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Iran recruiting Afghans to help Assad in Syria - Haaretz Sat, 17 May 2014 15:33:25 GMT

Haaretz

Iran recruiting Afghans to help Assad in Syria
Haaretz
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which organizes and commands Shi'ite militias in Syria, is reportedly offering Afghan recruits $500 a month, residency in Iran and school registration for their children. According to the UN, there are one million ...
Report: Iran recruits Afghans for Syria warAl-Arabiya
Iran Pays Afghans to Fight for AssadWall Street Journal
Iran Recruiting Afghans to Fight in SyriaArutz Sheva
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Lebanese president: Hezbollah should withdraw from Syria - Jerusalem Post Sun, 18 May 2014 00:12:36 GMT

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Lebanese president: Hezbollah should withdraw from Syria
Jerusalem Post
For the second time in a year, Suleiman urged fighters from the Lebanese Shi'ite terror group to desist from intervening in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime in order to stymie sectarian tension in their home country. Related: Lebanese president ...
Lebanese president urges Hezbollah to leave SyriaWashington Post

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Syria's civil war Business as usual, bloody as ever - The Economist Sat, 17 May 2014 01:00:42 GMT

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Syria's civil war Business as usual, bloody as ever
The Economist
A VIDEO aired on May 12th shows the 13th Brigade, a rebel group in northern Syria, destroying a government tank with an armour-piercing missile known as a TOW. Dozens of these weapons, supplied across the country under a beefed-up Saudi-American ...
Syrian rebels blow up army base in major hit against Assad regime, insurgent ...New York Daily News
UK's William Hague attacks Assad's Syria elections planBBC News
Kerry: Chlorine Gas May Have Been Used in SyriaTIME
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Opposition: Car bomb in Syria kills 8 after prayers - CNN Sat, 17 May 2014 03:40:59 GMT

Opposition: Car bomb in Syria kills 8 after prayers
CNN
(CNN) -- At least eight people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded Friday outside a mosque in the northern Syria city of Binnish, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Worshippers were leaving the al-Kabeer ...

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Syrian deputy FM denies forced starvation, chemical attacks by regime - CNN Thu, 15 May 2014 01:51:18 GMT

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Syrian deputy FM denies forced starvation, chemical attacks by regime
CNN
Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- Chemical attacks with chlorine gas. Barrel bombs dropped from regime helicopters. Syrians starved into submission in opposition-controlled areas. The alleged assaults by the Syrian government against its own people are ...
Syria Denies Using Chlorine Gas Against CiviliansArutz Sheva

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Car bomb kills at least 29 in Syria - CNN Fri, 16 May 2014 12:27:04 GMT

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Car bomb kills at least 29 in Syria
CNN
London (CNN) -- At least 29 people were killed and dozens were wounded Thursday by a car bomb in Syria near the Turkish border, an opposition group said. The blast took place at the Sajo bus station near the Bab al-Salama border crossing, the ...
Friends of Syria promise increased support for moderate oppositionAsharq Alawsat English
"Friends of Syria" London meeting agrees to increase support for Syrian oppositionCCTV
FM takes part in Friends of Syria meet in LondonPeninsula On-line

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Studies on Hold for Syria's Academic Elite - ABC News Sat, 17 May 2014 10:59:53 GMT

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Studies on Hold for Syria's Academic Elite
ABC News
It used to be that Syria's academic elite would attend classes, eat lunch in student centers, and major in engineering, literature and medicine at major Syrian universities. Now, increased living expenses and soaring rents are causing a growing number ...


US Projects Tough Stance to Both Sides of Syria War - New York Times Thu, 15 May 2014 01:03:01 GMT

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US Projects Tough Stance to Both Sides of Syria War
New York Times
With Syria peace prospects in a basic state of collapse, the United States sought to project a toughened posture on Wednesday, conducting military exercises with neighboring Jordan and designating two leaders of Syrian jihadist groups as “global ...
Frustrated Syria mediator Brahimi to step down, UN seeks replacementReuters
Syria mediator Brahimi announces resignationAljazeera.com
Syria: UN-Arab League envoy Brahimi resignsUN News Centre
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UN Seeking More Ways to Distribute Aid in Syria - New York Times Sat, 17 May 2014 19:59:58 GMT

UN Seeking More Ways to Distribute Aid in Syria
New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is under pressure to ratchet up aid to nongovernmental organizations that can operate in the vast sections of Syria under opposition control, as most of the humanitarian relief sponsored by the organization ends up ...
'Iron Lady' tapped to lead United Nations chemical weapons mission in SyriaArizona Daily Star

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Report: Rocket Attack Kills 13 in Syria's Aleppo - ABC News Fri, 16 May 2014 11:49:04 GMT

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Report: Rocket Attack Kills 13 in Syria's Aleppo
ABC News
A rebel rocket attack killed 13 people Friday in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the latest shelling to strike the country's largest city, Syria's state news agency reported. State news agency SANA said the rocket attack in Aleppo also wounded 17 ...
Rocket attack kills 13 in Syria's AleppoWashington Post

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