Front executes members of FSA for raping, killing activists - THE DAILY STAR

Islamic Front brigade launches joint raid with al Qaeda's Syrian branches against Hezbollah and pro-Assad militias - The Long War Journal

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Major news outlets urge Syria rebels to halt abductions - The Washington Post

Jihadist site urges Syria militants to free journalists - THE DAILY STAR

Aleppo: protest against Al Qaeda affiliate demanding detainees freedom - ZAMAN ALWSL

VIDEO: Spanish journalist’s wife pleads with rebels in Syria to free her husband - LiveLeak.com

Opposition coalition member Rima Flaihan: Islam Army leader kidnapped Razan Zaitouneh - ZAMAN ALWSL

ISIS militants attack university students in Al-Raqqa - Syria Newsdesk

Syrian Coalition: ISIS and Sister Groups are Desperate Gamble by a Dying Regime - Syrian National Coaltion

Syrian Salafi Militants: More United, than Divided on Future - Al Akhbar English

Al Qaeda affiliate expels Ahrar Al Sham from Maskenh near Aleppo - ZAMAN ALWSL

Syrian Electronic Army: All Vandyke's Leaked Facebook Messages Revealed - Syrian Electronic Army

The Three Versions of Al Qaeda: A Primer - Foreign Policy Research Institute

VIDEO: al Kindi Hospital still resits, Rebel shelling has turned much of the hospital into a burning, shattered ruin - LiveLeak.com - Syria - 

VIDEO: ISIS captures area of systems for power generation - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Jabhat al-Nusra PR Video About Capture of Al-Omar Oil Field, Largest in Syria - YouTube

VIDEO: Shari'a at work! 100 lashes for an adulterer! After his punishment he hugs his ISIL- torturer! - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Finnish National Fighting With Al-Qaeda In Syria: I Have Come To Establish The Caliphate In The Levant - Atlas Shrugs

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ISIS forcibly displace Syrian Kurdish civilians from their homes in the town of Tal Abyad - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Kurdish leader Salih Muslim‘s speech at the EU conference - Mesopotamische Gesellschaft

The Kurdish PUK’s Syria Policy - Carnegie Middle East Center

VIDEO: Interview YPG woman fighter Zozan Cudi, Syria Kurdistan - LiveLeak.com

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The Gulf Cooperation Council wraps up a two-day annual summit in Kuwait City condeming Assad, Syria slams Gulf "inflammatory rhetoric" - Al Akhbar

Syria: Saudi Loses Battle for Damascus - Al Akhbar English

VIDEO: Syrian UN Perm Rep Dr. Jaafari confirms arrest of 300 Saudis and death of thousands (Full Speech) - YouTube

VIDEO: Newly-emerged letter revealed that Saudi Arabia has send many criminals for fighting in Syria - LiveLeak.com

Interview with military analyst Omar Lamrani of Stratfor to weigh in on the current state of the battle in Syria - Syria Deeply

IPT Exclusive: Jihad-Supporting Syrian Imam Raised Millions on U.S. Fundraising Tour - The Investigative Project on Terrorism

Halutz: Israel Prefers Assad to Islamist Rebels - Israel National News

Archbishop Hindo: inciting Christians to take up arms is "insane" - Fides News Agency

Jarba: Moscow Visit Delayed - Syrian National Coaltion

VIDEO: Interview: Women Should Be Allowed At Syria Peace Negotiations - huffingtonpost.com

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Syria human rights lawyer Zaitouneh and three opposition members kidnapped, activists say they believe Islamist rebels were responsible - DAILY STAR

The four civil rights activists kidnapped in Douma received threats from unidentified militants back on the 25th of September - Syria Newsdesk

Zaitouneh recently took aim at the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: “More than 90 percent of the cases of abduction are carried out by ISIS" - McClatchy DC

Zaitouneh's groundbreaking work documenting the Aug 21 sarin attack – one of 1st on the scene (Full Text, VIDEO) - YALLA SOURIYA

VIDEO: A recent message of  Razan Zaitouneh - Foreign Plocy

Spanish journalist, photographer kidnapped by ISIS in Syria - Reuters

Snatched Spanish Reporters Believed Alive: Employer - malaysiandigest.com

Syria Islamists seize Turkey border crossing: monitor - THE DAILY STAR

Al Qaeda fighters in Syria kill two top FSA leaders - TheHill

Syria’s moderate rebel groups launch ‘soft power’ plan to beat Islamists - The Independent

In Qatar talks, U.S. underscores support for Syrian moderates - Reuters

Syria regime closes in on Yabrud, last rebel-held town in Qalamoun where it is believed a group of nuns have been transferred - Naharnet

