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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

RYAN LUCAS

Syrian President Bashar Assad gives an interview to Foreign Affairs magazine in Damascus, January 26, 2015. (AFP)
March 27, 2015, 10:59 pm
Assad calls chemical attack allegations ‘propaganda’
Syrian leader denies use of unconventional weapons in areas held by rebels
By RYAN LUCAS
Assyrian Christians, who fled the unrest in Syria and Iraq, attend a prayer for the 220 Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State jihadists from villages in northeastern Syria in recent days, at the Saint Georges Assyrian Church in Jdeideh, northeast of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on February 26, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Anwar Amro)
March 1, 2015, 10:47 pm
Activists: Outreach made to IS over Christian captives
Assyrian rights groups and local tribal leaders reportedly making headway in recovering 220 abductees
By RYAN LUCAS
A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on Sept. 23, 2014. (US Air Force/Senior Airman Matthew Bruch)
November 14, 2014, 3:56 pm
US hits al-Qaeda militants in Syria for third time
American aircraft target secretive Khorasan group; US claims terror organization plotting attacks on the west
By RYAN LUCAS
A Syrian Kurd gestures as thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, on Monday, October 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
October 13, 2014, 4:04 pm
Fierce fighting resumes in Syrian Kurdish town
Kobani, on the border with Turkey, has been the site of ongoing battles between Kurds and Islamic State fighters
By RYAN LUCAS
People on a hilltop watch smoke rising from a fire caused by a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, on October 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
October 13, 2014, 9:38 am
Kurdish town of Kobani site of pitched street battles
Town on Syrian-Turkish border, easily observed from safety in Turkey, now symbol of Kurdish resistance
By RYAN LUCAS
Smoke rises after strikes from the US-led coalition in the Syrian town of Kobani, on October 10, 2014 (Photo credit: Aris Messinis/AFP)
October 11, 2014, 3:06 pm
Fierce fighting in Syria as Kurds defend besieged town
Official calls situation in Kobani dire as Islamic State makes gains, says US-led airstrikes ineffective
By RYAN LUCAS
In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo released by the US Air Force, a formation of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq as part of US led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. (AP/US Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
September 26, 2014, 1:49 am
Syria’s Islamist rebels fear US could hit them next
After American airstrikes on Islamic State, other rebel factions — including al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front — begin to evacuate bases
By RYAN LUCAS and Diaa Hadid
In this image made from video released by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, missiles bound for Syrian Islamic State group targets are launched off of a U.S. Navy ship. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy via AP video)
September 24, 2014, 3:17 am
Hezbollah condemns US-led strikes on Islamic State
Shi’ite terrorist group accuses US of trying to take over region; Iran, Russia also decry campaign against Islamists
By Albert Aji and RYAN LUCAS
US President Barack Obama makes a statement at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 20, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
September 9, 2014, 8:59 am
US faces Arab reluctance in Islamic State fight
Obama administration is seen as an unreliable ally by countries warily watching IS’s lightning gains in Iraq and Syria
By RYAN LUCAS
Philippine Armed Forces Chief Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang gestures as he talks about "the greatest escape" of Philippine troops deployed as UN Peacekeepers in the Golan Heights while being besieged by a rebel faction in Syria, during a forum with foreign correspondents Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Bullit Marquez)
September 2, 2014, 5:19 pm
Al-Qaeda rebels issue demands for captive UN troops
Al-Nusra Front seeks removal of its name from terror list, aid for Damascus, and compensation for 3 fighters killed in shootout with UNDOF
By RYAN LUCAS and Nick Perry
Members of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) using binoculars to watch the Syrian side of the Golan Heights near the Quneitra border crossing, on August 31, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey)
September 2, 2014, 5:21 am
Syrian rebels issue demands for release of captive UN troops
Al-Qaeda-linked group says it wants to be removed from UN terror list, as it battles Syrian forces near Israeli border
By RYAN LUCAS
This undated photo combo taken from a video by the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows still images of government soldiers captured near Tabqa, Syria according to a statement posted online and circulated on Twitter by supporters of Islamic State group. The photo to the left shows what the extremist group said were the soldiers stripped down to their underwear marching in the desert. The photo to the right shows more than 150 men apparently killed. (photo credit: AP Photo/ The Islamic State group)
August 28, 2014, 10:36 pm
Islamic State massacres 160 captured Syrian soldiers
Extremists said to have forced captives to march in their underwear across desert before brutally executing them
By RYAN LUCAS and Zeina Karam
US President Barack Obama during a news conference August 6, 2014 at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
August 26, 2014, 5:43 am
Syria warns US: No unilateral strikes on militants
Senior official says Obama authorized surveillance flights over Syria, a move that could pave the way for airstrikes
By RYAN LUCAS
A convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq's Anbar Province, January 2014 (photo credit: AP)
August 24, 2014, 7:38 pm
Jihadis capture major Syrian air base in northeast
IS fighters seize government-held Tabqa air field, which holds helicopters, warplane squadrons, artillery
By RYAN LUCAS
Kurdish president Massoud Barzani speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Salah al-Din resort, north of Baghdad, Iraq, April 25, 2012. (photo credit: Khalid Mohammed/AP)
July 4, 2014, 8:25 am
Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for independence referendum
Massoud Barzani tells lawmakers to ‘hurry up’ and prepare for vote on self-determination
By RYAN LUCAS and Bram Janssen
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