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Syria
Government and rebel forces battled for the fifth day for control of a key highway in Damascus that connects the city with the country’s north. Rebels fought for control of a military base outside the city of Dei el-Zour, using tanks they had captured previously.
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Hezbollah
Israeli strike in Syria might be first in series
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Syria
Did the CIA Betray Syria’s Rebels?
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Egypt
Violent tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring
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Syria
Government aircraft struck targets across Damascus. Fighting broke out in the town of Daraya and in the eastern district of Jobar. The Minister of Information said the government was open to dialogue with the opposition without any preconditions.
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Syria
Syria: how jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra is taking over Syria’s revolution
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Syria
Rebels continued to push forward in Damascus, fighting while government forces fought back in an effort to retake sections of the strategic ring road. The UN reported 5,000 refugees per day are fleeing Syria.
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Israel
Can Social Media Disarm Syria’s Chemical Arsenal?
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Syria
Inching closer to the center of Damascus, rebels overran government positions on a key road. Government forces responded with air and artillery attacks. After 16 days of fighting, government troops took control of the central town of Karnaz.
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Syria
Pentagon leaders favored arming Syrian rebels
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Suicide assault team hits Syrian intelligence in Palmyra
Yesterday’s attack was likely executed by the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda in Iraq’s affiliate in Syria.
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Satellite images reveal unscathed SSRC facility in Syria
Satellite images broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 show an unscathed facility, but they also show that a road near the facility is clearly burnt, likely the location where a Syrian weapons convoy was struck.
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Syria
After a lull, heavy fighting broke out in Damascus. Rebels said they had gone on the offensive against strategic targets in the city’s southern neighborhood of Jabar. Two suicide bombings, targeting a military compound in the central city of Palmyra, killed 19 government soldiers.
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Prominent al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in 2012
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was a close advisor to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri and served as a military commander in Afghanistan before he was killed. El Sayed was involved in the Luxor massacre and, while living in Milan, was recorded by Italian intelligence discussing terror plots against the West.
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Angola
Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran
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Israel
Post-Assad Syria poses new, unknown dangers for Israel
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Officials: SSRC facility was not primary target of Israeli strikes in Syria
US officials increasingly believe that Israel’s primary target in last week’s raid was a convoy of antiaircraft weapons and not the SSRC facility in Jamraya.
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Syria
Two Russians and an Italian were released in a prisoner exchange with rebels. The leader of the rebel Syrian National Coalition called on President Assad to respond to his offer for a dialogue. Nearly 5,000 Syrians were killed in January.
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Hezbollah
Israeli Strike Into Syria Said to Damage Research Site
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Syria
Syrian rebel fighters armed with cash storm Turkish military supply shops
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Israel reportedly struck additional targets in Syria, regime releases video
Western intelligence officials say additional targets were struck in Syria by the Israeli Air Force earlier this week. On Feb. 2, Syrian state television aired footage that purported to show the damage caused by Israel’s airstrikes.
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Israel
Syria strikes back? Hackers break into Haaretz emails, threaten more attacks
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Iran
Panetta: Iranian threat spreads
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Syria
After days of heavy fighting, rebels captured a strategic road linking Aleppo with its main airport. The head of the rebel National Coalition alliance held the first direct talks with senior Russian officials. He also planned talks with Iran. The Assad regime considered talks with the rebels.
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Syria
US Secretary of State Clinton said Iran has stepped up its military and financial support to the Syrian government. There were also indications that Russia has continued to supply Syria with money and equipment.
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Iran
Iran increasing Syrian regime aid, Clinton warns
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Iran
Iran, Israel and Their Red Lines Over Syria
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Israel
What we know about the Israeli air strike in Syria
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Syria
Syrian allies Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah denounced Israel’s attack on a Syrian convoy. Syria protested to the UN and threatened to retaliate. The US warned Syria against transferring weapons to Hezbollah.
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Israel
The advanced Syrian weapons that have the IDF worried
