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Nobel highlights Syria with Peace Prize to chemical weapons watchdog - CNN Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:57:55 GMT

The Guardian

Nobel highlights Syria with Peace Prize to chemical weapons watchdog CNN But the OPCW did not receive the prize primarily because of its work in Syria, committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said. "It is because of its long-standing efforts to eliminate chemical weapons and that we are now about to reach the goal and do away ... Nobel peace prize won by chemical weapons watchdog for work in SyriaThe Guardian The War Ain't Over: Syria Hands Eye Chem Inspectors' Peace Prize SkepticallyForeign Policy (blog) Syria inspections continue as war ragesAljazeera.com Times of India -BBC News all 1,239 news articles »

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Syrian Civilians Bore Brunt of Rebels' Fury, Report Says - New York Times Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:06:34 GMT

New York Times

Syrian Civilians Bore Brunt of Rebels' Fury, Report Says New York Times Many of his neighbors here in Latakia and in the surrounding villages, mostly members of Syria's minority Alawite sect, fared even worse. In a coordinated attack, numerous rebel groups fought off a small garrison of government troops and swept into the ...

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Al Qaeda's Syrian Strategy - by Barak Barfi and Aaron Y. Zelin - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:51:58 GMT

Al Qaeda's Syrian Strategy - by Barak Barfi and Aaron Y. Zelin Foreign Policy (blog) Al Qaeda is storming across northern Syria. Last month, the al Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) captured the city of al-Bab in the northern province of Aleppo from a rival rebel militia. The capture of the city, one of the ...

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'Dying in Syria...we faced death in Lampedusa' says Syrian refugee - BBC News Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:57:40 GMT

BBC News

'Dying in Syria...we faced death in Lampedusa' says Syrian refugee BBC News A mother-of-four has told the BBC's Matthew Price about her harrowing journey from Syria to Lampedusa, Italy, on a boat carrying migrants which sank off the coast, with the loss of at least 300 lives. The woman, known only as Sabah for fear of ...

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Syria Rebels Parade Child Hostages On YouTube - Sky News Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:53:18 GMT

BBC News

Syria Rebels Parade Child Hostages On YouTube Sky News Rebel forces in Syria have killed at least 190 civilians and seized dozens of child hostages, who they have paraded in a video posted on YouTube, Human Rights Watch says. Fighters burned villages, threw bodies in mass graves and kidnapped women and ... Syrian rebel fighters guilty of serious abuses, says Human Rights WatchCNN International Syria rebels executed civilians, says Human Rights WatchBBC News Syrian Rebels Committed War Crimes, Killed 190 Civilians: ReportHuffington Post The Australian -RT -Al Jazeera America all 495 news articles »

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Mourning Syrian Soldier, but Not Doubting a War - New York Times Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:16:16 GMT

New York Times

Mourning Syrian Soldier, but Not Doubting a War New York Times Killed in an ambush at the other end of the country, the lieutenant — whose family asked that he be called by his nickname, Abu Layth — was the first soldier to fall from this village of 125 people in Syria's coastal foothills, two years into a war ... and more »

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Report Warns of Threat of Loose Missiles in Syria - ABC News Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:28:52 GMT

Edmonton Journal

Report Warns of Threat of Loose Missiles in Syria ABC News The report released Friday by the Federation of American Scientists, a prominent Washington group that focuses on issues of science and security, warns that some opposition factions inside Syria are already wielding small numbers of anti-aircraft ... American Scientists Warn Against Loose Missiles in SyriaArutz Sheva all 20 news articles »

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Syrian regime celebrates as Nobel Peace Prize goes to chemical weapons ... - National Post Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:02:38 GMT

National Post

Syrian regime celebrates as Nobel Peace Prize goes to chemical weapons ... National Post Friday's award comes just days before Syria officially joins as the group's 190th member state. OPCW inspectors are already on a highly risky UN-backed disarmament mission based in Damascus to verify and destroy the government's arsenal of poison gas ...

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The Middle East Channel: The humanitarian crisis in Syria: What more can be ... - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:08:55 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

The Middle East Channel: The humanitarian crisis in Syria: What more can be ... Foreign Policy (blog) We are facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent decades, if not the worst since the Balkans war and Rwanda. Syria is becoming a field of ruins with millions of people, mainly women and children, affected. According to the latest gruesome ... and more »

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At border, Israelis watch Syria's civil war through a fortified fence - Los Angeles Times Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:51:50 GMT

Press TV

At border, Israelis watch Syria's civil war through a fortified fence Los Angeles Times With 20 feet of steel rebar, the structure is much taller and more imposing than the flimsy barbed wire coils and rusting posts that once separated Syria from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Underground sensors detect infiltration. Cameras monitor all ... Israel: Soldier Hurt by Mortar Shells From SyriaNew York Times Fire from Syria wounds Israeli soldier on Golan HeightsReuters Israel bombards Syria army baseThe Muslim News Al-Monitor -Press TV -Jewish Telegraphic Agency all 46 news articles »