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Charging Rebels, Fleeing Allies: How Syria's Bashar Al-Assad Reached Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was on Sunday forced to flee the country after rebels seized the capital Damascus, ending his 24-year rule.
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Palace Looted, Portraits Torn: How Assad's Fall Echoes Sheikh Hasina's Fate
The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria and his hasty departure from Damascus bears striking parallels to the chaotic events that unfolded in Bangladesh earlier this year when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country.
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Syria Civil War: All About Rebels Behind The Fall Of Bashar Al-Assad
Syrians woke up on Monday to an uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia, ending 13 years of civil war, and five decades of iron-fisted Baath rule.
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With Bashar al-Assad Gone To Russia, US Strikes ISIS Camps Inside Syria
The US on Sunday struck dozens of the ISIS targets inside Syria, just hours after rebels seized the capital Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia after 13 years of civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.
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"I'll Drown You": Video Shows Syrian Teen Being Choked In England School
Jamal and his sister had been bullied repeatedly since fleeing the Syrian civil war and moving to West Yorkshire two years earlier, according to British news outlets, which did not fully identify the family.
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After Photo Of Her Drowned Nephew Went Viral, Syrian Woman Tells Story
Alan Kurdi's corpse, photographed by a Turkish journalist in the morning's early light on September 2, 2015, looked at first like a sleeping toddler, the 3-year-old's cheek pressed against the sand in breaking water. It was an image that ripped through a crowded news cycle, articulating without words the horror of what was unfolding on the beaches ...
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Donald Trump Signs Order To Bar Some Refugees; Signals Prioritising Syrian Christians
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim-majority countries and he separately said he wanted the United States to give priority to Syrian Christians fleeing the civil war there.
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Iraq's Resumed Assault On ISIS In Mosul Makes Gains
Iraq's special forces continued to push back ISIS terrorists in the eastern sector of Mosul on Friday in intense fighting that forced scores of people to flee their homes.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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Pope Pleas For Help For Syrians Fleeing War So They Survive
Pope Francis has made a public plea for help for Syrians fleeing civil war so that their survival and dignity are assured.
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Germany Recorded 1.1 Million Asylum Seekers In 2015: Ministry
Germany registered 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, the interior ministry said today, with Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war making up almost 40 percent of arrivals.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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Pakistan Rejects 30 Deportees From Greece, Sends Back Plane
Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad today, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.
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US White House Hopeful Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees to Rabid Dogs
US Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on Thursday compared refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and Islamic State extremists to rabid dogs.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
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Charging Rebels, Fleeing Allies: How Syria's Bashar Al-Assad Reached Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was on Sunday forced to flee the country after rebels seized the capital Damascus, ending his 24-year rule.
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Palace Looted, Portraits Torn: How Assad's Fall Echoes Sheikh Hasina's Fate
The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria and his hasty departure from Damascus bears striking parallels to the chaotic events that unfolded in Bangladesh earlier this year when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country.
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Syria Civil War: All About Rebels Behind The Fall Of Bashar Al-Assad
Syrians woke up on Monday to an uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia, ending 13 years of civil war, and five decades of iron-fisted Baath rule.
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With Bashar al-Assad Gone To Russia, US Strikes ISIS Camps Inside Syria
The US on Sunday struck dozens of the ISIS targets inside Syria, just hours after rebels seized the capital Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia after 13 years of civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.
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"I'll Drown You": Video Shows Syrian Teen Being Choked In England School
Jamal and his sister had been bullied repeatedly since fleeing the Syrian civil war and moving to West Yorkshire two years earlier, according to British news outlets, which did not fully identify the family.
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After Photo Of Her Drowned Nephew Went Viral, Syrian Woman Tells Story
Alan Kurdi's corpse, photographed by a Turkish journalist in the morning's early light on September 2, 2015, looked at first like a sleeping toddler, the 3-year-old's cheek pressed against the sand in breaking water. It was an image that ripped through a crowded news cycle, articulating without words the horror of what was unfolding on the beaches ...
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Donald Trump Signs Order To Bar Some Refugees; Signals Prioritising Syrian Christians
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim-majority countries and he separately said he wanted the United States to give priority to Syrian Christians fleeing the civil war there.
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Iraq's Resumed Assault On ISIS In Mosul Makes Gains
Iraq's special forces continued to push back ISIS terrorists in the eastern sector of Mosul on Friday in intense fighting that forced scores of people to flee their homes.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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Pope Pleas For Help For Syrians Fleeing War So They Survive
Pope Francis has made a public plea for help for Syrians fleeing civil war so that their survival and dignity are assured.
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Germany Recorded 1.1 Million Asylum Seekers In 2015: Ministry
Germany registered 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, the interior ministry said today, with Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war making up almost 40 percent of arrivals.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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Pakistan Rejects 30 Deportees From Greece, Sends Back Plane
Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad today, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.
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US White House Hopeful Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees to Rabid Dogs
US Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on Thursday compared refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and Islamic State extremists to rabid dogs.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
