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US senators call for 20,000 troops in Syria and Iraq
Obama last month ordered the deployment of dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria.
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Russia backs Syrian forces in major assault on insurgents
The combined operation hit towns close to the main north-south highway that runs through major cities.
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Russian jets hit Syria's Homs, Hama province
Residents said ambulances rushed wounded people to hospital in Talbiseh, north of the city of Homs.
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US to defend Syrian rebels with airpower
The US will defend US-trained rebels from any attackers, even from forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad.
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US-led coalition launches 14 air strikes against Islamic State
They struck Islamic State tactical units near Al Hasakah and fighting positions near Kobani.
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US-led air strikes have hit 3,222 IS targets
A Pentagon spokesman, said he wasn’t sure how many targets had been damaged versus destroyed.
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A deadly year in Syria
A deadly year in Syria
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US and its allies hit IS in Syria, Iraq
The action in Syria included 17 strikes near the cities of Al Raqqah, Dayr az Zawr and Kobani.
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20 air strikes launched against ISIS
US and partner nations have conducted 20 air strikes against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday.
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Islamic State yields little ground despite air strikes
ISIS have surrendered little despite the broad sweep of forces arrayed against them.
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US-led strikes have killed 910 people in Syria - monitor
The majority of the deaths, 785, were Islamic State fighters.
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Militants launch attacks in Iraq's western Ramadi city
Security forces killed 12 militants who tried to storm a mosque and a house close to Shujairiya.
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US-led strikes targets Islamic State & Khorasan groups
The military said five strikes by US hit near Kobani, the contested border city near Turkey.
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Doors closing for Syrians seeking refuge abroad
NGOs called on countries outside the region to provide financial support to Syria’s neighbours.
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Syrian Kurds call for help to avoid 'another Kobani'
Kobani has been besieged by Islamic State for more than a month.
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US launches fresh strikes in Syria
The US said it conducted air strikes against the so-called Khorasan group.
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France: Anti-IS coalition must turn attention to Aleppo
As US warplanes bomb Islamic State in parts of Syria, Assad’s military has intensified its own campaign.
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'Only Syrian opposition and peshmerga can save Kobani'
Turkey has rebuffed criticism over their reluctance to do more to help Kobani’s Kurdish defenders.
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Suicide bomber kills 27 militants in Iraq
The attacker also wounded 60 Shia militiamen, who had helped govt forces retake Jurf al-Sakhkar.
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Washington investigating alleged ISIS chemical attack
Kurds battling Islamic State militants fear the group may have used an unidentified chemical weapon.
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No direct combat for Iraqi Kurds in Kobani
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed 815 people have been killed.
