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Syria Expected To Spar With Inspectors As Weapons Hunt Begins - NPR Sat, 05 Oct 2013 17:00:38 GMT

NPR

Syria Expected To Spar With Inspectors As Weapons Hunt Begins NPR An international team of weapons experts is at work in Syria on the job of finding and destroying the nation's chemical stockpile. Inspectors crossed in Syria from Lebanon on Tuesday. But the job will be difficult and possibly dangerous, says Amy ... Plan for Ridding Syria of Chemical Arms Includes Brute Force and ChemistryNew York Times Syria shows signs of preparing to surrender its chemical-weapons stockpileWashington Post Syria chemical attack reopens old wounds among KurdsReuters Jerusalem Post -Here And Now -gulfnews.com all 109 news articles »

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Syria's chemical weapons Can it be done? - The Economist Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:37:51 GMT

Washington Post

Syria's chemical weapons Can it be done? The Economist ORDERS don't come any taller. The first 20-strong team dispatched to begin the destruction of Syria's chemical-weapons arsenal arrived in Damascus on October 1st by convoy from Beirut, in Lebanon, because the road from Damascus airport to the city ... Syria chemical weapons: 'Progress on inspections'BBC News Disarmament experts make progress in SyriaAljazeera.com International weapons inspectors report 'encouraging initial progress' in ...Washington Post Foreign Policy (blog) -The Guardian -Wall Street Journal all 993 news articles »

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Do You Know What The US Government Is Up To In Syria? - NPR (blog) Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:55:11 GMT

NPR (blog)

Do You Know What The US Government Is Up To In Syria? NPR (blog) Mark Ward is the U.S. State Department's senior adviser on assistance to Syria, and when he heard the Syrian border town of Azaz was overrun by an offshoot of al-Qaida in September, he knew it was time to get creative again. "You always have to have a ... Fighting Between Rebels Intensifies Over a Strategic Town in SyriaNew York Times Al-Qaeda fights for Syria border territoryNinemsn Qaeda in Syria bids to control Iraq, Turkey bordersFRANCE 24 The Times of Israel -Reuters -Press TV all 74 news articles »

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Slimdown puts Syria, immigration, other key issues on back burners - Fox News Sat, 05 Oct 2013 19:50:37 GMT

Slimdown puts Syria, immigration, other key issues on back burners Fox News White House spokesman Jay Carney said the Treasury office that handles sanctions had to furlough nearly its entire staff and cannot sustain such primary duties, which include new sanctions on Iran, Syria, terrorist groups and drug cartels. The Capitol ... and more »

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Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence - Washington Post Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:27:34 GMT

Washington Post

Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence Washington Post Although Syria is majority Sunni Muslim, it is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse countries in the Middle East, home to Christians, Druze, and Shiite-offshoot Alawites and Ismailis. But the country's conflict, now in its third year, is ... and more »

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Charity millions 'going to Syrian terror groups' - Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 05 Oct 2013 22:37:12 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Charity millions 'going to Syrian terror groups' Telegraph.co.uk The Disasters Emergency Committee, which represents 14 of Britain's biggest charities, has raised £20 million since the launch of its Syria Crisis Appeal in March. Its members include the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children. But it said it ... British charity money going to Syria extremists: WatchdogPress TV all 12 news articles »

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Syria submits further details of its chemical arms program - Reuters Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:45:43 GMT

Syria submits further details of its chemical arms program Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has given international experts additional details about its chemical weapons program that go beyond a September 21 declaration of its poison gas arsenal, the United Nations said on Friday. The team consists of experts ...

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Syria ratchets up tension with Turkey – warning it of dangers of rebel support - euronews Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:18:49 GMT

The Australian Financial Review

Syria ratchets up tension with Turkey – warning it of dangers of rebel support euronews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Turkey that it will pay a heavy price for backing the rebels fighting to topple his leadership. Describing his Turkish counterpart as “bigoted”, Assad accused Ankara of allowing terrorists to cross over from ... Fissures grow among rebel ranks as hard-line Islamists expand Syrian war rolePBS Syria ups gas prices in new wartime austerity moveThe Seattle Times Syrian Rebel Groups Battle Each Other in NorthABC News Fox News -New Zealand Herald all 173 news articles »

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Syria's ladies in waiting: Will a woman lead nation? - USA TODAY Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:43:23 GMT

Syria's ladies in waiting: Will a woman lead nation? USA TODAY The modern Arab world has never known a female leader, and against all odds, Syria may be the country where it happens first. Forget Bashar Assad and the other male politicians who dominate coverage of the war-torn nation, and turn your attention to ... and more »

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Report: Germany gave Syria ingredients for deadly gas in 2011 - Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Oct 2013 01:16:50 GMT

Report: Germany gave Syria ingredients for deadly gas in 2011 Jerusalem Post A week before Chancellor Angela Merkel's September 22 election victory, a Left Party deputy revealed that German companies, under successive coalition governments between 1998 and 2006, supplied Syria with chemicals. Merkel told ARD television ... and more »