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Syria Meets First Test of Accord on Weapons - New York Times Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:27:57 GMT

New York Times

Syria Meets First Test of Accord on Weapons New York Times WASHINGTON — A senior Obama administration official said Friday that the United States was encouraged by the initial inventory that the Syrian government had submitted of its chemical weapons arsenal. Syria details part of chemical arsenal, more to comeReuters Syria submits 'initial disclosure' of chemical weaponsLos Angeles Times Syria 'submits chemical weapons data' to Hague watchdogBBC News The Economist -CNN all 544 news articles »

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Quick Turn of Fortunes as Diplomatic Options Open Up With Syria and Iran - New York Times Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:10:56 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

Quick Turn of Fortunes as Diplomatic Options Open Up With Syria and Iran New York Times WASHINGTON — Only two weeks after Washington and the nation were debating a unilateral military strike on Syria that was also intended as a forceful warning to Iran about its nuclear program, President Obama finds himself at the opening stages of two ... What did the Syria deal accomplish?Washington Post (blog) Shadow Government: Syria's Lessons for the Iran Nuclear TalksForeign Policy (blog) Syria (and Iran) on the mind: Watching the UN General AssemblyAl Jazeera America The Australian -Media Matters for America (blog) -Bloomberg all 1,145 news articles »

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Engel: How Syria's horrors could lead to the end of the civil war - NBCNews.com (blog) Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:06:06 GMT

The Guardian

Engel: How Syria's horrors could lead to the end of the civil war NBCNews.com (blog) A much anticipated U.N. weapons report out today has found "clear and convincing evidence" of a large scale sarin gas attack outside Damascus last month. The US claims the report shows that only the Assad regime has ability to carry out such an attack. Syria's war more complex than ever as both sides face internal divisionsThe Guardian Syria's solutions: Between a rock and a hard placeAljazeera.com Rebels Without a PlanDaily Beast all 12 news articles »

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Kerry Presses Security Council to Act on Syrian Arsenal - New York Times Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:13:16 GMT

New York Times

Kerry Presses Security Council to Act on Syrian Arsenal New York Times WASHINGTON — Putting down a marker before his coming trip to the United Nations, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that it was essential for the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution next week to eliminate Syria's chemical ...

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Kerry urges UN to act on Syria chemical arms - Aljazeera.com Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:05:39 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Kerry urges UN to act on Syria chemical arms Aljazeera.com The US has called for a binding UN resolution on Syria's chemical weapons next week, as a senior Syrian official said the country's conflict has reached a stalemate. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, said the "definitive" UN report had proved that ...

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Syrian government says war has reached stalemate - The Guardian Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:51:27 GMT

The Guardian

Syrian government says war has reached stalemate The Guardian The Syrian conflict has reached a stalemate and President Bashar al-Assad's government will call for a ceasefire at a long-delayed conference in Geneva on the state's future, the country's deputy prime minister has said in an interview with the Guardian. Syria minister: War is deadlockedAljazeera.com Syria crisis: Minister says civil war has reached stalemateBBC News Syria rebels dismiss Assad regime's call for ceasefire as effort to "confuse ...CBS News Haaretz -Huffington Post -Voice of America all 72 news articles »

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Syria's rebels: Lots of Islamists, but what does that mean? - Christian Science Monitor Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:59:40 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Syria's rebels: Lots of Islamists, but what does that mean? Christian Science Monitor "The BBC's Paul Wood, on the Syrian border with Turkey, says that under the ceasefire deal in Azaz the two rebel sides have agreed to exchange prisoners and hand back property," the BBC reports today. "It is unclear whether the ceasefire will have an ... Syria rebels agree Azaz ceasefireBBC News FSA brigade 'joins al-Qaeda group' in SyriaAljazeera.com Cease-fire called in Syria between Islamic group, US-backed rebelsMiamiHerald.com The Economist (blog) -ABC News -The Week Magazine all 225 news articles »

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America, Russia and Syria - The Economist Sat, 21 Sep 2013 01:04:31 GMT

New York Times

America, Russia and Syria The Economist LIKE a poolside daydream, Barack Obama's plan to get Congress to authorise the use of force in Syria, announced during the Labour Day holiday, did not survive two weeks back at work. Before a deal was struck on September 14th between John Kerry, the ... Russia Calls UN Chemical Report on Syria BiasedNew York Times Russia blasts UN report on Syria chemical weapons attack as "politicized ...CBS News Diplomacy, not war on Syria is a victory for the American publicThe Guardian Los Angeles Times -USA TODAY -Reuters all 4,692 news articles »

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Syria hands chemical dossier to watchdog - Aljazeera.com Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:01:24 GMT

Syria hands chemical dossier to watchdog Aljazeera.com Syria is believed to possess around 1,000 tonnes of chemical toxins, and has agreed to destroy them under a joint Russian-US proposal designed to avert a US strike on Syria. James Bays, Al Jazeera English's diplomatic editor, said the submission was ...

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Isis seizure of Syria's Azaz exposes rebel rifts - BBC News Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:58:28 GMT

BBC News

Isis seizure of Syria's Azaz exposes rebel rifts BBC News The Free Syrian Army is driven out of a town on the Turkish border. Several of their men are killed, perhaps as many as 100 captured. Inside the town, there are arrests of opposition activists and citizen-journalists. Members of the Sharia court are ...