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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
Reuters Israel is closely tracking Russian naval movements in the Mediterranean Sea amid reports that several ships are heading to Syria to secure the Tartus Port and possibly military assets Moscow maintains in the country. On Friday, Russian news...
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Sky News
| 10 months ago
Syrian forces backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships have clashed with rebels in the northern city of Aleppo, as fighting continues in the capital Damascus. And as the violence rumbles on, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has said the...
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Denver Post
| 10 months ago
The Syrian government and opposition activists exchanged accusations Friday after a mortar attack killed at least 20 people in Damascus' sprawling Yarmouk district, home to tens of thousands of Palestinians. Graphic video said to be from the scene...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The 193-member body criticised its own UN Security Council for failing to halt the bloodshed in Syria. It condemned "the increasing use by the Syrian authorities of heavy weapons, including indiscriminate shelling from tanks and helicopters, in...
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Khaleej Times
| 10 months ago
U.N. member states on Friday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Syrian government at a special session of the General Assembly that Western diplomats said highlighted the isolation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assads supporters Russia and China.
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Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
General Assembly condemns Syria violence, big-power inaction The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn the Syrian government's latest attacks on its rebellious citizens, and criticized big powers on the Security Council for...
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Telegraph India
| 10 months ago
With UN peace envoy Kofi Annan walking out of his mission yesterday, hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Syria may have been dashed, but the unfortunate turn of events has raised India's stock at the UN. New Delhi's vote in the...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
UN chief Ban Ki-moon told world powers yesterday they must overcome their rivalries to put an end to the proxy war in Syria, as deadly fighting raged in Damascus and the country's second city Aleppo. Ban spoke ahead of a UN General Assembly vote that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Russia expressed serious concern Friday over attempts by Syrian rebels to gain control of Aleppo and condemned foreign nations for providing the armed opposition with military supplies. The foreign ministry said the latest evidence from Syria's...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 10 months ago
Armed clashes erupted in at least three Syrian cities on Friday amid reports of a deadly mortar attack on a major Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, an event that threatened to draw Syria's displaced Palestinian population into its civil war.
