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Syria steps up assaults on protesters, drawing first Arab League condemnation - Washington Post Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:55:44 GMT+00:00

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Syria steps up assaults on protesters, drawing first Arab League condemnation
Washington Post
BEIRUT — The Syrian military on Sunday escalated its offensive to crush a nationwide revolt, reportedly killing scores of people as it sent tanks and troops to several locations, including the restive eastern city of Deir al-Zour, ...
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Syria's Assad faces growing isolation over crackdownReuters
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Syria unrest: Saudi Arabia calls on 'killing machine' to stop - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:58:18 GMT+00:00

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Syria unrest: Saudi Arabia calls on 'killing machine' to stop
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Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Damascus for consultations, King Abdullah has said, in a statement calling on Syria's leaders to “stop the killing machine”. By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent More than 250 Syrian tanks and ...
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Saudi king recalls ambassador and demands end to Syria bloodshedThe Guardian
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Syria tanks storm eastern city, kill 50 - residents - Reuters India Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:58:09 GMT+00:00

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Syria tanks storm eastern city, kill 50 - residents
Reuters India
Syria has barred most journalists, making it hard to confirm events. The Syrian Revolution Coordinating Committee said 50 people had been killed in Deir al-Zor on Sunday and at least 13 had been killed in a separate, tank-led assault on villages in the ...
End violence Arab League urges SyriaGulf Daily News
League 'concern' over SyriaGulf Times
Arab League voiced "Growing Concern" at SyriaDay Press News
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Turkey's message to Syria rings loud and clear - Daily News Engine Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:33:24 GMT+00:00

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Turkey's message to Syria rings loud and clear
Daily News Engine
Last week, foreign secretary William Hague announced that Britain could not do much about the situation in Syria. Soon after it was Hillary Clinton's turn to count the dead and announce that the United States could not step in. ...
Turkey sends Syria a message that Britain cannotThe Guardian
Syria Ignores Turkish Criticism of ViolenceThirdAge
Syria dismisses Turkish, Gulf criticismReuters
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Damascus left with fewer allies - gulfnews.com Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:29:26 GMT+00:00

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Damascus left with fewer allies
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Dubai: Many of Syria's Arab allies have joined in the criticism of how the country is dealing with anti-regime protests. Other Arab nations have preferred the wait and watch approach stance, and their concerns echo those of the six members of the Gulf ...
Syria expresses dismay over Gulf council's statementXinhua
Syrian Official Source: GCC Statement Ignores Facts Presented by SyriaDay Press News
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City of Aleppo seems in own world amid revolt elsewhere in Syria - Los Angeles Times Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:55:44 GMT+00:00

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City of Aleppo seems in own world amid revolt elsewhere in Syria
Los Angeles Times
Two days before black smoke left a pall over Hama, a bloodied symbol of the uprising against the government of Syria, the country's second-largest city, Aleppo, held a cultural festival featuring a 3600-foot-long ...
Denial in Damascus as Syria revoltsChannel 4 News

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UN chief lashes Syria's Assad as violence flares - CBC.ca Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:58:41 GMT+00:00

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UN chief lashes Syria's Assad as violence flares
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It's the third time in a week Ban has upbraided Syria's brutal crackdown on mass dissent. Last Sunday, he warned Assad and his officials that "they are accountable under international human rights law for all acts of violence perpetrated by them ...
Syrian opposition admits armed insurgents are operating on fringe of uprising ...Telegraph.co.uk
Syria Forces Extend Siege on Hama as Toll RisesNew York Times
Syria broadcasts scenes of destruction in HamaBoston Globe
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Hezbollah: UNHCR report on Syria false - The Daily Star Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:02:08 GMT+00:00

Hezbollah: UNHCR report on Syria false
The Daily Star
The UNHCR report will, according to Radio France, say that those Syrian soldiers who refused to shoot protesters were detained by Hezbollah and Revolutionary Guards members present in Syria, before being killed. Hezbollah, in the statement, ...

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Free pass for Syria killer - Toronto Sun Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:12:11 GMT+00:00

Free pass for Syria killer
Toronto Sun
John Baird, Canada's foreign affairs minister, met with Hillary Clinton, his US counterpart, and they held a very stern press conference in which they denounced Syria's tyrant, Bashar al-Assad. He's the one mowing down his ...
Protests continue in Syria despite brutal crackdownArizona Daily Star
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Syrian protesters win support of Iraqi kinsmen - msnbc.com Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:25:55 GMT+00:00

Syrian protesters win support of Iraqi kinsmen
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QAIM, Iraq — Along Iraq's western frontier, Syria's unrest is stoking local sympathies and security fears in a Sunni Muslim heartland where Iraqis share strong tribal loyalties with their Syrian kin. In Iraq's Qaim, townsfolk talk of getting supplies ...

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