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Security Council Returns To Role in Syria Conflict - New York Times Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:53:38 GMT

New York Times

Security Council Returns To Role in Syria Conflict New York Times Thrust back into a central role in resolving the Syrian conflict, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council met on Tuesday to negotiate a draft resolution that would hold Syria to its pledge of identifying all chemical weapons ... Envoys seek Syria UN resolution as France, Russia squabbleReuters Syria crisis: UN powers discuss Council resolutionBBC News UN powers clash over Syria chemical crisisAljazeera.com Washington Post -USA TODAY -NBCNews.com (blog) all 3,427 news articles »

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Bickering over US-Russia deal focuses on possible punishment for Syria - CNN International Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:48:40 GMT

Bickering over US-Russia deal focuses on possible punishment for Syria CNN International (CNN) -- Days after Russia and the United States reached a deal on getting Syria to give up its chemical weapons, world powers are quarreling over the details. The agreement, reached by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State ...

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US and Allies Push for Strong UN Measure on Syria's Arms - New York Times Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:21:34 GMT

US and Allies Push for Strong UN Measure on Syria's Arms New York Times PARIS — Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of France and Britain said on Monday that they would not tolerate delays in dismantling Syria's chemical weapons and would press ahead with a strong resolution in the United Nations ...

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Syria says Western powers are forestalling peace talks - Reuters Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:39:05 GMT

Haaretz

Syria says Western powers are forestalling peace talks Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria accused Western powers on Tuesday of trying to wreck prospects for a negotiated settlement to the country's 2-1/2-year conflict by imposing preconditions on the peace process and supporting rebel fighters. The comments ... Syria War Polarizes West Bank PalestiniansAl-Monitor all 6 news articles »

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Embattled Syria Expert Was Never in Ph.D. Program - Daily Beast Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:03:47 GMT

Daily Beast

Embattled Syria Expert Was Never in Ph.D. Program Daily Beast Elizabeth O'Bagy, the Syria researcher at the center of a week-long controversy surrounding her academic credentials and her work with the Syrian opposition, admitted for the first time to The Daily Beast she was never enrolled in a Ph.D. program ... and more »

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US, allies vague on whether Syria resolution will include threat of force - Fox News Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:15:06 GMT

US, allies vague on whether Syria resolution will include threat of force Fox News Secretary of State John Kerry and his British and French counterparts would not say Monday whether a new U.N. resolution on Syria will threaten military force should the Assad regime not comply with a deal to turn over its chemical weapons, despite an ...

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Syria crisis: France and Russia admit attack differences - BBC News Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:09:28 GMT

BBC News

Syria crisis: France and Russia admit attack differences BBC News Russia and France's foreign ministers have disagreed over who is to blame for the chemical weapons attack in Syria. After talks in Moscow, France's Laurent Fabius said the UN's report into the August incident left no doubt that the Syrian government ...

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Forensic Details in UN Report Point to Assad's Use of Gas - New York Times Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:57:11 GMT

New York Times

Forensic Details in UN Report Point to Assad's Use of Gas New York Times A United Nations report released on Monday confirmed that a deadly chemical arms attack caused a mass killing in Syria last month and for the first time provided extensive forensic details of the weapons used, which strongly implicated the Syrian ...

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Amid Explosions and Clashes, Volatile Turkey-Syria Border Gets More Dangerous - TIME Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:47:20 GMT

Washington Post

Amid Explosions and Clashes, Volatile Turkey-Syria Border Gets More Dangerous TIME In late 2009, at the height of its detente with Syria, the Ankara government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted visa requirements for Syrian nationals and floated plans for future energy cooperation, investments, as well a free trade zone. Less then four ... Car bombing on Syria-Turkey border kills seven peopleWashington Post Syria crisis: deadly bomb blast hits Turkish border crossingThe Guardian Deadly blast hits near Syria-Turkey borderAljazeera.com The Hindu -euronews -Stuff.co.nz all 192 news articles »

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Turkish warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter - Reuters Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:11:44 GMT

Turkish warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter Reuters Turkey scrambled two F-16 jets along the border between its southern Hatay province and Syria after warning the Mi-17 helicopter it was approaching Turkish airspace shortly before 2:30 p.m. (1130 GMT), the military said in a statement. Syria called the ...