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Sorting out the Syrian opposition - Washington Post Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:43:06 GMT

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Sorting out the Syrian opposition
Washington Post
As the decisive battle for Damascus approaches, the array of Syrian opposition forces facing President Bashar al-Assad appears to share one common trait: Most of the major rebel groups have strong Islamic roots and backing from Muslim neighbors.
Opposition: March deadliest month in Syrian civil warCNN
'6000 killed' in bloodiest month for Syria crisis – Tuesday 2 AprilThe Guardian
March 'deadliest month' in Syria's warAljazeera.com
CBC.ca -Foreign Policy -Al-Arabiya
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Israeli troops return fire into Syria - Reuters Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:56:29 GMT

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Israeli troops return fire into Syria
Reuters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli tanks fired into Syria on Tuesday after shots were fired at troops in the occupied Golan Heights, a military spokeswoman said, in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war. "Shots were fired at an IDF (Israel Defence ...
Mortar shell fired from Syria lands in GolanJerusalem Post
Ya'alon on Syria: When it damages our interests - we'll respondYnetnews

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Israeli Tanks Respond to Shots Fired From Syrian Side - New York Times Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:16:14 GMT

Israeli Tanks Respond to Shots Fired From Syrian Side
New York Times
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Tuesday night that its tanks had fired into Syria in response to shots fired from the Syrian side at an Israeli Army jeep in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, adding that the shells accurately hit the source of the ...

Amid Syria's Atrocities, Kurds Scratch Out a Home - The Atlantic Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:40:26 GMT

Amid Syria's Atrocities, Kurds Scratch Out a Home
The Atlantic
In northeast Syria, Kurdish militias have carved out a zone of control independent from both the Assad regime and the Syrian rebels. The power on the ground in this area is the Syrian franchise of the PKK guerrilla organization, a militant nationalist ...

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Hearing Delayed for Man Accused in Syria Fighting - ABC News Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:16:57 GMT

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Hearing Delayed for Man Accused in Syria Fighting
ABC News
A magistrate has delayed a detention hearing for an Arizona man accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida group in Syria. Thirty-year-old Eric Harroun of Phoenix was charged last week in federal court in Alexandria with conspiring to use a weapon of ...
American charged with fighting for Al-Qaeda linked group in SyriaPolitico (blog)

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A Black Flag in Raqqa - New Yorker (blog) Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:29:09 GMT

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A Black Flag in Raqqa
New Yorker (blog)
In early March, Raqqa city, although relatively late to join the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, became the first of Syria's fourteen provincial capitals to fall from his grip. Islamist rebels, spearheaded by Jabhat al-Nusra, the Salafi Ahrar ...

Syria: UN food agency convoys increasingly caught in conflict - UN News Centre Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:07:34 GMT

UN News Centre
Syria: UN food agency convoys increasingly caught in conflict
UN News Centre
2 April 2013 – The growing cycle of violence in Syria is preventing life-saving food aid from reaching many of the millions of vulnerable people in need, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, reiterating its call on all parties to ...
UN fund for Syria refugees running lowFinancial Times
Attacks prevent Syria food aid deliveriesThe Daily Star
Feeding Syria: a view from the groundFT.com (blog)
The Times of Israel -UPI.com
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Syria is a battle for Palestine - RT Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:43:11 GMT

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Syria is a battle for Palestine
RT
In Syria, most Palestinian training camps and bases belong to the Popular Front. They have always been the key arms suppliers to Palestine and Lebanon as they had networks and long-term experience of underground operations. They're fundamentally ...

Gilad: Al-Qaida menace growing in Syria - Jerusalem Post Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:27:58 GMT

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Gilad: Al-Qaida menace growing in Syria
Jerusalem Post
Israel may be concerned about the growing presence of al-Qaida elements in Syria but that threat pales in comparison with the menace posed by the Iran-Syrian-Hezbollah axis before the Syrian civil war, Amos Gilad said in an interview that appeared ...
'Iran's Plan B is Alawite State If Syria's Assad Falls'Arutz Sheva

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Syria's deadliest month - Washington Post Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:50:27 GMT

Syria's deadliest month
Washington Post
More than 6,000 people were killed in the civil war in March, making it the deadliest month in the two-year-old conflict, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a leading activist group. The United Nations said in February ...