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Amid rare unity, UN Security Council mulls action on Syria aid - Reuters Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:15:49 GMT

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Amid rare unity, UN Security Council mulls action on Syria aid
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After adopting a hard-fought, Russian-backed resolution to rid Syria of chemical weapons, the U.N. Security Council is now turning its attention to the country's dire humanitarian crisis, putting to the test its fragile ...
UN considers cross-border Syria aidSBS

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UN inspectors prepare to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons cache - The Guardian Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:20:03 GMT

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UN inspectors prepare to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons cache
The Guardian
A 20-strong international team of engineers, chemists and paramedics leave the Netherlands for Syria on Monday to embark on the most hazardous mission in the history of disarmament: to dismantle one of the world's biggest chemical weapons arsenals, ...
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Outline Syria PlanABC News
Syria's Bashar Assad vows to complyPolitico
Syria's Assad says he will abide by UN agreementNBCNews.com (blog)
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Students reported killed in Syria air attack - Aljazeera.com Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:32:25 GMT

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Students reported killed in Syria air attack
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At least 12 people, most of them students, have been killed in an air attack that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa, opposition activists say. Graphic amateur video said to be filmed on Sunday in Raqqa, in northeastern Syria ...
At least 10 students killed in Syrian jet fighter attack, opposition activists sayCNN International
Syria air strike kills 16 in high schoolSydney Morning Herald
Air strike kills 16 in Syria high schoolSBS
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Syria: the strategy has backfired - The Guardian Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:28:55 GMT

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Syria: the strategy has backfired
The Guardian
What a curious turn of events: from the very brink of a military intervention in Syria that might have precipitated a wider regional conflagration, we have moved to one of those rare "points of inflection" over Iran which seems fecund with potential ...


UN probes new alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria - BBC News Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:54:21 GMT

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UN probes new alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria
BBC News
UN inspectors are investigating seven alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria - three of which happened after the 21 August Damascus incident that led to threats of US military action. Little is known about the latest three alleged attacks, which the ...


UN Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms - Reuters Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:00:48 GMT

UN Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons but does not threaten automatic punitive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government if it ...


Syria govt 'ready to go to Geneva for dialogue, not to hand over power to ... - RT Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:57:33 GMT

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Syria govt 'ready to go to Geneva for dialogue, not to hand over power to ...
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The Syrian government is ready for peace talks with the opposition, but the legitimacy of President Assad “isn't up for discussion,” Syrian FM Walid Muallem said. It comes as the Syrian opposition remains undecided on who will represent them at Geneva.
Syria will respect UN accord on chemical weapons, says AssadIrish Times
Syria's foreign minister says Assad stays despite UN threatsDeutsche Welle
Syria's crisis could end within weeks if halting support to rebels: FMXinhua

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Swift Movement Is Seen on Syria After UN Action - New York Times Sat, 28 Sep 2013 01:40:24 GMT

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Swift Movement Is Seen on Syria After UN Action
New York Times
The diplomatic drive to purge Syria of its chemical weapons accelerated Friday, as the full 15-member United Nations Security Council approved a breakthrough resolution to ensure Syrian compliance, and the organization responsible for carrying out the ...


Syrian refugees blame Hezbollah, Syria's main allies for their plight - Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:45:05 GMT

Syrian refugees blame Hezbollah, Syria's main allies for their plight
Jerusalem Post
ON THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER – Syrian refugees, who have gone to great lengths to escape President Bashar Assad's bombing campaign, attribute a large part of the violence in their country to the regime's allies. In interviews at refugee camps on the ...

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Syria Chemical Weapons: UN Resolution Passed - Sky News Sun, 29 Sep 2013 06:52:11 GMT

Syria Chemical Weapons: UN Resolution Passed
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A "historic" resolution to destroy Syria's chemical weapons has been passed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council. All 15 members of the council voted in favour of the resolution, which was widely seen as a compromise between the US and ...