Syria: 'Dozen killed in clashes between jihadists in north' - Adnkronos Security

ISIS members forcibly seize two ambulances in Al-Raqqa - Syria Newsdesk

VIDEO: Militants target Aleppo's main hospital - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Poor Syrian girl CRIES when Al Qaeda goon forces her to sing!! - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Former French fighter in Syria: 'We are all al-Qaeda' - BBC News

VIDEO (English Subtitled): Al-Qaeda Interview with German jihadist Abu Talha al-Almani (DenisCuspert) - LiveLeak.com

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Who runs Syria's Kurdish areas? - aranews.org

Interview with YPG commander: "Terrorist Groups Are Displacing Kurdish People” - Inter Press Service

The Qamishli Front (VIDEO) - Brown Moses Blog

Kurdistan in Last Effort to Reconcile Kurdish Groups in Syria - rudaw.net

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Al-Jarba: "Yes to Geneva II" based on principles determined by coalition - KUNA

Jarba Takes Part in GCC Summit, Accuses Regime of Arming Qaida-Linked ISIS - Naharnet

Syrian opposition head urges Gulf states to launch aid fund - Reuters

With US ties frayed, Saudi calls for Gulf union - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Hezbollah escalates rhetoric against Riyadh - Al-Monitor

Is Iran set to lash out at Saudi Arabia? - CNN.com Blogs

At UN Human Rights Day, Syria Banned from Speaking as Chair of Asia Group by Japan, Cyprus, Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Ja'afari Tells Inner City Press - Inner City Press

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VIDEO: Did Syrian rebel group have sarin? Seymour Hersh Says Obama Cherry Picked Intel On Syrian Sarin Gas Attack - CNN

VIDEO: Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry Picked" Intel on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike (1 of 2) - Democracy Now

VIDEO: Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry Picked" Intel on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike (2 of 2) - Democracy Now

Sy Hersh's Chemical Misfire, What the legendary reporter gets wrong about Syria's sarin attacks - Foreign Policy

Why Seymour Hersh has it wrong this time - NOW

Chemical Weapons Conspiracy That Wasn't --- Hersh's "Exclusive" Dissected - EA WorldView

Mother Agnes Mariam on the sarin report: “I praise, I thank Mr. Hersh to be courageous, to be audacious, to be full of honesty - buzzfeed.com

Matt Van Dyke Online Accounts Leaked by the Syrian Electronic Armys Today, Admits that He Has Information the Rebels Had Chemical Weapons - ShiaChat.com

Full Text of Matt Van Dyke Online Accounts Leaked by the Syrian Electronic Armys - leaks.sea.sy

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Syrian army retakes road needed to ship out chemical arms - Reuters

Syria regime forces advance in Qalamoun - AFP

US in quiet talks with Hizballah as Syrian rebels lose Qalamoun strongholds in crushing defeat - debka.com

Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria fighting - Israel National News

Syrian Islamists seize Western-backed rebel bases - monitoring group - Reuters

Joint Chiefs denies al Qaeda attack on FSA depots - ZAMAN ALWSL

Jihadists execute mentally ill Syrian man for 'blasphemy', The heating oil vendor said: "What am I, the God of fuel" - THE DAILY STAR

PHOTO: Jihadists execute Syrian man for 'blasphemy' - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Syria's Rebel Press Is Fighting Back Against Jihadists - VICE United States

Reflections of a Revolutionary, Imprisoned by Al-Qaida - Syria Deeply

To Syria’s Revolutionaries, Assad Isn’t Looking So Bad After All - Yahoo News

Bishop: Christians should take up arms in Syria - alalam.ir

Lebanon to seek Qatar’s help over nuns seized in Syria - THE DAILY STAR

English translation  of the interview with the 13 nuns - NOW

VIDEO: Bodies of Syrian army dead displayed by Rebel fighters after conquest of Maaloula - YouTube

Al-Qaeda’s Governance Strategy in Raqqa - Syria Comment

Abu Umar al-Shishani Reports Advance For ISIS In South-West Aleppo - EA WorldView

Interview with ISIS Chechen Leader Abu Umar al-Shishani - EA WorldView

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Iraq Forces Clash With Gunmen in Syria Border Area - NYTimes.com

Insurgents control 400 kms of Iraq/Syria border: Analyst - PressTV 

Iraqi FM says proliferation of extremists may create a jihadi 'emirate' in Syria - Fox News

Next door to Syria, an al-Qaeda-linked group is also gaining ground in Iraq - The Washington Post

VIDEO: Iraq discovers smuggling tunnels at Syria border - LiveLeak.com

Syria urges UN to stop "Saudi support for extremists" - AFP

Saudi jihadists flow into Syria - Al-Monitor

Saudi Clerics Endorse Jihadists in Syria - Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis - The Independent

Qatar Changing Policy on Syria, to Improve Relations between Doha and Damascus, - islamicinvitationturkey.com

