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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Syrian rebels take up position in Aleppo's Izaa neighborhood. (AFP/Miguel Medina) Syrian rebels advanced on several fronts in their campaign to seize Aleppo, but without a significant breakthrough after hours of fierce fighting, commanders in the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Syrian writer Ibrahim al-Kharit and his son Sumar were killed by government troops in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, opposition activists and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. They "were shot dead Thursday night by regime...
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The Daily Star
| 9 months ago
Syrian rebels struggled to make headway against government forces on Friday in a battle for Aleppo, the country's largest city...Fighters reached by telephone from Beirut described fierce combat in several neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria's commercial...
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Teaneck Suburbanite
| 9 months ago
Fighting over Syria's largest city intensified Friday with some of the fiercest battles in two months as rebel forces launched a new offensive to rout President Bashar Assad's forces from Aleppo, activists said. The city of 3 million, once a bastion...
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The Courier-Mail
| 9 months ago
Aleppo after announcing a "decisive" battle for Syria's second city, residents and a watchdog say. Shells crashed down at a steady rate and clashes were widespread, leaving layers of dust and smoke over Aleppo, according to the residents of the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 9 months ago
Fighting on an "unprecedented" scale today shook Syria's second city Aleppo, where rebels have declared a decisive battle, residents and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. "The fighting is unprecedented and has not stopped since...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 9 months ago
Breaking News Activists say Syrian troops and rebels are fighting some of the fiercest battles in the northern city of Aleppo. The clashes Friday are part of a new push by the rebels to drive regime forces out of Syria's largest city and commercial...
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Asia Times
| 9 months ago
The Egyptian peace initiative is on the rocks after the failure of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to show up; various other efforts continue but the Emir of Qatar conveyed his pessimism poignantly on Tuesday by calling for an Arab...
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BBC
| 9 months ago
Fierce fighting has been reported in Syria's second city of Aleppo, a day after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said a "decisive" battle had begun. Both residents and activists described the clashes as "unprecedented", and said rebel fighters were...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Jihadist groups in Syria, although limited in numbers, play a key role in motivating rebel fighters and boosting their technical expertise, sources in the Syrian rebellion say. Most are Syrians but they also count foreign volunteers in their ranks,...
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
E a source close to the government of the United Arab Emirates confirmed, Thursday, that Bushra Al-Assad, the sister of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, has left Syria and is now living in the UAE...Bushra was married to former deputy defense...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
Syrian rebel fighters and Assad-regime forces fought what the opposition Free Syrian Army called a decisive battle for the northwestern city of Aleppo Friday. The fighting came a day after the bloodiest day of Syria's 18-month revolt, with at least...
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Mail Online UK
| 9 months ago
27 September 2012 More than 700,000 people could have fled Syria by the end of the year, the United Nations said yesterday. The estimate came as the UN refugee agency, in conjunction with 51 aid agencies, asked for more aid to help deal with the...
