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Dozens killed as Syria cease-fire ends within hours - Los Angeles Times Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:28:07 GMT

New York Times

Dozens killed as Syria cease-fire ends within hours
Los Angeles Times
The four-day truce, which began Friday with the Muslim holiday, was brokered by the international envoy to Syria and was intended to provide at least a brief respite from the bloody violence, as well as possibly begin a long-term cessation of fighting ...
Syrian Protesters Emerge Amid Clashes and Bombing During a Holiday Cease ...New York Times
Damascus car bomb shatters Syria truceReuters
Syria Truce Dawns With Protests, Ends in ClashesWall Street Journal
Fox News -CNN (blog)
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In Aleppo, Syria cease-fire was short-lived - Christian Science Monitor Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:26:40 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

In Aleppo, Syria cease-fire was short-lived
Christian Science Monitor
United Nations special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi brokered the deal, timed to coincide with the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, in hopes that a temporary cessation of violence would provide a window for work to begin on negotiations. Rebel forces said ...
Holiday cease-fire imperfect, but slows Syria violenceKansas City Star
Battle mars Syria holiday cease-fireFox News
Syria: rain-soaked lull in fightingAFP (blog)
Huffington Post
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Requiem for a Middle East spymaster - Washington Post Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:56:27 GMT

Kansas City Star

Requiem for a Middle East spymaster
Washington Post
After I traveled to Syria myself in early October, I sought Hassan's view. He phoned me on Oct. 16 from France. The key in Syria was to create a unified command structure for the Free Syrian Army, Hassan insisted. “Every dollar and every single bullet ...
Syria-like violence seen as unlikely in a Lebanon that's stable in its instabilityKansas City Star
Washington Post: Syria spreads its warSalt Lake Tribune
Middle East Matters This Week: Significant Developments in Syria, Iran, Israel ...Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

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Bushr Al Tawashi, Syria Toddler, Thought Dead Reunited With Parents In Cyprus - Huffington Post Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:04:10 GMT

Toronto Star

Bushr Al Tawashi, Syria Toddler, Thought Dead Reunited With Parents In Cyprus
Huffington Post
NICOSIA, Cyprus — No one knows how long little Bushr Al Tawashi wandered alone in the rubble of his home in the Syrian capital before rebel fighters found the toddler and handed him over to another family to look after. Now, the 2-year-old is back ...
Toddler left for dead in rubble of family home in Syria reunited with parents ...Toronto Star
Back in his mother's arms: Boy left home alone 3 months ago in SyriaScotsman
Two-year-old boy left for dead as family fled shelling in Syria is reunited ...Daily Mail

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schooling Syria's refugee children - BBC News Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:32:55 GMT

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schooling Syria's refugee children
BBC News
Syrian refugees, trying to bring some normality to their new life in Turkey, are setting up schools for their children. But this is not always with the blessing of their host, as the BBC's James Reynolds finds out. "We are from Syria, we are from Syria ...
Syria: Fund-Raising Schoolboy On Refugee TripSky News

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Trying to buy peace with Syria's tyrant - Washington Post Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:53:25 GMT

Trying to buy peace with Syria's tyrant
Washington Post
Did Syria and Israel conduct secret talks in 2010 about a possible peace treaty involving a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights? Recent news items — aimed at influencing Israel's January elections — assert as much. But such discussions ...

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Car bomb explodes in Syrian capital despite truce - Fox News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:52:55 GMT

Car bomb explodes in Syrian capital despite truce
Fox News
BEIRUT – A car bomb exploded in a Damascus neighborhood Friday, killing at least five people on the first day of a truce for a major Muslim holiday, activists said. Scattered violence elsewhere in Syria also marred the tentative cease-fire. The state ...


Exclusive: US Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile - Wired (blog) Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:38:47 GMT

Wired (blog)

Exclusive: US Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile
Wired (blog)
The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is actively working to enlarge its arsenal of chemical weapons, U.S. officials tell Danger Room. Assad's operatives have tried repeatedly in recent months to buy up the precursor chemicals for deadly ...
Del Ponte promises to hunt Syria war criminalsReuters
Syria Trying to Increase Chemical Weapons ArsenalNewser
UN rights probe into Syria abuses seeks unconditional talks with AssadWashington Post
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Saudi cleric calls for "urgent" action to stop Syria bloodshed - Reuters Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:01:28 GMT

Saudi cleric calls for "urgent" action to stop Syria bloodshed
Reuters
MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque called on Arabs and Muslims on Friday to take "practical and urgent" steps to stop bloodshed in Syria that has killed some 30,000 people, and urged world states to assume their moral ...

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Syrian: Damascus car bomb killed kids near playground - CNN Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:48:03 GMT

Syrian: Damascus car bomb killed kids near playground
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The blast seemed a mockery of the truce that the Syrian government and rebels agreed to abide by earlier this week. The truce, negotiated by the United Nations' special envoy to Syria, was supposed to last during Eid al-Adha, the four-day Muslim ...