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Qaeda Militants Seek Syria Base, US Officials Say - New York Times Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:33:52 GMT

Dallas Morning News

Qaeda Militants Seek Syria Base, US Officials Say
New York Times
“We are concerned about the use of Syrian territory by the Al Qaeda organization to recruit individuals and develop the capability to be able not just to carry out attacks inside of Syria, but also to use Syria as a launching pad,” John O. Brennan, the ...
Some U.S. officials fear al-Qaeda might attack West from SyriaDallas Morning News
Al Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to Syria: NYTDAWN.com
Report: Officials fear Pakistani militants plan to train Westerners in SyriaStars and Stripes
Town Hall -Al-Manar TV
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Arab Summit Lays Bare Serious Cracks on Syria - ABC News Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:08:20 GMT

euronews

Arab Summit Lays Bare Serious Cracks on Syria
ABC News
An Arab summit that ended Wednesday exposed cracks in what was once solid Arab support for Syrian rebels, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar divided over which factions to back and Syria's neighbors increasingly expressing fatigue with the flood of refugees ...
Syria: Saudi Arabia says rebels need more help in 'catastrophic' civil wareuronews
Jarba: Empty Syria seat strengthens AssadAljazeera.com
Syria says won't be swayed by Arab summitThe Daily Star

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The Syria conflict has lethal momentum - The Guardian Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:16:08 GMT

The Guardian

The Syria conflict has lethal momentum
The Guardian
The downing of a Syrian plane by Turkish aircraft on Sunday is a sharp reminder that the regional spillover from Syria's civil war is not just an issue of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees trekking to neighbouring countries. The danger of ...
State of playThe Economist (blog)
Syria rebels gain foothold by MediterraneanAljazeera.com
Turkey vows 'any measures' against Syria threatsThe Daily Star
TIME -Christian Science Monitor -Reuters
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'No solution for Syria without involvement of Russia and Iran' - RT (blog) Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:53:57 GMT

RT (blog)

'No solution for Syria without involvement of Russia and Iran'
RT (blog)
Western policy towards Syria is rather like Western policy toward Crimea and Ukraine at the moment – it's floundering around, talking big but really not having the will to act, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. RT: Is pouring more arms into ...

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Turkey Downs Warplane From Syria After Warning - New York Times Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:44:08 GMT

Yahoo News

Turkey Downs Warplane From Syria After Warning
New York Times
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday after it violated Turkish airspace, Turkey's prime minister said, part of the longstanding hostilities between the two nations over the conflict in Syria. “If you violate my ...
Turkey shoots down Syrian fighter jetAljazeera.com
Turkey Vows Action to Defend Tomb in Syria From Al-QaedaBloomberg
Syria condemns Turkey 'aggression' after jet downedYahoo News
Reuters -Telegraph.co.uk
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Islamist rebels seize first coastal village in north Syria - Reuters Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:27:24 GMT

Islamist rebels seize first coastal village in north Syria
Reuters
After months of setbacks in central Syria, Islamist rebels launched an offensive on Friday into the Latakia region, taking the border crossing and the Armenian Christian village of Kasab. Since then, Assad has sent army and militia reinforcements ...


Senators unleash criticism of Obama administration over handling of war in Syria - Washington Post Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:25:05 GMT

Washington Post

Senators unleash criticism of Obama administration over handling of war in Syria
Washington Post
Lawmakers unleashed a bipartisan barrage of criticism at the Obama administration Wednesday over Syria, charging that it had no strategy to reverse the course of a war that President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning, or to stem the growing threat ...
Lawmakers bash Obama administration's 'delusional' Syria policyReuters
US Official Can't Say Syria Chemical Weapons Fully Tracked DownABC News (blog)
GOP accuses administration of having no strategy in SyriaWashington Times
National Journal
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Opposition fail to get Syria Arab League seat - Aljazeera.com Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:11:15 GMT

The Times of Israel

Opposition fail to get Syria Arab League seat
Aljazeera.com
Nabil al-Araby, the league's general-secretary, said Syria's seat had been kept empty during the summit because "the SNC is not a government and council seats are for governments". He said this was the reason he "was against giving the SNC a seat" at ...
Arabs call for Syria political solution, reject 'Jewish state'DAWN.com
Syrian opposition fails to win country's Arab League seatLos Angeles Times
Arab summit backs Syria political solutionThe Times of Israel
New Straits Times
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Watchdog: 49 Percent of Syrian Chemicals Removed - ABC News Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:48:28 GMT

Haaretz

Watchdog: 49 Percent of Syrian Chemicals Removed
ABC News
The world's chemical weapons watchdog says more than 49 percent of the raw materials for Syria's poison gas and nerve agent program scheduled for destruction have been shipped overseas, with the rest expected to leave by the end of April.
Syria Disarmers May Not Meet June Chemical GoalNational Journal

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Syrian Peace Talks Are Dead - Daily Beast Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:01:02 GMT

Middle East Monitor

Syrian Peace Talks Are Dead
Daily Beast
With peace talks all but pronounced dead and the Free Syrian Army on its heels, there can be no more illusions about reaching a negotiated political solution with Bashar al-Assad's regime under the current conditions, according to the chief negotiator ...
Syria's victory in Yabrud may be game changerAl-Monitor
Brahimi: New Syria peace talks unlikely for nowMiddle East Monitor
U.N. Syria envoy says new Geneva peace talks unlikely for now: reportGlobalPost
Khaleej Times
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