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Kurdish Struggle Blurs Syria's Battle Lines - New York Times Fri, 02 Aug 2013 00:45:00 GMT

New York Times

Kurdish Struggle Blurs Syria's Battle Lines New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Street names in Syria's far northeastern corner have been changed from Arabic to Kurdish, schools openly teach the Kurdish language, and the country's most powerful Kurdish militia flies its flag from checkpoints on main roads. Syria militants take 200 Kurds hostagePress TV Jihadist hold 200 Syria Kurds hostage: NGOFox News Car bomb kills Kurdish politician in northern SyriaBBC News Al-Monitor -Al-Arabiya all 88 news articles »

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Report: Ammunition depot explosion kills at least 40 in Syria - CNN Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:51:02 GMT

The Guardian

Report: Ammunition depot explosion kills at least 40 in Syria CNN Meanwhile, United Nations inspectors in the Netherlands are preparing to travel to Syria to investigate three reports of chemical weapons use, a U.N. spokesman said Thursday. "The team is now assembling (at) The Hague and will be ready to depart once ... UN team heads to Syria to inspect sites of alleged chemical weapon attacksThe Guardian UN Team in Syria Is Set to Investigate Accusations of Chemical AttacksNew York Times UN to visit Syria 'chemical attacks' sitesAljazeera.com Washington Post -Reuters -GlobalPost all 75 news articles »

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Syria's Assad says he certain to defeat rebels - Reuters Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:58:55 GMT

Yahoo! News

Syria's Assad says he certain to defeat rebels Reuters "If we were not sure that we were going to win in Syria, we would not have the ability to resist and the ability to continue fighting for more than two years against the enemy," Assad was quoted as saying by state news agency SANA. Insurgents have ... Huge explosion rattles Syrian city of Homs, while Assad vows army will win warFox News Rebels Strike Syria Arms Depot, Dozens DieWall Street Journal In Syria, Assad praises troops as blast rocks HomsWashington Post Aljazeera.com -Yahoo! News all 334 news articles »

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Some Syria Missiles Eluded Israeli Strike, Officials Say - New York Times (blog) Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:11:10 GMT

Haaretz

Some Syria Missiles Eluded Israeli Strike, Officials Say New York Times (blog) WASHINGTON — American intelligence analysts have concluded that a recent Israeli airstrike on a warehouse in Syria did not succeed in destroying all of the Russian-made antiship cruise missiles that were its target, American officials said on ... Analysis || US unlikely to sanction another Israeli strike on SyriaHaaretz Syria Moved Missiles Before Israeli StrikeThe Jewish Press Report: Further Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Weapons Cache LikelyAlgemeiner Tablet Magazine -World Tribune -Al-Bawaba all 20 news articles »

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EU lawmakers urged to back data list to track fighters to Syria - Reuters Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:42:46 GMT

EU lawmakers urged to back data list to track fighters to Syria Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Nine European Union nations urged the European Parliament on Thursday to set aside privacy concerns and back plans for an EU-wide passenger data list aimed at thwarting suspected militants travelling from Europe to fight in Syria. and more »

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Who controls what in Syria since the fall of Qusair? - BBC News Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:50:17 GMT

BBC News

Who controls what in Syria since the fall of Qusair? BBC News The conflict in Syria began as a series of major pro-reform demonstrations in key cities in early 2011. These protests - and the Assad government's reaction to them - became increasingly violent. The administration suffered a wave of military ...

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Assad's Instagram account filters out Syria's war - Christian Science Monitor Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:41:47 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Assad's Instagram account filters out Syria's war Christian Science Monitor The Syrian leader's recently launched account on the popular photo-sharing service paints a picture of Syria that manages "to erase most signs of a civil war which, according to the latest United Nations estimates, has now killed more than 100,000 ...

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The Reality Of Syria Beyond Assad's Instagram - ThinkProgress Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:15:03 GMT

ThinkProgress

The Reality Of Syria Beyond Assad's Instagram ThinkProgress The President of Syria has a new outlet for showing just how great everything in his country supposedly is, despite the ongoing civil war that the United Nations says has killed 100,000 of his citizens: Instagram. If you want to see how the three-year ...

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Syria conflict: Assad says he is 'sure of victory' - BBC News Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:04:47 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: Assad says he is 'sure of victory' BBC News Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is "sure of victory" over rebels fighting to topple him, in a message to the army. "If we in Syria were not sure of victory, we would not have had the will to... persevere in the face of more than two years ...

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Jordan says police seize large arms cache from Syria on border, arrest group ... - Fox News Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:46:03 GMT

Washington Post

Jordan says police seize large arms cache from Syria on border, arrest group ... Fox News Jordan has been concerned that al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria may use its territory as a haven as they escape attacks from the Syrian army. There is also concern that the militants may try to smuggle in weapons to use in attacks to destabilize the ... State TV: Jordan seizes 'large amount of weapons' near Syria borderAl-Arabiya all 3 news articles »