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This file photo released Tuesday June 23, 2016 by the New Syrian Army, an anti-government rebel group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army gathering in an unknown place in Syria. A humiliating defeat came Wednesday, June 29, 2016 for the New Syrian Army's offensive to capture Boukamal, a prize possession of the Islamic State group and their last border crossing between Iraq and Syria. The quick unraveling of the budding offensive reflects the difficulties in U.S. efforts to create an effective Syrian force against IS. (The New Syrian Army via AP, File)

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Syria’s new US-backed force stumbles in first test

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressJuly 3, 2016

FILE - In this May 25, 2016 file photo made available by the Italian Navy, people try to swim away moments after their boat overturned off the Libyan coast. Over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe in unseaworthy smuggling boats, the U.N. refugee agency said Sunday, May 29, 2016. (Italian navy via AP Photo, file)

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More than 700 feared dead in crossings

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressMay 29, 2016

This image made from video published online by Amaq News Agency of the Islamic State group shows a cement factory where in a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, Islamic State militants snatched up to 300 cement workers and contractors from their workplace northeast of Damascus Thursday.

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IS abducts 300 workers near Damascus

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressApril 7, 2016