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Syria Attacks Force Out Residents of Big Cities - Wall Street Journal Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:45:16 GMT

The Statesman Online

Syria Attacks Force Out Residents of Big Cities
Wall Street Journal
Thousands of residents in Syria's two largest cities fled their neighborhoods Thursday to escape violence, as the military built up its presence around rebel strongholds in Aleppo and renewed attacks on parts of Damascus. Residents of two Damascus ...
A Syrian standoffLos Angeles Times
Syria Pounds Rebel-Held Areas as US Warns of 'Massacre'Businessweek
In Syria, Aleppo mirrors standoff in DamascusWashington Post
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Turkey says it won't let Kurdish rebels operate in north Syria - Los Angeles Times Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:07:41 GMT

The Guardian

Turkey says it won't let Kurdish rebels operate in north Syria
Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT —Turkey'sprime minister warned Thursday that Ankara would not allow a Kurdish "terrorist organization" to operate from northern Syria, in the latest illustration of how the Syrian conflict is spilling over to neighboring nations. "There can be ...
Turkey Says It Would Act to Stop Kurdish Rule in SyriaWall Street Journal
Assad hands control of Syria's Kurdish areas to PKK, sparking outrage in TurkeyMiamiHerald.com
Inevitably, Syria Pushes Turkey and Israel CloserHuffington Post (blog)
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Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: A Classic Just War? - Huffington Post (blog) Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:19:04 GMT

The Associated Press

Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: A Classic Just War?
Huffington Post (blog)
Morally, Syria, like Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina, could be seen as St. Augustine's classic case for a just war: love of neighbor may, at times, permit, even require, the use of force to protect the innocent. According to Pope John Paul II, the ...
Syria could see prolonged endgame, ensuing chaosReuters
Iran offers Syria "experience and capabilities"The Associated Press
Iran says it's ready to support Syria with 'experience and capabilities'New York Daily News

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Al Qaeda's War for Syria - Wall Street Journal Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:01:07 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Al Qaeda's War for Syria
Wall Street Journal
Al Qaeda in Syria (often operating as the "Al Nusra Front for the People of the Levant") is using traffickers—some ideologically aligned, some motivated by money—to secure routes through Turkey and Iraq for foreign fighters, most of whom are from the ...
Syria's growing refugee crisisCNN (blog)
Al Qaeda Taking Deadly New Role in Syria's ConflictNew York Times
Al-Qaida Role in Syria Should Not be Exaggerated, Official SaysDepartment of Defense
Business Recorder (blog) -International Business Times
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Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war - Businessweek Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:58:27 GMT

AFP

Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war
Businessweek
BEIRUT (AP) — Like other communities sucked into Syria's widening civil war, the Yarmouk neighborhood in Damascus has seen death and destruction. Soldiers and snipers have gunned down demonstrators. Some protesters have taken up arms to fight ...
Syria Crisis: Palestinians Get Pulled Into Syria ConflictHuffington Post

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In Syria crisis, stakes high for Hezbollah - Chicago Tribune Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:12:21 GMT

AFP

In Syria crisis, stakes high for Hezbollah
Chicago Tribune
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah has publicly tied its future to Bashar al-Assad, but as the tide turns against the Syrian president it is silent on whether it will join the fight to support him. The stakes are ...
Israel ups security on Syria borderYnetnews
Israelis fear breach of Syria's chemical arsenalBusinessweek
Israel reinforces Syria frontier as bloodshed spiralsAFP
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Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus - Chicago Tribune Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:59:37 GMT

CBS News

Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus
Chicago Tribune
One of the most senior figures to defect from Assad's inner circle, Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, put himself forward as someone who could help unite the fragmented opposition inside and outside Syria on a plan for a transfer of power. Turkey laid down ...
Syrian Refugees in Turkey Long to Rejoin the FightNew York Times
Syria leader Assad says he regrets his forces shooting down Turkey military jetCBS News
Syrian army attacks rebels, Turkey scrambles F16sReuters
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Russia and Syria's Assad: The End of the Affair? - TIME Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:29:50 GMT

TIME

Russia and Syria's Assad: The End of the Affair?
TIME
The phone line from Moscow to Syria is shaky, giving off static and a faint echo, and it does not help that Russian official Andrei Klimov sounds exhausted. He is cagey about his exact location in Syria, saying only that he is “a few kilometers away ...
Deadlocked U.N. Security Council members lay blame over SyriaChicago Tribune
Op-Ed: Russia Will Not Be a Player in SyriaDiplomatic Courier (blog)
Russia says violence in Syria makes calls for humanitarian corridors impossibleWashington Post

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Don't repeat in Syria the mistakes of Bosnia, says UN chief - Reuters Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:01:27 GMT

UN News Centre

Don't repeat in Syria the mistakes of Bosnia, says UN chief
Reuters
SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned world powers on Thursday not to repeat in Syria the mistakes they made in Bosnia, during a landmark visit to Srebrenica where U.N. peacekeepers failed to prevent the massacre ...
Ban hears echoes of Srebrenica in SyriaForeign Policy (blog)
Arabs to seek UN General Assembly action on SyriaBoston.com
World must learn from Srebrenica massacre, stop bloodshed in Syria – BanUN News Centre
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Syrian diplomats 'defect' as Aleppo fighting worsens - BBC News Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:47:32 GMT

BBC News

Syrian diplomats 'defect' as Aleppo fighting worsens
BBC News
The US has confirmed the defection of two more senior Syrian diplomats, amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Syria's representatives in the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus - who are husband and wife - are reported to have ...
Syrian Envoys Defect As Fighting ContinuesSky News
Syria: Two senior envoys defect to Cyprus, UAESBS

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