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Strikes Hit Syria's Battered Ghouta As Death Count Hits 800
Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on the escalating violence.
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Russian, US Jets Involved In A Close Encounter Over Syria: US Officials
A Russian fighter flew dangerously close to a US warplane over eastern Syria, US defence officials said Friday, highlighting the risks of a serious mishap in the increasingly crowded airspace.
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Turkish Air Strike Hits ISIS Targets In Northern Syria
Turkish air planes hit Islamic State targets in northern Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.
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Regime Planes Defy US Warning, Fly Over Syria's Hasakeh: Report
Syrian government warplanes were again in the air over the mainly Kurdish-held city of Hasakeh today despite a US warning against any new strikes that might endanger its military advisers, a monitor said.
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Syrian Opposition Rules Out Indirect Talks Before Goodwill Steps
A senior Syrian opposition official on Friday ruled out even indirect peace talks with the government before a halt to Russian air strikes and the lifting of government blockades on populated areas.
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B-1 Bomber: The Underappreciated Workhorse Of America's Air Wars
The huge swing-wing airplane is nothing if not flexible - canceled, revived, converted from nuclear strike plane to conventional bomber and then to flying arsenal for the GPS-guided bombs on which ground troops fighting for their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Syria often rely.
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Germany Could Send 1,200 Soldiers to Provide Support Against ISIS: Official
Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to provide service support to planes and ships of a coalition battling ISIS, Germany's top defence official told a newspaper today.
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Russia's Air War in Syria a Game-Changer for US: Experts
Two weeks into Russia's air war in Syria, some observers say the narrow scope of the US-led mission in Syria -- to conduct drone and plane strikes against Islamic State jihadists -- needs an urgent rethink.
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Syrian Planes Strike Hospitals in Rebel Northwest, Killing 11: Medecins Sans Frontieres
Syrian warplanes have killed 11 people in strikes against hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province in the past week, the international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.
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Turkey Jets Bombed 7 Kurdish Militant Targets in North Iraq: Official
Turkish war planes overnight hit seven targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and also pressed on with strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, the Turkish prime minister's office said Saturday.
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Canadian Planes Carry Out First Strikes in Syria: Army
Canada carried out its first air strikes in Syria on Wednesday the military said, expanding Ottawa's contribution to the US-led coalition against Islamic State, after parliament approved a larger role in the conflict.
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Jordan says United Arab Emirates Sending Jets to Support Raids on Islamic State
The United Arab Emirates is sending a squadron of F16 jet fighters to Jordan to conduct air strikes against Islamic State alongside Jordanian planes, an army source in Amman said.
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Jordan Says Planes Bomb Islamic State Targets for Second Day Running
Jordan said on Friday it had carried out a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State militants to avenge a captive Jordanian pilot burnt to death by the group.
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No Expansion of Air Strikes Against Islamic State, Says Canada's Foreign Minister
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has said his country will not increase its contribution to air strikes against Islamic State militants.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
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Strikes Hit Syria's Battered Ghouta As Death Count Hits 800
Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on the escalating violence.
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Russian, US Jets Involved In A Close Encounter Over Syria: US Officials
A Russian fighter flew dangerously close to a US warplane over eastern Syria, US defence officials said Friday, highlighting the risks of a serious mishap in the increasingly crowded airspace.
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Turkish Air Strike Hits ISIS Targets In Northern Syria
Turkish air planes hit Islamic State targets in northern Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.
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Regime Planes Defy US Warning, Fly Over Syria's Hasakeh: Report
Syrian government warplanes were again in the air over the mainly Kurdish-held city of Hasakeh today despite a US warning against any new strikes that might endanger its military advisers, a monitor said.
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Syrian Opposition Rules Out Indirect Talks Before Goodwill Steps
A senior Syrian opposition official on Friday ruled out even indirect peace talks with the government before a halt to Russian air strikes and the lifting of government blockades on populated areas.
-
B-1 Bomber: The Underappreciated Workhorse Of America's Air Wars
The huge swing-wing airplane is nothing if not flexible - canceled, revived, converted from nuclear strike plane to conventional bomber and then to flying arsenal for the GPS-guided bombs on which ground troops fighting for their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Syria often rely.
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Germany Could Send 1,200 Soldiers to Provide Support Against ISIS: Official
Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to provide service support to planes and ships of a coalition battling ISIS, Germany's top defence official told a newspaper today.
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Russia's Air War in Syria a Game-Changer for US: Experts
Two weeks into Russia's air war in Syria, some observers say the narrow scope of the US-led mission in Syria -- to conduct drone and plane strikes against Islamic State jihadists -- needs an urgent rethink.
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Syrian Planes Strike Hospitals in Rebel Northwest, Killing 11: Medecins Sans Frontieres
Syrian warplanes have killed 11 people in strikes against hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province in the past week, the international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.
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Turkey Jets Bombed 7 Kurdish Militant Targets in North Iraq: Official
Turkish war planes overnight hit seven targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and also pressed on with strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, the Turkish prime minister's office said Saturday.
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Canadian Planes Carry Out First Strikes in Syria: Army
Canada carried out its first air strikes in Syria on Wednesday the military said, expanding Ottawa's contribution to the US-led coalition against Islamic State, after parliament approved a larger role in the conflict.
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Jordan says United Arab Emirates Sending Jets to Support Raids on Islamic State
The United Arab Emirates is sending a squadron of F16 jet fighters to Jordan to conduct air strikes against Islamic State alongside Jordanian planes, an army source in Amman said.
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Jordan Says Planes Bomb Islamic State Targets for Second Day Running
Jordan said on Friday it had carried out a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State militants to avenge a captive Jordanian pilot burnt to death by the group.
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No Expansion of Air Strikes Against Islamic State, Says Canada's Foreign Minister
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has said his country will not increase its contribution to air strikes against Islamic State militants.
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Islamic Fighters Advance in Syria Despite US Strikes
US planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded.
