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Apr 10, 2015, Daily Star ISTANBUL: A Turkish court Friday placed under arrest pending trial 17 soldiers charged in a hugely controversial case over the interception last year of a consignment that allegedly contained arms bound for Syria. The 17 have been charged with membership of a terrorist organization and …

Apr 9, 2015, Press TV Canadian military aircraft have conducted a first airstrike inside Syria, pounding what is said to be an ISIL target close to the headquarters of the Takfiri group in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. The aerial attack was conducted by two Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighter …

Apr 7, 2015, Can Do Better Dear Mr. Mulcair: Thank you for opposing Harper’s extended and expanded war in Iraq and Syria, and for pointing out in parliament that conducting a military intervention in Syria, without the permission of the Syrian government and the UN Security Council, is a flagrant …

Apr 6, 2015, SANA Members of the opposition figures participating in the second round of inter-Syrian talks held meetings on Monday at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s guest palace in Moscow. The Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by Syria’s Permanent Representative at the UN Bashar al-Jaafari, arrived in Moscow. The delegation …

Apr 6, 2015, Press TV Russia is hosting peace talks aimed at working out a solution to more than 4 years of conflict in Syria. The Syrian government and members of opposition, including the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, are taking part in the discussions in Moscow. Syria’s UN …

Apr 5, 2015, Press TV VIDEO AT PRESS TV LINK Intense clashes continue between Palestinian armed factions and the ISIL Takfiri terrorists who have taken over most of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near the Syrian capital, Damascus. The ISIL militants stormed the camp on April 1, apparently in …

Apr 1, 2015, AP The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from over 100 nations, according to a new U.N. report. The panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida said …

Mar 30, 2015, CHCH As the Harper government plans to pass a motion in Parliament tonight to extend its bombing mission on terrorist targets in Iraq and expand the mission into Syria, a group of demonstrators say the action is illegal. Members of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War …

Mar 31, 2015, France24 The Saudi TV channel Al Arabiya has come under fire for publishing a fake photo online. On Monday, it posted the following photo to its official Twitter account. The description, in Arabic, reads: “Al Arabiya exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s Operation Decisive Storm destroys a Houthi military convoy …

Mar 31, 2015, Global Research During a recent ‘On-Air’ news report on Sunday 29 March 2015  from Tikrit, Iraq, Press TV war correspondent Rahshan Saglam was providing a ‘LIVE’ update when an explosion occurred approximately 150 meters from her position. The camera technician was able to capture the plume of …