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UN chemical weapons experts postpone trip to Syria - CBS News Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:01:35 GMT

UN chemical weapons experts postpone trip to Syria
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The U.N. inspection team has been ready to go into Syria since April to try and verify claims that a chemical agent -- reportedly Sarin gas -- was used in the Khan Assal attack, but reaching the agreement with the Syrian government over logistics on ...

Fighting intensifies in northern Syria - Aljazeera.com Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:54:21 GMT

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Fighting intensifies in northern Syria
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Rebels and Syrian government forces have clashed in the country's Idlib province, as fighting intensified in northern areas of the country. Government jets on Sunday pounded the town of Binesh in Idlib, while rebels shelled a government checkpoint in ...
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battleUSA TODAY
Syria rivals engage in propaganda warfareThe Daily Star
Deadly airstrikes target rebel townFRANCE 24
Haaretz -The National -PolicyMic
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Syria refugees swell Christian community in Turkey - BBC News Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:30:27 GMT

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Syria refugees swell Christian community in Turkey
BBC News
Syria's Christians belong to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, but chased away by the threat of violence some are heading for neighbouring Turkey, where they have been greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Driven by a deep and ...
Caught in the middle: Christians suffer amid Syria's civil warNBCNews.com (blog)
Smugglers drag Turkey into Syria's civil warThe National
Street Fighting in SyriaWSB Radio

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Syrian Rebels on the Offensive in Eastern City - ABC News Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:09:10 GMT

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Syrian Rebels on the Offensive in Eastern City
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Rebels have been on the offensive in northern Syria where they captured the town of Khan al-Assal last month. Last week, opposition fighters captured 11 villages in the regime stronghold of Latakia province along the Mediterranean coast, a symbolic ...

Gunmen shoot Lebanese mayor as Syria war ignites local rivalries - Chicago Tribune Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:11:16 GMT

Gunmen shoot Lebanese mayor as Syria war ignites local rivalries
Chicago Tribune
The attack near the border with Syria highlights how the civil war there has worsened enmity between Lebanese Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim militias that support opposing sides of the two-year-old conflict. Mayor Ali Hujeiri, a Sunni from the town of Arsal ...

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Iraqi Kurd leader Massoud Barzani issues Syria warning - BBC News Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:22:36 GMT

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Iraqi Kurd leader Massoud Barzani issues Syria warning
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More than 100,000 people have been killed in the 28-month conflict in Syria, with a further 1.7 million Syrians forced to seek shelter in neighbouring countries, according to UN estimates. 'All capabilities'. Syrian Kurdish militia have been engaged in ...
Militants kidnap 13 more Kurds in SyriaPress TV
Syria rebels pass on 13 kidnapped Kurds to jihadists: NGOThe Daily Star
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to defend Kurds in SyriaYahoo! News
Rudaw -Aljazeera.com -RT (blog)
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Revealed: What the West has given Syria's rebels - The Independent Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:52:00 GMT

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Revealed: What the West has given Syria's rebels
The Independent
The holy month of Ramadan is over and both sides in Syria's civil war are preparing for a new round of attrition. Now, documents obtained by The Independent and extensive talks on the ground have revealed the level of equipment sent by the West to ...

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Journalists in Syria Face Dangers of War and Rising Risk of Abduction - New York Times (blog) Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:30:16 GMT

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Journalists in Syria Face Dangers of War and Rising Risk of Abduction
New York Times (blog)
Abductions of journalists inside Syria have increased sharply this year as the ravages of the conflict have worsened and the insurgency has turned more jihadist and chaotic, making the country one of the most hostile conflict zones for news gatherers ...

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Saudi Arabia Steps Up Efforts To Oust Syria's Assad - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:12:49 GMT

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Saudi Arabia Steps Up Efforts To Oust Syria's Assad
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The Kremlin has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud discussed a grand bargain on Syria in "detail." Tweet · Follow @RFERL ...
The Failed Saudi-Russian Talks: Desperate Diplomacy as Syria ImplodesYahoo! News
Russia's Unchanging Course on SyriaAl-Monitor
Kremlin says no deal reached with Saudi on changing Syria stanceReuters
The National Interest Online -RT (blog) -The Market Oracle
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Deaths reported in raids in Syria's Latakia - Aljazeera.com Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:46:17 GMT

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Deaths reported in raids in Syria's Latakia
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Air strikes by the Syrian military have killed at least 30 people in the northwestern province of Latakia overnight, and the northern city of Raqa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The attacks are seen as an effort by President ...