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IS jihadists within 5 km of key Syria border town

Islamic State jihadists advanced Monday to within five kilometres (three miles) of the key Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab on Syria's border with Turkey, a monitor said. The jihadists fired a volley of rockets that hit the town centre, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said,...

Lebanese minister lobbies for Syrian refugee camps

BEIRUT (The Daily Star): Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas Saturday further lobbied for his proposal to establish refugee camps for Syrians, saying Kuwait was ready to fund the camps that would better organize the overwhelming presence of refugees in the country. “The...