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Syria's neighbors are growing restless - Washington Post Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:26 GMT

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Syria's neighbors are growing restless
Washington Post
The Middle East sometimes resembles a string of detonators wired to explode together — and this seems especially true now of Syria and its neighbors. There is political instability nearby in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, as the Arab uprising moves through ...
Syria's downtrodden flock to Lebanon for workReuters
Lebanese official: Pilgrims abducted in Syria soon to be freedCNN
Kidnapping in Syria Fuels Unrest in LebanonPittsburgh Post Gazette
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Sanctions against Syria hurting, Assad regime concedes - Los Angeles Times Wed, 23 May 2012 23:36:57 GMT

The Associated Press

Sanctions against Syria hurting, Assad regime concedes
Los Angeles Times
In an unusual acknowledgement of the pain inflicted by Western sanctions, Syria's oil minister said Wednesday that US and European curbs on its oil trade have cost the regime $4 billion and caused widespread shortages of cooking fuel and other ...
Oil Sanctions Take Economic Toll, Syria SaysNew York Times
Syria says sanctions have cost country $4 billionThe Associated Press
Syria says sanctions have cost country $4BCBS News

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Turkey says Syria is helping Kurdish rebels by allowing them to work from its ... - Washington Post Wed, 23 May 2012 14:27:53 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Turkey says Syria is helping Kurdish rebels by allowing them to work from its ...
Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — Syria is allowing Kurdish rebels who are fighting Turkish forces to establish bases in Syrian territory, as ties between the two neighboring countries deteriorate, a Turkish minister said Wednesday. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin ...
Syrian Rebels Struggle To Overcome Infighting and InexperienceNewsMax.com

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Syria Beset By Violence - Voice of America Wed, 23 May 2012 22:38:28 GMT

AFP

Syria Beset By Violence
Voice of America
05-23-2012 Syria Beset By Violence The refusal of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's regime to comply with the provisions of the UN-backed Kofi Annan plan is leading to grave consequences. The refusal of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's regime to ...
Google clears key mapping software for SyriaPhys.Org
Select Google Software Now Available In SyriaWebProNews

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Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan - Voice of America Wed, 23 May 2012 16:31:59 GMT

Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan
Voice of America
​​Northern Jordan - As violence has intensified in Syria, the smuggling business has boomed. A recent trip to northern Jordan near the Syrian border showed how the dangerous practice of dissidents smuggling food and medicine to injured and famished ...


Amnesty slams UN peace failures, Malaysia solution - Brisbane Times Thu, 24 May 2012 01:01:54 GMT

FRANCE 24

Amnesty slams UN peace failures, Malaysia solution
Brisbane Times
The head of the UN observer team in Syria, Major General Robert Mood of Norway, in Zabadani, north-west Damascus. An Amnesty International report says the UN is now "redundant as a guardian of global peace". Photo: AFP The United Nations Security ...
Amnesty accuses UN council of "failed leadership"Chicago Tribune
Amnesty sees possible crimes against humanity by SyriaFRANCE 24
Amnesty accuses U.N. council of "failed leadership" | The RepublicThe Republic

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Syrian rebel chief Ghalioun formally resigns - FOX 4 News Thu, 24 May 2012 01:53:58 GMT

Jakarta Globe

Syrian rebel chief Ghalioun formally resigns
FOX 4 News
ISTANBUL -- The head of Syria's main opposition bloc, Burhan Ghalioun, formally resigned from his post, a statement issued by the Syrian National Council (SNC) said Thursday after a two-day meeting in Istanbul. The SNC "office decided to accept the ...
Syrian rebel chief formally resignsSBS

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NATO ignores Syria - Lexington Herald Leader Wed, 23 May 2012 10:47:06 GMT

MiamiHerald.com

NATO ignores Syria
Lexington Herald Leader
Not Syria, apparently; to read the article by Daalder and Stavridis, it's not clear why not. NATO responded rapidly to a "deteriorating situation" — sounds like Syria — "that threatened hundreds of thousands of civilians" — check — "rebelling ...
US ambassador: NATO has no plans for military intervention in SyriaCNN
UN Secretary General warns of impending civil war in SyriaWLS

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COLUMN-America and Syria's "dead man walking": Bernd Debusmann - Reuters Tue, 22 May 2012 01:36:12 GMT

Voice of America

COLUMN-America and Syria's "dead man walking": Bernd Debusmann
Reuters
By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON May 21 (Reuters) - When US President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Canada and the European Union first issued public calls for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the death toll in ...
UPDATE 1-Five killed in restaurant blast in Syrian capitalChicago Tribune
Anti-Syria cleric's death sparks violence in LebanonDenver Post
Activists: Syrian Troops Kill 34 People in HamaVoice of America
Atlanta Journal Constitution -Vanguard
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Lebanese court bails anti-Syrian activist - Reuters Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:44 GMT

Tampabay.com

Lebanese court bails anti-Syrian activist
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday released on bail an anti-Syrian activist whose arrest earlier this month set off violent clashes in northern Lebanon that killed at least 8 people. The fighting among Sunni Islamist foes of Syrian President Bashar ...
Syrian tensions spark clashes, worry in Lebanon's capitalLos Angeles Times
Syrian Unrest Spills Into Lebanon; Battles in BeirutVoice of America (blog)
Violence in Syria spills over the border of fragile LebanonSoutheast Missourian
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