Arms smuggling along Syria-Jordan border triples - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Jordan's Daraa problem, In recent weeks, anti-Syrian regime rebels have tightened their grip over most of its territory - Al-Monitor

Syria’s Jihadists Linked to Organized Crime - thedailybeast.com

Syria's Foreign Fighters - foreignpolicy.com

Syria conflict: Foreign jihadists 'use Turkey safe houses' - BBC News

Sydney man admits making Syrian war videos but denies inciting violence - theguardian.com

Syria opposition leader says to visit Russia - THE DAILY STAR

Al-Jarba praises Kuwait, GCC for vital support to Syrian people - KUNA

Uncertain Future for the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood’s Political Party- Carnegie Middle East Center

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PYD Leader: US and Turkey are Hindering Kurdish Rights - Rudaw

Syrian Kurds discuss differences over Geneva II - Al-Monitor

Syria: Kurdish party denies ties to government - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

ISIS continues attacks on Syrian Kurds Aleppo - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Salih Muslim: I have performed Hajj twice and Umrah 50 times - BAS NEWS

VIDEO: Among the Kurds of Rojava (Syria Kurdistan) - LiveLeak.com

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Seymour Hersh: US administration cherry-picked intelligence on chemical weapons attack to make the case for a military strike against Syria -  LRB

VIDEO: Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike - Democracy Now!

Obama aides deny Syria intelligence story - AP

New Yorker, Washington Post Passed On Seymour Hersh Syria Report - huffingtonpost.com

Who Attacked Ghouta?: Review of Seymour Hersh's LRB Piece - whoghouta.blogspot.com

PHOTO: 3D Models Of Volcanoes And Their Launchers - Brown Moses Blog

Delays possible in Syria chemicals weapons mission - The Washington Post

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Top 45 Lies in Obama's Speech at the U.N.

Ending One War, Ending All Wars

The Other Super Power Is Winning

Kerry Couldn't Sell a Used Car

This War Too Is A Lie

Video: What the U.S. Public Thinks of an Attack on Syria

Video: Forum on Preventing an Attack on Syria

A Modest Proposal for Syria

Who the Missiles Will Hurt

Caveman Credibility and its Costs

Cruise Missile Law Enforcement

Opposition to Iraq War May Save Syria

Lying About Syria, and the Lying Liars Who Lie About the Lying

Who knew?

By Seymour M. Hersh

Barack Obama did not tell the whole story this autumn when he tried to make the case that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August. In some instances, he omitted important intelligence, and in others he presented assumptions as facts. Most significant, he failed to acknowledge something known to the US intelligence community: that the Syrian army is not the only party in the country’s civil war with access to sarin, the nerve agent that a UN study concluded – without assessing responsibility – had been used in the rocket attack. In the months before the attack, the American intelligence agencies produced a series of highly classified reports, culminating in a formal Operations Order – a planning document that precedes a ground invasion – citing evidence that the al-Nusra Front, a jihadi group affiliated with al-Qaida, had mastered the mechanics of creating sarin and was capable of manufacturing it in quantity. When the attack occurred al-Nusra should have been a suspect, but the administration cherry-picked intelligence to justify a strike against Assad.

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Ahrar Qalamoun and Nusra Front demand hostage swap for kidnapped nuns, release of 1000 female detainees by Syrian government - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Abducted Syrian nuns appear in video, deny being kidnapped and thank captors for "protection" - Al Akhbar English

VIDEO: Maloula nuns appear on al-Jazeera without their crosses - YouTube

PHOTO: Kidnappers have taken the cross off the nun - Syrian Truth | English

Suicide car bomber kills 5 in Kurdish town Qamishli - THE DAILY STAR

Islamic State sentences Raqqa artist to death by decapitation in absentia - Syria Newsdesk

‘Shocking’ number of journalists being abducted by Al Qaida militias in Syria - World Tribune

A Split In Loyalties & Ideology For Syria's Chechen Fighters - EA WorldView

VIDEO: Jihadis execute other rebel - LiveLeak.com

PHOTO: The tomb of a monk was ransacked by terrorists in Qara - Syrian Perspective

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Islamist rebels tighten hold in south Syria fueling tensions with FSA, ISIS seizes three trucks carrying more than 30 tons of arms destined for FSA - Qatar Tribune

Syrian Coalition Release a Report on FSA Gains (full text in Arabic) - Syrian National Coaltion

Syria's FSA Not To Attend Geneva Talks - Eurasia Review

VIDEO: FSA spokesman: Group will not attend Geneva II conference - LiveLeak.com

Disillusioned Fighters Abandon Frontlines as Syria’s Revolution Is Hijacked by Armies of Jihadists - Rudaw

