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Once Bustling, Syria's Fractured Railroad Is a Testament to Shattered Ambitions - New York Times Mon, 26 May 2014 04:54:53 GMT

Once Bustling, Syria's Fractured Railroad Is a Testament to Shattered Ambitions
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DAMASCUS, Syria — For Younes al-Nasr, a lifelong train lover, the Hejaz railway station here in the heart of the Syrian capital is a repository of shelved ambitions. Every day, Mr. Nasr, 68, a Transportation Ministry employee, pads around his offices ...

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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Vows To Wipe Out 'Terrorists' - TIME Mon, 26 May 2014 04:03:20 GMT

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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Vows To Wipe Out 'Terrorists'
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In a wide-ranging conversation in Damascus, briefly interrupted by the sound of mortar fire, TIME's Aryn Baker sat down with Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad in the days prior to the the Security Council meeting to discuss war crimes ...
​The Syrian quagmire or an unending tale of woe and miseryRT (blog)
French State Council and Syria's presidential electionVoltaire Network

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Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over 'repeated insults' - BBC News Mon, 26 May 2014 17:50:24 GMT

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Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over 'repeated insults'
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The Jordanian foreign ministry said it considered Bahjat Suleiman a persona non grata and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. It said he had made numerous false allegations, accusing Jordan of harbouring Syrian rebels. Syria has responded by ...
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Syria crisis: Britons accused of brutal killings - BBC News Mon, 26 May 2014 09:01:35 GMT

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Syria crisis: Britons accused of brutal killings
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Britons make up most of the foreign members in Syria's most violent terror group, a senior rebel leader says. In a letter to The Times, Brig-Gen Abdulellah al-Basheer of the Free Syrian Army asks for help in curbing the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...
British jihadists are the most bloodthirsty in Syria says rebel commander as ...Daily Mail
Syria's bloodthirsty Brits blamed for beheadingsThe Week UK
British jihadists in Syria 'responsible for beheadings and crucifixions'Express.co.uk
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Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 in Central Syria - ABC News Sun, 25 May 2014 12:03:45 GMT

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Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 in Central Syria
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A car bomb struck a pro-government neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, killing at least 10 people, setting cars on fire and sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky, activists and a government official said. The blast in ...
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Slain British jihadist 'trained ninjas' in Syria - Al-Arabiya Mon, 26 May 2014 07:33:07 GMT

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Slain British jihadist 'trained ninjas' in Syria
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A British jihadist has been filmed training foreign fighters in Syria, the Sunday Times reported, describing the fighters as “ninjas” as they are seen fully dressed in black in a video uploaded to YouTube. In the clip, the Briton, aged 23 according to ...

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Battle for Aleppo could prove final reckoning in Syria's war - The Guardian Sun, 25 May 2014 16:39:19 GMT

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Battle for Aleppo could prove final reckoning in Syria's war
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From his vantage point on a frontline in Aleppo's northeast, Abu Bilal, a rebel commander, had spent the past month staring at a ridge line about a mile away that marked the closest Syrian military position. A large white house, the one building still ...

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Syrian Rebels Describe U.S.-Backed Training in Qatar - FRONTLINE Mon, 26 May 2014 21:00:23 GMT

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Syrian Rebels Describe U.S.-Backed Training in Qatar
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WASHINGTON — With reports indicating that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad are gaining ground in that country's brutal civil war, moderate Syrian rebels have told a visiting journalist that the United States is arranging their training in ...
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Pope Francis denounces Syria war on 1st stop of Middle East visit - CBC.ca Sun, 25 May 2014 11:23:57 GMT

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Pope Francis denounces Syria war on 1st stop of Middle East visit
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Pope Francis called on Saturday for an "urgent" end to the Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis it has spawned as he opened a three-day trip to the Middle East. Francis deviated from his prepared remarks to make a strong plea for peace during his ...
Pope blames war in Syria on those who "make and sell weapons"Fox News Latino
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Syria Today Is A Preview Of Memorial Day, 2030 - ThinkProgress Mon, 26 May 2014 15:43:46 GMT

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Syria Today Is A Preview Of Memorial Day, 2030
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This Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It's what happens when an extreme weather event, the worst drought in Syria's modern history, combines with a fast-growing population and a repressive and corrupt regime and unleashes extreme sectarian and ...