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Barack Obama authorises air strikes against Isis militants in Syria
11 Sep 2014: President announces in televised address that US will target Islamic State militants in Syria for the first time
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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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12 Sep 2014: Prime minister says the change should make no difference to normal activity, but people might notice more security
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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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11 Sep 2014: Leaders of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon pledge to ‘stand united’ and express openness to contribute to US war effort
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11 Sep 2014: A year ago, Obama told the nation he was stepping back from military intervention. On Wednesday, he made a starkly different announcement: what amounted to a declaration of war
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11 Sep 2014:
Sami Ramadani: Past interventions helped create Isis and al-Qaida. Have Britain and the US not learned the lessons?
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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:
Spokesman says Cameron hasn't ruled anything out after Hammond insisted that UK won't be taking part in strikes
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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: President announces in televised address that US will target Islamic State militants in Syria for the first time
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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: 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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11 Sep 2014:
Does Barack Obama need the US Congress to authorise military action against Isis?
Spencer Ackerman: Shoot first, ask Congress later
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