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Excluded Iran Says Its Role At Syria Talks Will Be Missed - New York Times Wed, 22 Jan 2014 02:53:26 GMT

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Excluded Iran Says Its Role At Syria Talks Will Be Missed
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TEHRAN — After Iran was invited to and then disinvited from a coming peace conference on Syria within the span of 24 hours, Iranian officials and commentators said on Tuesday that it was the attendees who would be missing out. The United Nations ...
Photos charging mass torture in Syria complicate peace talksCNN
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US and UN express horror at Syria torture report - BBC News Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:11:42 GMT

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US and UN express horror at Syria torture report
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The US and UN have reacted with "horror" to allegations in a new report that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising. The US said the reports underscored the need to remove the regime of ...
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UN's Reversal on Iran Prompts Outcry From Syrian Allies - New York Times Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:15:37 GMT

UN's Reversal on Iran Prompts Outcry From Syrian Allies
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WASHINGTON — Allies of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Tuesday assailed a decision by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, to withdraw an invitation to Iran to attend the long-awaited peace conference on Syria, which had seemed ...

Syria peace talks: Russia criticizes rescinding of Iran's invitation - CNN Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:23:09 GMT

Syria peace talks: Russia criticizes rescinding of Iran's invitation
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(CNN) -- Russia's top diplomat chided the United Nations on Tuesday for rescinding an invitation to Iran to participate in talks aimed at ending the Syrian civil war, a move that raised questions about whether any agreement could be reached at the ...

WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria - New York Times Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:58:32 GMT

WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria
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I've been reporting on the connection between the Syrian drought and the uprising there for a Showtime documentary that will air in April, but recently our researchers came across a WikiLeaks cable that brilliantly foreshadowed how environmental ...

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Syria accused of torture and 11000 executions - BBC News Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:09:44 GMT

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Syria accused of torture and 11000 executions
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There is clear evidence that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising, a report by three former war crimes prosecutors says. The investigators examined thousands of still images of dead ...

Syria conflict: Refugees facing eviction - BBC News Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:51:40 GMT

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Syria conflict: Refugees facing eviction
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As the war in Syria enters its fourth year, nearly two and a half million Syrians have fled the country - with almost one million heading to Lebanon. But the burden is growing on both the refugees and those who have taken them in, and now some ...
Syria's horror show continues – and we must not look awayThe Guardian

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Talks Over Syria Are Set to Begin, but Iran Is Not Invited - New York Times Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:28:37 GMT

Talks Over Syria Are Set to Begin, but Iran Is Not Invited
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The possible presence of the Iranians infuriated Syrian opposition leaders, who said they would not attend the conference. But after a day of intensive consultations in which American officials made clear their unhappiness with Mr. Ban's move, Iran was ...

Al-Qaeda slaughters on Syria's killing fields - Aljazeera.com Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:10:53 GMT

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Al-Qaeda slaughters on Syria's killing fields
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Karkamis, Turkey - Al-Qaeda fighters have struck a bloody blow in scenes of medieval violence in Syria's northern border-town of Jarabulus. Fighting came to a head on January 17, between rebel groups Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade and the al-Qaeda-linked ...

Syrian opposition, US slam UN over Iran invite to talks - CNN Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:20:14 GMT

Syrian opposition, US slam UN over Iran invite to talks
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(CNN) -- [Breaking news update, 4:10 p.m. ET]. Iran won't attend this week's peace conference on Syria, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Monday. [Breaking news update, 4 p.m. ET]. Iran won't participate in this week's Geneva ...