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UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria - CBS News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:04:48 GMT

UN News Centre

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 ...
Syria rebels seize ammo depotFox News
UN rights chief calls for investigation into Syria massacreJerusalem Post
Syrian rebels seize anti-tank missiles in raid on army baseReuters
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Syria strikes refugee camp in northern Lebanon, state media says - CNN International Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:18:16 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Syria strikes refugee camp in northern Lebanon, state media says
CNN International
Beirut (CNN) -- Syria carried out an airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Lebanon Saturday, killing nine Syrians and wounding nine more, a Lebanese state-run news agency reported. The strike centered on a Syrian refugee camp located near the Syrian ...
International concern rises as Syria's neighbors limit refugee flowLos Angeles Times
Fleeing Syria, Palestinians find little support from their brethren in LebanonChristian Science Monitor
Syrian conflict: Many dead in Lebanon border air strikeBBC News
gulfnews.com -Reuters -Huffington Post
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Lebanese-Swedish brothers killed in Syria - Fox News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:03:39 GMT

Lebanese-Swedish brothers killed in Syria
Fox News
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) – Two Islamist Lebanese-Swedish brothers who left their Scandinavian home for Lebanon, have died fighting alongside Syrian rebels, their cousin and a local cleric said on Saturday. Hassan and Moatasem Deeb "were killed Friday ...

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Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest - Fox News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:58:05 GMT

Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest
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BEIRUT (AFP) – Syria's main opposition group called Saturday for the immediate release of an Italian Jesuit priest who went to negotiate with jihadists and who is feared to have been taken prisoner. The National Coalition said it "expresses its deep ...
Syrian opposition urges release of Catholic priestYahoo! News
Jesuit Priest Kidnapped by Rebel Forces Linked to al-Qaeda in Syria?Christian Post

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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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Assad's Desperate Instagram - Daily Beast Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:47:32 GMT

Daily Beast

Assad's Desperate Instagram
Daily Beast
Unlike the Facebook page for “The People of Syria Support President Bashar al-Assad,” which has only 2,800-plus “likes,” this presidential site, which launched in July, has almost 30,000 followers. Not bad for two months. (However, the opposition “The ...


Reports: Deadly explosions hit Syria's Homs - Aljazeera.com Sat, 03 Aug 2013 04:27:18 GMT

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Reports: Deadly explosions hit Syria's Homs
Aljazeera.com
Forty people have been killed and at least 160 more wounded in explosions at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs, according to an activist group opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. The blast occurred in the southeastern district of ...
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
Massive weapons depot blast in Syria kills 40; Assad visits troops outside capitalWashington Post
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UN warns of plight of women, children in Syria's Homs - Fox News Sat, 03 Aug 2013 07:06:40 GMT

Press TV

UN warns of plight of women, children in Syria's Homs
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BEIRUT (AFP) – The UN sounded the alarm on Saturday about the plight of women and children in Syria's Homs, urging all parties in the conflict to enable access to some 400,000 trapped civilians. "The situation of women and children in the Syrian city ...
UN officials urge safe humanitarian access to civilians in SyriaPress TV
Syria: UN officials urge humanitarian access to thousands trapped by intense ...UN News Centre

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Syrian Christian towns emptied by sectarian violence - Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 03 Aug 2013 20:51:25 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Syrian Christian towns emptied by sectarian violence
Telegraph.co.uk
Hasakah and other towns in northeastern Syria have long been one of the main population centres for Christians, who make up approximately 10 per cent of the country's population. Residents estimate that at least a third of Christians in northeastern ...

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Syria's UN Ambassador blasts Saudi Arabia, radical Islamists at Dearborn event - Detroit Free Press Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:15:14 GMT

Syria's UN Ambassador blasts Saudi Arabia, radical Islamists at Dearborn event
Detroit Free Press
Called "Iftar for Peace and Unity in Syria," the event was designed to promote the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and unity among Syria's different groups. The crowd at the Greenfield Manor in Dearborn was largely Syrian Christian ...

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