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6 May 2016, 6:05 am
National: Often-Secret Donors Spend Big to Push Elected Officials’ Pet ProjectsUSA Today – Fredreka Schouten and Mary Troyan | Published: 4/5/2016 Nonprofit groups have become a fixture in federal politics, allowing secret donors to pump unlimited sums into advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in elections. [read post]
5 May 2016, 1:43 pm
Earlier today, Islamic State militants captured the main Shaer gas field in eastern Syria marking the terrorist group’s first gain in the Palmyra desert area since it lost the ancient city earlier this year. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 1:13 pm
” Yet, despite clashes with opposition forces and other actors, the Syrian army has recaptured the town of al Qaryatain following last week’s recapture of Palmyra. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 1:33 pm
Following Palmyra’s recapture by Syrian and Russian forces last week, Russian combat engineers are now on a mine-clearing mission within the ancient city. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 1:28 pm
President Bashar al Assad, still celebrating his major victory over the Islamic State in Palmyra, expressed support of the continuation of peace talks next month in Geneva. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 3:52 pm
New York Times – Cultural organizations have been working to create precise three-dimensional digital models of the threatened heritage monuments in Palmyra, Syria, in case the originals are damaged beyond repair. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 3:01 pm
What may unfold in the aftermath of Palmyra’s recapture? [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:42 pm
Palmyra’s liberation from Islamic State control relieved many historians and antiquities experts. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 1:07 pm
” The Islamic State’s defeat in Palmyra further underscores the terrorist group’s ability to retain territory in Syria and Iraq. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 11:45 am
” The Post writes “in the latest setbacks for the militants on Thursday, Syrian government forces entered the outskirts of the historic town of Palmyra after a weeks-old offensive aided by Russian airstrikes, and U.S. airstrikes helped Iraqi forces overrun a string of Islamic State villages in northern Iraq that had been threatening a U.S. base nearby. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 12:04 pm
Palmyra has been under ISIS control since last year. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 12:06 pm
Meanwhile, the Syrian army is fast closing in on the ISIS controlled town of Palmyra. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 1:11 pm
In other Islamic State news, the terrorist organization killed 26 Syrian naval commandos on the outskirts of Palmyra yesterday as government forces tried to recapture the ancient city from the extremists. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 4:42 am
" The boy said he would have liked to visit Syria―Palmyra especially. [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 12:55 pm
Back in Syria, Reuters tells us that Russian warplanes have launched heavy strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra yesterday. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 3:02 am
As ET Brooking has written, “cast against seismic events like the fall of Palmyra or fight for Ramadi, this internet war looks small”. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 12:31 pm
” Local sources told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Islamic State has blown up prisoners tied to ancient pillars in Palmyra, the latest ISIS display of cruel tactics. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 11:24 pm
Article by Stéphanie Vidal under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Please attribute author Stéphanie Vidal and first publication in Slate.France with a link to https://www.slate.fr/story/107927/bassel-khartabil-prisonnier-syrien-internet Translation into English by Philippe Aigrain, Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, Jean-Christophe Peyssard Source for reposting:… [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 12:16 pm
Contradictory reports about Russian strikes in Palmyra have emerged, as Reuters suggests that Russian strikes destroyed twenty ISIS vehicles and three weapons depots while killing 15 militants. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 11:57 am
” Meanwhile, the Islamic State’s campaign of destruction continues through Palmyra. [read post]
