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NY Daily News
| 9 months ago
The awful things that could have happened had the United States intervened in Syria are now happening anyway...Jihadists have entered the fray, and the death toll has passed 20,000...Had President Obama committed the United States to get involved in...
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The Globe & Mail
| 9 months ago
Watch The government denied the rebel claim, saying the jet malfunctioned, but those denials were undermined later in the day as rebels posted video of a bruised man who identified himself as the MiG pilot who ejected before the plane exploded. The...
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The Daily Star
| 9 months ago
Agencies An amateur video released by the Shaam News Network purports to show Syrian Pilot Suleiman being interrogated. Syrian rebels said they captured the pilot of a MiG-23 warplane that the Free Syrian Army claimed to have shot down Monday in the...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Syria's rebels were jubilant on Tuesday, claiming to have shot down a jet and captured its pilot, an apparent victory against the overwhelmingly superior firepower of President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Video uploaded onto the Internet on Monday...
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Mail Online UK
| 9 months ago
Syrian rebels last night paraded what they claimed was the captured pilot of a government jet fighter. This image made from amateur video purports to show Mufid Mohammed Suleiman The footage shows the man (pictured) being questioned. He reports that...
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USA Today
| 9 months ago
Battlelines in Syria are growing more distinct as rebels establish control over more territory, increasing the chances that airstrikes or other military intervention by the United States and its allies might work, analysts say. In the early stages of...
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Foreign Affairs
| 9 months ago
A Letter From Rebel-Controlled Syria A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Bab al-Salam border crossing to Turkey. ( Umit Bektas/Courtesy Reuters ) "Don't even think about going to sleep tonight." My fixer, Mahmoud Elzour, shot me a...
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The Daily Star
| 9 months ago
Syrians who have yet to flee the war in Aleppo are facing another problem that is growing more acute by the day: hunger. As the prices of what little is available soar, there are increasing signs of desperation among parents seeking to feed families...
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The Guardian
| 9 months ago
It was 5am, and Mohamad Baree was hiding with his fighters behind a large rock. Some 300 metres away, a column of Syrian army tanks was advancing towards Aleppo through the countryside...The others staged a panicky retreat to their base in the...
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Kuwait Times
| 9 months ago
This image made from amateur video shows a Syrian plane downed over this eastern province yesterday. Syrian rebels claimed they downed a fighter jet yesterday in what would be a major coup for the opposition but the regime seized the upper hand in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Syrian army rebels sit along the road after a battle in Aleppo's Salaheddin district. (AFP/Phil Moore) Opposition fighters appealed for the international community to come to their aid as Syrian troops advanced into a new rebel-held area of the...
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Washington Post
| 9 months ago
The jet apparently went down in Mohassan, a small town southeast of Deir al-Zour, a flashpoint in the battle between opposition forces and President Bashar al-Assad's government. The official Syrian Arab News Agency posted an article claiming the jet...
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The Guardian
| 9 months ago
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down a government warplane in the east of the country, in a significant propaganda boost after devastating aerial attacks. Free Syrian Army fighters in Deir Ezzor said they had downed the MiG-23 fighter jet early on...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
24 Zeenews Bureau Damascus: A Syrian fighter jet on Monday crashed in al-Muhassan near the Iraqi border, according to a BBC report. Conflicting claims were made by the Syrian government and the rebels after reports of the fighter jet crashing came to...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 9 months ago
debate over shoot down or technical failure There are conflicting accounts from the two sides in the Syrian conflict over the crash of a fighter jet Monday in eastern Syria. By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press / August 13, 2012 Beirut Syrian state-run...
