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Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers | - Reuters Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:17:16 GMT

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Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers |
Reuters
The first day of Eid on Sunday also gave Assad's opponents a chance to rally and activists reported protests around Syria, including in the capital, on a holiday that marked the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. Fighting raged on around ...
UN observer mission in Syria ends, violence continuesCNN
In Syria, group suspected of al-Qaeda links gaining prominence in war to ...Washington Post (blog)
Syria's Assad makes rare public appearance at Damascus mosqueFox News
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Brahimi: New Syria Mission Difficult Without UN Unity - Voice of America (blog) Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:12:09 GMT

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Brahimi: New Syria Mission Difficult Without UN Unity
Voice of America (blog)
The new U.N. special envoy for Syria says his mission to find a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict will be difficult unless the U.N. Security Council supports him by speaking “with a unified voice.” Former Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi was ...
Syria National Council asks UN envoy to rescind remarksReuters
AP Interview: Envoy seeks unified voice on SyriaBoston.com

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United Nations observer mission in Syria ends - BBC News Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:37:46 GMT

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United Nations observer mission in Syria ends
BBC News
The United Nations observer mission in Syria has formally ended, in line with Thursday's Security Council decision. The team was deployed to monitor a ceasefire between rebels and the government agreed as part of former UN envoy Kofi Annan's six-point ...
UN observers start to leave Syria after mandate expiryXinhua
Intl peace efforts continue in SyriaChina Daily
UN Calls For End To Violence In SyriaStudent Operated Press
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Lavrov worries the U.S. is seeking no fly zone in Syria for military purposes - Examiner.com Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:28:55 GMT

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Lavrov worries the U.S. is seeking no fly zone in Syria for military purposes
Examiner.com
Sky News Arabia: “The U.S. military leadership has announced that Turkey and Jordan are keen on establishing safe zone areas on the countries' borders with Syria, which poses the question of setting a no-fly zone. What are your thoughts on this ...
Russia against no-fly zone over Syria-Sky News ArabiaChicago Tribune

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Syria's Assad makes rare public appearance - The State Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:42:30 GMT

The State
Syria's Assad makes rare public appearance
The State
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's state-run TV aired footage of President Bashar Assad performing Eid prayers in a mosque in Damascus on Sunday, his first appearance in public after a bombing in the Syrian capital last month that killed the country's defense ...
Syria Fighting Deeply Scars Aleppo NeighborhoodsABC News
Syria has 'chosen the path of war', says U.N.Christian Science Monitor
Syria: clashes near airport in contested AleppoQuad City Times

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Syria War Tipping Mideast Balance Toward Sunnis - ABC News Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:49:40 GMT

ABC News
Syria War Tipping Mideast Balance Toward Sunnis
ABC News
The change is emblematic of how the bloody conflict in Syria, now in its 18th month, has brought a shift in the Middle East's sectarian power balance. For much of the past few years, Shiites were surging in power across the region, based on the central ...

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Syria's Assad Makes Rare Appearance at Mosque - Wall Street Journal Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:16:05 GMT

Wall Street Journal
Syria's Assad Makes Rare Appearance at Mosque
Wall Street Journal
BEIRUT—Syria's President Bashar Assad attended Eid prayers in a mosque in Damascus on Sunday, his first appearance in public after a bombing in the Syrian capital last month that killed the country's defense minister and three other top security ...

Lebanese hopeful their country won't be a theatre of Syria's civil war - The National Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:48:01 GMT

The National
Lebanese hopeful their country won't be a theatre of Syria's civil war
The National
The spate of kidnappings last week in Lebanon caused residents of the capital to pause and ask whether their fragile country had finally become a full-fledged theatre of the civil war raging next door in Syria. There was a video broadcast on the ...
Lebanon Grappling With Syria Violence SpilloverThe Inquisitr
Syria spillover or frail statehood?Al-Arabiya

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Turkey crosses Syria border to aid displaced - AFP Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:40:00 GMT

AFP
Turkey crosses Syria border to aid displaced
AFP
ANKARA — Turkish authorities crossed the Syrian border Sunday to distribute humanitarian aid to Syrians who have been forced from their homes and are massed at the border, emergency officials said. The authorities gave out food and other supplies on ...

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In Syria, role of Kurds divides opposition - Washington Post Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:42:14 GMT

In Syria, role of Kurds divides opposition
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Opponents of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are showing signs of splintering along a deep regional fault line, with Arabs and Turks uneasy about a military offensive last month by Syrian Kurds, who overran four towns in the country's north.

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