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Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap - Fox News Sat, 09 Nov 2013 18:53:41 GMT

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Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
Fox News
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 30 journalists are being held and 52 have been killed since Syria's civil war began in early 2011. The group also has documented at least 24 other journalists who disappeared earlier ...
A Look at Some Journalists Missing in SyriaABC News

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Outsiders will not bring peace to Syria unless they face up to some difficult ... - The Economist Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:15:27 GMT

New York Times

Outsiders will not bring peace to Syria unless they face up to some difficult ...
The Economist
FOREIGN governments insist that diplomacy is the only answer to the war in Syria. Yet on November 5th Lakhdar Brahimi, a respected UN envoy, postponed a peace conference in Geneva planned for the end of this month. It was just the latest delay, despite ...
Diplomats Fail to Agree on Details for Syria Peace TalksNew York Times
Inspectors Waiting on 2 Syria Chemical SitesABC News
Brahimi in talks over Syria conferenceAljazeera.com
Center for Research on Globalization -Huffington Post -Reuters
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Syria Humanitarian Access A Growing Concern For Aid Groups - Huffington Post Sat, 09 Nov 2013 23:32:52 GMT

Syria Humanitarian Access A Growing Concern For Aid Groups
Huffington Post
BEIRUT -- With hopes for comprehensive peace talks in the immediate future nearly quashed, groups monitoring the ongoing crisis in Syria say more attention needs to be paid to the intractable dilemma of delivering humanitarian aid to the country. More ...


Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo - Aljazeera.com Sat, 09 Nov 2013 17:08:32 GMT

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Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo
Aljazeera.com
Syrian opposition fighters retook a strategic base in the northern Aleppo province on Saturday, as shelling killed at least 11 people in nearby Aleppo city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the fighters, including jihadists from two al ...
Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airportReuters
Syria rebels retake strategic base in north: NGORappler
Syria: Assad forces tighten Aleppo choke holdScotsman
Newstrack India -Albany Times Union
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In Syria, suicide bombings hold tactical role in rebel assaults - MiamiHerald.com Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:29:38 GMT

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In Syria, suicide bombings hold tactical role in rebel assaults
MiamiHerald.com
BEIRUT -- A Syrian rebel suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives in front of a key government military intelligence office in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday, killing a commander and about seven other officials working for Air ...
Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri disbands main faction operating in SyriaAl-Arabiya
Al-Qaeda leader orders main branch in Syria disbandedRT
Nusra Front runs al-Qaeda operations in Syria: ZawahiriPress TV
National Post
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UN targets polio in Middle East after Syria outbreak - BBC News Sat, 09 Nov 2013 11:08:09 GMT

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UN targets polio in Middle East after Syria outbreak
BBC News
A huge vaccination campaign against polio has been launched by the United Nations in the Middle East after the disease re-emerged in Syria. The UN says it aims to immunise more than 20 million children in several countries over six months.
Europe warned as Middle East gears up for mass vaccination after Syria polio ...The Independent
Europe at risk of polio outbreak as refugees flee SyriaExpress.co.uk
Lebanon starts to vaccinate 750000 against polio after Syria outbreakReuters
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Syrian Rebels Meet on Possible Geneva Peace Talks - Voice of America Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:28:14 GMT

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Syrian Rebels Meet on Possible Geneva Peace Talks
Voice of America
CAIRO, EGYPT — Syrian opposition leaders are meeting in Istanbul through Sunday to decide whether to participate in a peace conference tentatively to be held in Geneva under U.N. auspices in coming weeks. The weekend meeting is taking place as the ...
Syria rebel ex-commander says West 'supporting' AssadBBC News
Syria opposition wants pressure on Damascus before agreeing to talksGlobalPost
Syrian Opposition Mulls Talks With GovernmentABC News
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Inspectors in Syria Have Only One Site Left to Check - New York Times Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:33:29 GMT

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Inspectors in Syria Have Only One Site Left to Check
New York Times
LONDON — International chemical weapons inspectors reported further progress on Thursday in eliminating Syria's stockpile, saying they had verified the destruction of 22 of the 23 sites that the Syrian government declared had been used for the ...
Danes Could Transport Syria's Chemical WeaponsABC News
Canadian leads team tasked with disposing Syria's mass arsenal of chemical ...The Globe and Mail
Russia, US see Syria missing disarmament deadlineThe Daily Star
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Behind The Lines: Kurds defending autonomous 'Rojava' enclave in Syria - Jerusalem Post Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:40:55 GMT

Behind The Lines: Kurds defending autonomous 'Rojava' enclave in Syria
Jerusalem Post
The absence of clarity in the direction of the war in Syria derives partly from the fact that there is no longer a single conflict in the country. Rather, the civil war has in the last year turned from a straight fight between a regime and a rebellion ...


Israeli Bombers over Syria: Al Qaeda's Air Force - Center for Research on Globalization Sat, 09 Nov 2013 17:04:51 GMT

Center for Research on Globalization

Israeli Bombers over Syria: Al Qaeda's Air Force
Center for Research on Globalization
The current series of Israeli bombing raids and missile strikes against Syria are designed to strengthen the armed Syrian opposition and Islamist mercenaries seeking to destroy the government in Damascus . Israel intends to sabotage the upcoming round ...

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