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SyriaSource

Nov 13, 2015

Top News: November 13, 2015

By SyriaSource

– Assad wins strategic victories ahead of Vienna talks– United States to cripple ISIS-controlled oil fields in Syria– US air strike targets ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria– ISIS claims deadly twin Beirut explosions– Two soldiers killed in PKK mine attack in Turkey’s southeast– Kurdish forces seize Iraq’s Sinjar town from ISIS

Syria

MENASource

Nov 13, 2015

Top News: Russian Aviation Authority Bans EgyptAir Flights to Russia; Egypt Says Plane’s Final Seconds to be Analyzed Abroad

By EgyptSource

Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia has banned flights by EgyptAir, Egypt’s state-owned flag carrier, to Russia, effective November 14, an official of the Moscow Domodedovo airport reportedly said on Friday.

SyriaSource

Nov 13, 2015

Vienna II: Who’s a Terrorist?

By Frederic C. Hof

On Saturday November 14, the participants of the October 30 Vienna conference on Syria will reconvene in the same place. This despite the fact that Assad regime attacks on civilians have relented not in the least. Indeed, military aircraft of the Russian Federation have supplemented the civilian-centric bombing campaign of Moscow’s client, reportedly adding cluster […]

Syria

MENASource

Nov 13, 2015

EconSource: EU to Pay $3 Billion for Turkey’s Help in Stemming Migrant Crisis

By EconSource

European Union (EU) leaders agreed in principle Thursday to pay EUR 3 billion ($3.23 billion) to Turkey over the next two years in return for additional support in stemming migration flows into Europe.

SyriaSource

Nov 13, 2015

Vienna II: From Hope to Reality

By Dan DePetris

In a November 11 interview with The Washington Post, British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond explained the psychology that underwrites the negotiations to end the Syrian civil war. “You get people together,” Hammond said, “you force them to make some forward movement, keeping them at it, keeping their noses to the grindstone, keep them in a […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Nov 13, 2015

Kerry on Strategy

By Frederic C. Hof

Speaking for the better part of an hour at the US Institute of Peace on November 12, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry sought to bring his listeners “up to speed” on the Obama administration strategy to defeat and dismantle the Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, or Da’esh), end Syria’s civil war, and support “friends in […]

Syria

EconoGraphics

Nov 12, 2015

EU Economy: Still Work to be Done

By Nico Catano

The road to recovery in Europe remains a work in progress, as European Central Bank (ECB) leader Mario Draghi faces legacies of the 2008 recession. One notable challenge remaining for the European economy is Non-Performing Loans (NPLs).

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Nov 12, 2015

Crowdsourcing Terrorism

By Ashish Kumar Sen

ISIS intent on expanding online abilities to conduct cyber attacks, says US official Extremist groups are using social media to “crowdsource” terrorism and are intent on developing the ability to conduct crippling cyber attacks on their enemies, a senior Justice Department official said at the Atlantic Council on Nov. 10. “[Terrorist groups] have the intent […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

SyriaSource

Nov 12, 2015

Top News: November 12, 2015

By SyriaSource

– Opposition oppose Russia’s draft proposal; Iran says resolution should not focus solely on Assad– At least 100 fighters killed in Syria during storming of besieged airbase– UN launches app to help feed Syrian refugee children– Turkey’s Erdogan puts Syria, Iraq on G20 leaders’ agenda– Seven children among fourteen dead in migrant boat sinking off […]

Syria

MENASource

Nov 12, 2015

Top News: Iraqi Kurds Reach Sinjar Road, Cutting ISIS Supply Line

By MENASource

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have started clearing parts of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar and have established positions along an ISIS supply route between its two main strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the coalition said on Thursday.

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