FSA founder refutes rumors of kidnap and pledge allegiance to Al Qaeda - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Shi’ite checkpoints become remarkably widespread in Aleppo - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Why Private Gulf Financing for Syria’s Extremist Rebels Risks Igniting Sectarian Conflict at Home - Brookings Institution

Syria’s Gulf Brigades - The Middle East Channel

Damascus demands compensation from Saudi Arabia and Qatar for fuelling terrorism in Syria - Russian Radio

E.U. security officials note increased flow of fighters to Syria's civil war - The Washington Post

House Intel Chair Slams U.S. Outreach to Syria's Islamist Rebels - NationalJournal.com

PYD Leader: We Will Not Play The Game At Geneva II - The Rojava Report

INTERVIEW: Brzezinski says Russia and U.S. poised for cooperation on Syria, Iran (AUDIO) - Voice of Russia

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Activists: Assad used poison gas again - Al Arabiya News

Syria denies claims of new chemical weapons attack - CBS News

VIDEO: Syrian media reject opposition's accusation of government using chemicals in Damascus countryside - LiveLeak.com

Syria's Chemical Weapons Munitions Destroyed, Watchdog Says - huffingtonpost.com

Chemical Weapons Convoy Faces Enemy Territory And Threat of Roadside Bombs, Securebio expert discusses the details of the mission - Syria Deeply – Syria News

Chemical weapons: How Pentagon plans to destroy Syria's stockpile at sea - CSMonitor.com

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Damascus paper says rebels using nuns as “human shields" - AFP

Nuns captured in Syria in contact 'every day' with nearby convent - World News

Conflicting statements on the issue of the Sisters of Maalula - Fides News Agency

Syrian Coalition: We are working on ensuring the safety of the nuns in Maloula - Syrian National Coalition

Bishops, mufti condemn ‘kidnapping’ of nuns, orphans from Syrian town - THE DAILY STAR

VIDEO: Solidarity of Muslim Clerics with Christian Clergymen in Damascus Denouncing Saudi Wahhabi Terror - YouTube

VIDEO: 'Monstrous' Terror: Islamist rebels hold nuns hostage in Syria - RT

Rebel rockets kill 18 in pro-regime area of Syria's Aleppo - AFP

VIDEO: Insurgents Kill 18 in Mortar Attacks in Aleppo - YouTube

Activists: Rebels kill Iraqi journalist in Syria - THE DAILY STAR

VIDEO: Terrorists in Syria Attack Aleppo Kindi Hospital - LiveLeak.com

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NGO: Syria jihadists kidnap 50 Kurds - Al Arabiya News

ISIS Besiege PYD in Afrin, Ain al-Arab - The Syrian Observer

ISIS threatens to besiege Syrian Kurdish city Kobani - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Aleppo province: ISIS confiscates shops and a bakery owned by Kurds in the Minbej city - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Tall Tamr: Numerous YPG‑fighters killed by ISIS - KurdWatch.org

Kurds want to complete their autonomy project prior to Genera II conference - Kurdpress News Aganecy -

Syrian Kurds celebrate war-torn country's first civil marriage - Al Jazeera America

Syrian Opposition Says Kurdish Autonomy Demand Would Have The Effect Of Disrupting Geneva Talks - aina.org

Syrian Coalition PM: PYD is a part of the Syrian regime - Rihab News

Syria’s Kurds divided over path to autonomy - Al-Monitor

Syrian KDP: Kurds should attend Geneva II as a single delegation - ekurd

PYD and Iraq reach consensus on opening border - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Iraqi Kurdish PM accuses PYD of deceiving Kurds - Kurdpress News Aganecy

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U.S., Allies Reach Out to Syria's Islamist Rebels, The goal is to persuade some Islamists to support a Syria peace conference in Geneva - WSJ.com

Two competing analyses of the Islamic Front, a newly formed consortium of seven powerful Syrian rebel groups - NOW

Leading Syrian rebels defect FSA, dealing blow to fight against al-Qaeda - Telegraph

4 battalions from Qatar-backed Islamist brigade defect to wage 'armed jihadist struggle' - The Long War Journal

Leader of ISIS vows to target FSA rebels in Syria's Raqqa - aranews.org

A misreading of comments by Syrian Gen. Salim Idriss: “The army must fight ISIS" - washingtonpost.com

Weekly ISIS newspaper hits stands - THE DAILY STAR

Beheadings and spies help al Qaeda gain ground in Syria - Reuters

Syria's 'bride of the revolution' mourns freedom in al Qaeda's grip - Reuters

Desperate Syrian rebels turn homes into weapons factories - NBC World News

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Kuwait charities, tribes and citizens raise money -- possibly hundreds of millions of dollars -- for armed groups fighting the Syrian regime - Foreign Policy

