| Visiting Lebanon, pope denounces arms transfers to Syria |
At the start of a three-day visit in Lebanon, Pope Benedict XVI calls the movement of weapons from any country to Syria to be a 'grave sin.'BEIRUT — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Lebanese capital on Friday as anti-U.S. protests convulsed the region and fighting with sectarian overtones raged in neighboring Syria.
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| Lebanese hope pope can 'bring peace' to the region |
 Lebanese of all faiths welcome Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Beirut and hope that he can help 'bring peace' to Syria and the troubled Middle East region caught in a wave of anti-Western violence. NBC's Claudio Lavanga reports from Beirut.
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| Special Envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, to Meet With Assad |
Lakhdar Brahimi, the special envoy representing the United Nations and the Arab League, is scheduled to meet with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and representatives of opposition groups on Saturday.
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| Jolie fears for Syrian refugees in winter |
 Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says that with winter approaching, she is concerned about the plight of hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee their homes.
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| World Briefing | Middle East: Syria: Envoy Says Crisis Is Worsening |
The diplomat tasked with ending Syria’s civil war said Thursday that the conflict was worsening, after traveling to the country for the first time since taking a job he has called “nearly impossible.”
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| Jolie visits Syrian refugees in Turkey |
 Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey to visit Syrian refugees in her role as special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency.
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| Syrians Join Relief Efforts for Countrymen in Jordan |
There are more than 200,000 Syrians in Jordan, about 30,000 of them in the Zaatari camp, which was set up this summer to accommodate the growing number of refugees coming into the country daily.
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| What you need to know about Syria today |
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| Syria scenarios |
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) It is too late to hammer out a political solution for the 18-month-long Syrian crisis, which has mutated into an open-ended civil war. Syrian President Bashar Assad, ...
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| The fog of civil war |
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) THE VETERAN Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi began his Syrian peace mission on a sombre note this week, having previously described his chances of success as negligible. ...
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