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Syria
Syria rebels pessimistic on mediator’s ceasefire plan
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Jordan
Jordan seeks to curb flow of fighters to Syria
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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.
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Syria
Is Syria’s regime spreading turbulence as a survival tactic?
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Hezbollah
Gunbattles flare in Lebanon as political crisis deepens
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Syria
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.”
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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?
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Lebanon
Blast in Beirut Is Seen as an Extension of Syria’s War
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CIA
How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
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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.
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Syria
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.
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Al Nusrah Front claims 4 more suicide attacks in Syria
The group has now claimed credit for 31 of the 38 suicide bombings in Syria that the The Long War Journal has tallied since December 2011. Since the end of August, Al Nusrah has claimed credit for launching 13 suicide attacks.
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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.
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Syria
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.
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Syria
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.
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Hezbollah
Iraqi Shi’ite militants fight for Syria’s Assad
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Turkish jihadists eulogize slain German al Qaeda leader
Islamic World, a Turkish jihadist magazine, said that Bekkay Harrach fought against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, traveled to Iraq, where he was wounded, and was detained by Syrian security forces. Harrach also lived with Atiyah Abd al Rahman in Pakistan.
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Syria
Syria’s crisis: No side looks set to win soon
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Hezbollah
Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in Syria
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Qatar
Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian Rebels
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France
France – Terrorism: a homegrown threat?
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Syria
Syria despatch: rebel fighters fear the growing influence of their ‘Bin Laden’ faction
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Syria
Rebels claimed to have downed a Syrian air force jet. Syria and Turkey banned each others’ civilian flights over their territory. The ban came after Turkey intercepted a Syrian-bound plane that Turkey claimed carried munitions.
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Free Syrian Army
Can FSA leadership be relevant again in Syria?
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Syria
Rebels repelled a government counterattack against a strategic town in northern Syria. The town overlooks the road between Damascus and Aleppo and was captured by rebels earlier this week. Rebel forces captured 250 government soldiers. Government forces increased air and artillery strikes against Homs.
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Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian base in joint operation with Free Syrian Army
The al Qaeda-linked group teamed up with the supposedly secular Free Syrian Army to capture an airbase outside Aleppo that houses Scud tactical ballistic missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.
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Syria
US, allies girding for worst-case scenario with Syria’s WMD
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Syria
Rebels captured an air defense base near the northern city of Aleppo; the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front participated in the attack. Rebel offensives across the country killed 100 government troops in two days.
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Al Qaeda
Syria’s Islamist rebels join forces against Assad
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Syria
Government forces failed to retake a strategic town captured by rebels earlier in the week. The town is on a main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
