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Syrian Activists: Damascus Misleading Arab League Observers - Voice of America Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:53:23 GMT

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Syrian Activists: Damascus Misleading Arab League Observers
Voice of America
January 04, 2012 Syrian Activists: Damascus Misleading Arab League Observers VOA News Opposition groups have accused the Syrian government of misleading Arab League peace monitors by taking them to loyalist areas, changing street signs to confuse them ...
Syria government 'deceiving' Arab League monitorsBBC News
Activists say Syrian armour still in citiesABC Online
Syrian activists say government armor still in citiesReuters
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Analysis: Doubts over Syria rebel army after escalation threat - Reuters Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:02:22 GMT

Analysis: Doubts over Syria rebel army after escalation threat
Reuters
By Dominic Evans | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Threats by Syrian armed insurgents to step up attacks on security forces, just days after their leader announced a truce that was largely ignored, have reinforced doubts over the control top officers exert over ...

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Role of Monitors in Syria Comes Under Scrutiny - New York Times Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:52:23 GMT

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Role of Monitors in Syria Comes Under Scrutiny
New York Times
The Qatari foreign minister, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, consulted on Wednesday with Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, about enhancing the performance of the Arab League monitors in Syria. “The monitors have tried their best,” ...
Qatari PM, Ban discuss US-Iran rhetoric about Gulf, Syria crisisKuwait News Agency
Why Qatar, world's richest nation, is hosting Taliban talksCNN (blog)
Qatar Emerges As Major Force In Arab WorldNPR

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Most Filipinos not keen on leaving Syria - Manila Standard Today Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:22:12 GMT

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Most Filipinos not keen on leaving Syria
Manila Standard Today
THE majority of the Filipinos in Syria have rejected free repatriation despite the Philippines' declaration of a crisis in that strife-torn country, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday. Del Rosario, who returned to Manila on ...
OFWs in Syria refuse repatriationBusiness Mirror
Thousands of Filipinos Reject Call to Leave Syria on Jobs WorryBusinessWeek
Most of OFWs won't leave Syria—DFA chiefInquirer.net
Manila Bulletin -Philippine Star
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Syrian Uprising Raises The Specter Of Sectarian War - NPR Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:04:10 GMT

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Syrian Uprising Raises The Specter Of Sectarian War
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by Deborah Amos Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad still has supporters, particularly among his fellow Alawites, a minority who believe they will suffer if Assad is ousted. Here, Assad supporters rally Tuesday in the capital, Damascus. ...
Syria: Iranians abducted by new anti-Shiite groupGlobalPost (blog)
Syrian rebels claim the capturing of Iranian officersAl-Bawaba
mistaken case for Syrian regime changeAsia Times Online
Tehran Times -Ynetnews -Jerusalem Post
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Turkish foreign minister to visit Iran to discuss nuclear program ... - Washington Post Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:23:40 GMT

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Turkish foreign minister to visit Iran to discuss nuclear program ...
Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — Officials say Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran for talks on the country's nuclear program and developments in Iraq and Syria. The Turkish Foreign Ministry says Davutoglu will pay a two-day visit to Tehran, ...
Turkey's Davutoglu visits Iran, talk on nuke, SyriaReuters Africa
Turkey opposes regional cold war: FMXinhua
Turkey Foreign Minister's Iran visit likely to fast-track N-talksThe Hindu
Chicago Tribune -Today's Zaman
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LI chief tells PM to build ties with Syrian rebels - Jerusalem Post Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:41:25 GMT

LI chief tells PM to build ties with Syrian rebels
Jerusalem Post
By GIL HOFFMAN Israel should start building ties behind the scenes with Syrian opposition factions, Liberal International president Hans van Baalen told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this week. Van Baalen, a Dutch member of the European Parliament ...

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Snipers are still a threat in Syria - FRANCE 24 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:19:43 GMT

Snipers are still a threat in Syria
FRANCE 24
Snipers still a threat in Syria. Web users in Russia campaigning for HIV infected drug users. And the extreme sportsman known as "Rollerman"… By Electron Libre According to reports from cyber activists, this video was filmed last week in Hama in ...

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Arab observers in northern Syria deny witnessing military aspects: media - Xinhua Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:50:15 GMT

Arab observers in northern Syria deny witnessing military aspects: media
Xinhua
4 (Xinhua) -- The head of the Arab observers' mission in Syria's restive northern Idlib province described the situation there as "very ordinary," saying they "didn't see any military or armed aspects." Two towns in Idlib on Tuesday saw two "peaceful ...

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Syrian Opposition Pledges to Recognize Kurdish Rights - Rudaw Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:59:29 GMT

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Syrian Opposition Pledges to Recognize Kurdish Rights
Rudaw
Kurdish children in Syria demanding their rights to the Kurdish language in a public protest. Photo the-syrian.com ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan -- The Syrian National Council has pledged that Syria's opposition will draft a constitution recognizing Kurds as ...
Assad: friend or foe of the Kurds?The National

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