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Ex UN envoy predicts Syria will be 'failed state' - BBC News Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:21:42 GMT

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Ex UN envoy predicts Syria will be 'failed state'
BBC News
The operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal is several months behind schedule. Mr Brahimi made the comments in an interview with German newspaper Der Spiegel in one of his first interviews since stepping down. "It will be become another ...
Syria turning into a warlord-run failed state, says former peace envoyHaaretz
Former UN envoy Brahimi: Mideast could 'blow up' if Syria not checkedLos Angeles Times
Syria becoming warlord-run failed state, says former peace envoyThe Guardian
CNN (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk
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Syria's Assad grants amnesty after re-election - Reuters Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:35:50 GMT

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Syria's Assad grants amnesty after re-election
Reuters
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights urged the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant rebel group on Saturday to free more than 2,000 detainees, including 150 Kurdish school children it said ISIL abducted last month. Assad's decree said ...
Activists claim regime forces across Syria kill 40The Daily Star
Syria's Assad announces wide-ranging prisoner amnestyThe West Australian
Syrian President Bashar Assad Declares Amnesty For PrisonersHuffington Post
Los Angeles Times -The Week Magazine
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Syria war graduates bigger threat than 2001 attacks, says Abbott - The Australian Financial Review Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:13:12 GMT

The Australian Financial Review

Syria war graduates bigger threat than 2001 attacks, says Abbott
The Australian Financial Review
Ottawa | The terrorism threat posed by radical citizens returning from the Syrian civil war requires an increase in vigilance above the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. And in what ...
Aussie fighters in Syria could be radicalised, Abbott saysToowoomba Chronicle

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Return to Aleppo: 'We are in hell' - CNN Tue, 10 Jun 2014 02:36:23 GMT

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Return to Aleppo: 'We are in hell'
CNN
Aleppo, Syria (CNN) -- The smell of burnt plastic leaps out at you. Acrid in the throat, omnipresent, extinguishing from the air all the other smells of city life -- because really there is none. The scenes of destruction -- the fact every street is ...
Syria Rebel Infighting Kills 45 Fighters in 2 DaysABC News
The Ongoing Chaos Inside Syria is Helping Al-Qaeda Grow StrongerAINA

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45 dead in clashes between jihadists in Syria - The Daily Star Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:42:40 GMT

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45 dead in clashes between jihadists in Syria
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Fresh fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), a coalition of rebels and an Al-Qaeda affiliate in eastern Syria has left at least 45 fighters dead, an activist group said Monday. ISIS, which grew from a former ...
45 dead in clashes between jihadists in Syria: NGOYahoo News
Fresh Takfiri infighting leaves 45 militants dead in SyriaPress TV

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Syria election: will it affect the conflict? - Aljazeera.com Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:44:31 GMT

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Syria election: will it affect the conflict?
Aljazeera.com
The Syrian government said Assad's landslide victory proved that the Syrian people “are determined to choose their fate on their own and look to the future”. Assad was reinstated for another seven years, his third term in office, with 89 percent of ...
Syrian regime releases hundreds of prisonersLos Angeles Times
Iran's plan for Syria aims to woo Saudi Arabia and the westFinancial Times
Hezbollah Chief Hails Assad Win in Syria ElectionABC News
RT (blog) -Huffington Post (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk
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US arms could create Syria 'warlords', rebel commander says - Reuters Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:38:51 GMT

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US arms could create Syria 'warlords', rebel commander says
Reuters
Brigadier General Abdelilah al-Bashir, who defected in 2012 and led rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces in the Golan before becoming chief-of-staff of the FSA's Supreme Military Council in February, told Reuters that Washington was bypassing the SMC in ...
US arms could turn Syria into next Somalia: FSAPress TV

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I didn't die in Syria: Kiwi artist - The Nelson Mail Tue, 10 Jun 2014 02:46:52 GMT

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I didn't die in Syria: Kiwi artist
The Nelson Mail
Chen, who is better known in New Zealand for sculpting a stature of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary, that stands in Orewa, north of Auckland, said he had been to Syria three times, joining up with the Free Syrian Army. He described getting there ...


Syrian President al-Assad re-elected easily, state media reports - CNN Fri, 06 Jun 2014 19:20:27 GMT

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Syrian President al-Assad re-elected easily, state media reports
CNN
(CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was re-elected in the country's first presidential vote since its civil war broke out three years ago, state-run television reported Wednesday. Al-Assad received 88.7% of Tuesday's vote, the state media outlet ...
Victory in Syrian Election Is Show of Assad's ControlNew York Times
Syrian election sends powerful signal of Assad's controlWashington Post
Ex-Ambassador To Syria: Civil War Could Drag On For YearsNPR (blog)
The Times of Israel -USA TODAY
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'Peacemaker' Iran moves to end Syria war - WND.com Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:02:47 GMT

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'Peacemaker' Iran moves to end Syria war
WND.com
BEIRUT, Lebanon – With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad re-elected for another seven-year term while fighting continues to rage throughout Syria, there is a serious behind-the-scene effort under way between Shiite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia to find a ...
AP Interview: Druse Head Scorns Hezbollah on SyriaABC News
Hezbollah Chief Calls Syria Elections a Defeat for WestTheTower.org
Leading Lebanese politician: Hezbollah should fight Israel, not Syria rebelsHaaretz

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