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Syria truce dissolves as forces bombard major cities - NBCNews.com (blog) Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:39:56 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Syria truce dissolves as forces bombard major cities
NBCNews.com (blog)
The violence, reported by residents, opposition supporters and Syria's government, came on the second day of the ceasefire called by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who had hoped to use it to build momentum to end the 19-month-old conflict ...
fighting unravels temporary Syrian truceCNN
Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tattersFox News
Syrian warplanes stage first airstrike under truceUSA TODAY
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In Syria, Cease-Fire for Holiday Falls Apart - New York Times Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:58:40 GMT

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In Syria, Cease-Fire for Holiday Falls Apart
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The already tenuous truce called in Syria to observe the most important Muslim holiday of the year eroded markedly on Saturday as renewed armed clashes prompted each side to accuse the other of breaking the cease-fire.
Fears of new front as Syria rebels clash with KurdsAFP
In Aleppo, Syria cease-fire was short-livedChristian Science Monitor
30 dead in Syria clashesNews24
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Hezbollah straddles tenuous line between Syria and Lebanon - Washington Post Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:36:18 GMT

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Hezbollah straddles tenuous line between Syria and Lebanon
Washington Post
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has spent months trying to tread a narrow line, balancing its support for the Syrian government with its responsibilities as Lebanon's dominant political force. But increasing tensions inside Lebanon have ...
Stable in its instability, Lebanon unlikely to see Syria-like violenceStars and Stripes
Washington Post: Syria spreads its warSalt Lake Tribune
Hezbollah accused of backing Syria's AssadBBC News

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Iraqi Sects Join Battle in Syria on Both Sides - New York Times Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:15:26 GMT

Iraqi Sects Join Battle in Syria on Both Sides
New York Times
BAGHDAD — Militant Sunnis from Iraq have been going to Syria to fight against President Bashar al-Assad for months. Now Iraqi Shiites are joining the battle in increasing numbers, but on the government's side, transplanting Iraq's explosive sectarian ...

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Report: One day in, Syrian forces already breaking cease-fire - Washington Post (blog) Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:21:42 GMT

Report: One day in, Syrian forces already breaking cease-fire
Washington Post (blog)
Rebel and government forces in Syria began a four-day cease-fire on Friday to observe the holiday Eid al-Adha. But, according to a report from activists that the Associated Press says is “consistent with their reporting,” the Syrian military only made ...


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

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Bushr Al Tawashi, Syria Toddler, Thought Dead Reunited With Parents In Cyprus
Huffington Post
In their chaotic haste to escape fighting between government troops and Syrian rebels, Bushr's parents had assumed the boy was picked up by other members of their extended family who were staying with them when clashes broke out last summer in the ...
Syrian toddler believed dead reunited with parentsWaxahachie Daily Light

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Syrian Troops Battle Insurgents as Cease-Fire Violated - Businessweek Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:09:54 GMT

Syrian Troops Battle Insurgents as Cease-Fire Violated
Businessweek
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Deir Azzour and government warplanes carried out raids on the second day of a United Nations-brokered cease-fire, according to reports by state television and the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.


Syrian rebels seize Lebanese journalist over 'incompatible' reporting - RT Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:52:22 GMT

RT

Syrian rebels seize Lebanese journalist over 'incompatible' reporting
RT
Itani was seized after he raised suspicions, taking pictures and videos of “large amounts of operations” in Syria's second largest city. The content of his reports also seems to fallen foul of how the rebels' want the popular uprising against Bashar Al ...
Syria rebel group says it holds Lebanese journalistFocus News

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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

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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 ...
No Syria-related US military presence in Turkey: Turkish armyAFP

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