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MULTIPLE RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES

RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN ALEPPO 'BARBARISM,' NOT COUNTER-TERRORISM, SAYS U.S. AMBASSADOR AT UN

Russian airstrikes in Aleppo 'war crimes,' say U.K, French ambassadors to UN...

25th September, 2016 45

euronews.com

PICTURES PROVIDED BY SYRIAN GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED MEDIA PURPORTEDLY SHOW THE BATTLE FOR HANDARAT, A FORMER PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP, IN REBEL HANDS FOR YEARS.

The United Nations children's agency UNICEF said the fierce attacks have left nearly two million people in Aleppo with no running water...

RUSSIAN-BACKED SYRIAN FORCES

PRESIDENT’S ASSAD

25th September, 2016 140

thestar.com

THE OBSERVATORY SAID THE DEATH TOLL IN ALEPPO IS EXPECTED TO RISE SINCE MANY WOUNDED PEOPLE ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND RESCUE WORKERS ARE STILL DIGGING THROUGH THE RUBBLE.

"I will say it seems highly improbable that there will be quick defeat of eastern Aleppo," the diplomat said, referring to the rebel-held districts...

REBEL-HELD EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOODS

24th September, 2016 0

reuters.com

PRESIDENT ASSAD TO AP SYRIA WAR WILL 'DRAG ON' AS PART OF GLOBAL CONFLICT

Assad cast doubt on the intentions of the United States in Syria, saying it doesn't have the will to fight militants...

22nd September, 2016 21

sbs.com.au

AUSTRALIA TO INCREASE ANNUAL HUMANITARIAN REFUGEE INTAKE PM

The initiative was revealed alongside a commitment by Australia to maintain its increased refugees resettlement intake at 18,750 from mid-2018, up from about 14,000 now...

BARACK OBAMA

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

REFUGEES RESETTLEMENT INTAKE

MR TURNBULL

PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL

21st September, 2016 1141

usatoday.com

OBAMA CALLS ON WORLD LEADERS TO DO MORE TO HELP REFUGEES

World leaders pledged 4.5 billionA more in refugee aid at a United Nations summit...

20th September, 2016 666

BRITAIN-BASED SYRIAN OBSERVATORY

IN 2013, MR. BAGHDADI DECLARED HIMSELF COMMANDER OF ALL AL QAEDA FORCES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.

In 2014, the Islamic State seized large parts of Syria and Iraq, and it declared that territory its caliphate...

19th September, 2016 3242

seattletimes.com

THE U.N SAYS SOME 20 TRUCKS CARRYING U.N AID AND DESTINED FOR REBEL-HELD ALEPPO REMAINED IN THE CUSTOMS AREA ON THE BORDER WITH TURKEY ON WEDNESDAY.

The cease-fire that went into effect Monday is part of a U.S.-Russia agreement that also calls for allowing humanitarian aid to reach besieged areas in Aleppo...

15th September, 2016 0

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

HILLARY CLINTON 'HEALTHY AND FIT TO SERVE' AS PRESIDENT, SAYS HER DOCTOR

Clinton 'fit to serve' as president, physician says, as Trump talks health with Dr. Oz...

15th September, 2016 49

seattletimes.com

AP CHIEF MEDICAL WRITER MARILYNN MARCHIONE IN MILWAUKEE AND ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS DONNA CASSATA IN WASHINGTON AND MICHELLE RINDELS IN LAS VEGAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT.

She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest, said her doctor, Lisa Bardack, in a letter released by her campaign...

BILL CLINTON

CLINTON

RIVAL DONALD TRUMP

HILLARY CLINTON

15th September, 2016 9

seattletimes.com

BARDACK SAID CLINTON IS UP TO DATE ON ALL VACCINES, TWO GIVEN TO HELP PREVENT PNEUMONIA -- PREVNAR AND PNEUMOVAX.

Her campaign later disclosed she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier...

