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Turkey Warns Syria About Cross-Border Attack - Voice of America Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:35:40 GMT

Voice of America

Turkey Warns Syria About Cross-Border Attack
Voice of America
Erdogan's remarks came two days after a Syrian attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale killed five civilians, in one of the most serious cross-border incidents in Syria's 18-month uprising. Following the attack, Turkish forces shelled Syrian targets and ...
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Syria Crisis: Homs Attacked In Heavy Airstrikes - Huffington Post Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:46:43 GMT

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Syria Crisis: Homs Attacked In Heavy Airstrikes
Huffington Post
Also Friday, Turkey deployed troops along the border with Syria, the day after Turkish parliament approved a bill that authorizes the military to conduct operations outside Turkish border, including Syria. The Associated Press reporter saw Turkish ...
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Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be fatal mistake - Reuters Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:41:07 GMT

Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be fatal mistake
Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his country did not want war but warned Syria not to make a "fatal mistake" by testing its resolve, and its army retaliated for a third day running after more mortar rounds from Syria landed ...


Kurdish autonomy in Syria troubling for rebels, Turkey - Los Angeles Times Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:11:48 GMT

Kurdish autonomy in Syria troubling for rebels, Turkey
Los Angeles Times
AFRIN, Syria —This tranquil town in northwest Syria is a haven from the warfare convulsing much of the country, but the calm points to profound challenges facing the country — and the entire region — when the fighting ends. The laid-back guards at ...

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Aleppo's Hospitals Under Siege - Daily Beast Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:16:40 GMT

Daily Beast

Aleppo's Hospitals Under Siege
Daily Beast
Fighter planes and helicopters carrying what the rebel Free Syrian Army call “barrel bombs” fly over the city daily. These 500-kilo munitions can destroy half of a city block. As the rebels lack the weapons to systematically take down aircraft, the ...

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Family Of Austin Tice, Journalist Missing In Syria, Makes Emotional Plea - Huffington Post Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:19:51 GMT

Family Of Austin Tice, Journalist Missing In Syria, Makes Emotional Plea
Huffington Post
Tice's family offered a "prayer" to the people of Syria, and asked that the Syrian government aid his safe return. “Understanding the many current demands on its resources, we nonetheless ask the Syrian government to determine Austin's whereabouts, ...

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Reporter Slain in Syria Honored With Rights Award - ABC News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:37:53 GMT

Reporter Slain in Syria Honored With Rights Award
ABC News
An American journalist killed in Syria while reporting for a British newspaper has been honored with a human rights award. The 56-year-old Marie Colvin was killed Feb. 22 when Syrian army shelling struck the building that served as a makeshift media ...

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Syrian Warplanes Strike Homs as Rebels Claim to Capture Base - New York Times Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:04:19 GMT

Syrian Warplanes Strike Homs as Rebels Claim to Capture Base
New York Times
Inside war-battered Syria, Friday's bombardment of Homs by airstrikes, tank and mortar fire subjected rebel strongholds to their heaviest bombardment in months, according to The Associated Press quoting activists. Some analysts suggested that the focus ...


Syrian activists reach across sectarian divide - BBC News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:37:56 GMT

BBC News

Syrian activists reach across sectarian divide
BBC News
While the Syrian conflict has been characterised by fighting between the Sunni majority and ruling Alawite minority, it has also given birth to some movements which aim to bridge the sectarian divide, as Samer Mohajer and Ellie Violet Bramley report ...

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Syrian Regime Opens New Urban Front, Shells Homs - ABC News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:14:59 GMT

ABC News

Syrian Regime Opens New Urban Front, Shells Homs
ABC News
The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and putting opposition fighters there and in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, increasingly on the defensive ...