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Syria now running a war economy as conflict spreads - Reuters Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:18:16 GMT

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Syria now running a war economy as conflict spreads
Reuters
AMMAN (Reuters) - At a rebel-controlled border crossing in northern Syria, camps housing thousands of refugees trying to flee the country occupy an area that less than two years ago was usually crammed with trucks lining up to pass through customs.
Syrian Warplanes Bomb Damascus SuburbsABC News
Syria: rebels fight to unite opposition-held areas before 'final push' for ...Telegraph.co.uk
Syrian jets bomb Damascus suburb for second dayNDTV
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Turkey has requested deployment of NATO air defense missiles over Syria civil ... - Washington Post Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:23:40 GMT

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Turkey has requested deployment of NATO air defense missiles over Syria civil ...
Washington Post
BRUSSELS — Turkey's government requested the deployment of NATO's Patriot surface-to-air missiles Wednesday to bolster its defenses along its border with Syria and prevent a spillover of the civil war in that nation, officials said. NATO doesn't want ...
UPDATE 3-Turkey asks NATO for missile defence against SyriaReuters
Turkey Requests NATO Deploy Patriot Missiles Along Border With SyriaRTT News
Nato to consider Turkey's Patriot missile requestBBC News
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Rebels say Syria hospital strike kills 40 - CNN Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:41:43 GMT

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Rebels say Syria hospital strike kills 40
CNN
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Syrian rebels accused government forces of bombing a hospital in the besieged city of Aleppo late Wednesday, killing at least 40 people as the conflict there ground on. Ralib al-Omar, a leader of the Yusif al-Asma rebel group ...
Syria rebels set up camp on hilltop Base 46AFP
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Syria opposition seeks $60 billion to rebuild after fighting - Los Angeles Times Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:33:39 GMT

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Syria opposition seeks $60 billion to rebuild after fighting
Los Angeles Times
Syrian dissidents trying to shake off President Bashar Assad told reporters Wednesday that $60 billion would be needed to rebuild the country after fighting stops, comparing it to “an economic 'Marshall Plan for Syria.'” At a Dubai meeting, Syrian ...
Syria opposition seeks $60b for reconstructionKhaleej Times
Syria opposition appeals for massive aidAljazeera.com
Syria rebels seek $60bn for post-war rebuildingThe National
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Syria loses influence among Palestinians - Financial Times Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:23:06 GMT

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Syria loses influence among Palestinians
Financial Times
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is usually among the first to rush out loud rhetoric during an Israeli onslaught on the Hamas-held Gaza Strip. Styling himself as the only genuine Arab defender of the Palestinians – and deriding his peers as ambivalent ...
From Syria to GazaCounterPunch
Syria Rebels: Goal is Islamist StateTown Hall
Syria. Anyone Remember?The Propagandist

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Syria Kurdish leader rejects new coalition - gulfnews.com Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:28:29 GMT

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Syria Kurdish leader rejects new coalition
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London: A party that controls much of Syria's Kurdish region on Tuesday rejected the new opposition coalition, highlighting the deep divisions still remaining between the many Syrian armed groups 20 months into the uprising against President Bashar Al ...
Syrian rebels seize base, arms troveAiken Standard
Kurdish militiamen, rebels maintain truce in northern SyriaLos Angeles Times
Syria troops besiege town near DamascusThe Nation
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With Syria's eastern oilfields in rebel hands, a brisk business in pirated ... - Kansas City Star Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:20:53 GMT

Kansas City Star

With Syria's eastern oilfields in rebel hands, a brisk business in pirated ...
Kansas City Star
SHAHEL, Syria -- Syrian rebels have captured two of the three major oilfields in the country's southeastern Deir al Zour province and are extracting oil that they say is helping to support their rebellion. “We are at the beginning of winter, and people ...

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Foreign Truck Bombers in Syria Highlight Risk of New al-Qaeda - Businessweek Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:25:16 GMT

Foreign Truck Bombers in Syria Highlight Risk of New al-Qaeda
Businessweek
Nasser al-Dalqamouni, 32, and Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, 30, belonged to Jordan's banned, ultra-religious Salafist movement, according to Mousa Abdallat, a lawyer representing radical Islamists in Jordan. “They were driven to go to Syria by the images they saw ...

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Syria and Gaza in Crisis- Another Twist in Turkey's Road to Europe? - Journal of Turkish Weekly Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:57:18 GMT

Syria and Gaza in Crisis- Another Twist in Turkey's Road to Europe?
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Turkey made statements immediately after the bombing, calling for the international community to act on Syria, a call which was not heeded until after the US elections. Nevertheless, the cogs of the international community are beginning to turn ...

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Meeting on Syria concludes in Tehran, urges end of violence - Xinhua Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:16:57 GMT

Voice of America

Meeting on Syria concludes in Tehran, urges end of violence
Xinhua
The National Syrian Dialogue Meeting started here Sunday, with the participation of some 200 political representatives from Syrian ethnic groups, the opposition as well as the Syrian government and parliament. On Monday, the participants agreed to form ...
Iran hosts Syrian peace conferenceWashington Post
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Syria Says Foreign Support for Rebels Aids TerrorismNew York Times
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