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How Bashar Assad Is Trying to Win the Peace in Syria - TIME Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:41:38 GMT

TIME

How Bashar Assad Is Trying to Win the Peace in Syria
TIME
Taking advantage of a ceasefire and a rare moment free from shelling, protesters reappeared on the streets in some opposition-held areas of Syria this week, demanding an end to the authoritarian regime led by President Bashar Assad. At one protest in ...
One week into Syria cease-fire, Anti-Assad protests spreadUSA TODAY
Syria's Shaky RespiteNew York Times
For a Day, Syria's Cease-Fire Revives Peaceful ProtestWall Street Journal
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Can Russia help build the peace in Syria? - BBC News Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:19:50 GMT

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Can Russia help build the peace in Syria?
BBC News
The human rights group Amnesty International says it has "compelling evidence" that Russian and Syrian government forces had "deliberately and systematically targeted hospitals and other medical facilities" in Aleppo in the north. But during our trip ...
Russia and Syria may be deliberately targeting hospitals in SyriaBusiness Insider

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Your Friday Evening Briefing: Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, Syria - New York Times Fri, 04 Mar 2016 23:06:10 GMT

New York Times

Your Friday Evening Briefing: Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, Syria
New York Times
The partial truce in Syria backed by Washington and Moscow has lasted a week — and “dramatically reduced overall violence” in the country, The A.P. reports. Demonstrators took advantage of the relative peace on Friday, renewing their calls for the ...


Syria reports nationwide electricity outage - CNN Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:28:06 GMT

CNN

Syria reports nationwide electricity outage
CNN
Syria's power infrastructure has been damaged during the war, accounting in part for frequent outages even in areas that it still serves. Thursday's outage came in the middle of a two-week truce between government forces and certain militant groups ...
Syria conflict: Massive power blackout across countryBBC News
Syria hit with nationwide blackout, state TV reportsFox News
Syria hit by nationwide power blackoutUSA TODAY
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An Old Wound in Syria - New York Times Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:00:31 GMT

New York Times

An Old Wound in Syria
New York Times
Normally on Land Day, I would not have gone to school. In Syria, where I grew up, they usually let Syrian-Palestinians march to remember the day, March 30, 1976, when Israeli forces killed six Palestinians and wounded at least 100 who had been ...


World insight: Syria is in Europe - Times Higher Education (THE) (blog) Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:01:31 GMT

Times Higher Education (THE) (blog)

World insight: Syria is in Europe
Times Higher Education (THE) (blog)
Syria is in Europe, certainly according to the ancient Greeks. Europa was a princess from Phoenicia, an ancient civilisation in today's Syria (and Lebanon), who was taken by Zeus, the Greek “King of the Gods”, to the island of Crete, where she gave ...
Turkish meddling in Syria will drag NATO to war for Ankara's imperial ambitions - German MPRT

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The US State Department's Syria Hotline Staff May Not Speak Arabic — or Answer the Phone - VICE News Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:33:12 GMT

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The US State Department's Syria Hotline Staff May Not Speak Arabic — or Answer the Phone
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The US State Department has set up a hotline to help document reports of violence in Syria, but some of the operators working the phones don't speak fluent Arabic, and sometimes nobody answers the phone at all. The problem was first revealed on ...
Syria civil war: Staff manning US ceasefire hotline 'can't speak Arabic'The Independent
The State Department's Syrian Cease-Fire Hotline Has One Small ProblemMother Jones

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Syria truce: Civilians use ceasefire to resume anti-government protests in Aleppo, Damascus - ABC Online Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:18:00 GMT

ABC Online

Syria truce: Civilians use ceasefire to resume anti-government protests in Aleppo, Damascus
ABC Online
For the first time in years, hundreds of Syrians nationwide have taken advantage of a nearly week-long ceasefire to resume anti-government protests under the slogan: "The Revolution Continues!" ...

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UN Says Deal Is Near With Syria on Aid - Wall Street Journal Fri, 04 Mar 2016 01:25:37 GMT

Wall Street Journal

UN Says Deal Is Near With Syria on Aid
Wall Street Journal
United Nations officials said they were on the verge of an agreement with the Syrian regime to get humanitarian relief flowing and to lift a ban on medical supplies to opposition-held areas, as Western powers raced to deliver aid while a shaky truce ...
Jets strike outskirts of Syria's Douma for first time since truce: monitorReuters
Syrian war: Air raids hit rebel bastion in Eastern Ghouta despite ceasefire, monitor saysABC Online

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He's safe here but dreams of home in Syria - Lincoln Journal Star Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:19:11 GMT

Lincoln Journal Star

He's safe here but dreams of home in Syria
Lincoln Journal Star
Gabriel Jabbour and his daughter, Rula, embrace beneath the crucifix at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Omaha. Gabriel fled Syria after a warning that Islamic State fighters were planning to publicly behead him for leading a community of 700 Catholics.

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