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Syria’s Alleged Sarin-Gas Attack: Questioning a Flawed Investigation

July 8, 2017, Truthdig – Scott Ritter The Turkish government had set up a decontamination checkpoint in Hatay province, at the border crossing with Syria. Some 34 people claiming to be victims from Khan Sheikhun were processed at this checkpoint before being sent to hospitals in Antakya, Reyhanli and Iskenderun, …

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At Least 13 Killed, 29 Injured after Car Bombs Rock Central Damascus

July 2, 2017 –  Alamanar News The number of people killed in Sunday’s blasts in Syria’s capital of Damascus has increased to 13, while at least 29 others have sustained injuries, a medical source told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, the Syrian state TV reported that at least eight people …

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UNHCR seeing significant returns of internally displaced amid Syria’s continuing conflict

June 30, 2017, UNHCR UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seeing a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017. Aid agencies estimate that more than 440,000 internally displaced people have returned to their homes in Syria during the first six months of this year. In parallel, …

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WHITE HELMETS: Severed Heads of Syrian Arab Army Soldiers Paraded as Trophies – Endorsed by Channel 4

June 23, 2017, 12st Century Wire – Vanessa Beeley Before the Grenfell Tower blaze had died down to a smouldering monument to the tragic death of possibly hundreds of, so far, unidentified victims, trapped in the molten edifice, Channel 4 produced a programme showcasing the Al Qaeda affiliated White Helmets, …

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Iran fires missiles at militant groups in eastern Syria

June 20, 2017, Reuters – Babak Dehghanpisheh Iran fired missiles on Sunday into eastern Syria, aiming at the bases of militant groups it holds responsible for attacks in Tehran which left 18 dead last week, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched the mid-range ground-to-ground missiles from western …

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First Videos of IRGC Missile Attacks on Terrorists in Syria

June 20, 2017, Tasnim New Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it has fired a number of mid-range ground-to-ground missiles at terrorist sites in Syria eastern region of Deir ez-Zor in response to the recent Daesh-claimed terror attacks in Tehran. The first videos of the …

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Syrian army declares city ceasefire as Russia, United Nations plan July peace talks

June 20, 2017, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: The Syrian army said it would suspend combat operations in the southern city of Daraa for 48 hours from Saturday, as mediators announced two separate attempts to convene new peace talks next month. The Syrian army general command said a ceasefire at …

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Russia says 180 ISIS fighters killed in Syria strikes

June 20, 2017, The Daily Star Lebanon MOSCOW: Russia said Saturday that airstrikes carried out this month had killed about 180 ISIS fighters in Syria, including two field commanders. “As a result of June 6 and 8 aerial strikes on targets belonging to IS fighters, ISIS field commanders Abu Omar …

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Russia cuts deconfliction channel with Washington after US downs Syrian jet

June 19, 2017, TASS Russian News Agency Russia will regard any flights within the area of its air force group’s operation in Syria as legitimate targets MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. Moscow is terminating its communication channel with the United States under a memorandum for preventing incidents in Syria’s skies, as a …

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