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UN Orders Both Sides in Syria to Allow Humanitarian Aid - New York Times Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:15:46 GMT

BBC News

UN Orders Both Sides in Syria to Allow Humanitarian Aid New York Times UNITED NATIONS — In a rare show of unity among world powers, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Saturday ordering the warring parties in Syria to stop blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid, though without the ... UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolutionReuters Syria crisis: UN Security Council agrees aid resolutionBBC News Kerry sees Russia, China agreeing on UN resolution on Syria as possible ...Fox News ABC News -Aljazeera.com all 284 news articles »

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Nearly 30 Die as Kurds Take a Syrian Town - New York Times Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:28:49 GMT

Haaretz

Nearly 30 Die as Kurds Take a Syrian Town New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Kurdish group captured a town in Syria from Islamists fighting in Syria's civil war on Saturday in a battle that killed 28 fighters, most of them Islamists, a monitoring group reported. If the Kurds can hold on to the town, Tell ... Syrian troops capture rebel-held areas near Israel borderHaaretz European Christians fighting with Syria Kurdish factionsAl-Monitor Syrian troops advance near Golan Heights cityFort Worth Star Telegram DigitalJournal.com -Arutz Sheva all 38 news articles »

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Why US should care about Syria crisis - CNN (blog) Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:27:02 GMT

Tasnim News Agency

Why US should care about Syria crisis CNN (blog) Editor's note: Nader Hashemi is director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. His latest book is The Syria Dilemma. The views expressed are his own. The moral case for ... Syria, History, and the (re)conquest of the Middle EastAINA Iran Steps Up Aid to SyriaChristian Broadcasting Network Leader's Adviser: US, Israel Plan to Disintegrate SyriaTasnim News Agency all 9 news articles »

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As long as Bashar Assad thinks he is winning, diplomacy will fail - The Economist Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:50:15 GMT

Haaretz

As long as Bashar Assad thinks he is winning, diplomacy will fail The Economist WHEN a man as patient and pragmatic as Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's special envoy on Syria, sounds close to despair, it is a sign of how bad things are. Nobody had high hopes of success for the talks in Geneva convened to find a political settlement to ... Syria submits new 100-day plan for removal of chemical weaponsHaaretz Syria's uncontainable threatWashington Post The Argument Against US Intervention in Syria... And Why It's WrongHuffington Post Reuters UK all 279 news articles »

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Heavy shelling rocks Golan Heights area between Syria, Israel - CNN Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:11:26 GMT

CNN

Heavy shelling rocks Golan Heights area between Syria, Israel CNN Golan Heights (CNN) -- Heavy shelling and gunfire echoed close to the Syrian-Israeli frontier at the Golan Heights on Friday as the long-running war between Syrian rebels and government forces raged in a strategic area. Plumes of smoke rose from Syria ... Peacekeepers 'must be ready for anything' in SyriaIrish Independent Heavy shelling rocks Syria by Israel frontierKCRA Sacramento Volatile conditions await Irish troops in SyriaIrish Times all 36 news articles »

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Factbox: UN Security Council action on the Syrian conflict - Reuters Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:32:09 GMT

Factbox: UN Security Council action on the Syrian conflict Reuters The fifth resolution, adopted on Saturday, aims to boost humanitarian access in Syria. It threatens to take "further steps" in the case of non-compliance, demands cross-border aid access and condemns rights abuses by the Syrian government and ...

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UN Security Council agrees on resolution urging Syria to halt attacks, allow ... - Washington Post Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:39:56 GMT

UN Security Council agrees on resolution urging Syria to halt attacks, allow ... Washington Post The U.N. Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution demanding that Syria immediately halt attacks on civilians and allow unfettered humanitarian access to besieged areas and across neighboring borders, threatening unspecified ...

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Russia, China vote for UN humanitarian resolution on Syria - Al Jazeera America Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:59:40 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Russia, China vote for UN humanitarian resolution on Syria Al Jazeera America The United Nations Security Council united for the first time on a resolution on Syria's humanitarian crisis Saturday, unanimously demanding that President Bashar al-Assad's government and the opposition provide immediate access everywhere in the ...

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UN Security Council to vote on Syria aid resolution Saturday - Reuters Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:31:59 GMT

RT

UN Security Council to vote on Syria aid resolution Saturday Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Russia would block the adoption of a resolution that allowed aid convoys to enter Syria without the consent of the Damascus government. During a visit to Baghdad on Thursday, Lavrov said the ... Humanitarian crisis in Syria must be solved 'on the ground'RT UN prepares to vote on Syria aidIndependent Online UN Security Council presented with Syria aid resolutionYahoo News Fox News all 210 news articles »

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US Scolds Russia as It Weighs Options on Syrian War - New York Times Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:08:36 GMT

Slate Magazine (blog)

US Scolds Russia as It Weighs Options on Syrian War New York Times ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sharpened the Obama administration's mounting criticism of Russia's role in the escalating violence in Syria, asserting that the Kremlin was undermining the prospects of a ... Why Are Syria's Brutally Crude Barrel Bombs so Effective?Slate Magazine (blog) New US Syria policy should engage IranAl-Monitor Kerry visits UAE for talks on SyriaYahoo News Al Jazeera America all 191 news articles »