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Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold - USA TODAY Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:13:24 GMT

Boston Globe

Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold USA TODAY BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate for the Lebanese militant group's armed support of ... Reports: Russian fighter jets headed to Syria, which asks for moreCNN Rockets fired from Syria hit eastern LebanonBoston Globe Rockets, mortar rounds fired from Syria land in Hezbollah stronghold in ...Fox News The Independent -New York Times (blog) -Rappler all 2,265 news articles »

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Hezbollah Stronghold Is Attacked From Syria - New York Times (blog) Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:51:25 GMT

Hezbollah Stronghold Is Attacked From Syria New York Times (blog) BEIRUT, Lebanon — A prominent Sunni Muslim cleric influential in the Syrian uprising has issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling on Muslims around the world to help Syrian rebels in the embattled town of Qusayr and labeling Hezbollah and Iran ... Leading Sunni Muslim cleric calls for "jihad" in SyriaReuters All eyes on pitched battle for Syria border townNBCNews.com (blog) Leading Sunni Cleric Calls for Holy War in SyriaVoice of America BBC News all 346 news articles »

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Reports: Michigan woman killed in Syria fighting after joining rebels - NBCNews.com (blog) Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:37:55 GMT

Reports: Michigan woman killed in Syria fighting after joining rebels NBCNews.com (blog) LONDON -- A 33-year-old Michigan woman who converted to Islam was among Westerners killed in Syria while fighting alongside rebels, according to reports on Friday. The family of Nicole Mansfield of Flint were informed of her death by the FBI on ...

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Michigan mom killed in Syria fight kept relatives in the dark, family says - Fox News Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:21:54 GMT

Michigan mom killed in Syria fight kept relatives in the dark, family says Fox News BURTON, Mich. – A Michigan mother killed during fighting in Syria often left many family members and friends in the dark about the details of another life — marrying an Arab immigrant, moving around frequently and taking trips to the Middle East ...

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Russia blocks UN Security Council declaration on Syria's Qusair - Reuters Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:01:30 GMT

Russia blocks UN Security Council declaration on Syria's Qusair Reuters Moscow's move to block the statement highlights the deep chasm between Russia and Western nations on how to deal with the two-year-old civil war in Syria that has killed more than 80,000 people. Russian diplomats in New York did not respond ... and more »

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Family: Michigan woman, 33, killed in Syria fight - USA TODAY Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:36:19 GMT

Family: Michigan woman, 33, killed in Syria fight USA TODAY DETROIT -- A 33-year-old Flint, Mich., woman who converted to Islam after meeting an Arab immigrant was killed in Syria while fighting for opposition forces, family members told the Detroit Free Press on Thursday night. Two FBI agents interviewed ...

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Syria says it has advanced missiles from Russia - USA TODAY Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:20:05 GMT

Syria says it has advanced missiles from Russia USA TODAY JERUSALEM - Israel warned Thursday that it needed to prepare for a "new era" of war in the Middle East as the Syrian regime claimed the first shipment of anti-aircraft missiles from Russia had arrived. The message comes as the Syrian opposition ...

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Daughter of Michigan Woman Killed in Syria Wants Her Body Returned to US - New York Times (blog) Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:07:10 GMT

Daily Beast

Daughter of Michigan Woman Killed in Syria Wants Her Body Returned to US New York Times (blog) In addition to showing a copy of Ms. Mansfield's Michigan driver's license, Syrian TV showed the British passport of a 22-year-old man, identified as Ali Almanasfi, born in London in June 1990. The British Foreign Office said it was investigating and ... Family stunned, confused over US woman's death in SyriaReuters American's family: She went to Syria to helpCNN American Woman Killed in SyriaDaily Beast ABC News -Yahoo! News all 145 news articles »

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Just a quarter of Britons back Hague on arming rebels in Syria - The Guardian Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:52:06 GMT

The Guardian

Just a quarter of Britons back Hague on arming rebels in Syria The Guardian Last week the European Union lifted its arms embargo on Syria, with the foreign secretary, William Hague, claiming that the policy was denying rebels the right to defend themselves when they were "having every weapon that's ever been devised dropped on ...

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Syria conflict: Rebel reinforcements arrive in Qusair - BBC News Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:01:29 GMT

Syria conflict: Rebel reinforcements arrive in Qusair BBC News Dozens of fighters have arrived to reinforce rebel units battling to hold off a Syrian government and Hezbollah assault on the key town of Qusair. A source in Qusair told the BBC the number was far fewer than the 1,000 suggested by the interim head of ...