Turkey on Alert Against 47 Al-Qaeda Groups in Syria - aina.org

Who Are the Foreign Fighters in Syria? - Carnegie Middle East Center

Afghan Militants Join Syria's Civil War, As If It Wasn't Awful Enough - FP Passport

Saudi female suicide bomber arrives in Syria - i24news

Moroccan family of 5 members fighting in Syria - ZAMAN ALWSL

Russia & Syria Spotlight: Jihad For Export, Part II - EA WorldView

VIDEO: Chechen Fighters in Syria - BBC

Sunni group claims assassination of Hezbollah commander - AFP

Hizballah Leader Nasrallah Declares War on Saudi Arabia - TIME.com

The road from Iraq to Damascus: Iraqis fight to the death to defend Shia shrines - they show less zeal for Assad's regime - The Independent

Geneva 2 must aim for free polls in Syria: Iran - THE DAILY STAR

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Head of convent says Syrian rebels abduct 12 nuns, Syrian patriarch calls for their release - Star Tribune

Syria rebels: snipers block nuns’ evacuation - Al Arabiya News

VIDEO: Syrian rebels destroying & torching old Christian town Maaloula - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Syrian Rebels Invade Ancient Maaloula Again and Abduct Nuns and Orphans from St. Thecla Convent - YouTube

Suicide bomb at Damascus office kills four-state media - Reuters

Syria: Al-Qaeda jihadists seize church, transform it into their headquarters - Jihad Watch

Terrorists target Imam of the Great Mosque in Jeroud, Damascus Countryside - SANA, Syria

Al-Qaeda in Syria target Turkmen minority - Al-Monitor

Details emerge of life under al Qaida in Syria - star-telegram.com

Lawyers denounce Shariah Authority decision to ban civil law in Syrian courts - ZAMAN ALWSL 

How al Qaida’s rise drove a Syrian revolutionary to choose exile - McClatchy 

Daily energy supplies curtailed in Syria after attacks on gas network - UPI.com

Syria Document: Founding Declaration of the Islamic Front - EA WorldView

FSA intelligence report: Threat posed by the al-Qaeda affiliate known as the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” or ISIS - The Washington Post

Atassi resigns as vice president for Syria National Coalition - THE DAILY STAR

Senior Member Of The SMC Defects To ISIS And Details Foreign Involvement In the Oppostion (VIDEO) - Brown Moses Blog

INTERACTIVE MAP: A detailed look at Syria’s Islamist, jihadist groups - FRANCE 24

VIDEO: ISIS/AQ takes no prisoners - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Terrorists humiliating prisoner, asking him to bark and bite his fingers - English subtitles - LiveLeak.com

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Turkey deports 1,100 European fighters who came to Turkey to join al-Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria - Today's Zaman

Davutoglu Denies Turkey Has Security Forces In Syria - en.haberler.com

Turkey, Qatar re-examining policies towards Syria - haaretz.com

Kilicdaroglu speaks on Kurdish issue, Iraq, Syria, Egypt - World Bulletin

Iran must be invited to attend Geneva II confab on Syria: UN chief - PressTV

Iran Dismisses Preconditions for Attending Geneva Conference on Syria - tasnimnews.com

State Dept mulling whether to invite Iran to upcoming Syria talks - Washington Times

Syria on the agenda at Iraq PM’s Iran visit - GulfNews.com

Al-Jaafari: Saudis which fight in Syria came with knowledge of Saudi intelligence - SANA, Syria

VIDEO: Syria UN Rep: Saudi Arabia Gets Rid of its Imprisoned Terrorists by Sending them to Kill Syrians - YouTube

Hillary Clinton leaked memo: Riyadh biggest funder of world extremist - LiveLeak.com

Hezbollah chief: Saudis behind embassy bombings - Yahoo News

Hezbollah negotiates with armed opposition to release 11 militants - ZAMAN ALWSL 

Hezbollah chief says he met Qatari envoy in recent days - Reuters

Fleeing Syrian rebels accused of aggravating violence in Lebanon - McClatchy DC

The Future of Syria | Refugee Children in Crisis - unhcr.org

Number of European fighters in Syria rises sharply, drawn by tales of easy life and glory - windsorstar.com

Authorities fear Australians returning from Syria will put combat skills to use at home - smh.com.au

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Kurds seek autonomy in a federal Syria: top official - hurriyetdailynews.com

Syrian Kurds Want Iraqi Border Crossing Opened - VOA

‘Islamic State’ to impose blockade on Kurdish areas under PYD control - ZAMAN ALWSL

Rojava – Kurdish forces expell Islamist rebels - pietervanostaeyen

The Second Phase in Rojava - The Rojava Report

“The War in Rojava has Carried Over to Geneva” - The Rojava Report

KNC to occupy positions in the Syrian National Coalition

Bombs Target Peshmarga Officials, as Erbil Blames Insecurity on Syria - Rudaw

Explaining Iraqi Kurdistan’s Policy Towards Syria, Interview With Wladimir van Wilgenburg - musingsoniraq

