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Syria
Government troops bombarded the Golan bordering Israel. Rebels overran a base east of Aleppo airport and captured a large amount of ammunition. Druze clerics urged soldiers to defect from the Assad regime and join the opposition. Government forces kidnapped 300 people in northwestern Syria in retaliation for the abduction of 42 Shiites.
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Senior IRGC official killed in Syria ‘was no less than Mughniyah’
Hassan Shateri, who was recently killed in Syria, served as a senior official in the IRGC. He also had close ties with Hezbollah, a group he greatly aided during his time in Lebanon.
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Iran
Assassination Will Not Weaken Iran’s Support for Assad
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian citizens: Al Nusrah Front trying to ‘control everything’
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Syria
Syrian Rebels Claim Near Control of a Key Province
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Syria
Syrian business exodus gains pace
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Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attacks in Damascus, al-Shadadi
Nine suicide attacks have now been reported in Syria so far this year; the al Qaeda affiliate has claimed credit for eight of them.
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Syria
Heavy fighting around Aleppo airport has killed 150 rebel and government troops in the last three days. The opposition said it would not negotiate with anyone in the government who had participated in the military crackdown. The foreign ministry accused Turkey of harboring al Qaeda terrorists.
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Hezbollah
Shateri: Iran’s Regional Point Man
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Syria
Rebels shot down two military jets over Idlib province. The al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front seized a town in the oil-rich eastern province of Hasake. Government forces seized a key district in Homs after weeks of fighting. Protesting Lebanese blocked fuel shipments to Syria.
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Al Nusrah Front
Maghreb jihadists flock to Syria
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Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate seizes control of another town
The Al Nusrah Front took control of the town of al-Shadadi in Hasakah province. Five Iraqi and Kuwati fighters were killed during the operation.
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Syria
In a major engagement, government forces bombarded rebels in southeastern Damascus in an attempt to drive them out of the capital. The death toll has reached 70,000 in the two-year conflict. Qatar handed over Syria’s embassy to the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
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Al Nusrah Front, foreign jihadists overrun another Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate, the Muhajireen Group, and the Free Syrian Army took control of the headquarters of the Syrian Army’s 80th Regiment near the main airport in Aleppo.
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Syria
Syrian rebels loot artifacts to raise money for fight against Assad
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Ahrar al Sham
Ahrar al-Sham jihadists emerge from shadows in north Syria
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Free Syrian Army
CNN exclusive: Fragile cease-fire holds in besieged Syrian town
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Syria
Bombing on Syria border may have targeted opposition leader
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Russia
Syria finds means of financial survival
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‘Islamist factions’ seize Syrian airbase
A fighter from the Ahrar al Sham, a jihadist group in Syria, is heard saying on a video that the aircraft at the overrun al-Jarrah airbase “are now in the hands” of the group. The Al Nusrah Front also participated in the assault.
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Suicide bombers kill 14 Syrian security personnel
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, executed the double attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s strategy: Rockets on Tel Aviv, raids on Galilee
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Al Nusrah front spearheads capture of Syrian dam, claims suicide assault
The al Qaeda affiliate has gained control or has a major presence in several key cities and towns along the Euphrates River, securing its lines of communication into Iraq.
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Syria
Iran, Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say
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Syria
Syrian War Closes In on the Heart of Damascus
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Syria
Islamist rebels captured the country’s largest hydroelectric dam. The government moved tanks to reenforce hard-pressed units in the eastern Jobar district of Damascus. The government said it was ready to meet with the leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
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Germany
Code Name ‘Murat’: What Germany Knew About Ankara Bomber
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Israel
Will the al-Qaeda affiliates ousting Assad turn to Israel next?
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah moves into south Lebanon villages
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Hezbollah
Iran and Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say
