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  Top Senate Dem Calls for Buffer Zone and No-fly Zone in Syria

  The Daily Beast - Josh Rogin

  Carl Levin, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, now says the U.S. needs to create a buffer zone in Syria for the rebels, using Turkish …

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  Embattled Syrian president makes rare appearance

  apnewsarchive.com

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance on Saturday by attending prayers for a key Muslim holiday at a mosque in …

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  Now an ISIS hostage, former U.S. soldier aided Syria's wounded

  CNN - Arwa Damon

  Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in October 2014, more than a month before a video was released purportedly showing Peter Kassig’s beheading by militants believed to be from the terror group ISIS. CNN — Peter Kassig first went to the Middle East as a U.S. soldier and returned as a …

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  Syria crisis: 66,000 flee Islamic State into Turkey

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Some 66,000 refugees - mainly Syrian Kurds - have crossed into Turkey in 24 hours, officials say, as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians fleeing the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack. The UN refugee agency said it was boosting …