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BBC
| 6 months ago
He was elected on 9 November 2012 at a conference in Qatar, only two days before opposition factions agreed to create the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. Mr Sabra said the SNC would not be "subsumed" by the new...
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Arizona Republic
| 6 months ago
Syria's political opposition has struggled to prove its relevance amid the civil war under a leadership largely made up of academics and exiled politicians. With its relaunch as a new organization, it has taken a different tack: choosing as its head...
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Inter Press Service
| 6 months ago
IPS Articles A recent offensive along the border has also led to the rebel capture of Ras al-Ain, a small town in the northeast province of Hasaka, which caused up to 8,000 Syrians to flee into Turkey. The Syrian army, in response, has bombed rebel...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton talks to attendants after a session of the joint Arab League-European foreign ministers' meeting on Syria, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 13, 2012. EU foreign ministers meeting...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
Government troops bombed a rebel-held Syrian village near Turkey Tuesday following a confrontation with Israeli tanks in the Golan Heights a day earlier. The attacks came after the Syrian opposition announced a unity pact that drew praise from...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
Syria's new opposition leaders must act to monitor and curb any violations of international law by rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad's regime, human rights watchdogs said on Tuesday. "Syria's newly created opposition front should send...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
France will support a new Syrian opposition bloc, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday after talks with its leaders in Cairo, where EU diplomats were meeting with their Arab counterparts. "Now they are united, it's very important.
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Associated Press
| 6 months ago
Nearly 20 months into the Syrian uprising, President Bashar Assad's message to the world has been nothing if not consistent: His military is strong, his enemies are mere terrorists and he will prevail in the end. And despite a unity deal signed by...
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Kuwait Times
| 6 months ago
The six Gulf states recognised a newly formed opposition bloc as the Syrian people's legitimate representative yesterday, as border violence stoked fears of a spillover of the country's 20-month conflict. The Gulf Cooperation Council move came a year...
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Associated Press
| 6 months ago
Syria's neighbors are increasingly being drawn into the country's civil war in a variety of ways, whether militarily or due to an exodus of Syrians fleeing the fighting at home. The spillover has raised concerns that the nearly 20-month-long conflict...
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GMA News
| 6 months ago
Syria's new opposition leadership, painfully forged under Arab and Western pressure, set out on Monday to gather recognition and wider backing for the struggle to topple President Bashar al-Assad and take over the country. Reformist Damascus cleric...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
Israel's military says its tanks have scored "direct hits" on Syrian artillery units after Syrian mortar shells fell near an Israeli army post. It comes a day after Israel fired warning shots after it said a Syrian shell hit another of its army posts...
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Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
16 The leader of Syria's newly united opposition has headed to Arab League headquarters in Cairo to push for diplomatic recognition, buoyed by the hard-won unity deal among the disparate factions. Mouaz al-Khatib, 52, a cleric who left Syria three ...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
Western nations, Qatar and Turkey have welcomed the creation of a new Syrian coalition that aims to unify opposition against President Bashar al-Assad. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces was unveiled in Doha on...
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Wichita Eagle
| 6 months ago
Qatar Political opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad established a new organization Sunday and elected an activist Muslim cleric to lead it, a move that could open the spigot of international humanitarian aid to Syria. But questions remained on...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad bombarded the Ras Al Ain area on the border with Turkey yesterday, days after the town fell to rebels during an advance that has sent thousands of refugees fleeing for safety. Helicopters circled...
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Israel National News
| 6 months ago
The two countries called to recognize the united organization as the sole organization representing the Syrian people. "From now on we will strive for complete recognition of the new body by all parties," said Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim...
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Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
06 Khatib, soon after his election, called on soldiers to quit the Syrian army and on all sects to unite [Reuters] Syria's opposition appears to have overcome its deep divisions to rally behind a new leader within a new coalition that its Western and...
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The Herald
| 6 months ago
After responding to Sunday's mortar strike, the Israeli military moved quickly to defuse tensions. "We understand this was a mistake and was not meant to target Israel, and then that is why we fired a warning shot in retaliation," said Lt...Defense...
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GMA News
| 6 months ago
Syrian opposition leaders struck a hard-won deal on Sunday under intense international pressure to form a broad, new coalition to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and chose a popular Islamist activist to head the body. Mouaz al-Khatib, a former...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
The Daily Star A girl crosses the border between the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain and Turkey's Sanliurfa province. Syrian opposition groups endorsed Sunday the formation of a National Coalition in order to secure increased foreign backing and elected...
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International Business Times
| 6 months ago
Residents walk on rubble in a damaged street in Aleppo's district of Bustan al-Basha. Syrian opposition activists in exile agreed Sunday to form a new coalition after a week of intense discussions in Doha, Qatar. Details on the composition of the new...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
Leading Syrian dissident Riad Seif speaks to the media at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha November 8, 2012. Syria's fractious opposition held a landmark meeting in Qatar on Thursday to hammer out an...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
Qatar (AP) Syrian anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday under intense international pressure to form a new opposition leadership that will include representatives from the country's disparate factions fighting to topple President Bashar Assad '...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
The top Syrian opposition force has reached a deal with other groups to form a national coalition that could transition into a new government, leaders say. The deal, negotiated over the weekend between the Syrian National Council and other groups in...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
The Syrian opposition struck a hard-won deal on Sunday on a new structure to take forward the 20-month uprising as clashes on the Golan Heights prompted what Israel said was its first fire across the armistice line since the 1973 Middle East war.
