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Syria Military Shows Strain in a War It Wasn't Built to Fight - New York Times Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:41:19 GMT

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Syria Military Shows Strain in a War It Wasn't Built to Fight
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian military's ability to fight rebels and hold territory has steadily eroded, forcing it to cede the job of running many checkpoints to paramilitary groups, give up a provincial city last week without much of a fight and even ...
In Secular Syria, Top Muslim Cleric Picks Sides In Civil WarNPR (blog)
Syrian Army Eroded by Defections, Battle DeathsABC News
Syria: don't fan the flames of conflictThe Guardian (blog)
BBC News -Jerusalem Post -Washington Times
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France says Syria balance of power must be changed - Reuters Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:32:28 GMT

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France says Syria balance of power must be changed
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - France hinted on Tuesday that it would push to get a European Union arms embargo on Syria lifted, saying the balance of power in the country had to change so President Bashar al Assad understood he could not win by military force.
Syria: UK's Cameron 'may veto EU arms embargo'BBC News
Britain, France, push EU to drop Syria arms banYahoo! News (blog)
UK's Cameron May Veto EU Arms Embargo on SyriaABC News
Telegraph.co.uk -The Australian
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UN: Both Syrian rebels and government forces guilty - CNN Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:25:40 GMT

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UN: Both Syrian rebels and government forces guilty
CNN
(CNN) -- The Syrian war has never been a simple fight between good rebels and evil government forces, and the United Nations has said so several times in the past. But this week, U.N. investigators released a particularly detailed and horrific report ...
Deadly abuses intensify in Syria as war worsens: UNYahoo! News (blog)
UN rights panel collects evidence on Syrian massacresBoston Globe
Both sides in Syria 'increasingly reckless' with civilian lives – independent ...UN News Centre
Press TV -Newstrack India -Fox News
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Syria's Children Risk Becoming 'Lost Generation,' UNICEF Warns - Huffington Post Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:57:51 GMT

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Syria's Children Risk Becoming 'Lost Generation,' UNICEF Warns
Huffington Post
A whole generation of Syrian children risks being lost amid the spiralling civil war in the country, the UN children's agency cautioned Tuesday, saying it was in urgent need of funds to address the crisis. "Millions of children inside Syria and across ...
Syria's children to become 'lost generation'CBC.ca
Syria crisis: Children 'recruited' by armed groupsBBC News
Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped - charity reportReuters UK
News24 -UN Dispatch
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Syria crisis: Assad's army faces troop shortage - Tuesday 12 March 2013 - The Guardian (blog) Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:08:20 GMT

Syria crisis: Assad's army faces troop shortage - Tuesday 12 March 2013
The Guardian (blog)
Executive director Anthony Lake said: “As millions of children inside Syria and across the region witness their past and their futures disappear amidst the rubble and destruction of this prolonged conflict, the risk of them becoming a lost generation ...


Should The US Arms Rebels In Syria? - NPR Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:27:15 GMT

Should The US Arms Rebels In Syria?
NPR
Steve Inskeep speaks with James Dobbins, a former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, about U.S. military assistance to opposition movements in other countries. So far, the Obama administration is only providing Syrian rebels with medical and ...

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UN peacekeepers held in Syria 'reach Israel' - Irish Times Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:22:38 GMT

Irish Times

UN peacekeepers held in Syria 'reach Israel'
Irish Times
The peacekeepers, part of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) that has monitored the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria since 1974, were released on Saturday by rebels fighting to topple Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and taken to ...
Syria rebels 'a threat to Golan'Sydney Morning Herald
Syria Rebels Vow to 'Liberate Golan Heights' After Assad FallsAlgemeiner
Syria 'terrorist' groups getting stronger: Israel army chiefFRANCE 24

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Commentary: Saudis Gain Upper Hand on Syria's Battlefields - CNBC.com Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:45:43 GMT

CNBC.com

Commentary: Saudis Gain Upper Hand on Syria's Battlefields
CNBC.com
When Sunni tribes in Syria make appeals for protection from the brutality of the Al-Assad regime, their Sunni kinsmen in the Gulf States of Saudia Arabia and Qatar have a hard time ignoring them. The blood ties are broad and deep; moreover, the appeals ...

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Israel's Peres urges Arab intervention in Syria - AFP Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:10:00 GMT

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Israel's Peres urges Arab intervention in Syria
AFP
STRASBOURG, France — Israel's Shimon Peres called Tuesday for Arab intervention "to stop the massacre" in Syria as he delivered the first speech by an Israeli head of state to the European Parliament in almost three decades. The free world "cannot ...
Israel's Peres urges Syria intervention by Arab forceHurriyet Daily News
Israel's Peres calls on Arab League to intervene in Syriaeuronews
Zionist Peres Urges Arab Intervention in SyriaAl-Manar TV
Saudi Gazette
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US aims to turn Syria into failed state - Press TV Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:06:22 GMT

Press TV

US aims to turn Syria into failed state
Press TV
A UN investigation into the Syrian crisis showed the violence has reached new heights. A political solution has been urged. Reports by human rights authorities have surfaced that reveal foreign-backed militants of the Free Syrian Army have been ...
Iran's Man in Iraq and SyriaAl-Monitor

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