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In a Turnabout, Syria Rebels Get Libyan Weapons - New York Times Sat, 22 Jun 2013 01:05:41 GMT

New York Times
In a Turnabout, Syria Rebels Get Libyan Weapons
New York Times
Evidence gathered in Syria, along with flight-control data and interviews with militia members, smugglers, rebels, analysts and officials in several countries, offers a profile of a complex and active multinational effort, financed largely by Qatar, to ...

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As Hezbollah Fights in Syria, Life Changes in a Lebanese Border Town - New York Times (blog) Sat, 22 Jun 2013 02:49:38 GMT

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As Hezbollah Fights in Syria, Life Changes in a Lebanese Border Town
New York Times (blog)
HERMEL, Lebanon — The procession was small as Hezbollah funerals go, just a few hundred people winding past wind-tossed olive trees through this remote Bekaa Valley village. Still, the mourners honored the fighter killed in Syria with the usual solemn ...
Lebanese army seals parliament after protests, Syria-linked tensionReuters
Siniora calls for withdrawal of Hezbollah from SyriaThe Daily Star
Rocket strikes valley near Lebanese capital, raising fears Syria-related ...Newser
Jerusalem Post -Care2.com
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US has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012 - Los Angeles Times Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:16:53 GMT

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US has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and antiaircraft weapons since late last year, months before President Obama approved plans to begin directly arming them, ...
'Friends of Syria' meeting adds pressure: What is US ready to do?Christian Science Monitor
Kerry-Lavrov statements called 'first hopeful news' on Syria in a whileCNN (blog)
Syria conflict: Rebels 'have new weapons'BBC News
Fox News -Bloomberg -Press TV
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Angelina Jolie turns spotlight on Syria - CNN Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:05:11 GMT

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Angelina Jolie turns spotlight on Syria
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Nearly 1.7 million Syrians have fled the country's brutal civil war, many living in densely crowded refugee camps in Syria's neighboring countries. Jordan's Za'atri refugee camp, which Jolie visited to mark Thursday's World Refugee Day, was built to ...
Syria's Increasingly Grim Refugee PictureThe Atlantic
Angelina Jolie asks leaders to end Syria conflictBBC News
World Refugee Day: UN calls Syria 'worst humanitarian disaster' since cold warChristian Science Monitor
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -Yahoo! News -The Epoch Times
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Kerry faces Syria, Afghanistan challenges on overseas trip - Fox News Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:33:13 GMT

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Kerry faces Syria, Afghanistan challenges on overseas trip
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Secretary of State John Kerry begins an overseas trip plunging into two thorny foreign policy problems facing the Obama administration: unrelenting bloodshed in Syria and efforts to talk to the Taliban and find a political resolution to the war in ...
Kerry and 'Friends of Syria' to meet in DohaChristian Science Monitor
Kerry to Doha for Syria TalksVoice of America
Kerry to defend Syria policy in Mideast visitJerusalem Post
Gulf Times -The Daily Star
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American who allegedly fought with Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria indicted - Fox News Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:57:18 GMT

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American who allegedly fought with Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria indicted
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Ex-U.S. soldier Eric Harroun, who allegedly fought alongside an Al Qaeda affiliate against the forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the nation's ongoing civil war, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on two charges related to his ...
Will US military support in Syria make a difference?CNN (blog)
Former US Army medic indicted for fighting in SyriaPolitico (blog)

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Obama Adviser Says Political Solution Possible in Syria - Bloomberg Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:13:31 GMT

Obama Adviser Says Political Solution Possible in Syria
Bloomberg
One of President Barack Obama's top national security advisers said a political solution remains possible in Syria, even as the U.S. escalates its military involvement in the country's bloody civil war. “A political settlement is the best way forward ...

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Palestinians in Syria find themselves displaced again - Washington Post Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:47:39 GMT

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Palestinians in Syria find themselves displaced again
Washington Post
As refugees in Syria, they lived in camps and lacked citizenship, but they had built lives, established homes, held down jobs and were generally regarded to have the highest standard of living of any of the region's more than 4 million Palestinian ...
UN agency denounces killing of Palestinian refugees in SyriaThe Daily Star
12 Palestinians Killed in Syria Since TuesdayPalestine News Network

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US, Russia to hold Syria talks in Geneva next week - Fox News Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:09:39 GMT

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US, Russia to hold Syria talks in Geneva next week
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Senior U.S. officials will meet with their Russian counterparts and an international mediator in Geneva, Switzerland Tuesday to open discussion on a peace conference on Syria. U.N. spokeswoman Corinne Momal-Vanian gave details of the conference with ...
Syria Talks: US And Russia To Meet In Geneva Next WeekHuffington Post
US and Russian officials to meet Syria peace mediatorRTE.ie
New UN-Russia-US Exchange on Syria AnnouncedPrensa Latina

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New wave of foreigners in Syrian fight - Washington Post Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:11:44 GMT

New wave of foreigners in Syrian fight
Washington Post
In recent days, this city's ancient mosques have crackled with calls for jihad, as hard-line Sunni Muslim leaders command the faithful to respond to recent escalations in Syria by the Shiite forces of Iran and Hezbollah. The Sunni backlash has echoed ...