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Syria: where will the pieces fall?
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put Syria together again. So now neighbouring countries are preparing to intervene.
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A family of 12 from Luton who it’s feared have travelled to Syria were stopped and held at the airport when they first left the UK and had their home raided, Channel 4 News has learnt.
The family group from Luton, which reportedly includes a baby and two grandparents, failed to return home from a holiday in Bangladesh in May. Police say they could have gone to Syria.
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All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put Syria together again. So now neighbouring countries are preparing to intervene.
The Islamic State group returns to attack the Syrian border town of Kobani, five months after it was driven out by Kurdish forces. IS is also moving on districts of al-Hasakah, in eastern Syria.
Kurdish-led forces have advanced deep into Islamic State territory in Syria, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week.
The country will divide: right versus left – as it has been divided since British tanks rolled into Syntagma Square in 1944 to install former Nazi collaborators into office.
It appears that the already severely degraded medical services available to civilians in Syria are diminishing fast under assault from barrel bombs.
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“Islamic State is good,” said 15 year old Mohammed. “The girls don’t like it because they have to cover up but that’s right in Islam.”
Twelve members of a family from Bradford, including nine children, are feared to be en route to Syria. The family had been under police “surveillance”, Channel 4 News understands.
A teenager from West Yorkshire is believed to have become Britain’s youngest suicide bomber. The so-called Islamic State say 17-year-old Talha Asmal blew himself up in northern Iraq.
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