15th September, 2016 0

HOWEVER, INSURGENTS FIGHTING GOVERNMENT FORCES IN THE QUNEITRA AREA OF THE SYRIAN-HELD SECTION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS HAVE DECLARED A NEW OFFENSIVE.

Israel Denies Claims That Syria Shot Down Warplane and Drone...

13th September, 2016 138

japantimes.co.jp

ISRAEL DENIES ITS AIRCRAFT HARMED AFTER AIR RAID IN SYRIA

Israeli warplanes have conducted several air raids on Syrian Army positions over the past weeks after stray shells hit the Israeli-controlled area...

ISRAEL

GOLAN HEIGHTS

SYRIAN ARMY POSITIONS

13th September, 2016 0

theguardian.com

LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET PLEDGES PUTTING TARGET OF 20,000 REFUGEES BY 2020 AT RISK, SAYS AUDIT OFFICE

Uk unlikely to reach target of resettling 20,000 syrian refugees...

13th September, 2016 201

huffingtonpost.co.uk

BEVAN HAS TRACKED THIS RISE IN RECENTLY-MADE WEAPONS TO EASTERN EUROPE, INCLUDING AK-47S, MACHINE GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES.

Bevan's views on war and weapons are, perhaps understandably, measured...

12th September, 2016 337

reuters.com

SYRIANS ON HAJ PRAY FOR PEACE DAMASCUS SAYS RIYADH PLAYS POLITICS

Jazaily, the Syrian government advisor, said Damascus would not block Syrians from taking part in the haj, but would not be able to offer them protection...

9th September, 2016 302

www.rt.com

WHY BRAZIL UNDER PRESIDENT MICHEL TEMER RISKS BECOMING 'LEBANIZED'

Why Brazil under President Michel Temer risks becoming 'Lebanized' -- RT Op-Edge...

5th September, 2016 0

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

MOREOVER, THE LATEST EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HELPING THE CLINTON FOUNDATION WOULD ALSO EASE THEIR PATH TO SEEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Sensing his wife's vulnerability, Bill Clinton has promised to resign from the boards of the Clinton Foundation and its affiliate, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, if she becomes president...

BILL CLINTON

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

MRS CLINTON

CLINTON FOUNDATION

HILLARY CLINTON

2nd September, 2016 540

aljazeera.com

PROJECT COORDINATOR MABELLE CHEDID, A FARMER WHO ALSO WORKS AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, SAID THAT MANY SYRIANS IN LEBANON COME FROM AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.

Intersos, which is launching its micro-gardening project for Syrians in informal refugee settlements in the autumn, uses recycled or low-cost materials for planters, such as plastic barrels and wooden crates...

ROOFTOP GARDENING INITIATIVE

2nd September, 2016 14

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

ZAHLE, LEBANON -- SOMETHING REMARKABLE IS HAPPENING IN THIS LEBANESE FARMING TOWN.

Fast forward to the present day, and Zahle's new power plant is supplying constant electricity to an estimated 250,000 people in the area...

ELECTRICITY GENERATION

ELECTRICAL GENERATOR

ZAHLE

POWER PLANT

28th August, 2016 100

nbcnews.com

BROTHERS KHALED AND EBRAHEM LOST IT ALL TO THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, BUT NOT THEIR DETERMINATION TO FIND FREEDOM.

Brothers Khaled and Ebrahem had lost it all to the Syrian civil war, but not their determination to find freedom...

28th August, 2016 0

MAHMOUD WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR, HUSSEIN AN ENGINEER.

Mahmoud said he and Hussein are always tired...

28th August, 2016 1

WOMEN HOLD BEACH PARTY OUTSIDE FRENCH EMBASSY TO PROTEST BURKINI BAN

Extremist groups have tried to use France's burqa ban as a recruitment tool...

25th August, 2016 6

IN 2009, AS FRANCE MOVED TO BAN THE FULL-FACE VEIL, THEN-FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY CALLED THE BURQA A SYMBOL OF "DEBASEMENT" THAT WAS "NOT WELCOME" IN THE COUNTRY.

