Why garbage collection in Syria is crucial to fighting the Islamic State (and how the US can help)

America should not repeat the mistakes it made in Iraq.

Mark Ward, The Conversation

· Jan 19, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Syria: UN security team fired upon while visiting suspected chemical attack site in Douma

The team was forced to withdraw following the gunfire, reports said.

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· Apr 19, 2018 · 01:17 pm

Chemical weapon investigators enter Douma three days after their arrival in Syria

Earlier, Russian and Syrian authorities had allegedly stopped them from visiting the site of a chemical attack blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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· Apr 17, 2018 · 09:48 pm

Syrian military shot down missiles fired at air base, claims state TV

The Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has accused Syrian and Russian authorities of stopping them from visiting a chemical attack.

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· Apr 17, 2018 · 01:18 pm

Syria chemical attacks: Military intervention may be tempting – but not legal

The legal standards for military intervention are complicated and highly specific. It's not clear an attack on Syria would meet them.

James Sweeney, The Conversation

· Apr 13, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Turkey, Syrian rebel forces say they have captured Afrin town from Kurdish YPG

A Kurdish official said militants could conduct a guerrilla campaign against the Turkish and Free Syrian Army units.

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· Mar 19, 2018 · 04:45 pm

Syria: President Bashar al-Assad’s forces accused of carrying out chlorine attack in Eastern Ghouta

Doctors and medics in the besieged rebel-held enclave said 30 people were being treated for breathing problems following airstrikes.

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· Mar 06, 2018 · 09:36 pm

Syria conflict: France, US call for ceasefire, urge Russia to ‘exert pressure’ on Bashar al-Assad

Hostilities continue in the war-torn nation despite a 30-day ceasefire resolution passed by the United Nations.

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· Mar 02, 2018 · 08:17 pm

‘Save us before it is too late’: A teenager is documenting Syria’s Eastern Ghouta siege on Twitter

Through videos and photos, Muhammad Najeb explains the emotional toll of the civil war.

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· Mar 02, 2018 · 10:30 am

Vladimir Putin blames ‘extremist forces’ for failure of truce in rebel-held Syrian enclave

The shelling from Eastern Ghouta never stops and rocket and mortar attacks occur up to 80 times a day, the Russian president claimed.

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· Mar 01, 2018 · 04:03 pm

Syrian government forces continue to bombard Ghouta despite UN ceasefire deal, toll rises to 520

The United Nations unanimously passed the resolution for a 30-day ceasefire in the conflict zone so humanitarian aid can reach people.

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· Feb 26, 2018 · 10:35 am

Turkey rejects ‘baseless’ allegations of using chemical weapons in Syria’s Afrin region

At least six people have suffered from breathing problems after the suspected gas attack, Kurdish militia said.

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· Feb 18, 2018 · 11:36 am