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CNSNews.com
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday that as president he would work to identify, organize and arm members of the Syrian opposition "who share our values." According to the State Department, some Sunni Muslim forces opposing the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
US President Barack Obama has "failed to lead in Syria," and the strains between his administration and chief regional ally Israel are emboldening Iran, White House hopeful Mitt Romney warned Monday. Making the case in a major foreign policy speech...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
Turkish President Abdullah Gul begged the international community to do more to end Syria's conflict to avoid 'more bloodshed and before Syria self-destructs more than it already has' Turkey's president described its growing conflict with Syria as '...
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War In Context
| 8 months ago
Turkey, once an ally of President Bashar Assad but now a key supporter of the rebels fighting to topple him. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had warned on Saturday that Ankara would respond forcefully to each errant Syrian shell that lands...
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Spiked
| 8 months ago
Turkey engaged in cross-border fire with Syrian forces in retaliation for what appeared to be wayward Syrian army shells which killed five in the Turkish border town of Akcakale...The UN Security Council president, Gert Rosenthal, condemned in the...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
The leader of Syria's main opposition group said Monday that he would not oppose a role for members of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party in the country's political future as long as they did not participate in killings during the uprising.
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
The leader of Syria's main opposition group says members of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party can play a role in Syria's political future as long as they did not participate in killings during the country's uprising and civil war.
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 8 months ago
Turkish forces fired across the frontier into Syria on Sunday after a shell launched from Syria landed in Turkey's border town of Akcakale, underlining Ankara's warning that it will respond with force to any violence spilling over into its territory.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
Senator Carr says while there is nothing to suggest it is about to happen, the battle between president Bashar al-Assad's regime and opposition fighters has become more even...Senator Carr says Mr Assad's military regime has not accommodated the...
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Zee News
| 8 months ago
Syrian rebels have claimed to have captured Housam al-Assad, the cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, the Al Arabiya news channel reported. Assad's cousin was arrested by the al-Farouq brigade of the rebel Free Syrian Army, according to Sheikh Adnan...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
The Daily Star Assir, Shaker and other preachers rally peacefully in Sidon over the weekend. Lebanon: Sheikh Ahmad Assir said over the weekend that he will hold weekly peaceful demonstrations around the country until Hezbollah surrenders its arms to...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Middle East editor Turkey has given its backing to Farouq al-Sharaa as a possible replacement for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad who was described as being in a self-confident and combative mood during a meeting with Iran's foreign minister Ali...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Turkey (AP) Turkey's military on Sunday fired artillery on targets inside Syria for a fifth day consecutive day, immediately responding to a Syrian mortar that landed on Turkish soil. The exchange kept tensions along the volatile border running high...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Syrian rebels, lacking heavy arms and air power, are braced for the long haul as they struggle to take on army strongholds in the city of Aleppo such as the Citadel and Umayyad Mosque. At the end of another day of fighting, four rebel commanders...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Syrian army tanks are seen in the Suleiman al-Halabi neighborhood after clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and regime forces, in Aleppo city October 5, 2012. Qatar, a major supporter of Syrian rebels, urged them on Sunday not to kill Iranians...
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Telegram & Gazette
| 8 months ago
Turkey fired artillery into Syria for a fourth consecutive day on Saturday after another Syrian shell landed on the Turkish side of the increasingly tense border. The exchanges and Turkeys recent warnings to Syria that it would defend itself have...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 8 months ago
Iran withdraws covert unit from Syria Iran has withdrawn 275 members of a covert operations unit from Syria as it faces an economic crisis at home and bitter criticism about the cost of its support for President Bashar Assad, The Sunday Times...
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The Courier-Mail
| 8 months ago
US support, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have stopped short of arming Syrian rebels with the heavier weapons that could turn the tide of the war, The New York Times reports. Without the heavy weaponry, the rebels are only able to maintain a stalemate with...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Manu Brabo/Associated Press A Syrian father weeping over the body of his son, one of dozens killed by suicide bombers in Aleppo last week amid a civil war that appears stuck in a stalemate. While they have publicly called for arming the rebels, they...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Damascus on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Middle East war, as his troops faced mounting losses at the hands of a domestic uprising. State television...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
The Syrian regime reached a deal with Turkey to allow for the establishment of a demilitarized 10-kilometer zone along the Turkish border, British daily The Guardian reported on Saturday. According to the daily, various Turkish media outlets reported...
