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Syria Conflict Has 3rd Anniversary Amid Offensive - ABC News Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:22:28 GMT

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Syria Conflict Has 3rd Anniversary Amid Offensive ABC News Associated Press. Syrian troops advanced in a major rebel-held town near the Lebanese border amid heavy bombardment from warplanes, artillery and tanks as the country's bloody conflict marked its third anniversary Saturday, state media and activists said. Syria troops make push on rebel strongholdAljazeera.com The Cost of War: Syria, Three Years OnTIME Syria conflict: Assad's forces move on Yabroud as thousands in West ...ABC Online Reuters -Voice of America all 432 news articles »

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As Syria Prepares for Election, UN Envoy Plans Trip to Its Ally Iran - New York Times Sat, 15 Mar 2014 03:16:16 GMT

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As Syria Prepares for Election, UN Envoy Plans Trip to Its Ally Iran New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Syria plans to hold national elections in June or July, its ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that he would send his seasoned Syria mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, to Iran, the Syrian ... As Syrian election looms, government slams UN envoy Lakhdar BrahimiLos Angeles Times UN chief urges Russia, Iran to push Syria talksAl-Arabiya Syria has precondition for talks: OfficialPress TV UN News Centre -Bloomberg -The Times of Israel all 100 news articles »

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Generation Missing out on School in Wartime Syria - ABC News Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:25:30 GMT

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Generation Missing out on School in Wartime Syria ABC News Along with some 20 other Syrian children, 13-year-old Anas braves rain, mud and cold to attend class in a tent pitched along Lebanon's border with Syria, the home of a Syrian refugee family that serves as a classroom for four hours each day. There are ... Syria's conflict: Three years onAljazeera.com The Syria Crisis at Three YearsHuffington Post all 262 news articles »

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Syria crisis: Kurds fight to keep out encroaching jihadists - BBC News Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:30:01 GMT

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Syria crisis: Kurds fight to keep out encroaching jihadists BBC News The Popular Protection Units (YPG) - the mainly Kurdish militia that controls this "canton", known as al-Jazira, along the Turkish and Iraqi borders in remote north-eastern Syria - rallied for a counter-attack, and the ISIS fighters pulled out. They ... and more »

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Syria's foreign minister has successful heart surgery, reports says - CNN Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:59:28 GMT

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Syria's foreign minister has successful heart surgery, reports says CNN Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem was admitted to an intensive care unit in Lebanon -- at the American University of Beirut Medical Center -- on Thursday to address a heart issue, diplomatic sources told CNN hours before the SANA report. Senior Foreign Fighter Killed in SyriaABC News Syria foreign minister has heart op in BeirutTengrinews Syria FM al-Moallem's heart surgery 'successful'Ammon News all 173 news articles »

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In Syria, rebel with a cause - Washington Post Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:40:34 GMT

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In Syria, rebel with a cause Washington Post With the Ukraine crisis, any fleeting hope that the U.S. and Russia could soon broker a political settlement in Syria has vanished. The United States needs an alternate strategy for strengthening Syrian moderates who can resist both the brutal Bashar ... Amid Preparations, Mediator Says Syria Vote Would Doom TalksNew York Times Syria anniversary: the history of conflict in videoTelegraph.co.uk New election law approved in Syria3News NZ Al-Monitor -Los Angeles Times -The Daily Star all 456 news articles »

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A Look at Key Events in Syria's Uprising - ABC News Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:27:21 GMT

A Look at Key Events in Syria's Uprising ABC News March 2011: Protests erupt in Daraa, Syria, over security forces' detention of a group of boys accused of painting anti-government graffiti on the walls of their school. On March 18, security forces open fire on a protest in the southern city, killing ...

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3 grim statistics from 3 years of conflict in Syria - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:57:53 GMT

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3 grim statistics from 3 years of conflict in Syria Washington Post (blog) Every two minutes: Eight children inside Syria are forced to flee their homes. The number of displaced children in Syria has more than tripled over the past year, from 920,000 to nearly 3 million, according to UNICEF. In its latest report, the agency ... Report: More Than 146000 People Killed in Syrian Civil WarTIME Syria anniversary in pictures: Aleppo's descent into anarchy and rubbleTelegraph.co.uk Syria's war is about to enter its fourth year. The death toll has exceeded 146000GlobalPost Carbonated.tv all 14 news articles »

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Ordeal of a Dying Child Captures the Tragedy of Syria - TIME Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:39:10 GMT

Ordeal of a Dying Child Captures the Tragedy of Syria TIME Feryal Delly, a Syrian refugee, gives water to her 4-year-old son Zacharia on March 9. Zacharia, who has a brain tumor, lives with his family in a rented apartment in Halat, north of Beirut. Lynsey Addario—UNHCR ...

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Fourth Year Of Syrian War Unlikely To Bring Relief From Bloodshed - Huffington Post Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:23:38 GMT

Fourth Year Of Syrian War Unlikely To Bring Relief From Bloodshed Huffington Post BEIRUT -- As the Syrian civil war marks its third anniversary on Saturday, observers of the conflict say the fourth year of war will likely bring more of the same: widespread violence with inconclusive results. The country has had to contend with a ...