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Security situation in Syria poses difficulties in removing chemical weapons - JPost

A Chemical Weapons Specialist On Syria's Chemical Weapon Transport Issues - Brown Moses Blog

Who Attacked Ghouta?: Response to New Brown Moses Theory - whoghouta.blogspot.com

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A Syria solution must have Assad's blessing, minister says - AFP

Assad: Our Battle With Saudi Is Open-Ended - Al Akhbar English

Syrian National Coalition will go to Geneva II if the conditions of the revolution are accepted: Jarba - middleeastmonitor.com

A Brotherhood Vision for Syria: Interview with the former leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood - Tam Hussein

How The Free Syrian Army Became A Largely Criminal Enterprise, Militias involved in profit making schemes, kidnapping & theft - Telegraph

Official statement: At least 25 employees of the Syrian National Coalition aid branch go on strike claiming “corruption and disruption of effective workflow” - Twitter / Racanarchy

Profiteers become another obstacle to peace in Syria - FT.com

Syria-fueled violence kills four in Lebanon's Tripoli - Reuters

Rebels say Russian mercenaries helping Assad - ZAMAN ALWSL 

’Israel’ Intervenes in Ghouta Battles - almanar.com

‘Iran ready to arbitrate between Turkey, Syria' - PressTV

European envoys move to resume Syria contacts (VIDEO) - PressTV

VIDEO: Group Of Unarmed Men Executed By Assad Militias - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Syria's women refugees fear sham marriages and rape - LiveLeak.com

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Children escape as mortar hits French school in Damascus - The Times of India

VIDEO: Mortar hits de Gaulle school in Damascus - YouTube

Terrorists in Syria Targeting Christian Children: Syrian Christian MP - syrianfreepress

Syrian rebels enter Christian village near capital - Washington Times

ISIS terrorists exhume Sufi shrines in Aleppo countryside- SANA, Syria

VIDEO: Rebels attacking shiite forces at the Deir Cherubim monastery - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Yemenis Behead, Threaten Alawites in Aleppo, Syria - godlikeproductions.com

Terrorists confess to taking part in stealing human organs and smuggling chemicals from Turkey- SANA, Syria

Terrorists fire mortars at Tishreen power station, causing drop in power feed in southern region- SANA, Syria

5.5 million m3 gas daily loss due to terrorists' attacks - SANA, Syria

The seven sisters of Syria’s newest rebel alliance Islamic Front - THE DAILY STAR

5 Islamic groups form new Islamic bloc in Damascus suburbs - ZAMAN ALWSL #syria

VIDEO (Arabic): FSA ex-commander, after joining ISIS, speaks in detail about meetings with regional & western intelligence services - YouTube

US: American Fighters Battling Assad in Syria a Security Risk - ABC News

128 Jordanians ‘slain’ in Syria while fighting alongside rebel groups: report - The Jordan Times

The Al Qaeda fanatic from Britain who funded jihad trip to Syria by mugging Londoners with a Taser - Mail Online

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Geneva II decisive for Kurds: Salih Muslim - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Muslim: Some forces want to prevent Kurds' participation in Geneva II - ANF

KNC and PYD meet in Qamishli, it seems they want to have an unified position for Geneva and reactivate the Supreme Kurdish Council - Transnational Middle-East Observer

Kurdish self-rule in Syria: Disputes and fears - aranews.org

Declaration of Kurdish self-rule in Syria: PYD to monopolize power, says Kurdish leader - aranews.org

Women Take the Initiative for Rojava - The Rojava Report

PYD has not negotiated with Barzani, “Syrian Kurds are unhappy with Barzani after he denied the occurrence of any Kurdish revolution in northern Syria" - Kurdpress News Aganecy

KDP, PYD and PKK hold meetings at high level in preparation for the Pan-Kurdish national conference - ekurd

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US to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons - ABC News

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Rejects a Request by Syria to Convert Arms Sites - NYTimes.com

Key new evidence reveals fundamental error in Human Rights Watch, media & government statements over Syria chemical attacks (VIDEO) - Human rights investigations

UPDATE - Who Attacked Ghouta?: Geolocating New UMLACA Video - whoghouta.blogspot.com

New Key Evidence In Understanding The August 21st Sarin Attack (VIDEO) - Brown Moses Blog

VIDEO: Distraught Father Finds His Two Dead Daughters from Syria Gas Attack - LiveLeak.com

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Syria army presses advance near Damascus - THE DAILY STAR

