| Op-Ed Contributor: Western Intervention in Syria |
All the chaos in Syria would seem to bolster the argument for Western intervention. But the rebel brigades are often at cross purposes, creating a dangerous quagmire.
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| In Syria, more than 40 deaths reported in airstrike |
The city of Maarat Numan has been the site of clashes and government shelling. In Damascus, Syria's capital, rebels claim responsibility for a car bomb.BEIRUT — More than 40 civilians, many of them women and children, were killed Thursday in an airstrike on the northern city of Maarat Numan, activists said, in another bloody day in Syria during which more than 200 people reportedly were killed.
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| In Syria, more than 40 deaths reported in airstrike |
The city of Maarat Numan has been the site of clashes and government shelling. In Damascus, Syria's capital, rebels claim responsibility for a car bomb.BEIRUT — More than 40 civilians, many of them women and children, were killed Thursday in an airstrike on the northern city of Maarat Numan, activists said, in another bloody day in Syria during which more than 200 people reportedly were killed.
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| At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? |
According to conventional wisdom, pro-government forces in Syria should be well equipped by weapons from Russia and China and, to a lesser extent, Iran. But they have resorted to crafting weapons to complement, or perhaps even replace, their standard arms.
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| Syrian Military’s Bombing Attack Kills Dozens |
Syrian military aircraft bombed a town in Idlib province, killing more than 40 people including many children, according to activists and graphic videos uploaded on the Internet.
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| Syria rebels carry fury born of marginalization |
Most of the rebels fighting government forces in the Syrian city of Aleppo fit a specific mold: They're poor, religiously conservative and usually come from the underdeveloped countryside nearby.
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| US: Plane Grounded by Turkey Had Russian Arms for Syria |
A representative of the US Department of State has supported claims by Turkey that a passenger plane recently grounded in Ankara transported Russian weapons for the Syrian regime. The Syrian passenger flight from Moscow to Damascus was intercepted and grounded by Turkish air force on supsicion it carried weapons for the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Although initial reports had it that the plane carried no weapons, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdgan later stated that illegally transported arms were actually retrieved. ...
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| Iran and Turkey Join Syria Peace Envoy in Truce Call |
The new peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, said a temporary halt to the fighting would constitute only a tiny step toward resolving the conflict.
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| Syrian War Reaches Damascus |
As his troops battled insurgents all around the country, Bashar al-Assad was determined that in Damascus, at least, he would preserve an air of normalcy, but such illusions are no longer possible.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Vatican to Send Delegation to Syria |
The Vatican said Wednesday that it would send a high-profile delegation to Syria, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, to encourage a political solution to the war there.
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| Saudi- King seeks end to Syria carnage |
(MENAFN - Arab News) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque King Abdullah held talks yesterday with international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on ways to end the bloodletting in Syria, SPA ...
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| Syria’s War Edges Closer to Turkey |
Turkish residents are witnessing one of the gravest concerns about the Syrian conflict: that it would spill over the border and become a regional conflagration.
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| Secret Israel-Syria Peace Talks Involved Golan Heights Exit |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel engaged in secret peace treaty discussions with Syria in 2010, but the Arab Spring intervened, according to an Israeli involved in the talks.
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| Syrian rebels seize government missile base |
Government jets swiftly move in to destroy the missiles, a rebel spokesman says, but the incident plays into the fear that arms and chemicals will fall into rogue hands.BEIRUT –- Syrian rebels seized a government missile defense base near the northern city of Aleppo on Friday that had been the source of regular attacks on surrounding villages, activists said.
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| Syrian rebels seize government missile base |
Government jets swiftly move in to destroy the missiles, a rebel spokesman says, but the incident plays into the fear that arms and chemicals will fall into rogue hands.BEIRUT –- Syrian rebels seized a government missile defense base near the northern city of Aleppo on Friday that had been the source of regular attacks on surrounding villages, activists said.
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| On Edge in Turkey as Syria War Inches Closer |
A journey through the borderlands finds that the slow-boiling resentment over the troubles wrought by Syria’s war may be a mere prologue to the danger that lies ahead.
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| Opposition: Syria rebels capture air base |
Syrian rebels captured an air defense base east of Aleppo on Friday as government forces battled insurgents on several fronts across the country, anti-regime activists said.
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| Witness: Turkey scrambles fighters after Syria airstrike |
Turkey scrambled two fighter planes Friday to the border after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the Syrian border town of Azmarin, according to a Reuters witness.
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| Report: Turkey jets avoiding Syria |
In a sign of escalating tensions, Turkey diverted its civilian planes Friday to avoid using Syrian airspace. The two neighbors have been engaged in a diplomatic tussle since Turkish civilians died in cross-border shelling last week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IC8bUhgqZ_c:zh1wqrmHRAw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IC8bUhgqZ_c:zh1wqrmHRAw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IC8bUhgqZ_c:zh1wqrmHRAw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=IC8bUhgqZ_c:zh1wqrmHRAw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IC8bUhgqZ_c:zh1wqrmHR
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| Cave becomes classroom in Syria |
Because of the civil war in Syria, students and teachers have deserted their schools and taken classes underground -- literally.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=rTQXY-a3ogI:IRUB-ACkZz0: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=rTQXY-a3ogI:IRUB-ACkZz0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><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=rTQXY-a3ogI:IRUB-ACkZz0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=rTQXY-a3ogI:IRUB-ACkZz0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=rTQXY-a3ogI:IRUB-ACkZz0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a hre
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| Turkey strikes back after fresh shelling from Syria |
(MENAFN - Arab News) Turkey returned fire after mortar bombs shot from Syria landed in a field in southern Turkey yesterday, the day after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned Damascus Turkey would ...
