The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Friday, March 31, 2017
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SYRIA EXCLUSIVE Coalition says engineers checked Syria’s Tabqa dam for IS booby traps
SYRIA EXCLUSIVE Coalition disputes reports a US service member was killed by an IS drone in Syria
SYRIA We continue fine-grained reporting on events around the Tabqa dam here
USA Portion of Interstate 85 collapses near Atlanta, Georgia
REFUGEES The number of Syrian refugees in the region tops five million
SYRIA Up to 5,000 people flee to SDF-controlled areas north of Tabqa dam, near Raqqa
SYRIA Finding a convoy of US military vehicles in Syria from a March 28 video
As it happened
@NYCMayor Bill de Blasio just announced the city will close Rikers Island. pic.twitter.com/qFHrmJoeW7
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 31, 2017
How many Syrians are refugees? 1/4 of them. Nearly proportionate to the pops of CA, NY & OH https://t.co/JiryfZ7ROg pic.twitter.com/oFIA75Z8Cr
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 31, 2017
UN Security Council Cuts 500 Peacekeepers from Congo Mission https://t.co/tJuDsOXZ7U pic.twitter.com/oc6ZlgKchH
— Voice of America (@VOANews) March 31, 2017
UN Security Council Cuts 500 Peacekeepers from Congo Mission https://t.co/tJuDsOXZ7U pic.twitter.com/oc6ZlgKchH
— Voice of America (@VOANews) March 31, 2017
Russia not interfering in French elections, says candidate Fillon https://t.co/VXfdBcmQCK pic.twitter.com/4ZEuNnklyp
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 31, 2017