What Sarkozy didn't reveal was how many women actually wore the burqa in France...

25th August, 2016 239

www.rt.com

ST. PETERSBURG LAWMAKER WANTS RUSSIAN CHILDREN TO STUDY TRAITORS' STORIES IN SCHOOL

St. Petersburg lawmaker wants Russian children to study traitors' stories in school -- RT Russian politics...

SOVIET UNION

UKRAINE

LAWMAKER VITALY MILONOV

VITALY MILONOV

18th August, 2016 1

www.rt.com

CHINA TO PLAY GREATER ROLE IN SYRIA WHILE US 'LEFT OUT'

China to play greater role in Syria while US 'left out' -- RT Op-Edge...

17th August, 2016 29

CONJOINED TWIN BOYS BORN IN DOUMA HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN DAMASCUS.

Syrian doctors had appealed for help from the World Health Organization, saying the twins would die if they were unable to undergo surgery...

SYRIA

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

SYRIAN RED CRESCENT

13th August, 2016 205

FIVE-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN CONFLICT

IN THEIR ATTACKS, GOVERNMENT AND RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT HAVE INTENSIFIED AIRSTRIKES ON MEDICAL FACILITIES IN OPPOSITION AREAS ACROSS SYRIA, INCLUDING EASTERN ALEPPO, ACCORDING TO RIGHTS GROUPS AND REBEL FORCES.

In response, government-loyal ground troops backed by air support from Russia have been mounting a counterattack there in what appears to be a crucial escalation in the five-year-old Syrian conflict...

11th August, 2016 329

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

IN HER FIRST REACTION TO THE FUROR MRS CLINTON TOLD A RALLY IN IOWA: "WORDS MATTER MY FRIENDS.

At her rally in Iowa Secret Service agents had to step in as a protester attempted to storm the stage while Mrs Clinton was speaking...

BILL CLINTON

11th August, 2016 17

Trending News Headlines : Lebanon

BEIRUT, LEBANON -- ALI AWAD, 14, WAS CHOPPING VEGETABLES WHEN THE FIRST BOMB STRUCK.

Beirut Also the Site of Attacks Feels Forgotten...

16th November, 2015 46444

WHY ARE SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS OIL-RICH NEIGHBORS DOING SO LITTLE FOR SYRIA'S REFUGEES?

Saudi Arabia has plenty of expertise at managing large numbers of arrivals It receives an annual surge of millions of Hajj pilgrims to Mecca...

4th September, 2015 38540

"PRODUCTION IN LEBANON'S BEKAA VALLEY - A TRADITIONAL CENTRE FOR THE DRUG - FELL 90% LAST YEAR FROM 2011, WITH THE DECLINE LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO PRODUCTION INSIDE SYRIA," THE GUARDIAN NOTED.

Battle for control of Syria, has transformed the country from a stopover into a major production site," Reuters reported...

ORIGINAL SYNTHETIC DRUG

19th November, 2015 11483

THE UNITED NATIONS IS URGING COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE TO GRANT ASYLUM TO 130,000 SYRIANS IN THE COMING YEAR.

Over halfway through this year, donors have contributed only 37 percent of the 4.5 billion the United Nations says is required to provide for the refugees in 2015...

29th August, 2015 10992

REFUGEES WILL NOT BE HOUSED IN TENTS IN CANADA.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has expressed concern over the federal government's plans to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year's end...

23rd November, 2015 9080

nypost.com

IN JUNE 2011, BAND FORMED THE TENEO CONSULTING FIRM, WITH BILL CLINTON AS THE PAID HONORARY CHAIRMAN.

He's awake I'm sure." Chagoury is a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire who gave the Clinton Foundation between $1 million and $5 million...

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

10th August, 2016 8135

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

MR SAAB SAID HE THOUGHT MILITANTS COULD BE GOING TO EUROPE VIA TURKEY AND GREECE.

Islamic State jihadis 'may be posing as Syrian refugees'...

