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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent special operations troops to Syria this summer on a secret mission to rescue American hostages, including journalist James Foley, held by Islamic State extremists, but they did not find them, the administration disclosed Wednesday....

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  (Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels have intensified shelling on Alawite villages in Hama province, pressing slow advances in the northern countryside and sparking fears of Bashar ’al-Assad loyalists. Normal 0 false...