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Syria invites UN chemical arms chief, but access is in doubt - Reuters Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:42:39 GMT

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Syria invites UN chemical arms chief, but access is in doubt Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday invited chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom to Damascus to discuss allegations of banned arms use in Syria's civil war but suggested it would ... Syria: Ban welcomes decision to continue talks on UN chemical weapons probeUN News Centre Syria again asks for UN chemical weapon probeBoston.com Syria again seeks UN chemical weapons probe limited to attack it blames on ...Fox News Xinhua all 31 news articles »

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Syria's ruling party elects new command amid war - Washington Post Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:07:29 GMT

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Syria's ruling party elects new command amid war Washington Post BEIRUT — Syria's ruling Baath Party elected a new regional command Monday to replace its aging leadership, including the country's longtime vice president, as government forces closed in on a key rebel-held neighborhood in central Syria. In a further ... Syria's ruling party shakes up leadershipAljazeera.com Exclusive: Congress delaying US aid to Syrian rebels - sourcesReuters Syria opposition government head Ghassan Hitto resignsBBC News New York Times (blog) -MiamiHerald.com -Yahoo! News all 557 news articles »

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Israel jails Arab citizen who briefly joined Syria's rebels - Reuters Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:24:20 GMT

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Israel jails Arab citizen who briefly joined Syria's rebels Reuters Massarwa was arrested on March 19 upon returning via Turkey from Syria, where he had spent a week at a rebel base. Israeli prosecutors accused him of undergoing small-arms training by radical Islamists there who asked him to carry out a suicide attack ... Israeli Arab imprisoned for 30 months for joining rebel fighters in SyriaFox News Arab Israeli jailed for joining Syria rebelsAhram Online Israel reduces charges against Arab-Israeli who fought with Syria rebelsJNS.org all 20 news articles »

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Russia doubts new Syria opposition head's commitment to peace - Reuters Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:59:07 GMT

Russia doubts new Syria opposition head's commitment to peace Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday that remarks by the new leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition have raised questions about his dedication to a political solution of the conflict, and urged the group to commit to attending a peace ... New leader, old challengesAljazeera.com Trying to End Rifts, Syria Opposition in Exile Elects PresidentNew York Times (blog) Syria's new opposition head Armad Jarba promises firepowerThe National Financial Times -Fox News all 155 news articles »

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UN Chief: Stop Fighting in Syria During Ramadan - ABC News Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:27:40 GMT

UN Chief: Stop Fighting in Syria During Ramadan ABC News The United Nations secretary-general wants all sides in Syria's violent conflict to stop fighting during the holy month of Ramadan. Ban Ki-moon says in a statement that "I am calling for ... every person holding a gun, to stop fighting and offer this ... Syria spurns Ramadan cease-fire idea, insists on rebel participation in Geneva ...Fox News UN chief Ban appeals for Ramadan truce across SyriaReuters Canada Syria Rejects Proposal for Ramadan CeasefireArutz Sheva all 26 news articles »

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Egypt Puts Travel Restrictions on Syrians - ABC News Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:31:47 GMT

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Egypt Puts Travel Restrictions on Syrians ABC News Egypt restricted the ability of Syrians to enter the country on Monday, with officials citing reports that a large number of Syrians were backing the Muslim Brotherhood, which is engaged in a bloody standoff over the military's ouster of Islamist ...

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Opposition in Syria Continues to Fracture - New York Times (blog) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:35:55 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Opposition in Syria Continues to Fracture New York Times (blog) BEIRUT, Lebanon — The deadly clashes that raged between rival rebel factions in Syria over the weekend accentuated the divisions hampering opponents of President Bashar al-Assad as they try to halt his forces' recent gains on the battlefield and ... Syria's Islamists disenchanted with democracyIndependent Online Rebels clash with new al-Qaida opposition group in SyriaJerusalem Post Hardline Islamist rebel groups seek to impose Sharia law in Syria's northABC Online Press TV -Arutz Sheva all 15 news articles »

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Syria's Army Claims It Controls Rebel Area Of Homs, Opposition Fighters Deny - Huffington Post Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:02:27 GMT

Syria's Army Claims It Controls Rebel Area Of Homs, Opposition Fighters Deny Huffington Post Syrian refugees arrive to a makeshift camp in the northern city of Idlib, in Syria, on June 13 2011. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images) <em><strong>CORRECTION:</strong> An earlier version of this caption placed the city of Idlib in Turkey. Idlib is in Syria.

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Eddie Izzard Meets Syria's Child Refugees - Sky News Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:30:18 GMT

Eddie Izzard Meets Syria's Child Refugees Sky News But it's here, in the searing summer heat, that seven-year-old Nisreen from Syria has been forced to seek refuge. Like millions of other Syrian children, Nisreen has lost everything she ever knew. With bombings in her region and a breakdown of security ... Izzard appeal for children of SyriaBelfast Telegraph Eddie Izzard speaks out for Syria's 'lost generation' of childrenMetro 'Syria's children are at risk of becoming a lost generation' says Eddie IzzardExpress.co.uk all 7 news articles »

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A sign of peace rises on the edge of Syria - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:43:18 GMT

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A sign of peace rises on the edge of Syria Christian Science Monitor The Syrian civil war has killed close to 100,000 people in the past two years, as an increasingly violent rebel movement seeks to overthrow the heavily armed Assad regime that has ruled for four decades. While the war is not directed at Israel, there ... Israel, Syria and rebels wait with guns drawnYnetnews all 18 news articles »