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Russia Says Study Suggests Syria Rebels Used Sarin - New York Times (blog) Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:22:25 GMT

BBC News

Russia Says Study Suggests Syria Rebels Used Sarin New York Times (blog) Russia said Tuesday that its scientific analysis of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria on March 19 showed it probably had been carried out by insurgents using sarin nerve gas of “cottage industry” quality delivered by a crudely made missile. Russia: Syria rebels likely behind Aleppo chemical attackReuters Russia claims Syria rebels used sarin at Khan al-AssalBBC News Syria rebels made own sarin gas, says RussiaAljazeera.com RT (blog) -Press TV all 100 news articles »

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Syria naval base blast points to Israeli raid - Reuters Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:20:07 GMT

Business Insider

Syria naval base blast points to Israeli raid Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Foreign forces destroyed advanced Russian anti-ship missiles in Syria last week, rebels said on Tuesday - a disclosure that appeared to point to an Israeli raid. Qassem Saadeddine, spokesman for the Free Syrian Army's Supreme ... REUTERS/Baz RatnerBusiness Insider Did Israel strike in Syria again?Long War Journal Israeli Sentenced for Joining Rebels in SyriaABC News CHANNELS -Ahram Online -Algemeiner all 34 news articles »

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Syria's ruling party shakes up leadership - Aljazeera.com Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:50:56 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria's ruling party shakes up leadership Aljazeera.com Syria's ruling Baath party, headed by the country's embattled President Bashar al-Assad, has announced that its top leadership would be replaced, including Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa. The party's central committee "held a lengthy meeting ... on ... Senior senator questions White House secrecy on SyriaReuters UN Chief Urges Syria Truce for RamadanVoice of America Syria opposition government head Ghassan Hitto resignsBBC News Fox News -McClatchy Washington Bureau all 211 news articles »

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Analysis: Confident Assad sees Syria tide turning - Reuters Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:17:30 GMT

Analysis: Confident Assad sees Syria tide turning Reuters From teenage protest in the southern city of Deraa, Syria's uprising against four decades of Assad family rule escalated into nationwide demonstrations, armed insurrection and finally an increasingly sectarian civil war drawing in regional powers ...

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Lebanon car bomb renews fears of spillover violence from Syria - Los Angeles Times Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:15:25 GMT

Haaretz

Lebanon car bomb renews fears of spillover violence from Syria Los Angeles Times No one took responsibility for the strike, but suspicions immediately fell on Sunni militants enraged at Hezbollah's decision to intervene in the Syrian civil war on the side of President Bashar Assad. Mostly Sunni rebels are fighting to oust Assad's ... Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut as Syria's war spills into LebanonGlobe and Mail Tensions in Syria and Egypt are flaring, but Israel's responses are limitedHaaretz Lebanon: Car bombing in Hezbollah stronghold seen as spillover of Syria ...GlobalPost Scotsman -Ynetnews all 205 news articles »

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Russia says Syrian rebels used nerve gas - USA TODAY Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:04:43 GMT

Russia says Syrian rebels used nerve gas USA TODAY Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Russian experts determined that Syrian rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly attack outside Aleppo in March. International analysts say a chemical weapon attack occurred March 19 in the ...

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Europe's New 'Time Bomb' Is Ticking in Syria - by Colum Lynch - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:45:09 GMT

Europe's New 'Time Bomb' Is Ticking in Syria - by Colum Lynch Foreign Policy (blog) They come from the suburbs of Paris, from the East End of London, from the cities along Germany's Fulda River, and even from the small towns of Ireland: a small army of up to 1,000 European irregulars joining the Syrian civil war to help rebels topple ...

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Iraqis Mourn Shiite Fighter Killed in Syria - ABC News Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:40:02 GMT

Montreal Gazette

Iraqis Mourn Shiite Fighter Killed in Syria ABC News Hundreds in Baghdad mourned on Tuesday a Shiite fighter killed in Syria, one of an unknown number of Iraqis who went to fight in the neighboring country for what they consider a religious duty to protect Shiite shrines. The Syrian conflict began with ... Hundreds of Iraqis mourn in capital Baghdad Shiite fighter killed in SyriaFox News all 3 news articles »

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Syria's War (The Official Version) Plays Out On TV - NPR Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:09:56 GMT

NPR

Syria's War (The Official Version) Plays Out On TV NPR Over the past decade, productions of Syrian TV series have become popular across the Arab world, becoming a multimillion-dollar business. Most of the shows have focused on the glorious past. One of the most popular, Bab al-Hara, or Gate of the ... and more »

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Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas - CBS News Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:48:12 GMT

Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas CBS News On Monday Syria invited Ake Sellstrom, head of the U.N. fact-finding mission on allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria, and U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane to visit Damascus for foreign-minister level talks on conducting a probe of the Khan ...