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Syria Talks Appear Deadlocked as Sides Disagree Over Goals - New York Times Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:05:00 GMT

CNN

Syria Talks Appear Deadlocked as Sides Disagree Over Goals
New York Times
GENEVA — The first face-to-face peace talks by antagonists in the Syria conflict appeared to deadlock on Monday, with enormous differences over the basic purpose of negotiations as well as a government relief gesture for civilians that the opposition ...
New hope for some of Syria's trapped and sufferingCNN
Syria talks bring offer of exit from siege of HomsNBCNews.com (blog)
Syria talks deadlocked over power transferAljazeera.com
Reuters -ABC News -Washington Post
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Evidence points to secret Israeli strike on Syrian missile launchers - Fox News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:29:13 GMT

The Times of Israel

Evidence points to secret Israeli strike on Syrian missile launchers
Fox News
HAIFA, Israel – Growing evidence suggests that the Israeli Air Force carried out a secret mission in Syria Sunday night, targeting Russian-made missile launchers deployed by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. A few minutes before midnight, a ...
Israeli expert on Syria: The West and Israel are not in hurry to get rid of AssadJerusalem Post
Israeli planes said to hit missile site in SyriaThe Times of Israel
Israel Denies Attack on SyriaArutz Sheva

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Second Cargo of Chemical Agents Leaves Syria as Pace Is Criticized - New York Times Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:20:27 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Second Cargo of Chemical Agents Leaves Syria as Pace Is Criticized
New York Times
The second cargo of Syria's most toxic chemical weapons was exported by ship on Monday for eventual destruction at sea, officials overseeing the effort reported. But the slow pace of removal, which is way behind schedule and has missed one deadline ...
More toxic chemicals leave SyriaTVNZ
UN says second chemical shipment removed from SyriaAl-Arabiya
Syria chemical weapons, MV Cape Ray: US ship departs on mission to destroy ...WPTV
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Syria Assad regime and opposition sit face-to-face, briefly and without any ... - CBS News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:24:14 GMT

Syria Assad regime and opposition sit face-to-face, briefly and without any ...
CBS News
GENEVA -- The first meeting meant to discuss the contentious issue of a Syrian transitional government broke up less than an hour after it began Monday following a tense session that one delegate described as "a dialogue of the deaf." The Syrian ...


Syria talks: 'Impasse' at Geneva on power transfer - BBC News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:11:35 GMT

Syria talks: 'Impasse' at Geneva on power transfer
BBC News
The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are deadlocked over the divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government. The sides cannot agree on the future role of President Bashar al-Assad. UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said there "was apparently ...


Syria War Foes Discuss Political Transition As Aid Stalls - Bloomberg Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:35:07 GMT

Syria War Foes Discuss Political Transition As Aid Stalls
Bloomberg
23, 2014. The United Nations pleaded with Syria's warring sides to allow a humanitarian convoy into the besieged city of Homs, as peace talks in Geneva failed to make progress even on issues both have committed to addressing. “I'm still begging, asking ...


Syria talks: Hope for starving families in Homs? - CNN Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:09:02 GMT

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Syria talks: Hope for starving families in Homs?
CNN
Syria's government has agreed to let women and children leave the old city of Homs. And other civilians "are also welcome to leave, but the government needs a list of their names first," the U.N. envoy leading talks between Syria's warring sides said ...


Syria Willing to Let Some Leave Area It Barricaded - New York Times Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:18:28 GMT

Syria Willing to Let Some Leave Area It Barricaded
New York Times
GENEVA — The Syrian government said on Sunday at peace talks here that it was willing to allow women and children to leave a blockaded area of the city of Homs at any time, suggesting a small step forward in confidence-building measures that the ...


Key Al-Qaida Militant Reportedly Killed in Syria - ABC News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:44 GMT

Key Al-Qaida Militant Reportedly Killed in Syria
ABC News
A senior figure in an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria has been killed in a bloody dispute with rival rebel factions that has raged for more than three weeks across opposition-held parts of the country, activists and an Iraqi intelligence official said ...

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At Last, Good News for Syrians - Daily Beast Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:10:28 GMT

At Last, Good News for Syrians
Daily Beast
No news is what passes for breaking news coming out of the Syria talks that started in Geneva over the weekend. It's like watching a poker game where the cards are dealt, then re-dealt, then examined, but nobody makes a serious bet. And, oh, by the way ...