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Two Bombs in Beirut: An Iranian Target and an Echo of Syria - New Yorker (blog) Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:55:38 GMT

New Yorker (blog)

Two Bombs in Beirut: An Iranian Target and an Echo of Syria New Yorker (blog) By early afternoon, a Lebanese Sunni Al Qaeda affiliate, Kataib Abdullah Azzam, had claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, saying it was in retaliation for the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah sending its men to fight alongside Syrian ... Beirut bombs kill 23; blasts linked to Syrian civil warCNN Will Syria's civil war spread to Lebanon? The case for 'no'Washington Post (blog) Timeline of Syria-linked Lebanon attacksThe Daily Star TIME -Scotsman (blog) -Christian Science Monitor all 1,129 news articles »

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Inside Syria's Christian Exodus - Daily Beast Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:17:47 GMT

Inside Syria's Christian Exodus Daily Beast Traumatized by what they have endured inside Syria and fearful for their future, Christians fleeing the 32-month-long civil war say the persecution of Christians is worsening in rebel-held territories in the country's north—and that the kidnapping ...

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Exclusive: Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea - sources - Reuters Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:12:39 GMT

Times of India

Exclusive: Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea - sources Reuters AMSTERDAM/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's chemical weapons could be processed and destroyed out at sea, say sources familiar with discussions at the international body in charge of eliminating the toxic arsenal. Four days after Albania rejected a ... Options Narrowed, US Is Said to Weigh Destroying Syrian Chemicals at SeaNew York Times Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at seaAl Jazeera America No EU candidate to destroy Syria poison gas stockTimes of India Jerusalem Post all 145 news articles »

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Syria troops seize strategic town of Qara - Aljazeera.com Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:40:43 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria troops seize strategic town of Qara Aljazeera.com Syria troops have captured the village of Qara in the mountainous Qalamoun region along a key supply route between Damascus and Homs. The capture of the strategic area on Tuesday comes days after pro-Assad forces launched an offensive against the ... Syria troops seize strategic Qara villageThe Daily Star Syria fighting in Qalamoun triggers new exodus of refugees to LebanonWashington Post Syrian troops capture key town near Lebanon borderMiamiHerald.com Reuters -Press TV -Ahram Online all 407 news articles »

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Syria talks should focus on fighting 'terrorists': Russia - Reuters Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:46:15 GMT

Syria talks should focus on fighting 'terrorists': Russia Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday stopping "terrorists" fighting in Syria should be high on the agenda when an international peace conference convenes to try to end more than 2-1/2 years of conflict in the Arab nation. The United Nations hopes ... Syria: Geneva II conference to be held in mid-DecemberAsharq Alawsat English A Moment of Truth Looms for SyriaWall Street Journal all 214 news articles »

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'Syria is not a revolution any more – this is civil war' - The Guardian Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:53:39 GMT

The Guardian

'Syria is not a revolution any more – this is civil war' The Guardian "Maybe if the regime lasts for a few more years we can agree on the shape of the new Syria. At least then we might end up with three states rather than 10," he said. Meanwhile, the killings and massacres will continue, until sectarian cleansing has ... and more »

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Death of Pragmatic Leader Further Muddles Syrian Rebellion - New York Times Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:35:56 GMT

Rappler

Death of Pragmatic Leader Further Muddles Syrian Rebellion New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — He was a Syrian rebel commander who led homegrown fighters like himself and had a prescient view of the conflict: a Syrian insurgency with nowhere else to turn, he said nearly a year ago, would tilt toward foreign fighters and Al Qaeda. Death of rebel leader seen as key loss to Syria's anti-Assad forcesPittsburgh Post Gazette Top Syria rebel killed as Russia pushes peaceRappler Syria rebel leader dies of shrapnel woundsCBC.ca all 197 news articles »

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An Epidemic of Journalist Kidnappings in Syria - The Atlantic Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:30:52 GMT

The Atlantic

An Epidemic of Journalist Kidnappings in Syria The Atlantic Thirty journalists—half of them foreign reporters, half of them Syrian—have been kidnapped or gone missing in Syria, the Associated Press reported last week. The number is unprecedented. Syria today is the scene of the single largest wave of ... and more »

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Surviving 'death boat,' Syria Palestinians locked up in Egypt - Jerusalem Post Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:35:09 GMT

Surviving 'death boat,' Syria Palestinians locked up in Egypt Jerusalem Post Of the 2 million people who fled Syria's civil war, none may have it worse than Palestinians, who have known no other home than Syria but do not have Syrian citizenship and have therefore been denied even the basic rights secured for other refugees. and more »

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Syria's brutal war within a war gains momentum - CNN Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:46:11 GMT

Syria's brutal war within a war gains momentum CNN A rebel fighter fires his weapon as he stands amidst rubble and debris during clashes with Syrian government forces in Deir Ezzor, Syria on November 11. More than 100,000 people have been killed, according to the United Nations, and millions uprooted ... and more »