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Car Bomb Targets Lebanon Army Near Syria Border - ABC News Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:42:15 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Car Bomb Targets Lebanon Army Near Syria Border ABC News The bombing demonstrated how far the war in neighboring Syria has sucked in its fragile neighbor, igniting violent sectarian tensions between Sunni extremists in Lebanon against the country's Shiites, and ensnaring even the military. Sunni extremists ... Hezbollah leader defends Syria interventionAljazeera.com Syrian army takes two villages near LebanonThe Daily Star Car bomb targets Lebanese army near Syria border3News NZ all 238 news articles »

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Syria's Assad preparing to run for president despite civil war - Fox News Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:14:13 GMT

PolicyMic

Syria's Assad preparing to run for president despite civil war Fox News BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad is quietly preparing the ground to hold elections by early this summer to win another 7-year term, even as the Syrian conflict rampages into its fourth year with large parts of the country either in ruins or under ... As Syria civil war enters fourth year, rebels are clearly losingLos Angeles Times Syria's Bashar Assad Prepares To Run For President Despite Bloody WarHuffington Post Syria Launches New Airline, Because That's What a Country at War NeedsPolicyMic BBC News -Irish Times all 131 news articles »

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How US can help Syria - CNN (blog) Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:34:36 GMT

How US can help Syria CNN (blog) Editor's note: Faysal Itani is a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. The views expressed are the writer's own. Three years into Syria's civil war, the United States has demanded the regime shut down its U ... and more »

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Obama Offers Assurance to Saudis on Syria Stance - New York Times Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:50:40 GMT

NPR (blog)

Obama Offers Assurance to Saudis on Syria Stance New York Times RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Obama reassured King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Friday that the United States remained committed to strengthening the moderate opposition in the Syrian civil war, administration officials said. But aides declined to ... Iranians Begin To Feel The Heavy Burden Of Syria's WarNPR (blog) Obama defends not using military force in SyriaAl-Arabiya Obama says US military strikes could not have stopped Syria miseryReuters Washington Post -CBS News -Huffington Post all 1,299 news articles »

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Jihadist threat against sacred Turkish tomb threatens to widen Syria's war - Fox News Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:27:40 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Jihadist threat against sacred Turkish tomb threatens to widen Syria's war Fox News Jihadists who poured into Syria to help the Free Syrian Army only to turn on them, have threatened to attack the sacred tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The tomb is located inside Syria, in the border city of ... Syria leak prompts espionage probe in TurkeyAljazeera.com YouTube ban: How Turkish officials conspired to stage Syria attack to provoke warRT NATO Wages Desperate Last Battle in Northern SyriaCenter for Research on Globalization Al-Arabiya -Business Insider all 167 news articles »

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​Russia slams 'one-sided' UNHRC resolution on Syria - RT Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:48:22 GMT

RT

​Russia slams 'one-sided' UNHRC resolution on Syria RT The resolution on Syria passed by the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council is biased and neglects mentioning the violence of the rebels drawn up in a recent report by an Independent Commission, said the Russian Foreign Ministry. "For instance ... UN urges end to Syria's 'convoluted' aid restrictionsReuters UN Official Denounces Syria on Aid AccessNew York Times West accuses Syria over 3.5 million in needAljazeera.com Washington Post -Toronto Star all 293 news articles »

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What Challenges Remain in Removing Chemical Weapons from Syria? - ABC News Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:20:20 GMT

ABC News

What Challenges Remain in Removing Chemical Weapons from Syria? ABC News After the OPCW announces that half of Assad's chemical weapons cache has been removed from the country via the post of Latakia, we check in on the challenges facing the rest – including the potential easing of Russia's crucial pressure on the Syrian ...

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Armenians flee Syria after rebels seize historic area - New York Daily News Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:57:39 GMT

New York Daily News

Armenians flee Syria after rebels seize historic area New York Daily News BADROUSIEH, Syria — When hundreds of residents of the postcard-pretty coastal Syrian village of Kassab fled this week, it bore historic weight: it was the third time since 1900 that ethnic Armenians there felt compelled to run for their lives. They ... Rebels Reassure Christians After Capturing Key Syrian Border TownTIME Turkey Blamed In Attack On Syrian Armenian VillageEurasiaNet all 252 news articles »

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

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 ...

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UN brands polio outbreak in Syria and Iraq 'most challenging in history' - The Guardian Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:59:31 GMT

The Guardian

UN brands polio outbreak in Syria and Iraq 'most challenging in history' The Guardian A UN agency has described the eruption of polio in Syria as perhaps "the most challenging outbreak in the history of polio eradication" after the number of cases in the war-ravaged country reached 38 and the first case was confirmed in neighbouring Iraq. The return of polio: Another tragic consequence of Syria's warMiddle East Monitor (blog) all 4 news articles »