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At least 31 people dead, dozens injured after a Syrian plane crashes into Ariha marketplace

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-03/r ... ce-6669744

At least 31 people were killed and dozens injured after a Syrian military aircraft crashed while a bombing run over the rebel-held northwestern town of Ariha, a monitoring group said. (...)

The military plane had dropped a bomb in the heart of the city centre main commercial street where shopkeepers open in the early morning before crashing in the middle of the marketplace, two witnesses said. (...)

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Bombing of the Syrian town of Kobane, in the Turkish border, a year ago.

US-led airstrikes on Isis 'likely to have killed hundreds of civilians', says independent monitoring group

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 35040.html
 

An independent monitoring group says some bombings, carried out by the US-led coalition targeting ISIS are likely to have killed hundreds of civilians.  

The report by Airwars, a project aimed at tracking the international airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group, says it counted at least 459 suspected civilian fatalities  in 57 airstrikes it believes the coalition carried out in Iraq and Syria over the last year.   It says the same strikes also caused at least 48 'friendly fire' deaths (...)

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Fighters from the Syrian Kurdish militia (YPG) man a tank in northeastern Syria on Sunday

US, Turkey Agree To Keep Syrian Kurds Out Of Proposed Border Zone

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-turkey- ... 1438641577  

the U.S. and Turkey have reached an understanding meant to to assure the Ankara government that plans to drive Islamic State militants from  a proposed safe zone in northern Syria won't clear the way for Kurdish fighters to move in.

  Officials from both countries on Monday disclosed details of the discussions that grew up from Turkey's recent decision to step up its cooperation with the U.S. in the fight against Islamic States. (...)

US officials have offered Turkey reassurances that they won't rely on the YPG in that [border] area, but have sought to give themselves wiggle room to work with the Kurdish fighters in that area if the need arises (...)

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U.S. expands potential targets in Syria

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/mili ... /31069911/

The U.S military is expanding its list of potential targets in Syria to include  the al-Qaida affiliate known as al-Nusra and the forces loyal to the embattled Assad regime, a Pentagon official said.

  The widening war effort comes as the US begins to follow through on a promise to support the moderate Syrian rebels who have undergone the American-led train-and-equip program and recently returned to the battlefield in Syria. (...)

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Russian Airborne Troops "Ready to Help Syria in Combating [US-NATO sponsored] Terrorism"

http://www.globalresearch.ca/russian-ai ... sm/5467210  

The Russian Airborne Troops are ready to assist Syria in countering terrorism,  if such a task is set by Russia's leaders, Commander of the Airborne Troops Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov told reporters on Tuesday.  

"Of course we will execute the decisions set forth by the country's leadership, if there is a task at hand", Shamanov said in response to a Syrian reporter's question about the readiness of the Russian Airborne Troops to render assistance to Syria's government in its battle against terrorism.  

Shamanov noted that Russia and Syria have "long-term good relations". "Many Syrian experts, including military, received education in the Soviet Union and in Russia", Shamanov added.

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Russian Airborne Troops "Ready to Help Syria in Combating [US-NATO sponsored] Terrorism"

Nem mais, e a propósito:

British SAS Special Forces “Dressed Up as ISIS Rebels” Fighting Assad in Syria
http://www.globalresearch.ca/british-sa ... ia/5466944
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/595439 ... er-Jihadis

A ler também, o Plano "Yinon"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/greater-is ... st/5324815

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Estado Islâmico sequestra 230 civís em Síria

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Síria: ONU encarrega peritos de apontarem responsáveis de ataques químicos

http://pt.euronews.com/2015/08/07/siria ... -quimicos/

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 British SAS special forces go into Syria to kill ISIS chief  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ayaff.html

British special forces have taken part in a ferocious battle to kill a Syrian-based Islamic State commander - even though Parliament has yet to approve any UK 'boots on the ground' in the country.  

The crack SAS troops joined US forces on the mission in May this year. To keep their participation a secret, they wore US uniforms and carried American weapons.  

