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Syria Has Yet to Move Arms as Deadline Draws Near - New York Times Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:20:36 GMT

BBC News

Syria Has Yet to Move Arms as Deadline Draws Near New York Times GENEVA — Two days before a deadline for getting its most deadly chemical weapons out of the country, and despite an international effort to mobilize the resources needed to do so, Syria has apparently not even begun to move them, observers familiar ... Chemical weapons watchdog urges Syria to step up shipping effortsFox News Preparations to remove Syria's chemical weaponsBBC News Syria to miss chemical weapons deadlineSydney Morning Herald NBCNews.com (blog) -The Australian all 321 news articles »

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Syria to Miss Deadline for Moving Chemical Weapons - New York Times Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:28:04 GMT

Syria to Miss Deadline for Moving Chemical Weapons New York Times GENEVA — Two days before a deadline for getting its most deadly chemical weapons out of the country, and despite an international effort to mobilize the resources needed to do so, Syria has apparently not even begun to move them, observers familiar ...

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In message to Pope, Syrian President says he's ready for peace talks - CNN Sun, 29 Dec 2013 04:27:14 GMT

CNN

In message to Pope, Syrian President says he's ready for peace talks CNN (CNN) -- In a message to Pope Francis, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to participate in next month's peace talks but noted outside countries must stop supporting what he called terrorist groups in the country's civil war ... New Study Refines View of Sarin Attack in SyriaNew York Times Syria's Assad sends private message to Pope Francis, Vatican saysNBCNews.com (blog) Syria's Assad sends message to popeFRANCE 24 Consortium News -The Guardian all 91 news articles »

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Syria evacuates 5000 from town near Damascus - CBC.ca Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:04:08 GMT

Press TV

Syria evacuates 5000 from town near Damascus CBC.ca The Syrian government evacuated some 5,000 people Sunday from an embattled industrial town near Damascus where al-Qaeda-linked rebels have been battling government troops for more than two weeks, the state news agency said. Syria's civil war: key ... Syria evacuates 5000 people from embattled townPress TV Syria: We Want Iran to Participate in Geneva 2 TalksArutz Sheva Syrian govt evacuates 5000 from town besieged by Islamist rebelsRT (blog) all 59 news articles »

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Years Of Turmoil Weigh On Beirut As Syria Strains Lebanon - NPR (blog) Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:54:56 GMT

NPR (blog)

Years Of Turmoil Weigh On Beirut As Syria Strains Lebanon NPR (blog) As satellite trucks were pulling up to the site of a massive car bomb in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, Jihad Kalaajii was quietly salvaging what he could from his antique shop, loading 300-year-old framed calligraphy and volumes of Islamic ... and more »

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Syria urged to step up efforts to ship chemical weapons - BBC News Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:47:07 GMT

BBC News

Syria urged to step up efforts to ship chemical weapons BBC News The global chemical weapons watchdog has called on Syria to "intensify its efforts" to help ship out its most dangerous chemical weapons. A Norwegian frigate is ready to go to the Syrian port of Latakia to collect the weapons for destruction. The ...

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Family of British surgeon found hanged in Syrian jail believes he was murdered - Fox News Mon, 30 Dec 2013 03:48:54 GMT

Family of British surgeon found hanged in Syrian jail believes he was murdered Fox News As a British surgeon who died in a Syrian jail was eulogized at a London funeral by his brokenhearted brother as the “kindest and simplest man I've ever met,” English officials convened an inquest into the strange circumstances of the doctor's death ... Bloodletting in Syria Is a Blot to Humanity That Must EndThe Platform all 3 news articles »

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Ukip's Nigel Farage shocks own party with call to let in Syrian refugees - The Guardian Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:15:21 GMT

The Guardian

Ukip's Nigel Farage shocks own party with call to let in Syrian refugees The Guardian The government has rejected a call by Nigel Farage for Britain to "honour the spirit" of a 1951 UN convention and allow Syrian refugees into the country. In an unlikely reversal of roles, the government responded to the Ukip leader, who has been ... Let Syrian refugees come to Britain, says Nigel FarageTelegraph.co.uk Nigel Farage calls for Syrian refugees to be allowed into UKBBC News Nigel Farage: Syria civil war refugees should be allowed into the UKMetro The Sun (subscription) all 40 news articles »

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The west's policy on Syria has worked to Assad's advantage - Financial Times Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:05:53 GMT

The west's policy on Syria has worked to Assad's advantage Financial Times Given the mayhem in Syria, where death, destruction and displacement are routine, nothing shocks us any more. We've seen chemical weapons used, children tortured, refugees starved to death; we have watched the Syrian state collapse and neighbouring ... and more »

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Syrian locals horrified by war in native country - Boston.com Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:04:12 GMT

Syrian locals horrified by war in native country Boston.com 19, 2013, Wadia Khabazeh, center, a Syrian immigrant who has lived in Lowell, Mass. for about two decades, sits by the family Christmas tree with her 8-year-old son, Kenan Alwarad, and her daughter, Linda Lutfi, 17, a freshman at Middlesex Community ... and more »