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U.S. wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building

For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – By striking Islamic State in Syria, the United States would be weakening one of President Bashar al-Assad’s major enemies. But the new U.S.

Obama orders U.S. airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State

YoopyaSep 11, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq

American militant said killed in Syria

YoopyaAug 27, 2014July 25, 20230

NEW HOPE, Minn. (AP) — An American man believed to have been killed in Syria was there to fight alongside an extremist militant group, most

World:Turkey PM: Obama Relations Strained by Syria

YoopyaJul 23, 2014July 25, 20230

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggests his relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have diminished, saying he is disappointed about not getting direct results

World: Turkey turns inwards as war spreads from Syria to Iraq

YoopyaJul 4, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – As al Qaeda-inspired Sunni militants spread right along Turkey’s southeastern border last month from Syria through Iraq, seizing Turkish hostages as they went,

World news: After Iraq gains, Qaeda offshoot claims Islamic “caliphate”

YoopyaJun 30, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – An offshoot of al Qaeda which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic caliphate and called on factions

World: China offers $16 million in aid for Syria refugees

YoopyaJun 5, 2014June 24, 20230

BEIJING (AP) — China offered $16 million in humanitarian assistance Thursday for refugees from the conflict in Syria as part of Beijing’s growing engagement with

Middle East: Amid war and shelling, Syrians vote for president

YoopyaJun 3, 2014September 2, 20230

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Waving photos of their leader and dancing with flags, tens of thousands of Syrians pledged renewed allegiance to President Bashar Assad

Mideast: Once on the edge of defeat, Syria’s Assad runs again for president

YoopyaJun 2, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – It was not so long ago that Bashar al-Assad’s enemies thought he was finished. In the summer of 2012, the rebels were not