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Newyork Times
| 8 months ago
A retired Syrian Army medic, Mr. Muhammad had reached the rank of sergeant major in the military he now fights against. He said he had never been a member of a party, and loathed jihadists and terrorists. But he offered a warning to the West now...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
The Daily Star A rally in Saraqeb, Idlib, where activists hold banners that read, I am Arab Kurdish Sunni Alawi Druze Christian. There are two narratives swirling around the Alawites of Syria, as a horrific war envelops the country. The dominant...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Agencies A Syrian man cries outside a hospital in Aleppo after his daughter was injured during a Syrian strike over a school where hundreds of refugees had taken shelter. Turkey's prime minister warned Syria Friday not to make a fatal mistake by...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
In a belligerent speech to a crowd in Istanbul on Friday, Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan warned the Syrian government it would be making a fatal mistake if it picked a fight with Turkey. The heated rhetoric came as Turkey's military again...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Eyder Peralta Turkey fired across its border into Syria again today in retaliation for a mortar shell that landed inside its borders. "The Anadolu Agency quoted the governor for Hatay province as saying that Turkish troops 'responded with fire' after...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
An image grab taken from Al-Arabiya on August 5, 2012 shows footage said to have come from Syrian rebels of Iranians kidnapped in Damascus. (AFP/Al-Arabiya) Rebel fighters will execute dozens of Iranians they kidnapped in August unless Syria's army...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
5 October 2012 The UN has finally condemned Syria for shelling a Turkish border town in an attack that left five civilians dead. The UN Security Council released a joint statement two days after the assault took place on the border between the two...
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Al Jazeera
| 8 months ago
56 Turkey has stepped up its military presence near Akcakale since the shelling earlier this week [Reuters] Syrian warplanes and artillery have pounded the central city of Homs, subjecting the former rebel stronghold to its worst bombardment in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Al-Arabiya television published confidential security documents revealing that Iran assisted its ally Syria to move chemical weapons. Also another leaked communique highlighted Syrian-Israeli collaboration on joint border. On Thursday evening, a...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
States that send arms to Syria face upheavals and unrest due to sectarian violence, their stability will be in jeopardy and the state of affairs will be no better than in Syria, warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki in an interview to RT. "He...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
The UN Security Council condemned Syria in the strongest terms over its deadly shelling of a border town in Turkey, but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there were no plans to go to war. Turkish artillery hit back at Syrian army positions on...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
World leaders urged Turkey to step back from the brink of war with Syria last night (Thursday) after its parliament voted to attack Bashar al-Assad's regime at will. Ankara's forces continued their artillery bombardment of Syrian territory for a...
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Denver Post
| 8 months ago
Turkish officials on Thursday declared that their country does not want to enter a war with Syria, even as lawmakers authorized further military operations against the embattled nation and Turkish artillery struck Syrian positions for a second day. "...
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The Hutchinson News
| 8 months ago
Security Council overcame deep divisions to unanimously approve a statement Thursday condemning Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that killed five women and children "in the strongest terms." Turkey, and a weaker text pushed by Russia, Syria's most...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
The UN Security Council has condemned a Syrian mortar attack on a Turkish border town that killed five civilians. The statement said the attack underscored the grave impact the Syrian crisis was having on "regional peace and stability". An earlier...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
October 4, 2012 Turkish soldiers stand guard in Akcakale by the Turkish-Syria border on October 4, 2012 in southern Sanliurfa province. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/GettyImages) The Turkish Parliament voted on Thursday to authorize sending soldiers into Syria...
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Arab News
| 8 months ago
The United States condemned Syria on Wednesday for the depraved shelling of a Turkish border town that left five dead, and said it was closely following what is a dangerous situation. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other US officials voiced...
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Jerusalem Post
| 8 months ago
Will the tense situation between Syria and Turkey escalate into full-fledged war? This possibility is looking increasingly likely after the most recent conflagration on their common border. Though it was unclear whether forces loyal to President...
