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Experts: Removing Assad may not bring peace to Syria - USA TODAY Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:13:50 GMT

The Guardian
Experts: Removing Assad may not bring peace to Syria
USA TODAY
Even though there is no transparent basis for the claim, it raises the question: What would happen to Syria if Assad was suddenly removed from power? Some experts say, not much. Assad's government, his military and regime leaders appear positioned to ...
In Syria, America's fractured hopesWashington Post
Qatar pushes to give Syria's seat on Arab League to rebelsThe Guardian
Syria opposition refuses leader's resignationAljazeera.com
Reuters -McClatchy Washington Bureau -GlobalPost
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As Syria Bleeds, Lebanon Reels - New Yorker (blog) Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:11:44 GMT

New Yorker (blog)
As Syria Bleeds, Lebanon Reels
New Yorker (blog)
His departure followed a stand-off over extending the term of a senior official responsible for internal security and a new national election law, but it had every sign of being sparked by the civil war unfolding across the border in Syria, which has ...
Syria war behind Lebanon's latest crisisFinancial Times
Lebanon without government as Syria simmersAhram Online

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Jordan closes main border crossing with Syria - Reuters Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:45:40 GMT

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Jordan closes main border crossing with Syria
Reuters
Situated near the Jordanian border, Syria's southern Deraa province is a vital battleground. Rebels in the last month have stepped up fighting for control of the border area and Deraa town after gaining territory in the countryside and capturing ...
Jordan blocks Syrian border crossing as violence escalatesGlobalPost
Jordan Closes Entry Point From SyriaLez Get Real
Syria rebels seal Jordan border posts: armyFRANCE 24
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UN withdrawing staff from Syria, citing danger - Los Angeles Times Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:21:13 GMT

Voice of America
UN withdrawing staff from Syria, citing danger
Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT -- The United Nations said Monday that it is temporarily withdrawing some of its international staff from Syria because of deteriorating security conditions, especially in the capital, Damascus, where rebel mortar attacks have escalated in ...
UN to move some staff out of Syria after mortar blasts near hotelReuters
UN to Temporarily Relocate Some Staff from SyriaVoice of America
UN withdraws staffers as violence rages in SyriaCNN
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Russia say West seeks to use Syria probe for regime change - Reuters Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:24:05 GMT

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Russia say West seeks to use Syria probe for regime change
Reuters
MOSCOW/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday that Western nations had muscled U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon into broadening an investigation into the alleged use of chemical arms in Syria and accused them of trying to use the probe to push ...
Syria rebels claim Assad forces fired rockets containing 'chemical weapon'NBCNews.com (blog)
Rebels: Free Syria Army chief wounded in explosionJerusalem Post
Just How Blind Are We In Syria?TIME
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Syria rebel leader Col. Riad al-Asaad wounded in attack, opposition says - CBS News Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:56:43 GMT

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Syria rebel leader Col. Riad al-Asaad wounded in attack, opposition says
CBS News
A member of the rebel Free Syrian Army told Al Jazeera television Monday morning that Col. Riad al-Asaad, the group's founder, had to have a leg amputated after assailants attacked his car in the town of Mayadeen, just south of Deir al-Zour, an ...
Hard times for Syria's rebels: top commander injured, PM rejectedChristian Science Monitor
Syria rebel commander Riad al-Asaad wounded by blastBBC News
Syria crisis: rebel commander targeted in car bombing - Monday 25 March 2013The Guardian (blog)
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Syria: it only gets worse - The Guardian (blog) Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:48:55 GMT

Syria: it only gets worse
The Guardian (blog)
Two years after an Arab spring uprising that saw hundreds of thousands of unarmed Syrians filling the streets of provincial cities, Bashar al-Assad has got the conflict that he wanted. Though his regime had no answer to mass demonstrations, it is well ...

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Amid Syria's Crisis, Mental Health Care For Refugees - NPR Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:14:57 GMT

Amid Syria's Crisis, Mental Health Care For Refugees
NPR
There are now more than one million Syrians seeking refuge in camps and towns in neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. Many arrive without access to basic amenities, such as adequate shelter and clean water. Over two years of conflict has also left ...

How Islamist Rebels in Syria Are Ruling a Fallen Provincial Capital - TIME Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:24:45 GMT

Lexington Herald Leader
How Islamist Rebels in Syria Are Ruling a Fallen Provincial Capital
TIME
Raqqa city was once dubbed the “hotel of the revolution” because it became home to hundreds of thousands of people displaced from fighting elsewhere who sought refuge in a place considered firmly in the grip of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Earlier ...
In largest city held by Syrian rebels, Islamists provide electricity, bread ...Lexington Herald Leader

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Golan Heights skirmishes risk dragging Israel into Syria civil war - Globe and Mail Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:26:26 GMT

Globe and Mail
Golan Heights skirmishes risk dragging Israel into Syria civil war
Globe and Mail
It was one thing when four decades of quiet were shattered last fall by Syrian shells that strayed across the Israeli-Syrian frontier, but developments over the past few days on the Golan Heights indicate that Israelis may be forced to take defensive ...
Israel vows 'immediate' answer to Syria fireAljazeera.com
US Steps up War against Syria after Obama's “Peace” Trip to IsraelCenter for Research on Globalization
Israel Fires Missile Into Syria In Response To Golan Heights Border FireHuffington Post
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