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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
Syria's rebels accused strongman Bashar Al-Assad yesterday of moving chemical weapons to the country's borders, a day after his beleaguered regime said it would use its stockpiles if attacked. Helicopter gunships strafed rebel neighbourhoods of...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
29 Zeenews Bureau Moscow: A day after Syria threatened to unleash its chemical and biological weapons if it faces a foreign attack, Russia on Tuesday warned Damascus, reminding it to adhere to its international obligations.
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
A rebel soldier raises his arms during the ongoing battles rocking Syria's second city of Aleppo. (AFP/YouTube) Reuters reported on Tuesday that Syrian army helicopters were bombarding areas near central Aleppo while fighter jets were buzzing rebel...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 10 months ago
Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 CIA reports have said that over the past four decades Syria has amassed huge supplies of mustard gas, sarin nerve agents and cyanide "which can be delivered by aerial bombs, ballistic missiles and artillery rockets". A CIA...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Protesters stand outside the Russian Embassy in Beirut. (NOW Lebanon) Dozens of people protested at the Russian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, denouncing Syrian regime "massacres" while calling on Russia and China to change their positions on the...
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War In Context
| 10 months ago
From the 11th century, it served as the base for raids by European Crusaders into Syria a place from which to launch attacks, and a place that kept the Mediterranean coast safe from the Arab empires that sought to reclaim it...As the uprising enters...
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Sky News
| 10 months ago
The conflict has intensified in Syria with the government reportedly unleashing fighter jets and helicopter gunships to "drop bombs" in a bid to wrestle back control of neighbourhoods from rebels. It is claimed the jets have targeted the northern...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Sinan Gul/Anadolu Agency/EPA Heavy fighting has been reported in Syria 's second city of Aleppo as President Bashar al-Assad appointed replacements for three of the senior security officials killed in a bomb attack in Damascus last week. Syrian state...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
Reuters US officials say they believe intelligence gaps have impeded efforts to support the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad. The officials say spy agencies have expanded their efforts to gather intelligence on rebel forces and Dr Assad's regime...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images The column of eight rebel fighters picked their way along the street in Deir el-Zour at sunset, moving carefully through the debris of crushed glass and concrete, keeping their heads low and backs bent under the weight...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
The Russian side proceeds from the assumption that Syrian authorities will continue to strictly adhere to the undertaken international obligations," it said in a statement. There has been a barrage of warnings about Syria's chemical arsenal this...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
24 July 2012 The eye of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad turned its gaze on the nation's commercial heartland today as he intensified his bid to flush out rebels from the city of Aleppo. Government warplanes and helicopter gunships bombarded Syria's...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Russia urged its Middle East ally Syria on Tuesday to refrain from using chemical weapons despite its threat to unleash the previously unreported arsenal in case of a foreign attack. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it "would like to underline that...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
At this busy border, the ebb and flow of traffic tells a story of a people in crisis. A week ago, as fighting escalated in the very heart of the capital Damascus, as many as 30,000 Syrians fled across the border into Lebanon in 48 hours. Now the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Syrian government troops attacked the Qadam and Assali districts of Damascus on Tuesday, two of the last pockets of rebel-held territory in the city, a watchdog said. "Syrian regime forces have attacked the Qadam and Assali districts, launching a...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Syrian rebels fought government troops and intelligence agents at the gates of Aleppo's ancient Old City on Tuesday in a battle for control of Syria's commercial hub, residents and opposition activists said. A local businessman said fighting was...
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NewKerala
| 10 months ago
Indian ambassador V.P.Haran is in touch with resident Indians and has asked them to leave the country, Syed Akbaruddin, the external affairs ministry spokesperson, told reporters here. The staff of the Indian mission have already been asked to leave,...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
ments Despite recent rebel gains, Assad's end isn't imminent Although fighting has reached Damascus and Aleppo and momentum seems to favor the rebels, the Syrian military is still robust and the end of the conflict is unlikely to come soon. By David...
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Fox News
| 10 months ago
Israel's military chief says the Syrian army has stepped up security around the country's chemical weapons stocks...Benny Gantz did not offer details in his remarks Tuesday to parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee. Gantz said the Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
NOW Lebanon was able to get in touch with a prisoner, who identified himself as Abu Ibrahim, on his cellphone at the Aleppo prison. He recounts the experience of Monday's disobedience: The prisoners have been feeling very pressured. After [the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
A Syrian army bombardment killed at least six children and four other civilians on Tuesday in the town of Herak on the southern Hauran Plain, opposition activists said, and a video showed mangled bodies laid out in a local hospital. "Artillery and...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Syrian troops fought rebels trying to seize central Aleppo on Tuesday and quelled a jail mutiny on the outskirts of the northern city, killing 15 prisoners, opposition activists said. After a week of battles between President Bashar al-Assad's forces...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
India is evacuating family members of its embassy personnel from Syria as the 16-month internal conflict further worsened forcing the U.N. to press for sanctions. The family members of Indian Embassy personnel are being evacuated back to India...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Fighting between rebels and army troops raged overnight and into Tuesday in the central districts of Aleppo and Damascus as a senior Israel i defense official said his country should determine the right time to take out Syria's chemical and...
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Haaretz
| 10 months ago
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that if Syria's chemical weapons were to get into the wrong hands, such as those of Hezbollah, IDF military action could turn into an unintentionally broad campaign. On Monday, a senior Israeli official...
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Ynet News
| 10 months ago
Syria Infighting 'Situation may change.' Gantz Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg Gantz tells Knesset Defense Committee strike on chemical weapons stockpiles may drag Israel into major war; says defections motivated Syrian rebels Yoav Zitun During a Knesset...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has made a U-turn on earlier claims that it would support a transitional government involving figures in the current regime if Assad resigned. Abdelbasset Sida, leader of the SNC, denied a statement by...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 10 months ago
Syria could lose control of chemical weapons IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that it is feared the Syrian regime will lose control of Syria's chemical weapons. "At this moment they (the Syrians)...
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Al Jazeera
| 10 months ago
45 Syrian rebels near Aleppo city, as they took much of the formerly loyalist city from the government [EPA] Rebels have launched an offensive to take over downtown Aleppo, battling Syrian army and intelligence personnel at the gates of the Old City,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Shelling in the town of Herak, south of Damascus, killed seven people, six of them children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, taking the nationwide death toll for Tuesday to 33. "At least seven civilians, including six children, were...
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Boston.com
| 10 months ago
Clashes flare in Syria's Aleppo for 4th day In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 23, 2012, a Free Syrian Army soldier reacts during clashes with Syrian government troops in Aleppo, Syria. The...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Syrian rebels attack the municipal building in the city center of Selehattin, near Aleppo, on July 23, 2012. At least 14 people were killed in violence across Syria Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, while putting the death toll...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Syrian rebels attack the municipal building in Selehattin, near Aleppo, on July 23, 2012. Syrian rebels 'liberated' several districts of the northern city of Aleppo, the Free Syrian Army claimed. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images 8.55am: (all...
