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Donors Offer $2.4 Billion to Aid Syrian Civilians, but UN Says More Is Needed - New York Times Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:45:46 GMT

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Donors Offer $2.4 Billion to Aid Syrian Civilians, but UN Says More Is Needed New York Times KUWAIT — Western nations, Arab states and others pledged more than $2.4 billion on Wednesday to help civilians who are suffering because of the civil war in Syria. The pledges came as Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, told a donors ... Syria conflict: Half population urgently need aid - UNBBC News Western, Arab states pledge $2.4 billion in Syria aidReuters Donors Pledge at Least $2.4 Billion for Syria War VictimsWall Street Journal Aljazeera.com -NPR -CNN all 819 news articles »

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Flow of Westerners to Syria Prompts Security Concerns - New York Times Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:18:26 GMT

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Flow of Westerners to Syria Prompts Security Concerns New York Times FRANKFURT — A week before international peace talks on Syria are to begin in Switzerland, Western leaders and intelligence officials are reacting with alarm to what they say are the rising numbers of young people leaving Europe and the United States ... Syria says West talks to Damascus about Islamist rebelsBBC News UN Chief Urges Syrian Opposition to Join TalksABC News Iran Moves to Assert Clout on SyriaWall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor -The Guardian all 482 news articles »

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Wounded Syrians pour into Turkey after bombing - CNN International Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:08:10 GMT

Press TV

Wounded Syrians pour into Turkey after bombing CNN International Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Wounded Syrians streamed across the Turkish border seeking first aid Wednesday after a car bombing in a border town that's become a battleground in the fight between Syrian rebel factions. The blast in the Syrian town of ... Car bomb kills at least 10 in northern SyriaThe Seattle Times Car bomb kills 26 in Syria's Aleppo, NGO saysPress TV all 16 news articles »

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Canadian fighting with al-Qaeda-linked rebels killed in Syria - CBC.ca Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:32:05 GMT

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Canadian fighting with al-Qaeda-linked rebels killed in Syria CBC.ca Mustafa al-Gharib, a 22-year-old Canadian-born Muslim convert who left Calgary for Syria in November 2012, has been killed by Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces during rebel infighting, CBC News has confirmed. According to sources in Syria and Canada, ... Canadian killed in Syria: Calgary man, 22, joined fight after converting to IslamNational Post Syria: Canadian fighter's death underscores security challengesToronto Star Calgary man Damian Clairmont reportedly killed fighting in SyriaGlobalnews.ca CTV News -The Globe and Mail -Calgary Herald all 53 news articles »

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Syria conflict: UK pledges extra £100m - BBC News Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:35:54 GMT

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Syria conflict: UK pledges extra £100m BBC News The UK has pledged an extra £100m to tackle the plight of millions of Syrians affected by civil war. International Development Secretary Justine Greening made the commitment to the UN's latest crisis appeal at an international "pledging conference for ...

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Syria Says It Held Talks With Western Spies About Jihadis - New York Times Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:18:26 GMT

Syria Says It Held Talks With Western Spies About Jihadis New York Times LONDON — As Western countries display increasing alarm at the strength of multinational Islamist extremists among rebels in Syria opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian official was quoted on Wednesday as saying Western intelligence agencies ...

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Cash pledges roll in at Syria aid summit - Aljazeera.com Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:31:02 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Cash pledges roll in at Syria aid summit Aljazeera.com The second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria had gathered almost $2.4bn by mid-day as the UN sought to raise an unprecedented $6.5bn, the largest ever in the organisation's history for a single humanitarian emergency. "Half of ...

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Syria conflict: Opposition 'risking US-UK support' - BBC News Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:16:33 GMT

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Syria conflict: Opposition 'risking US-UK support' BBC News Britain and the US have warned they will rethink support for Syria's main opposition group if it fails to join peace talks, a Syrian source has said. The official from the Syrian National Coalition told reporters that the UK and the US were adamant the ... US Pledges Additional $380m for Syria War VictimsABC News Western, Arab states pledge $1.4 billion to UN aid efforts in SyriaIrish Times Syria, Geneva and the Peace ProcessPravda Ahram Online -Aljazeera.com all 980 news articles »

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Syria: Intractable dilemmas for everyone - Al Jazeera America Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:53:04 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Syria: Intractable dilemmas for everyone Al Jazeera America French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, center, speaks to the media while Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, left, Syrian National Coalition Chief Ahmed al-Jarba, second right, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right ... and more »

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Car bomb blamed on al Qaeda kills 26 in north Syrian town - Reuters Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:27:19 GMT

NDTV

Car bomb blamed on al Qaeda kills 26 in north Syrian town Reuters Rebels hold large swaths of territory in northern and eastern Syria but their infighting has put those gains at risk - Assad clawed back some territory east of Aleppo, Syria's second city, earlier this week. BELGIAN FIGHTER KILLED IN SYRIA. Elsewhere ... To achieve peace in Syria, better start in Aleppo not GenevaAljazeera.com Al Qaeda Infighting Kills 700Daily Beast Car bomb kills 26 in north Syria, mostly rebels: reportNDTV National Review Online (blog) -Reason (blog) all 92 news articles »