The elite Special Air Service soldiers were flown into the country's Deir ez-Zor governorate in a US Osprey aircraft before carrying out a daring reconnaissance mission near the compound of top IS financier Abu Sayyaf.  (...)  

Eventually, the SAS troops confirmed Sayyaf's presence and provided US commanders at their Central Command is Qatar with a detailed tactical picture, including numbers of enemy fighters, their pattern of behaviour and weaponry .

 The IS compound was then attacked in a series of strafing runs by US jets ahead of the arrival of more US aircraft carrying 50 heavily armed troops from Delta Force, the US equivalent of the SAS (...) Fifteen IS fighters are believed to have been killed, including Sayyaf - who was shot dead by Delta Force.

 No British or US troops were wounded. Sayyaf's wife was also captured and a Yazidi slave girl was rescued. But when the US Defense Department released a statement on the raid, the vital role played by the SAS was ignored (...)

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Sniper britânico salva a vida de pai e filho que seriam decapitados pelo Estado Islâmico



Pode parecer muito uma cena de filme de ação, mas de fato aconteceu. Um atirador de elite do exército britânico salvou a vida de um pai e seu filho que seriam decapitados por membros do Estado Islâmico.

As duas vítimas foram condenadas à morte após recusarem se converter à fé jihadista.  Os militantes realizaram um julgamento em praça pública, forçando a família dos dois prisioneiros a assistir às mortes

Informados por um espião iraquiano, membros da SAS foram mobilizados para impedir as execuções no norte da Síria, próximo da fronteira turca. Assim que chegaram, puderam ver um homem com uma longa barba durante um discurso inflamado para população, enquanto segurava uma faca próximo aos dois homens que estavam com os olhos vendados.

Posicionado a 1 km de distância, o sniper atingiu o carrasco na cabeça com um rifle calibre 50. Em seguida abateu seus dois ajudantes, garantindo a segurança dos prisioneiros. As pessoas rapidamente correram para desamarrar pai e filho e tirar suas vendas.

Entretanto, segundo informações do Daily Star Sunday, os snipers não chegaram a tempo de salvar mais vidas. Quando finalmente se posicionaram, diversos corpos já podiam ser vistos decapitados no chão. Os moradores do vilarejo chegaram a fazer um festival para comemorar a saída do Estado Islâmico da região.

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Siria: bombardeamentos fazem mais de 40 mortos em Damasco

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Syria forgotten victims: the siege of Eastern Ghouta

http://www.channel4.com/news/syrias-for ... ern-ghouta
 

Human Rights group Amnesty International says that over 160,000 civilians in the Eastern Ghouta region near the Syrian capital have been "left to die under siege".

According to Amnesty,  the Syrian government' has been carrying out aerial and shelling attacks on civilians and civilian objects in Eastern Ghouta since 2012. Between January and June this year around 500 civilians have died in government airstrikes that Amnesty says are often discriminate or grossly disproportionate.

 Quoting the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Amnesty says that some parts of Eastern Ghouta have been under non-stop siege since 2013. (...)

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Syrian Government, Rebels Trade Fire, Killing 50 Around Damascus

http://news.antiwar.com/2015/08/12/syri ... -damascus/

Syrian warplanes pounded rebel-held of Damascus, while the rebels targeted government-held neighbourhoods in the capital city, leaving at least 50 dead and over 120 wounded  between the two of them. (...)

The Syrian government has reached a two-day ceasefire with Al-Qaeda dominated rebels in several towns but none of them are among the area fought today, and Al-Qaeda rebels aren't heavily in metro Damascus, suggesting that these limited ceasefires are simply moving the focuses of strikes around the country.

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US begins manned airstrikes against ISIS from Turkey into Syria

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08 ... nto-syria/
 

The United States military flew its first manned airstrikes from a Turkish air base in the fight against ISIS Tuesday.

The development came following lengthy negotiations between Washington and Ankara over US requests to use Incirlik Air Base to conduct strikes against Islamic State militants. (...)

This new base allows U.S. jets to strike ISIS targets in Syria in as little as 30 minutes - allowing for more on station time and less fuel. (...)