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British ex-Guantanamo inmate denies Syria-related terror charges - Reuters Sat, 01 Mar 2014 13:10:40 GMT

ITV News

British ex-Guantanamo inmate denies Syria-related terror charges Reuters Begg was one of four Britons arrested last Tuesday in central England on suspected Syria-related terrorism offences. Another of those, 44-year-old woman Gerrie Tahari, also appeared in Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with facilitating ... Moazzam Begg remanded in custody on Syria terror chargesITV News Moazzam Begg Denies Syria Terror ChargesSky News Moazzam Begg charged with Syria-linked terrorism offencesThe Guardian The Independent all 156 news articles »

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In Syria, Government Pursues Local Cease-Fires - ABC News Sat, 01 Mar 2014 17:20:31 GMT

The Independent

In Syria, Government Pursues Local Cease-Fires ABC News In one besieged neighborhood after another, weary rebels have turned over their weapons to the Syrian government in exchange for an easing of suffocating blockades that have prevented food, medicine and other staples from reaching civilians trapped ... The nature of war has changed, which is bleak news for Syria's minoritiesThe Independent all 54 news articles »

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Islamists in Syrian city offer Christians safety -- at a heavy price - CNN Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:14:16 GMT

CNN

Islamists in Syrian city offer Christians safety -- at a heavy price CNN (CNN) -- Islamist militants have told Christians in a northern Syrian city that they will guarantee their safety. But there's a catch. Make that a lot of catches. Christian residents of Raqqa, once one of the nation's most liberal cities, will have to ... Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria Tell Christians to Pay Up or DieTIME Jihadists subjugate Christians in captured Syrian cityHaaretz Jihadis withdraw from parts of northern SyriaThe Times of Israel National Review Online (blog) -Yahoo News all 176 news articles »

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Syria jihadist group Isis 'retreating after warning' - BBC News Sat, 01 Mar 2014 01:12:01 GMT

BBC News

Syria jihadist group Isis 'retreating after warning' BBC News Reports from northern Syria say a rebel jihadist group has been pulling back from positions after being given an ultimatum by a rival. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is said to have been retreating towards the city of Raqqa. The Nusra ... Monitor: ISIS jihadists retreat from parts of north SyriaAl-Arabiya Islamist militants slice off alleged thief's hand in SyriaReuters An Islamist group reportedly tweeted live images of them cutting a man's hand ...Metro Washington Post (blog) -Daily Mail -Press TV all 162 news articles »

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Syria On Track To Become World's Largest Source Of Refugees - NPR (blog) Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:59:57 GMT

NPR (blog)

Syria On Track To Become World's Largest Source Of Refugees NPR (blog) A photo from Syria is grabbing the world's attention: a sea of people lining up for food amid the rubble of a Palestinian refugee camp inside Syria. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia was so moved by the image, he took to the Senate floor, saying "a country of ... Syria Crisis 'Threat To Global Security'Sky News all 35 news articles »

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Syria Ships Mustard Gas to Port to Be Destroyed - New York Times Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:17:52 GMT

Syria Ships Mustard Gas to Port to Be Destroyed New York Times GENEVA — After weeks of deepening foreign frustration over missed deadlines and other delays in Syria's elimination of its chemical weapons, the international mission policing the process reported on Wednesday that Syria had delivered a significant ...

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Syrian extremists reportedly live-tweeted the amputation of a thief's hand - New York Daily News Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:13:40 GMT

New York Daily News

Syrian extremists reportedly live-tweeted the amputation of a thief's hand New York Daily News The series of tweets appeared on the account of a supporter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — a militant group whose violent methods are too extreme for even Al Qaeda to swallow. The first photograph posted on the now-defunct @reyadiraq account ...

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Kerry Sees Syrian Retaliation Against Rivals in Talks - New York Times Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:34:07 GMT

Indian Express

Kerry Sees Syrian Retaliation Against Rivals in Talks New York Times WASHINGTON — The State Department accused the Syrian government on Wednesday of retaliating against the Syrian opposition's representatives to the Geneva peace talks by arresting their family members. There have been two rounds of unproductive ... In Syria, a moment of reckoningIndian Express Assad out to wreck Syria peace talks: USThe Australian Main US pointman on Syria, Robert Ford, steps downThe Daily Star Peninsula On-line -The Hill (blog) -Today's Zaman all 110 news articles »

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With Syria, Diplomacy Needs Force - New York Times Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:38:40 GMT

With Syria, Diplomacy Needs Force New York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — THE conventional wisdom about Syria is that nothing can be done. It is said that military action would be either perverse — bringing the jihadists in the opposition to power — or futile, failing to tip the balance against the ...

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Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkish homeland - Reuters Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:55:23 GMT

Reuters Blogs (blog)

Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkish homeland Reuters MIDYAT, Turkey (Reuters) - When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon exactly 90 years ago this week. Bandak, his wife and two daughters are part of a small but growing trickle of ... Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkish homeland they once fledReuters Blogs (blog) Christians fleeing Syria head to Turkish 'homeland'Al-Arabiya all 14 news articles »