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| Beyond the bodies and bombs |
As violence rages in Syria, residents throughout the country are just trying to live their lives -- opening businesses, shopping and going for walks.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r-fwVy2n1js:RdNZjS8xQuc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r-fwVy2n1js:RdNZjS8xQuc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r-fwVy2n1js:RdNZjS8xQuc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=r-fwVy2n1js:RdNZjS8xQuc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r-fwVy2n1js:RdNZjS8xQuc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?
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| Citing U.S. Fears, Arab Allies Limit Aid to Syrian Rebels |
 Officials in Saudi Arabia and Qatar said they were withholding heavier weapons in part because of worries by the United States that they could end up in the hands of terrorists.
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| Syrian Forces Attack Rebel Stronghold Near Palace |
 A large armored contingent of Syria’s elite Republican Guard stormed a western Damascus suburb near the presidential palace on Friday, residents and antigovernment activists said.
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| Syria and Turkey clash again |
Turkish soldiers returned fire Saturday after a shell from Syria landed near a border village, state media reported, as clashes between the two neighbors entered a fourth day.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0fSyCPYQAAs:cq-ChMkrzHc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0fSyCPYQAAs:cq-ChMkrzHc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0fSyCPYQAAs:cq-ChMkrzHc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=0fSyCPYQAAs:cq-ChMkrzHc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0fSyCPYQAAs:cq-ChMkrzHc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.c
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| Bulgaria FM: Assad to Blame for Al-Qaeda in Syria |
The regime of Bashar Al-Assad is to be held responsible for the radicalization of rebels fighting against it, said Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov. In an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio Saturday, Mladenov said that in all cases of violence in a country, the ones to be first held responsible are the official authorities. Asked to comment reports that radicals from Al-Qaeda are already operating amongst Syrian rebels, the Bulgarian Foreign Minister said that ultimately the Assad regime is to blame. ...
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| Syria and Turkey clash for fourth day |
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| Turkey fires on Syria after another Syrian shell hits its territory |
Another mortar shell from Syria struck Turkish territory on Saturday, prompting a fourth day of retaliatory artillery fire from Turkey, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
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| Kurdish autonomy in Syria troubling for rebels, Turkey |
With the Syrian rebellion has come a rise in Kurdish autonomy. The rebels have tense relations with the Kurds, and Turkey fears northern Syria may become a haven for the Kurdish militia the PKK. AFRIN, Syria —This tranquil town in northwest Syria is a haven from the warfare convulsing much of the country, but the calm points to profound challenges facing the country — and the entire region — when the fighting ends.
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| Kurdish autonomy in Syria troubling for rebels, Turkey |
With the Syrian rebellion has come a rise in Kurdish autonomy. The rebels have tense relations with the Kurds, and Turkey fears northern Syria may become a haven for the Kurdish militia the PKK. AFRIN, Syria —This tranquil town in northwest Syria is a haven from the warfare convulsing much of the country, but the calm points to profound challenges facing the country — and the entire region — when the fighting ends.
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| Fighting Spreads Through Syrian City as Services Vanish |
 In Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, battles are spreading into once sheltered neighborhoods and threatening to open new rifts among ethnic groups.
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| The Lede Blog: Analysts Say Video of American Held in Syria Might Have Been Staged |
Video posted on YouTube five days ago, apparently showing a missing American journalist in the hands of jihadist captors in Syria, might have been staged to discredit the armed opposition to the Syrian government, according to several analysts.
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| Syria's foreign minister says US, allies support 'terrorism' |
Syria's foreign minister on Monday accused the United States, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey of supporting "terrorism" in his country by funneling arms, money and foreign fighters to rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad.
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| WORLD: Homemade Rocket Test |
A test of an early rocket developed by Ahmed Turki in Syria.
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| At United Nations, Syria Blames Foes for Conflict |
Walid al-Moallem, the Syrian foreign minister, said that the country’s enemies concocted the refugee crisis and that a dialogue on a political transition was still possible.
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| At War Blog: Syrian Rebels Take Their Battle to the Skies |
 For the rebels, managing to deny the use of an important airfield has undermined the government's ability to exert its full authority in some parts of the country.
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| Last day at U.N. meeting: Syria, North Korea and Cuba |
Monday marks the final day of debate at the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly. Some of the most-controversial speakers have been saved for last.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=CH0tmDjNVqY:wfeDsVYz_Ow: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=CH0tmDjNVqY:wfeDsVYz_Ow: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=CH0tmDjNVqY:wfeDsVYz_Ow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=CH0tmDjNVqY:wfeDsVYz_Ow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=CH0tmDjNVqY:wfeDsVYz_Ow:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img
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| Syrian foreign minister expected to defend government role in civil war at UN |
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| Hama region demolished, thousands flee |
Syrian forces go door-to-door in Hama telling people to leave before demolition begins, residents tell CNN.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=NR_NSQT6OGA:ng9CQ29JTsI: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=NR_NSQT6OGA:ng9CQ29JTsI: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=NR_NSQT6OGA:ng9CQ29JTsI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=NR_NSQT6OGA:ng9CQ29JTsI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=NR_NSQT6OGA:ng9CQ29JTsI: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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| Syria: Regime bombing of town kills at least 12 |
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Activists say Syrian troops have bombed a northern town near the Turkish border, killing at least 12 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...
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DERIK, Syria --In the Kurdish areas of Syria, people have wasted little time seizing on the opportunities a tentative retreat by President Bashar Assad's government forces three months ago has afforded them. The Kurdish language, which as little as two years ago was forbidden, is now taught in state schools. Kurdish police forces patrol the streets and community organizations have been set up to act as de facto government institutions.
Syria has agreed to a cease-fire during the short Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which begins Friday, international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday.