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Syrian forces use heavy artillery on militants in Hama: Video

Edit Press TV 11 Sep 2016
Watch Syrian and Russian air forces bombard militant-held positions in the western-central province of Hama. According to Syrian military ... Syrian ground troops also used heavy artillery and tanks to retake several militant-held areas in the region....

Dozens killed in airstrikes after ceasefire plan in Syria

Edit CNN 11 Sep 2016
The attack targeted a market in the rebel-held city of Idlib, according to the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... The ceasefire plan, announced Friday, calls for the Syrian government and the opposition to respect a nationwide ceasefire ... The Syrian regime announced its support of the ceasefire deal Saturday, according to the state-run TV. Kerry announces US-Russia deal on Syrian ceasefire....

Flawed Syria deal nonetheless offers hope for peace

Edit The Spokesman-Review 11 Sep 2016
Spurred on by the violence that has enveloped the Syrian city of Aleppo – intense airstrikes were reported there Saturday – the two diplomats forged a pact they say departs from previous unsuccessful attempts to halt the bloodshed ... If U.S.-backed or other rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad break the cease-fire, Russia could threaten to respond militarily or allow his forces to retaliate....

Activists picket outside detention center: Shut down Yarl’s Wood

Edit Press TV 11 Sep 2016
Hundreds of activists have picketed outside a UK detention center, demanding the facility be shut down over sexual abuse and mistreatment of female detainees ... The protesters created a wall of noise around the controversial site, kicking the 20-feet fence, banging pans and chanting through mobile PA systems. The demonstrators were chanting “no sister is illegal” and “no borders.” ... (The Independent)....

US-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages

Edit The Himalayan 11 Sep 2016
But hours after it was agreed, warplanes bombed a marketplace in rebel-held Idlib in northwestern Syria, killing at least 58 civilians, many children and women, according to rescue workers and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... President Bashar al Assad’s government made no comment on the peace deal, but Syrian state media quoted what it called private sources as saying the government had given its approval....

UFC 203 Miocic vs. Overeem: Cleveland's Jessica Eye loses a split decision to Bethe Correia

Edit Cleveland 11 Sep 2016
CLEVELAND, Ohio –  Brazilian Bethe Correia's post-fight press conference happened, but no one very far outside the octagon could hear it over the boos inside Quicken Loans Arena ... "I don't believe I lost that fight at all," Eye said ... I'm not sure what is coming now ... But Correia overcame a crowd alternately chanting "Let's go Jess" and "U-S-A." ... When the final round began, Eye's cheering section erupted in a C-L-E chant ... ....

Haj climaxes today with standing in Arafat plain

Edit Arabnews 11 Sep 2016
Author. . SIRAJ WAHAB. Sun, 2016-09-11. ID. . 1473543377502336600. MINA. Around two million Muslims from around the world and inside the Kingdom camped in the tent city of Mina on Saturday. They chanted “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (Here I am, O Allah, answering Your call) and spent the night in the solidly built white tents. On Sunday, they will stand in prayer in the dry plains of Arafat, which is the climax of five-day Haj ... ....

UN Team Heard Claims of "Staged" Chemical Attacks

Edit Topix 11 Sep 2016
United Nations investigators encountered evidence that alleged chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian military were staged by jihadist rebels and their supporters, but still decided to blame the government for two incidents in which chlorine was allegedly dispersed via improvised explosives dropped by helicopters. In both cases, the Syrian ......

Free Syrian Army Ready for New Ceasefire if Syrian Government Complies

Edit Sputnik 11 Sep 2016
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) armed opposition group is ready to uphold the Syrian ceasefire if the country's government and Russia do likewise, Osama Abu Zeid, an FSA legal adviser, said Sunday ... ....

Muslim pilgrims begin hajj, but this year without Iranians

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 11 Sep 2016
Notably absent this year are Iranian pilgrims ... On Friday, thousands of Iranians marched through the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities to protest Saudi Arabia, chanting prayers against the kingdom's Sunni rulers after midday prayers ... Since arriving in Mecca over the past several weeks, hundreds of thousands have chanted, "Labayk Allahuma Labayk," or "Here I am, God, answering your call. Here I am." ...   ....

UFC heavyweight champ Miocic survives knockdown, wins by KO

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 11 Sep 2016
... choke him out, but the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Miocic was able to escape the hold as a hometown crowd of 20,000 fans roared and chanted "Stee-pay, Stee-pay."....

US Proxies and Regional Rivalries

Edit Dissident Voice 11 Sep 2016
Turkish-Kurdish-Syrian Conflict ... Over the past years, the Turkish regime has been in the forefront in the war to overthrow the secular nationalist Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad ... Washington’s Kurdish proxies took over territory from both the anti-US Islamists as well as the Syrian national government – as part of their own long-standing ethno-nationalist agenda....

At least 45 killed in Syria after US-Russia agreement

Edit Deseret News 11 Sep 2016
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 people were killed in Aleppo province and another 39 were killed by airstrikes in neighboring Idlib province ... Previous Syrian cease-fires or limited truces have also been preceded by spikes in violence as both government and rebel forces seek to consolidate positions or gain new ground in the final remaining hours of warfare....
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