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Syria
Government forces continued to fire SCUD-type ballistic missiles at rebel positions; they also began using cluster bombs. Residents began to flee Damascus.
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Syria
Rebels began an offensive to seize a strategic town in Hama province that lies along the main highway between Damascus and Aleppo. Government forces resumed launching SCUD missiles at rebel positions. Fighting subsided at a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus.
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Syria
Syrian rebel infighting could take dangerous turn if Assad falls
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Hezbollah
Lebanon’s Shiites and Sunnis Fight in Syria, but Not at Home
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Syria
UN warns of foreign influx into sectarian Syria war
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Ahrar al Sham
Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
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Report: Al Qaeda emir’s hand in Egypt and Syria
Die Welt, a German daily, has published an account that jibes with The Long War Journal’s reporting on the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.
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Syria
Government forces conducted a broad offensive against rebels in the suburbs of Damascus. The UN estimated there would be 1 million Syrian refugees by mid-2013, and appealed for $1.5 billion in aid.
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda-affiliated cell dismantled in Tunisia
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Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front denies reports of death of its emir
The group said that Abu Muhammad al Julani is alive and well, and also confirmed that two Zarqawi associates, Abu Anas al Sahhaba and Abu Julaybib, are senior commanders.
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Syria
Syrian rebels cut off Bashar al-Assad’s escape route
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Syria
After days of heavy fighting, rebel forces took control of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp south of Damascus. The government massed forces to retake the camp. Large numbers of Palestinian residents fled. Rebels made further gains in central Syria.
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Syria
Saying neither side could win the conflict, Syria’s vice president called for a negotiated settlement. Both Turkey and Iran put forward plans to end the conflict. The government warned that the rebels may use chemical weapons and blame the attack on the government.
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Syria
Iran cautiously tests options in Syria beyond ally Assad
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Syria
Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers
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Al Qaeda
Propaganda war clouds view of Syria conflict
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China
UN Chief Alarmed by Escalating Violence in Syria
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrians march in support of Jabhat al-Nusra militants
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Al Nusrah Front
Hezbollah chief says Al-Qaeda ‘tricked’ to fight in Syria
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Syria
An Islamist rebel faction captured an infantry base in Aleppo. The air force bombed a Palestinian refugee camp. Iran called for a halt to violence. Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah said rebels in Syria would not emerge as the victors.
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Syrian Islamist rebel faction says its fighters have taken control of infantry base in Aleppo
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Egypt
Syria war fuels Christian flight from Middle East
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Syria
Rebel forces made gains in the northern area of Aleppo. Government troops assaulted a rebel-held area southwest of Damascus. US officials said Syrian government forces had loaded dozens of bombs and shells with chemical weapons.
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European Union
European Leaders Push for End to Ban on Arming Syria Rebels
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Germany
US troops will man Patriot batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria
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Syria
Syrian rebels and the US urged Russia to help push the Assad regime from power. But Russia said it would continue to support the regime.
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Zarqawi’s brother-in-law reported killed while leading Al Nusrah Front unit
Iyad al Tubasi is thought to have been killed in Daraa. He is believed to have been replaced by Abu Anas al Sahhaba, another associate of former al Qaeda in Iraq emir Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
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Ansar al Sharia Morocco does not hide ‘sympathy’ for AQIM
According to a Moroccan press report, Ansar al Sharia Morocco does not hide its sympathy for AQIM, uses the same flag as other Ansar al Sharia chapters, and is suspected of recruiting jihadists to fight in Syria.
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Syrian jihadists form ‘Supporters of the Khilafah’ Brigade
Five units in Western Aleppo that are linked to the Al Nusrah Front vowed “to establish the Islamic Khilafah state, and to use it to end decades of colonization and enslavement.”
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Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria claims another suicide attack
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant said two of its suicide bombers attacked the Interior Ministry yesterday.
