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France expects UN council to agree on Syria arms measure - Reuters Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:03:44 GMT

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France expects UN council to agree on Syria arms measure
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS/SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Monday he expects the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce the chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to back off French calls for the measure to ...
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A New US Player, Put on World Stage by Syria - New York Times Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:28:36 GMT

New York Times

A New US Player, Put on World Stage by Syria
New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — Nearly a year before the world woke up to images of Syrians dying in a large-scale chemical weapons attack, Samantha Power was quietly pushing President Obama for a military strike to stop what she calls the “grotesque tactics” of ...
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Syria U-Turn Sends Troubling Message of American WeaknessJewish Daily Forward

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France Sets Conditions for Including Iran, an Assad Ally, in Syria Peace Talks - New York Times Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:50:12 GMT

Voice of America

France Sets Conditions for Including Iran, an Assad Ally, in Syria Peace Talks
New York Times
In a softening of the Western stance on Iran, France's foreign minister said on Monday that Iran could be included, under certain conditions, in a Geneva conference that would seek to negotiate an end to Syria's bloody civil war.
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Putin says Syria violence could hit ex-Soviet bloc - Reuters Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:05:59 GMT

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Putin says Syria violence could hit ex-Soviet bloc
Reuters
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned ex-Soviet allies on Monday that Islamist militancy fuelling the war in Syria could reach their countries, some of which have Muslim majorities. He said Russia and its allies would ...
CSTO Calls For 'Stability' In SyriaRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Moscow urges military allies CSTO to support Syria settlementRT
Foreign military intervention in Syria a form of aggression: PutinPress TV
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Hezbollah denies receiving chemical weapons from Syria - Reuters Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:13:00 GMT

Press TV

Hezbollah denies receiving chemical weapons from Syria
Reuters
Syria has agreed to give up its chemical weapons under a plan agreed by the United States and Russia after Western powers blamed Assad's government for a chemical attack that killed hundreds of people in a Damascus suburb last month.
Nasrallah Warns Turkey, Gulf on SyriaAl-Monitor
Nasrallah denies Hezbollah receiving chemical weapons from SyriaPress TV
Hezbollah leader denies receiving chemical weapons from SyriaAl-Arabiya
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Tunisia's Marzouki wants Iran to help stop Syria's 'nightmare' - Reuters Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:02:20 GMT

Washington Post

Tunisia's Marzouki wants Iran to help stop Syria's 'nightmare'
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Monday urged Iran to help broker a political solution to the devastating civil war in Syria that has killed more than 100,000 people. "We have to stop this; this is the main problem: find and ...
Tunisia Leader Urges Iran to Push Peace in SyriaABC News

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Syria: Bashar al-Assad's forces kill at least 15 in Sunni Muslim village - The Guardian Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:21:16 GMT

The Guardian

Syria: Bashar al-Assad's forces kill at least 15 in Sunni Muslim village
The Guardian
The British-based group, which monitors violence in Syria through a network of activists and medical and security sources, said the killings followed attacks by rebels on military checkpoints in the area over the previous two days. It said 26 people ...

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Spanish journalist abducted in Syria: newspaper - Fox News Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:57:36 GMT

Spanish journalist abducted in Syria: newspaper
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MADRID (AFP) – A special correspondent in Syria for the Spanish newspaper El Periodico has been kidnapped in the war-torn country, the paper announced late Monday in its online edition. "Journalist Marc Marginedas abducted in Syria", the headline said, ...

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Syria's Assad slams Western powers on UN draft resolution: China state TV - Reuters Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:22:08 GMT

Syria's Assad slams Western powers on UN draft resolution: China state TV
Reuters
Assad, who was interviewed by China's state television CCTV in Damascus, the Syrian capital, said he was not concerned about the draft resolution and that China and Russia would "ensure any excuse for military action against Syria will not stand." An ...


Syria's Assad criticises US threat of strikes: China TV - Reuters Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:03:55 GMT

Syria's Assad criticises US threat of strikes: China TV
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding "excuses for war", China's state television said on Monday. U.S. President Barack ...