15th September, 2015 7970

cnn.com

NEWLY RELEASED CLINTON EMAILS SHED LIGHT ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE DEPT. AND CLINTON FOUNDATION

No wonder Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin hid emails from the American people, the courts and Congress, he said in a press release...

10th August, 2016 7733

BLACK SUNDAY IS WHAT DOUMA RESIDENTS CALL AUG.

Or they can go back to Douma, and to a war that has killed a quarter of a million Syrians...

16th September, 2015 7006

CLAIRE DANES AS CARRIE MATHISON IN HOMELAND SEASON 5, EPISODE 1 .

Scrawled across it reads this message in Arabic Homeland is racist...

15th October, 2015 6450

OFFICER CARRIE MATHISON IS ESCORTED BY A HEZBOLLAH MILITANT PAST A WALL IN A FICTIONAL SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP COVERED WITH ARABIC GRAFFITI.

Attentive viewers who read Arabic however might have noticed something awry...

15th October, 2015 4970

OBAMA SENDS SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO HELP FIGHT ISIS IN SYRIA

The move could potentially put the American troops in the cross hairs of Russia, which last month began airstrikes on antigovernment forces in Syria...

31st October, 2015 4543

dailymail.co.uk

FRANCE LAUNCHES FIRST ATTACKS ON SYRIA FROM CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER AFTER RUSSIA TAKES OUT 472 ISIS TARGETS IN WEEKEND BOMBING MISSIONS

Moscow launched a bombing campaign in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces at the end of September...

24th November, 2015 3403

DENMARK, LIKE BRITAIN, HAS AN EXEMPTION FROM EUROPEAN UNION-WIDE ASYLUM REGULATIONS THAT AIM TO REDISTRIBUTE REFUGEES.

Pointedly it notes that anyone hoping to gain permanent residence in Denmark would have to learn Danish...

7th September, 2015 3393

ON WEDNESDAY, 73 ASYLUM SEEKERS CROSSED INTO NORWAY FROM RUSSIA AT STORSKOG, A RECORD FOR A SINGLE DAY.

Reports of how well Norway treated asylum seekers spread rapidly on social media and by word of mouth...

9th October, 2015 3360

RUSSIA, ALONG WITH HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN, IS A CRUCIAL ALLY OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND SAYS IT IS FIGHTING THE ISLAMIC STATE IN SYRIA.

American officials say the Syrian government, backed by Russia, Hezbollah and Iran, is primarily targeting Mr. Assad's other opponents and not the Islamic State...

13th November, 2015 3281

COUNTERFEIT CAPTAGON TABLETS

"I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP THIS ONE MAN WHO IS STRUGGLING THROUGH THE WORLD," SAID MR SIMONARSON. "I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT."

He told a member of the campaign: "I want to help other Syrians" .....

SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR

MR SIMONARSON

29th August, 2015 3010

cnn.com

"THERE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION IN SYRIA AND LEBANON," SAID LEVITT, WHO IS NOW AT THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY.

"There are reports that some of this has been used to finance some of the fighters, jihadi groups, in Syria."...

IRAQ

AMPHETAMINE

MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL

PHARMACEUTICAL CAPTAGON

21st November, 2015 2994

MR. JUNCKER SAID THAT EUROPE SHOULD LEARN FROM ITS HISTORY AND APPEARED TO POINT A MORAL FINGER AT EUROPEAN NATIONS DEMONIZING ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES.

"Turning a blind eye to poor and helpless people, that is not Europe," said Mr. Juncker .....

9th September, 2015 2679

theguardian.com

COUNTRIES AT HIGH RISK OF GOVERNMENT EXTERNAL DEBT CRISIS

Beyond Greece, the world is filled with debt crises...

11th July, 2015 2650

DEFENDING POLICIES BRITISH OFFICIALS HAVE DEFENDED THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES, NOTING THAT BRITAIN GIVES MORE AID TO VICTIMS OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT THAN ANY OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRY.

Britain takes in so few refugees from Syria they would fit on a subway train...