Disillusionment Grows Among Syrian Opposition as Fighting Drags On - NYTimes.com

Mortar Round at Historic Syrian Mosque Kills 4 - ABC News

VIDEO: Syria: One of the world's oldest mosques hit with mortar shells, 4 dead - LiveLeak.com

One killed, nine injured in shelling of Russian embassy in Damascus - Yahoo News

Fear in Syrian capital as mortar shells rain down - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com

Syria fighting kills 19 Hezbollah fighters in 10 days - THE DAILY STAR

Hezbollah minister’s nephew killed in Syria, returned home: sources - THE DAILY STAR

Hizbullah Field Commander Nicknamed 'Sayyed Nasrallah' Killed in Syria - Naharnet

200 Iran drones monitoring Lebanon-Syria border for Hezbollah - yalibnan.com

Qatar Opens Up to Hezbollah and Damascus After Hostage Deal - Al Akhbar English

Irish troops forced to return fire in Syria after a convoy came under attack by Syrian rebels - Independent.ie

VIDEO: Truck load of corpses from Iraqi shiite Abu al Fadl al Abbas brigade -killed in eastern Ghouta - YouTube

VIDEO: Multiple injuries in Scud missile attack on Ar-Raqqah, Syria - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

VIDEO: A second 'SCUD missile attack' on Raqqa, Syria - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

What the comeback of the Syrian pound says about the state of the civil war – Quartz

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Video shows execution of Syrian rebels by Al Qaeda-linked group - Reuters

VIDEO: Syrian rebels executed by ISIS - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: ISIS not just execute Syrian rebel chief Hassan Jazra, they hung him and then beheaded him - YouTube 

Idlib becomes hotspot of heavy clashes between ISIS and other rebels after the ISIS executed 9 Syrian rebels - theiranproject.com

VIDEO: Al-Qaeda in Syrian School: 'Infidels Must Be Slaughtered!' [English Subs] - YouTube

ISIS poses threat to Turkish security - THE DAILY STAR

A parish priest: "The exodus of civil Christians from Qara, invaded by foreign jihadists" - Fides News Agency

Syria Rebels: "They fire randomly to force Christians to leave" - Free North Carolina

Dispute over Gasfield among Islamic rebel groups east Syria - ZAMAN ALWSL

VIDEO: Alleged al-Qaeda allies run Syria oil field - Al Jazeera English

Rebel-Held Raqqa Sees Electricity Cut, in a Patchwork of Public Services - Syria Deeply

Sabotage Affects Power Supply in Aleppo - Prensa Latina News Agency

Terrorists murder 3 employees of Homs Electricity Company- SANA, Syria

New rebel merger Islamic Front off to modest start - AFP

Islamic Front endorses jihad, says 'the Muhajireen are our brothers' - The Long War Journal

The Brotherhood Plan for Syria - The Majalla Magazine

Syrian Opposition Defense Minister in the Interim Government Rejects Geneva II - Syrian National Coaltion Of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces

Opposition Activists in Damascus Give Views on Peaceful Solution - Adopt a Revolution

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PYD Meet UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi - Welat Opinion

Syrian Kurds Take Steps Toward Self-Rule - VOA

Hasaka province: YPG fighters took hold of 3 villages - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

YPG Brings Til Temir Operation To Successful Completion - The Rojava Report

Kurds and Islamists struggle for power in Syria's Tel Abyad - aranews.org

Al-Nusra Front holds talks with PYD - BAS NEWS

VIDEO: Turkish police fire tear gas as Kurds protest against Syria wall - latimes.com

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Final Sellström Report to be delivered to UN on December 13th - Human rights investigations

Syria reports destruction of all unfilled chemical weapons - OPCW - The Voice of Russia

More evidence Ghouta chemical weapons rockets could only have been fired from rebel areas (VIDEO) - Human rights investigations

Who Attacked Ghouta with Chemical Weapons?: Geolocating New UMLACA Video - whoghouta.blogspot.com

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CNN cuts ‘most crucial points’ from interview with Russia's UN envoy on Syria - RT News

VIDEO: Syria: Russia's Ambassador to the U N , Vitaly Churkin CNN interview November 27, 2013 - YouTube

FULL TRANSCRIPT: Ambassador Vitaly Churkin – Amanpour - CNN.com Blogs

VIDEO: Mother agnes-Mariam: Americans Misled by False Mainstream Media Reports on Syria - LiveLeak.com

Syrian Electronic Army hacks TIME magazine over Assad - RT News

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Syria tells Western foes to stop dreaming Assad will go, reiterates that it has no plans to surrender power at the Geneva peace talks - Reuters

Syrian President Assad to Skip Geneva Conference, “The conference will open at a foreign minister level" - RIA Novosti

Syrian delegates to attend Geneva under Assad orders - Foreign Ministry - The Voice of Russia

Opposition: Assad ‘must build trust’ before SNC will attend Syria peace talks - The National

