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Pressed on Syria, Hezbollah Leader Urges Focus on Israel - New York Times Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:35:12 GMT

The Daily Star
Pressed on Syria, Hezbollah Leader Urges Focus on Israel
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In a rare public appearance on Friday, Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, urged Arabs and Muslims to stay focused on opposing Israel despite bitter disagreements over the Syrian war, and declared that his Shiite followers would ...
Hezbollah, Hamas agree to disagree on SyriaThe Daily Star

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Tents, garages, shops: Syria refugees hide in Lebanon shadows - Reuters Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:12:22 GMT

Irish Independent
Tents, garages, shops: Syria refugees hide in Lebanon shadows
Reuters
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Atop a mountain lined with olive and cypress trees overlooking the Lebanese city of Tripoli, a disused shopping center houses nearly 1,000 refugees who have fled Syria's civil war. In the space of a few months the once ...
Dominic MacSorley: The Human Consequences of War in SyriaIrish Independent
Young Syria Refugee: 'I Waited with Blood-Soaked Clothes'Christian Broadcasting Network
Syrian Refugee Crisis Stretching Aid Effort to Its Limits, Say Aid AgenciesCrossmap

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UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria - CBS News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:01:53 GMT

Voice of America
UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria
CBS News
BEIRUT United Nations experts are investigating allegations that rebels killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in a village near Aleppo after they captured it from government troops, an incident that could amount to a war crime, the world body's human rights ...
UN: Syrian Rebels Suspected of War CrimesVoice of America
UN rights chief calls for investigation into Syria massacreReuters
Briefing: EU ends arms embargo on Syria. What does that mean for rebels?Christian Science Monitor
UN News Centre -Los Angeles Times
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Massive weapons depot blast in Syria kills 40; Assad visits troops outside capital - Washington Post Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:40:46 GMT

BBC News
Massive weapons depot blast in Syria kills 40; Assad visits troops outside capital
Washington Post
DAMASCUS, Syria — Rebels sent a wave of rockets slamming into regime strongholds in the central city of Homs on Thursday, triggering a succession of massive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens, ...
Rebels Strike Syria Arms Depot, Dozens DieWall Street Journal
Syria's Assad Predicts War Victory for His Forces Despite Rebel Attack on HomsPBS NewsHour
Syria conflict: Assad says he is 'sure of victory'BBC News
Aljazeera.com -Los Angeles Times
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A City Family's Life in Wartime Syria - New Yorker (blog) Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:57:59 GMT

New Yorker (blog)
A City Family's Life in Wartime Syria
New Yorker (blog)
It was a little after 11:30 P.M. when the first heart-piercing screech of incoming artillery crashed near the home where I was staying in the rebel-held city of Saraqeb, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, in May. It was quickly followed by a ...

Who controls what in Syria since the fall of Qusair? - BBC News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:51:08 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 ...

Return to Qusayr, shattered symbol of Syria at war - Fox News Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:02:52 GMT

Return to Qusayr, shattered symbol of Syria at war
Fox News
QUSAYR, Syria (AFP) – On the central reservation down the main road in the former rebel bastion of Qusayr in central Syria, three men are clearing weeds, planting palm trees and pruning oleander bushes. Behind them, a blue metal sign with white ...

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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.
Activists: Rebel infighting in Syria between Kurds, al-Qaida-linked rebels ...Fox News
Kurds, Islamists clash in north SyriaThe Daily Star
Syria's war within a warAsia Times Online
The National -Ahram Online -Xinhua
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Syrian Conflict in Stalemate, Both Sides Wage 'Image War' to Keep Up Morale - PBS NewsHour Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:06:13 GMT

Syrian Conflict in Stalemate, Both Sides Wage 'Image War' to Keep Up Morale
PBS NewsHour
In Syria, the Assad regime has made major gains in the central part of the country while rebel forces remain strong in the north and south. Margaret Warner talks to NPR's Deborah Amos about how both sides are appealing to their bases with imagery, the ...

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Syria: UN officials urge humanitarian access to thousands trapped by intense ... - UN News Centre Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:31:06 GMT

UN News Centre
Syria: UN officials urge humanitarian access to thousands trapped by intense ...
UN News Centre
2 August 2013 – Frustrated by the dire plight through of civilians in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian chief today reiterated her call for an end to the fighting, access for aid workers, and respect for international human rights and humanitarian ...

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