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Syria's opposition welcomes US air strikes on Isis militants
11 Sep 2014: Syrian National Coalition 'ready and willing' to help defeat Isis in the south – but urges Obama to also topple Assad regime
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12 Sep 2014:
Claims that strikes would violate sovereignty, as Syrian rebels welcome move and other Arab states offer 'appropriate' support
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11 Sep 2014: US national security editor Spencer Ackerman breaks down the omissions, inversions and problems of Obama’s Isis speech
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Interactive, 11 Sep 2014:
Barack Obama's announcement last night about the war against the Islamic State (Isis) – which he prefers to call Isil – was filled with euphemisms, questionable statements, caveats, omissions and even the occasional truth. Here's an annotated version of the speech to serve as a guide to the fine print
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11 Sep 2014: Editorial: The president offers a plan couched in terms of defending America and degrading Isis but he needs to add to it a diplomatic effort to help settle the Shia-Sunni conflict
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11 Sep 2014: Jabhat al-Nusra releases all 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers after holding them hostage for two weeks
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11 Sep 2014:
Battling the jihadis in Syria without giving aid to Bashar al-Assad's regime will be a hugely complicated undertaking, writes Martin Chulov
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11 Sep 2014:
Ian Black: Air strikes mean more support for rebels fighting to overthrow Assad but consequences of intervention are hard to predict
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11 Sep 2014: Afzal Ashraf: Involving regional countries in the conflict represents the most immature part of a risky US plan
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11 Sep 2014: Does Barack Obama need the US Congress to authorise military action against Isis?
Spencer Ackerman: Shoot first, ask Congress later -
11 Sep 2014: US offensive against Isis militants in Iraq is an extension of the strategy the White House deployed in Somalia and Yemen
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