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The Russian military says it will help Syria beef up its air defenses after the U.S. strike on Syria air base.Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Friday that a “complex of measures” to strengthen Syrian air defenses will be done shortly to help “protect the most sensitive Syrian infrastructure facilities.” Source:FoxBaltimore Want […]

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United States launches cruise missile attack on Syrian airfield in response to recent chemical weapon attack

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In an effort to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State, more than 50 State Department officials have signed an internal memo urging the Obama administration to carry out military strikes against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, according to CNN. The strikes against Assad’s regime would urge change in the only measure to defeat ISIS, writes […]

At least 45 people were killed in a triple bombing near the Syrian capital of Damascus. The blasts went off in Sayyda Zeinab, a predominantly Shiite Muslim suburb of the Syrian capital, injuring 40 others. Ironically, the attack happened while representatives from President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime and the main Syrian opposition were in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss ending […]

ISIS killed 30-year-old Syrian activist and journalist Ruqia Hassan in September. To make it even more painful, the group hacked her Facebook account to trick her friends and colleagues into thinking she was still alive.

Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush made sure his foreign policy included a plan to defeat ISIS, but also found a way to blame President Obama

United States forces have killed a senior Islamic State commander and captured his wife during a raid in Syria. NY Daily News reports: Defense Secretary…

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Actor Jeffrey Wright spoke with “NewsOne Now” guest host Jeff Johnson about the premiere of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1.” Wright told Johnson “the exciting thing about these…