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Foreign fighters worry - and boost - Syrian rebels
Al Nusrah Front rejects UN-proposed truce
UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced an agreement for a four-day ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The Assad regime has agreed to the ceasefire, while rebels groups said they would cease fire provided the government forces stop shooting first.
Western powers call for political stability in Lebanon
Syria rebels pessimistic on mediator's ceasefire plan
Jordan seeks to curb flow of fighters to Syria
Rebels attempted to capture a military base near a strategic highway connecting Damascus with Aleppo. Twenty people were killed in Aleppo when government forces shelled a neighborhood bakery.
Is Syria's regime spreading turbulence as a survival tactic?
Gunbattles flare in Lebanon as political crisis deepens
A bomb exploded next to a police station in a Christian quarter of Damascus, killing 13 people. The state news agency said the blast was caused by an explosive placed under a car by an "armed terrorist group."
Beirut car bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence general
A huge car bomb in central Beirut killed a prominent anti-Syrian intelligence chief. Is Syria responsible?Blast in Beirut Is Seen as an Extension of Syria's War
How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
Al Nusrah Front commanded Free Syrian Army unit, 'Chechen emigrants,' in assault on Syrian air defense base
The al Qaeda-linked group said it "had the command and the planning and the participation of the Al Fajr [Dawn] Islamic Movement and the field command of a group of Chechen emigrants" to execute last week's attack on a Scud and anti-aircraft missile base in Aleppo.Government forces continued air strikes against a strategically important town in northern Syria. Stalemated fighting continued in Aleppo. Iran and Turkey said they supported a ceasefire proposal brokered by the UN. Some 33,000 Syrians have died in the conflict and 340,000 have become refugees.
Al Nusrah Front claims 4 more suicide attacks in Syria
2 Zarqawi cousins detained in Jordan after fighting in Syria
Abu Musab al Zarqawi's family members and aides continue to fight in the theaters of jihad six years after his death.Rebels forces shot down a helicopter over Idib. Rebel acquisition of heavy weapons has forced government aircraft to bomb from higher altitudes. Heavy air attacks struck Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
Rebel military commanders agreed to set up a joint leadership. Rebel civilian leaders planned to meet Nov. 4 for a unity conference in Qatar. Government forces continue to bombard a strategic town captured by rebels last week; the town overlooks a main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad
