| American, 24, witness to Syria chaos |
Tattooed and pale, with an Arabic vocabulary of a few dozen words at best, 24-year-old American Peter Kassig is not who you would expect to see striding up and down the corridors of a hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon, clutching a wad of bloodied bandages.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=dzyKTZpmhfM:K5-NuDsNFy8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=dzyKTZpmhfM:K5-NuDsNFy8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=dzyKTZpmhfM:K5-NuDsNFy8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=dzyKTZpmhfM:K5-NuDsNFy8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=dzyKTZpmhfM:K5-NuDsNFy8:qj6IDK7rITs"&
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| Syria activists using US tech to beat curbs |
U.S. technologies that may include a mobile phone "panic button" and an "internet suitcase" are being used by activists in Syria and other authoritarian countries to override government communications controls, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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| Syria air force colonel flies to Jordan, gets asylum |
A Syrian fighter pilot flew his plane to Jordan on Thursday and was granted political asylum, the first defection of an air force pilot with his plane during the 15-month uprising.
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| Syria air force colonel flies to Jordan and defects |
A Syrian fighter pilot flew his plane to Jordan and asked for political asylum, the first defection of an air force pilot with his plane during the 15-month uprising against President Bashar Assad.
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| Syrian pilot flees to Jordan seeking asylum |
A pilot in the Syrian military fled the country in a jet Thursday and landed in Jordan, where he requested asylum, the Jordanian government said.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=gj3GRh6bPAI:Io7z9-LYLsw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=gj3GRh6bPAI:Io7z9-LYLsw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=gj3GRh6bPAI:Io7z9-LYLsw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=gj3GRh6bPAI:Io7z9-LYLsw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=gj3GRh6bPAI:Io7z9-LYLsw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img><
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| Syrian pilot flees to Jordan seeking asylum, Jordan says |
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| IHT Rendezvous: West Floats Clemency Offer if Assad Goes Quietly |
A deal that might allow President Bashar al-Assad to go into exile is being floated as a potential compromise to end the Syrian impasse. But will he or his key ally, Russia, go for it?
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| Syrian Warplane Is Reported Missing |
Syrian air force authorities said on Thursday they had lost contact with a warplane, and some news reports said the MiG-21 had made an emergency landing in Jordan.
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| Reports: West may offer Syria's Assad immunity |
 The U.S. and U.K. are considering letting Syria's President Bashar Assad have immunity from prosecution if he agrees to relinquish power, according to reports.
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| C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Rebels |
A small number of American officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping decide which Syrian rebel fighters across the border will receive arms.
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| Al-Assad makes rare appearance |
During a rare appearance, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks to parliament about the Houla massacre.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=fs-z2SFgSJQ:e8rdJMjkKKs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=fs-z2SFgSJQ:e8rdJMjkKKs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=fs-z2SFgSJQ:e8rdJMjkKKs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=fs-z2SFgSJQ:e8rdJMjkKKs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=fs-z2SFgSJQ:e8rdJMjkKKs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~
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| EU, Russia to tackle Syrian crisis |
Global debate over the Syrian crisis is expected to ratchet up this week, with Russian and European Union leaders tackling the thorny issue and U.N. members reassessing whether to take further action.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=3x2dvhTFSws:TXbRjwJG0gs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=3x2dvhTFSws:TXbRjwJG0gs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=3x2dvhTFSws:TXbRjwJG0gs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=3x2dvhTFSws:TXbRjwJG0gs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=3x2dvhTFSws:TXbRjwJG0gs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss
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| EU, Russia to tackle Syrian crisis |
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| EU, Russia to tackle Syrian crisis as China leads UN council |
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| Assad has made it simple |
(MENAFN - Arab News) The tyrant of Damascus resolved the entire debate, at Arab and international level, and even among some spectra of the Syrian opposition, about the possibility of a diplomatic ...
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| Syria President Bashar Assad denies role in massacres |
The Syrian leader assails what he calls a 'foreign war with internal tools' and offers no new initiatives to revive the U.N. peace plan.AMMAN, Jordan — A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad offered no new initiatives Sunday to revive a faltering United Nations peace plan but instead assailed a "foreign conspiracy" stoking violence and denied his government had a role in "monstrous massacres" across the nation.
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| China Warns West Against Using Force in Syria |
In the aftermath of the village massacre in Houla, the Communist Party’s official newspaper called for more patience in giving a peace plan a chance.
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| Syria President Bashar Assad denies role in massacres |
The leader assails what he calls a 'foreign war with internal tools' and offers no new initiatives to revive the U.N. peace plan.AMMAN, Jordan — A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad offered no new initiatives Sunday to revive a faltering United Nations peace plan but instead assailed a "foreign conspiracy" stoking violence and denied his government had a role in "monstrous massacres" across the nation.
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| Assad Condemns Houla Massacre, Blaming Outside Terrorists |
In his speech Sunday, the Syrian president repeated many of his earlier pledges to maintain a crackdown on opponents he described as terrorists aided by foreign governments.
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| Assad: Syria faces 'real war waged from the outside' |
Syrian President Bashar Assad has said that his country is engaged in a "real war" with outside forces and denied any role in the Houla massacre, which he said was carried by "monsters".
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