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Syria main opposition to attend Geneva talks - Aljazeera.com Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:56:12 GMT

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Syria main opposition to attend Geneva talks
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"We are joing Geneva talks to rid Syria of this criminal [President Bashar al-Assad]," Ahmad Jarba, president of Syrian National Coalition said at a press conference after the ballot held on the outskirt of Turkish city of Istanbul. Al Jazeera's Anita ...
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Syria conflict: Government offers prisoner exchange - BBC News Sat, 18 Jan 2014 07:24:32 GMT

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Syria conflict: Government offers prisoner exchange
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Syria's foreign minister has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels. Speaking in Moscow, Walid Muallem also said he had presented a ceasefire plan for the second city Aleppo to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. The moves ...

Syria opposition votes to attend Geneva II peace talks - BBC News Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:06:07 GMT

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Syria opposition votes to attend Geneva II peace talks
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Syria's main political opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), has agreed to attend next week's so-called Geneva II peace talks, to be held in Montreux, Switzerland. US Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed the decision, taken at talks ...

In Syria, few conciliatory signs as peace talks loom - BBC News Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:45:23 GMT

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In Syria, few conciliatory signs as peace talks loom
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The government has struck a deal with the armed opposition there, the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The FSA is returning heavy weapons - such as tanks - which they captured from the government, and in turn are allowed to become a civil police governing the ...

Birmingham pair in court over Syria terror claims - BBC News Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:56:27 GMT

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Birmingham pair in court over Syria terror claims
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Two men have appeared in court in London charged with travelling to Syria to engage in terrorism. Yusuf Sawar and Mohammed Ahmed, both 21, from Handsworth, Birmingham, were arrested at Heathrow Airport on Monday after a flight from Istanbul, Turkey.
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Syria conflict: Damascus refugee camp receives aid for first time in months - The Guardian Sun, 19 Jan 2014 02:01:46 GMT

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Syria conflict: Damascus refugee camp receives aid for first time in months
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Food aid has entered the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria for the first time in four months, a Palestinian official and Syrian state media said on Saturday. The delivery of food comes after reports that dozens of people in the ...
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Syrian government submits plan for truce, prisoner swap - Los Angeles Times Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:12:50 GMT

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Syrian government submits plan for truce, prisoner swap
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On Friday, the Syrian government also said it was willing to step up efforts to bolster the delivery of humanitarian assistance, but blamed rebels for opening fire earlier this week on an aid convoy destined for needy civilians trapped in the besieged ...

Main Western-backed opposition group agrees to join Syria peace talks - NBCNews.com (blog) Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:29:05 GMT

Main Western-backed opposition group agrees to join Syria peace talks
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The Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed group battling to topple the government of Syria's Bashar Assad, on Saturday agreed to take part in peace talks in Switzerland next week. The group's legal committee approved participation in the ...

Syrian National Council agrees to peace talks in Switzerland - CBC.ca Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:11:46 GMT

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Syrian National Council agrees to peace talks in Switzerland
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The main, western-backed Syrian opposition group voted Saturday in favour of attending a coming peace conference aimed at ending the country's bloody civil war, paving the way for the first direct talks between the rival sides in the nearly three-year ...
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Explaining the Geneva II peace talks on Syria - Aljazeera.com Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:24:23 GMT

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Explaining the Geneva II peace talks on Syria
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Much is resting on the so-called Geneva II peace conference on Syria to end the conflict in the country. The UN-backed talks, scheduled to take place on January 22 in Switzerland, are set to bring together representatives from both the government of ...