Brahimi demands opposition for wide participation in Geneva II, not only Coalition - ZAMAN ALWSL

Free Syrian Army shuns Geneva peace talks, says no ceasefire - Reuters

VIDEO: ‘Free Syrian Army not to join Geneva II conference' - LiveLeak.com

FSA rebel commander complains lack of arms in Syria’s eastern battlefields - ZAMAN ALWSL

VIDEO: Underfunded and outgunned Free Syrian Army faces additional enemies - PBS NewsHour

The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood’s Inflated Revival - Al Akhbar English

Syrian Waad Party denies being Muslim Brotherhood arm - Al-Monitor

Obama Signals a Shift From Military Might to Diplomacy - NYTimes.com

Iran Deal Ripples Felt From Syria Battlefields to Saudi Palaces - Bloomberg

Turkey, Iran call for Syria ceasefire before peace talks - Yahoo News

Iran Dips Into Nukes Bank to Back Syria - Bloomberg

Friction between Iranian, Syrian soldiers surfaces - THE DAILY STAR

Hezbollah And The Fight For Control in Qalamoun - Institute for the Study of War

Nun emerges as power broker in Syria - seattlepi.com

Human rights watchdog: Syrian women refugees harassed, exploited in Lebanon - Fox News

Syria foreign trade all but collapses - AFP

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Terrorist attacks claim lives of 12 medical staff members, 18 civilians - SANA

Suicide bomber kills 15 including two children west of Damascus - AFP

Three killed in mortar attacks in Syria - ZAMAN ALWSL

Syria jihadists execute soldiers, 'collaborators' near Damascus - Yahoo News

VIDEO: ISIS terrorists execute SAA militias - LiveLeak.com

Al-Qaeda cuts off head of rebel battalion in Syria accusing him of "apostasy" - en.alalam.ir

Al-Qaeda's brutal tactics in Syria forces out moderates - BBC News

Insight: After Assad, Syria democrats learn to fear Qaeda - Reuters

Number of journalist kidnappings in Syria unprecedented - Committee to Protect Journalists

PHOTO: As starvation mounts rebels slaughter lion instead of cats - ZAMAN ALWSL

New rebel alliance wants Syria as 'Islamic state', The covenant of the Islamic Front - hurriyetdailynews.com

Number of foreign fighters from Europe in Syria is historically unprecedented. Who should be worried? - washingtonpost.com

Gateway to terror: British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary 'sent hundreds to join al-Qa’ida in Syria' - The Independent

Dutch Foreign Fighters – Some Testimonials from the Syrian Front (Part III) - JIHADOLOGY

Turkish Interior Ministry: 500 citizens fighting with al-Nusra in Syria - Today's Zaman

VIDEO: Jordanian Jihadist Surprised as he Finds out he was Treated for 6 Months at Syrian Govt Hospital - YouTube

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Kurdish Militias Drive Out Jihadists, Bring Stability Back to Parts of Syria - thedailybeast.com

In Syria, Kurds are fighting their own war against Islamists, and winning - Public Radio International

Inside Syria: Al-Qaeda Was Here, A tour through the new territory won by Kurdish fighters gives a rare look at life under the extremists - buzzfeed.com

Al-Qamishli: Three ISIS car bombs attacks against the PYD and the regime - KurdWatch.org

Relations between Arabs and Kurds, and the current situation in Syrian Kurdistan: Interview with PYD leader Salih Muslim - ekurd

Women Take on Fighting Role in Syria's Kurdish North - VOA

Women in Syria's Kurdistan Region Work to Stop Sexual Violence - VOA

PYD autonomy incites more division, says Syrian opposition figure - Today's Zaman

Syrian oil minister meets with PYD, promises the Kurdish party a fixed percentage of oil revenues - KurdWatch.org

The Syrian Government is Giving Missiles to Kurdish Separatists - Medium

KRG accuses PYD of “gone beyond limit” - SHOAH

Afrin: PYD organizes demonstration against Barzani - KurdWatch.org

Amudah: PYD demonstrates against Barzani - KurdWatch.org

Syrian Kurdish party calls on Turkey, KRG to end embargo - Al-Monitor

Kurdish Congress Stalled Over Issues in Syrian Kurdistan - krp.org

Baghdad Approves $15m in Aid to Syrian Regions, “The assistance includes fuel, food and medicines for Kurds and Arabs”  - Rudaw

Turkey border wall highlights Kurdish divisions - THE DAILY STAR

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By Dave Lindorff

I’m going to engage here in a thought experiment which may make some readers a little queasy, but bear with me.

It’s been half a century since the wrenching experience of having a charismatic young president cut down by bullets in what most Americans apparently still believe was a dark conspiracy by elements of the US government unhappy with the direction he was taking the country in international affairs.