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Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege - Huffington Post Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:06:59 GMT

Voice of America

Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege
Huffington Post
BEIRUT — Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and the current focus of its civil war. Life for ...
UN General Assembly to Meet on SyriaVoice of America
Flight from Aleppo, Syria: Bodies, shelling and chaosLos Angeles Times

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Syria rebels suspicious over defector's motives - Boston.com Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:05:30 GMT

Boston.com

Syria rebels suspicious over defector's motives
Boston.com
BEIRUT—Syria's most prominent defector has been touring regional powers to garner support for the uprising. But many in the opposition are deeply suspicious of the handsome former general, a longtime friend of President Bashar Assad with a taste for ...
UN General Assembly to meet on Syria crisisReuters

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Turkey Trumps Syria Fears - Wall Street Journal Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:40:39 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Turkey Trumps Syria Fears
Wall Street Journal
In the past weeks, forces loyal to Syria's president have bombed opposition-held districts close to Turkey's border, while Turkey's prime minister has threatened to take steps against a Kurdish group in Syria if it tries to set up camps across the ...
Turkish Worries Over Syria Blamed on 'Kurdish Phobia'New York Times (blog)
Turkey's Erdogan, Obama discuss Syria political transitionReuters
Turkey's Syria Policy BackfiresAINA (press release)
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With failure in Syria, Kofi Annan's legacy gets bruised - Washington Post Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36:26 GMT

With failure in Syria, Kofi Annan's legacy gets bruised
Washington Post
at the UNITED NATIONS — Kofi Annan's plan to curb the violence in Syria hit a dead end this month, another casualty of an escalating conflict that shows no signs of abating. But Annan's failure may have taken another toll — on the reputation of a ...
Syria enters a diplomatic twilight zoneForeign Policy (blog)

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New alliance further fractures Syria opposition - Reuters Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:18:21 GMT

The Daily Star

New alliance further fractures Syria opposition
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of exiled Syrian activists announced a new opposition alliance on Tuesday that aims to form a transitional government - a challenge to the Syrian National Council (SNC), a longer established group that they said had failed.
Syria opposition figure says to lead government in exileThe Daily Star

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SYRIA: Violence intensifies as United Nations operates with tightened restrictions - WNN - Women News Network Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:59:05 GMT

WNN - Women News Network

SYRIA: Violence intensifies as United Nations operates with tightened restrictions
WNN - Women News Network
(WNN/UN) Damascus, SYRIA: Violence continues to rage in Syria's most populous city, Aleppo, with local organizations registering each day about 300 displaced families in need of urgent assistance, a UNHCR spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, told reporters ...
More violence in Syria, more refugees flee countryXinhua
Number of Syrians displaced by conflict continues to rise, UN refugee agency ...UN News Centre
Decisive fighting continues in Syria with participation of extremistsEastDay.com
Washington Post
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Targeted in Syria civil war, Iraqis flee back home - Boston.com Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:25:50 GMT

Targeted in Syria civil war, Iraqis flee back home
Boston.com
BAGHDAD (AP) — When he saw the bodies of men and women left rotting in the streets of Damascus, Hassan Hadi knew that the sectarian violence he had fled Iraq to escape years ago had now come to Syria. Despairingly, he left his belongings and fled ...

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Group Gets US License to Fund Syria Rebels - Wall Street Journal Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:23:25 GMT

Group Gets US License to Fund Syria Rebels
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has given a Washington-based group clearance to provide direct financial assistance to the Free Syrian Army, a new bid by the Obama administration to support Syria's opposition. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets ...

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Syrian aircraft strike Aleppo, rebels claim successes - Chicago Tribune Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:41:09 GMT

CBS News

Syrian aircraft strike Aleppo, rebels claim successes
Chicago Tribune
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded two areas of Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled for control of the country's biggest city, but rebel fighters said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had been forced to ...
Syrian Refugees in Turkey Long to Rejoin the FightNew York Times
Syria's Assad laments, defends downing of Turkish jetLos Angeles Times
Syrian army attacks rebels, Turkey scrambles F16sReuters
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Syrian Army Continues Aleppo Offensive - Wall Street Journal Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:39:57 GMT

Syrian Army Continues Aleppo Offensive
Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. BEIRUT—Fighting in Syria's largest city of Aleppo stretched into its 11th day on Tuesday amid growing international condemnation of the Syrian government's crackdown on a tenacious rebellion that has lasted 17 months.