2nd September, 2015 2528

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHED 40 NEW INFRINGEMENT CASES - WHICH COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN ACTION AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE - AGAINST 19 MEMBER STATES OVER ASYLUM RULES.

"What is at stake is also the future of Schengen, the sense of order in Europe and the common European spirit," Mr Tusk said...

24th September, 2015 2404

independent.co.uk

ALSO DEEMED ON A HIGH THREAT ARE LEBANON EGYPT AUSTRALIA THAILAND AND TUNISIA.

Also deemed on a high threat are Lebanon, Egypt, Australia, Thailand and Tunisia...

1st July, 2015 2382

PEOPLE ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED IN SYRIA AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY.

In Bassouta we had a house full of friends and family, Ramadan says...

5th March, 2016 2301

SAUDI ARABIA'S MASS EXECUTION OF 47 MEN ON TERRORISM-RELATED CHARGES LAST WEEK INCLUDED SUNNIS AND SHIITES.

Sunni-led allies of Saudi Arabia have cut diplomatic ties with Shiite Iran, further polarizing the Middle East along the two major branches of Islam...

LEBANESE SHIITE MILITIA

6th January, 2016 2284

independent.co.uk

BUT NOW, INSTEAD OF USING THE MONEY FOR HIMSELF TO BUILD AN ENTIRELY NEW LIFE, ABDUL SAYS HE WANTS TO USE THE MONEY TO HELP OTHER DISPLACED SYRIANS.

Before the Syrian civil war, which has caused 12 million Syrians to flee their homes, Abdul worked in a chocolate factory in Syria...

29th August, 2015 2086

VIDEO DISPATCH UNDER SIEGE IN SYRIA'S SAFE HAVEN

Video Watch Syrian 'hero boy' appears to brave sniper fire to rescue terrified girl in dramatic video...

SYRIA

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FILMS

FREE SYRIAN ARMY

ACTIVIST SHAAM NEWS

YABROUD

12th November, 2014 2077

PROGRAMME (WFP) HAS BEEN FORCED TO SUSPEND A CRITICAL FOOD AID SCHEME FOR MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES BECAUSE OF A FUNDING CRISIS.

CANADA HAS SET UP REFUGEE-PROCESSING CENTRES IN BOTH BEIRUT AND AMMAN, JORDAN.

'It's a big step' Syrian refugees heading to Canada on government plane feel excitement, nerves...

10th December, 2015 1927

bbc.co.uk

6 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES BECAUSE OF A FUNDING CRISIS.

Syria conflict wfp suspends refugee food aid scheme...

WFP

2nd December, 2014 1917

EVERYONE I KNOW IS LEAVING SYRIAN WAR DRIVING CRISIS

Syria's bitterly divisive politics are mostly forgotten in the dash to get to Europe...

15th September, 2015 1751

Related News Headlines : Lebanon

IN FEBRUARY, HOWEVER, JORDAN RESPONDED TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE OVER THE REFUGEE FLOW INTO EUROPE BY PLEDGING TO CREATE JOBS FOR 200,000 SYRIANS IN THE COMING YEARS.

Initiatives to integrate Syrians into the Jordanian workforce have garnered mixed results...

24th September, 2016 876

aljazeera.com

NEARLY 70,000 SYRIANS, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ARE BEING DENIED FOOD AND WATER BY JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES.

Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey are all trapping Syrians inside this awful crucible of war...

2nd July, 2016 648

BONO CALLS FOR 'MARSHALL PLAN' IN RESPONSE TO REFUGEE CRISIS MIDDLE EAST

Bono calls for 'Marshall Plan' in response to refugee crisis...

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER

13th April, 2016 1

UN REPORT WORLD NEEDS 40 BILLION A YEAR IN HUMANITARIAN AID FOR VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS

A United Nations panel said the level of global humanitarian aid is insufficient as conflicts and disasters grow...

UNITED NATIONS

BAN KI-MOON

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN GAP

HUMANITARIAN AID

1st April, 2016 12