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As US rethinks arming rebels, Syria says chemical weapons also a 'red line' - CNN (blog) Thu, 02 May 2013 21:48:11 GMT

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As US rethinks arming rebels, Syria says chemical weapons also a 'red line'
CNN (blog)
Damascus (CNN) -- Has a "red line" been crossed in Syria? And if so, what happens next? The top defense official in the United States -- whose president has called the use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces a "game changer," as to how his and other ...
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A strong US response to Syria? Experts say not likely - USA TODAY Thu, 02 May 2013 23:22:43 GMT

A strong US response to Syria? Experts say not likely
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – When it comes to intervening in Syria, the Obama administration faces a choice between robust but risky military operations that could turn the tide of war and more limited moves that may deter the Syrian regime but probably won't change ...

Arming Syria's Rebels Now an 'Option,' Says Pentagon Chief - Wired Thu, 02 May 2013 19:55:19 GMT

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Arming Syria's Rebels Now an 'Option,' Says Pentagon Chief
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“Arming the rebels, that's an option,” Hagel said in a Pentagon press conference with his British counterpart, Philip Hammond. That confirmed a report from the Washington Post earlier this week that after reports of chemical weapons use in Syria, the ...
US rethinking its opposition to arming Syrian rebels: HagelReuters
US rethinks arming Syria rebels, says Chuck HagelBBC News
Hagel Says Arming Syrian Rebels Among Options in ReviewBloomberg
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Syrian Forces Strike Rebels in Wide-Ranging Assaults - New York Times Thu, 02 May 2013 20:12:50 GMT

Syrian Forces Strike Rebels in Wide-Ranging Assaults
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian forces carried out what antigovernment activists described as furious assaults against a range of insurgent enclaves on Thursday, seeking to snap a stalemate in the central city of Homs, attacking rebels ensconced in a seaport ...

UN-Arab League envoy for Syria plans to resign, diplomats say - Washington Post Fri, 03 May 2013 01:08:52 GMT

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UN-Arab League envoy for Syria plans to resign, diplomats say
Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, has informed senior U.N. diplomats that he intends to resign in the coming weeks, marking the end of another doomed U.N. diplomatic effort to end a bloody civil war that has left ...
UN head, Security Council envoys discuss Syria as mediator wants outReuters
Ban discusses Syria peace envoy with major powersHurriyet Daily News
Brahimi unlikely to quit Syria post before mid-May: aideThe Daily Star
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Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons? - Daily Beast Thu, 02 May 2013 08:50:20 GMT

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Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons?
Daily Beast
As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama's red line and used chemical weapons, the U.S. military and intelligence community are quietly acknowledging that the United States does not know where many of those weapons are ...

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Report: 13 injured in stampede at Turkey-Syria border crossing - CNN Thu, 02 May 2013 16:37:27 GMT

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Report: 13 injured in stampede at Turkey-Syria border crossing
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Anadolu said the would-be border-crossers were "shelter seekers," without elaborating. Since an uprising in Syria and a subsequent government crackdown began in 2011, hundreds of thousands of people from Syria have sought refuge in Turkey, Lebanon, ...
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Brawl erupts at Syria border, kills Turkish policemanHurriyet Daily News
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Attack on Syria village leaves 'dozens dead' - Aljazeera.com Thu, 02 May 2013 21:32:18 GMT

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Attack on Syria village leaves 'dozens dead'
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Government forces and militia members loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have stormed the coastal village of al-Baida, killing at least 50 people including women and children, Syrian opposition activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for ...
Syria crisis: 'Government troops advance on Homs' - Thursday 2 MayThe Guardian (blog)
Syria widens campaign to uproot rebelsThe Daily Star
Syrian government reclaims parts of HomsCNN
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Victor Breiner / AFP / Getty Images - TIME Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:44 GMT

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Syrians try to free a man trapped under the rubble following an air strike by government forces on April 7, 2013 that destroyed two five-storey apartment blocks and severely damaged ten buildings in a residential neighbourhood of the northern Syrian ...
'Civil war in Iraq has already begun ... it will be worse than Syria'Belfast Telegraph

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Syria's air defenses, among Mideast's strongest, pose challenge to outside ... - Washington Post Thu, 02 May 2013 19:15:29 GMT

Syria's air defenses, among Mideast's strongest, pose challenge to outside ...
Washington Post
BEIRUT — International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most formidable air defenses, a system bolstered in recent years by top-of-the-line Russian hardware.

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