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The Jakarta Post
| 6 months ago
The Israeli military said the mortar fire caused no injuries or damage at the post in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and then annexed. But in recent weeks, incidents of errant fire from Syria have...
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Daily Nation
| 6 months ago
Twin suicide bombings killed at least 20 soldiers in Syria's south on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a unity deal still eluded the opposition despite several days of foreign-backed efforts. The opposition talks in Doha, Qatar, saw the Syrian National...
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Jerusalem Post
| 6 months ago
But Qatar, which has bankrolled the opposition to Assad and played a major role in Arab diplomacy against him, was keeping up pressure on the Syrian activists to agree a deal immediately, one diplomatic source said. A delegate said the United Arab...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
Qatar (AP) The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition group slammed the international community for what he called inaction, saying Saturday that fighters are in desperate need of weapons to break the stalemate with President Bashar Assad 's...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
Twin bombings at a military base in the southern Syrian town of Deraa killed at least 20 soldiers Saturday and wounded dozens more, officials say. Two cars loaded with explosives blew up within minutes of each other, the BBC reported.
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The New York Times
| 6 months ago
Nobody should be subsumed under anybody, said George Sabra, the newly elected president of the council, opening his inaugural news conference here in a combative mood before heading into negotiations over the unification proposal...But a group of...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 6 months ago
Suicide car bombings ripped through a Syrian government base in a southern city on Saturday, killing at least 20 soldiers, an opposition group said, the latest in a series of explosions targeting regime forces and symbols of state security across the...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images Moves to form a credible alternative to Syria 's Assad regime look set to end in failure, with the main opposition bloc refusing to endorse a broad-based government in waiting or contribute to how it might take shape.
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Russia Today
| 6 months ago
Syrian National Council member George Sabra (C) shakes hands with Syrian National Council (SNC) chief Abdel Basset Sayda after the results of the 11-member executive committee in Doha November 9, 2012 (Reuters / Mohammed Dabbous) (21.3Mb) embed video...
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War In Context
| 6 months ago
Syria's biggest political opposition bloc Friday elected a Christian, George Sabra, as president, a move Sabra said showed that the Muslim-majority nation will not allow its national uprising to descend into sectarian war. Sabra, a geography teacher...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 6 months ago
In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Syrian Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Mohammad Riad Al-Shaqfa announced that all members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood support the objective of toppling the al-Assad regime and not entering any...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 6 months ago
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, but car bombs targeting the military have been a regular tactic of the various rebel groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad's army. The opposition rebels have infiltrated in the past two months...
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B92
| 6 months ago
At least 20 soldiers are reported to have been killed in Syria in two car bomb attacks in the town of Deraa. (Tanjug, file) The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there were two explosions a few minutes apart in the garden behind...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
Qatar (AP) The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition bloc in exile struck a combative tone Saturday, saying international inaction rather than divisions among anti-regime groups are to blame for the inability to end the bloodshed in Syria.
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 6 months ago
The Syrian National Council, the main opposition body outside the country in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, elected veteran activist George Sabra as its head on Friday. Sabra, a Christian, takes over a body that has come under heavy...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
Qatar (AP) The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition bloc said in an interview Saturday that the international community should support those trying to topple President Bashar Assad 's regime without any conditions and not link aid to an...
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Boston.com
| 6 months ago
Qatar (AP) The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition bloc is urging the international community to support those trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime without any conditions and not link aid to an overhaul of the opposition...
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GMA News
| 6 months ago
Twin car bombs at a military officers' club in southern Syria killed at least 20 soldiers on Saturday, a watchdog said. The two bombs exploded minutes apart in the back garden of the club in the city of Daraa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
Syria's main opposition party has new leader 9 November 2012 Last updated at 21:43 ET Syria's main opposition group, meeting in Qatar, has chosen the Christian George Sabra as its leader. Mr Sabra, a former Communist, takes up the job at the head of...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
The Syrian National Council, vying to keep its leading role and under US pressure to unify, yesterday called for a delay to a decision on bringing together all groups opposed to President Bashar Al Assad...The Local Coordination Committees, a major...
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Sky News
| 6 months ago
The refugees were escaping fierce fighting between rebels and government forces for control of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al Ain on the border with Turkey. The exodus signals the escalating ferocity of the conflict, which has killed more...
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Daily Nation
| 6 months ago
Heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and troops sent thousands fleeing into Turkey on Friday, as President Bashar al-Assad said only the ballot box could decide his future and the main opposition bloc elected a new leader. The clashes over a border...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
Syrian rebels' actions, including poorly planned missions, criminal behavior and killing of prisoners, are costing them support among civilians, observers say. Also creating problems for the rebels as they fight against the forces of President Bashar...
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Arab News
| 6 months ago
Thousands of Syrians fled their country on Friday in one of the biggest refugee exoduses of the 20 month war after rebels seized a border town. Syria's fractious opposition was meeting in Qatar, under increasing pressure from the United States and...
