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May 2, 2015, Hurriyet Daily News The latest U.S.-led plan to train and arm a Syrian opposition force will start in Turkey on May 9, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told a Turkish newspaper. The programme to train and arm a force that is expected to eventually total more than 15,000 troops has been …

Apr 28, 2015, Antiwar.com Syria’s Foreign Ministry was quoted on the nation’s state media today as blaming Turkey in large measure for al-Qaeda’s takeover of the border town of Jisr al-Shughour, saying Turkish military forces providing both logistics support and providing “support fire” for advancing Islamists. This is not the …

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 …