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Islamic State Said to Carry Out Beheadings and Kidnap 400 Civilians in Eastern Syria

01.17.16

By Reuters and VICE News
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UN Says 400 Starving Syrians Need to Be Evacuated From Besieged Town of Madaya

01.12.16

By Samuel Oakford and Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Starvation Deaths Reported in Besieged Syrian City as UN Prepares to Send Aid

01.10.16

By VICE News
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This Is What It Looks Like When Syrian Rescuers Search for Airstrike Survivors

01.09.16

By VICE News
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Celebratory Gunfire as Syria Allows UN to Bring Food Into the Starving Town of Madaya

01.07.16

By Avi Asher-Schapiro
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‘Children Are Eating Leaves Off the Trees’: The Nightmare of the Siege of Madaya, Syria

01.04.16

By Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Islamic State Affiliate Blamed for Attack on Tourists in Southern Russia

12.30.15

By John Dyer
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Top Syrian Rebel Leader Zahran Alloush Reportedly Killed in Aerial Raid

12.25.15

By Reuters and VICE News
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Russian Bombings Have Killed so Many Syrian Civilians They Could Be a War Crime

12.23.15

By Miriam Wells
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Syria’s Kurds Have Nearly Tripled Their Territory Fighting the Islamic State in 2015

12.22.15

By Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Suspected Israeli Airstrike Kills Hezbollah Leader Samir Kuntar in Syria

12.20.15

By Reuters and VICE News
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Clinton Backs Obama’s Strategy Against the Islamic State — And Wants to Oust Assad

12.20.15

By Reuters and VICE News

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