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Al Qaeda Cuts Ties With Jihadist Group in Syria Involved in Rebel Infighting - New York Times Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:10:01 GMT

Washington Post

Al Qaeda Cuts Ties With Jihadist Group in Syria Involved in Rebel Infighting
New York Times
ISTANBUL — Al Qaeda's central leadership has officially cut ties with a powerful jihadist group that has flourished in the chaos of the civil war in Syria and that rushed to build an Islamic state on its own terms, antagonizing the wider rebel movement.
Al-Qaeda disavows any ties with radical Islamist ISIS group in Syria, IraqWashington Post
Why Al-Qaeda Kicked Out Its Deadly Syria FranchiseTIME
Al-Qaeda disavows ISIS militants in SyriaBBC News
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Dozens reportedly die in bomb attacks by Syria regime - Fox News Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:04:33 GMT

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Dozens reportedly die in bomb attacks by Syria regime
Fox News
Aleppo has been a key battleground in Syria's civil war since rebels swept into the city in mid-2012 and wrested most of the eastern and southern neighborhoods from the government. Since then, the fighting has settled into a bloody grind, with neither ...
Syria crisis: Amateur video 'shows Aleppo attack'BBC News
Air raids kill 26 in Syria's Aleppo, opposition group saysCNN
Syria Hits Areas Held by Rebels in AleppoNew York Times
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Syria's Assad 'starving and killing own civilians' - euronews Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:30:32 GMT

The Daily Star

Syria's Assad 'starving and killing own civilians'
euronews
The Geneva 2 talks last week having failed, now the high-level working group on the humanitarian challenges of the Syrian crisis, meeting, in Rome, sets out to stop the suffering being inflicted on Syrian civilians. Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino ...
UN: Syria Meeting Endorses Humanitarian AccessABC News
UN bemoans failure in getting aid into SyriaThe Daily Star
Italy slams international community failure in getting aid into SyriaAhram Online

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Senators say John Kerry admitted US failure in Syria - Washington Post Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:20:41 GMT

Town Hall

Senators say John Kerry admitted US failure in Syria
Washington Post
It is no secret that the Obama administration's Syria policy, to the extent that one exists, is failing. Now the man with the unenviable task of implementing that policy, Secretary of State John F. Kerry, has acknowledged as much, according to two U.S ...
Kerry: Our Syria Policy Is FailingDaily Beast
Obama administration disputes Republicans' account of US policy on SyriaReuters
Kerry Tells Senators That Obama Syria Policy Is CollapsingBloomberg
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Al Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group ISIL - Reuters Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:24:51 GMT

Al Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group ISIL
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's general command said on Monday it had no links with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in an apparent attempt to reassert its authority over fragmented Islamist fighters in Syria's civil war. After a month of ...


Pride fuels deadlock in Syrian civil war - Haaretz Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:38:27 GMT

Haaretz

Pride fuels deadlock in Syrian civil war
Haaretz
Iran can ostensibly refuse to take any responsibility, after its invitation to the Geneva II Conference on Syria was rescinded under American pressure. But if there's one international element that could decisively influence a cease-fire in Syria, it's ...
On my mind: Syria peace planJerusalem Post
Syrian government non-committal on more talksCNN International
US denies it sought direct negotiations with Syria in GenevaReuters
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Al Qaeda Says It Has Broken Ties With Syrian Affiliate - New York Times Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:58:05 GMT

Al Qaeda Says It Has Broken Ties With Syrian Affiliate
New York Times
Al Qaeda's top leadership moved publicly on Monday to sever the organization's relationship with its Syrian affiliate, which has been widely blamed in recent months for stoking rebel infighting in Syria's civil war. In a statement distributed on ...


Al Qaeda 'disowns' affiliate, blaming it for disaster in Syria - CNN Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:54:43 GMT

CNN

Al Qaeda 'disowns' affiliate, blaming it for disaster in Syria
CNN
Medical personnel look for survivors after a reported airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, February 1. The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011. Click through to see the ...


Russia says Syria committed to abandoning chemical arms - Reuters Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:33:19 GMT

Russia says Syria committed to abandoning chemical arms
Reuters
The operation to dispose of Syria's stockpile under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States is up to two months behind schedule and a deadline for sending all toxic agents out of Syria this week will be missed, Reuters reported last week. U.S ...
Russia defends Syria's slow progress on chemical armsIrish Times
Syria must stop stalling on its delivery of chemical weaponsWashington Post

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Child soldier: Shocking video surfaces of purported 4-year-old jihadist in Syria - Fox News Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:06:37 GMT

Opposing Views

Child soldier: Shocking video surfaces of purported 4-year-old jihadist in Syria
Fox News
Al Qaeda fighters in Syria may have sunk to a new low with a video that appears to show a 4-year-old boy squeezing off rounds from an AK-47 as jihadists exhort him on with cries of "Allahu akbar." The little tyke, whose father stands proudly behind him ...
SHOCKING! Video Shows 4-Year-Old Child Soldier Shooting AK-47 In Syria ...Global Grind

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