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Syria army advances in besieged Homs - Aljazeera.com Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:07:25 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria army advances in besieged Homs
Aljazeera.com
Syrian armed forces have made advances around the Old City of Homs, where some 1,200 rebels are dug in and under regime siege. The push by President Bashar al-Assad's troops came as a bomb exploded outside a mosque after the weekly Muslim ...
Syrian State TV: 14 Killed in Car Bombing in HomsABC News
Syria negotiator says Homs once again a 'theater of death'Reuters
Syria car bomb blast kills 14 in Homs, state media reportsCBC.ca
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Teenager from Brighton killed within weeks of joining Syrian conflict - The Guardian Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:52:44 GMT

The Guardian

Teenager from Brighton killed within weeks of joining Syrian conflict
The Guardian
Abdullah Deghayes, from Brighton, arrived in Syria in February in defiance of his father. He was accompanied by his 16-year-old brother Jaffer, as they travelled to join their older brother Amer, 20, who was shot in the stomach when his brother was killed.
Brighton teenager Abdullah Deghayes killed in SyriaBBC News
Abdullah Deghayes killed in Syria conflict: My son the martyr, by father of ...The Independent
British Student Dies In War-Torn SyriaSky News
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Syria crisis: Russian roulette of random attacks - BBC News Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:52:23 GMT

BBC News

Syria crisis: Russian roulette of random attacks
BBC News
Minutes later… or before. Metres on one side… or the other. That can be the measure between life or death in Syria. That's the cruel consequence of random attacks in a ravaging war. "If the mortar had landed 15 minutes later, the children would have ...
With Easter Approaching, Christians Targeted In SyriaWBUR
In Syria's capital, residents recall a sectarian tolerance gone byLos Angeles Times

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Exclusive: Syria submits more 'detailed' list of chemical weapons - Reuters Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:50:43 GMT

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Exclusive: Syria submits more 'detailed' list of chemical weapons
Reuters
Damascus agreed to give up its chemical arsenal after Washington threatened military action following the death of hundreds of Syrians in a sarin gas attack on the outskirts of Damascus during Syria's civil war last August. But Damascus is several ...
Syria chlorine gas attack alleged by activistsBBC News
Syrian regime accused of chlorine gas attacksAljazeera.com
Are Chemical Weapons Being Used in Syria Again?Slate Magazine (blog)
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British teenager killed in Syria - The Guardian Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:07:11 GMT

British teenager killed in Syria
The Guardian
Deghayes said that Amer first travelled to Syria to deliver aid but then decided to fight, and his two brothers followed the same path. He insisted that his sons were motivated by humanitarian concerns and had no involvement with radical groups in the UK.


Saudi veteran intelligence chief calls it quits - CNN Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:53:46 GMT

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Saudi veteran intelligence chief calls it quits
CNN
(CNN) -- Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the man behind the kingdom's committed policy to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has stepped down from his intelligence post, according to the country's official news agency. Considered one of the most ...
Syria conflict: A shift for fading insurgency as foreign backers look to ...The Independent
Saudi spy chief, architect of Syria policy, replacedReuters
Saudi slams alleged Syria poison gas attacksAl-Arabiya
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Syria's civil war - The Economist Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:52:40 GMT

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Syria's civil war
The Economist
ACCORDING to President Bashar Assad, Syria's three-year-old fratricide may soon be over. Speaking at Damascus University on April 13th, he declared that his army's “war on terror” had reached a turning point. From now on, he implied, it would ...
Jordanian Jets Strike Vehicles Trying to Enter From SyriaNew York Times
Jordanian jihadis returning from Syria war rattle US-aligned kingdomReuters
Jordanian jets strike vehicles on Syrian borderWashington Post
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Advanced US Weapons Flow to Syrian Rebels - Wall Street Journal Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:04:37 GMT

Advanced US Weapons Flow to Syrian Rebels
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have supplied Syrian rebel groups with a small number of advanced American antitank missiles for the first time in a pilot program that could lead to larger flows of sophisticated weaponry, people briefed on the effort said ...

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Search for Austrian teens Samra Kesinovic and Sabina Selimovic 'in Syria ... - Daily Mail Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:15:20 GMT

Search for Austrian teens Samra Kesinovic and Sabina Selimovic 'in Syria ...
Daily Mail
The fighting in Syria continues to be fierce - just today a bomb was detonated in the northern city of Aleppo, destroying buildings and injuring children. War-torn: Interpol believe the girls have been taken to Syria. Pictured is a man carrying a ...


a Show of Democracy Amid Destruction - New York Times Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:55:50 GMT

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a Show of Democracy Amid Destruction
New York Times
His optimism is shared at the highest levels in Damascus, where officials have declared that a presidential vote will be held within three months, despite the raging war that has driven nine million Syrians from their homes. They expect President ...
Syria to announce presidential vote date next week: paperThe Daily Star

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