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First Batch of Deadly Chemicals Exported From Syria - New York Times Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:58:02 GMT

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First Batch of Deadly Chemicals Exported From Syria New York Times The first batch of the most dangerous materials in Syria's banned chemical weapons stockpile was exported from the country on Tuesday, loaded onto a Danish commercial vessel in the Syrian port of Latakia in an operation overseen jointly by the United ... Removal of Syria's chemical weapons beginsAljazeera.com First shipment of chemical weapons material leaves SyriaLos Angeles Times Syria chemical weapons: First consignment leaves LatakiaBBC News USA TODAY -RT all 296 news articles »

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Qaeda Group Leader in Syria Suggests Islamic Court to End Rebel Infighting - New York Times Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:18:05 GMT

New York Times

Qaeda Group Leader in Syria Suggests Islamic Court to End Rebel Infighting New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — The leader of the Nusra Front, an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, on Tuesday proposed an initiative aimed at halting the worst infighting yet between the armed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad since the start of the conflict ... Syria crisis: Islamist rebels urge attacks on opposition rivalsBBC News Rebels issue ultimatum to al Qaeda in Syria: Surrender or face 'a massacre'NBCNews.com (blog) Syria rebels fight Al Qaeda ally for control of key cityLos Angeles Times MiamiHerald.com -Wall Street Journal -WRAL.com all 931 news articles »

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Saudis Back Syrian Rebels Despite Risks - New York Times Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:13:03 GMT

New York Times

Saudis Back Syrian Rebels Despite Risks New York Times RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — On his eighth trip to fight with the rebels in Syria, in August, Abu Khattab saw something that troubled him: two dead children, their blood-soaked bodies sprawled on the street of a rural village near the Mediterranean coast ... Islamic Militants Fight in Iraq; War in Syria Spills OverVoice of America Gangs of the Middle East: Iraq, Syria torn by fighting factionsFox News Insight: Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in IraqReuters Washington Post -Guardian Liberty Voice -Arab News all 2,219 news articles »

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UK accepted 'about 1500' asylum seekers from Syria, says Nick Clegg - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:41:49 GMT

BBC News

UK accepted 'about 1500' asylum seekers from Syria, says Nick Clegg BBC News The UK has accepted "about 1,500" asylum seekers from Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told MPs. "We have accepted hundreds upon hundreds of individual asylum seekers from Syria, under our international asylum obligations," Mr Clegg ... and more »

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Syria crisis: Rebel groups 'execute rivals' - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:06:59 GMT

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Syria crisis: Rebel groups 'execute rivals' BBC News Thirty-four foreign jihadists have been singled out by rival Syrian rebels and killed, say UK-based activists. It happened over the past three days in Jabal al-Zawiya, north-western Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

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Rebel Infighting Spreads to an Eastern Syrian City - New York Times Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:33:34 GMT

Rebel Infighting Spreads to an Eastern Syrian City New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — An internal war between Syrian insurgents and their onetime allies, members of a transnational jihadist group that even some fighters affiliated with Al Qaeda reject as too extreme, widened on Monday from parts of northern Syria into ...

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Iran not invited to Syria peace talks - Aljazeera.com Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:55:53 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iran not invited to Syria peace talks Aljazeera.com Iran is not among the first round of nations invited to attend Syria peace talks in Switzerland later this month, a UN spokesman has confirmed. However, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "is in favour of inviting Iran," spokesman Farhan Haq said on ... Kerry faces pushback after floating role for terror sponsor Iran in Syria talksFox News First batch of chemical weapons moved from SyriaRTE.ie Syria's war within war, as insurgent forces compete for supremacyeuronews CTV News -Mirror.co.uk all 527 news articles »

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Syria conflict: Rebel-on-rebel clashes spread in north - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:17:38 GMT

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Syria conflict: Rebel-on-rebel clashes spread in north BBC News Fighting in northern Syria between rival rebel groups has spread to the city of Raqqa, reports say. The powerful al-Qaeda-affiliated group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) came under attack at its headquarters overnight, activists say. It is ...

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UK accepts 1500 asylum seekers from Syria - Telegraph.co.uk Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:58:29 GMT

UK accepts 1500 asylum seekers from Syria Telegraph.co.uk Britain has accepted 1,500 asylum seekers from Syria in the past year, the Deputy Prime Minister has disclosed. The government has been criticised by politicians including Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, for refusing to admit Syrian refugees to Britain.

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Syria rivals agree truce in Damascus district - Al-Arabiya Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:56:39 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Syria rivals agree truce in Damascus district Al-Arabiya “After intense negotiation in recent days between the regime and the (rebel) Free Syrian Army through mediators from the neighborhood, the following agreement has been reached: ceasefire between the two sides,” a statement posted by the opposition ... 200 militants surrender to Syria armyPress TV Syria rebels, regime agree truce in Damascus district: NGOStraits Times all 23 news articles »