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Afghanistan
Interview with Vladimir Yakunin on Tensions Between Russia and West: ‘Russia and the West are drifting apart’
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Hezbollah takes responsibility for last week’s drone over Israel
Just a couple of hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged that Hezbollah was responsible for the drone sent over Israel on Oct. 6, Hezbollah took responsibility.
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Iran
Iran aids Syria in tracking opposition via electronic surveillance, U.S. officials say
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Syria
Rebels seized a strategic town on the highway between Damascus and Aleppo. The government rushed reinforcements to the area. British Foreign Secretary Hague said the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate with no end in sight.
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Syria
In shifting Syria conflict, Assad assumes command of forces
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Syria
The Al Nusra Front jihadist group carried out a complex attack on an intelligence agency compound in the capital, Damascus. Over 32,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began 19 months ago.
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Syria
Syrian businessmen flee with their money to Egypt, Gulf
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Al Nusrah Front launches complex suicide assault on Syrian Air Force intelligence HQ
The Al Nusrah Front has now claimed credit for 27 of the 34 suicide bombings in Syria that the The Long War Journal has tallied since December 2011. Nine of those attacks have occurred since the end of August.
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Free Syrian Army
Westerners With Syrian Ties Trickle In to Help Rebels
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Free Syrian Army
Syria’s civilians are trapped in a deadly no-man’s land
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Syria
Government forces increased bombardment of Homs while infantry advanced into the city center. Turkey and Syria continued cross-border shelling for a sixth day. Turkish President Erdogan warned that worst-case scenarios were being played out in Syria.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudis line up against Syria’s Assad
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Syria
Government forces killed at least 36 people in operations in Damascus suburbs. The government said it had “cleansed” the area of terrorists; rebels called it a massacre. A large car bomb exploded in central Damascus near police headquarters. Turkey and Syria exchanged artillery fire for a fifth day.
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Al Qaeda
Citing US Fears, Arab Allies Limit Aid to Syrian Rebels
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Sweden
Syrians largest asylum seeker group in Sweden
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Chechnya
Egyptian jihadist’s path to Syria
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Al Nusrah Front released photos of execution of Syrian soldiers
Al Nusrah’s tactics, operations, and propaganda are nearly identical to those of al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Libya
Analysis: could Turkey’s decision to shell Syria mean intervention is on its way?
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Syria
Rebels captured an air defense base and a supply of missiles. Government aircraft and artillery bombarded Homs, in the heaviest attack in months. Rebels claimed in a video that they would start executing 48 kidnapped Iranian pilgrims if demands are not met.
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Free Syrian Army
Syria – Cajoling, Drugging and More as Rebels Try to Draw Defectors
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Syria
In Damascus, rebels killed 25 members of Syria’s elite Republican Guards. The Syrian army had launched an offensive in the area on Wednesday.
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Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide, 2 car bombings in Aleppo
More than 50 people are said to have been killed in the coordinated attacks, which included a complex suicide assault. The terror group has now claimed credit for 26 of the 33 suicide attacks that have taken place in Syria since December 2011.
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Syria
Four large suicide car bombs exploded in a government district of Aleppo. President Assad ordered 30,000 more troops into the battle for Aleppo. A regional peace initiative including Egypt, Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia appeared to be failing. Syrian state TV attacked Hamas’ leader and Egypt’s president for their support of the rebellion.
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IRGC
Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s Master of Iraq Chaos, Still Vexes the US
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Afghanistan
Muslim militants shifting focus to North Africa: Tunisia leader
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Syria
The US State Department said it believed a missing US journalist was being held by the Syrian government. Damascus saw renewed fighting. Iranian, UN, and NATO officials warned Syria not to use its chemical weapons against anti-government rebels.
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Lebanon
Assad ordered killing of Muslim cleric to instigate civil war in Lebanon: leaked files
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Syria
In Homs, government forces evicted thousands of residents and then demolished their homes. Fighting spread across the old section of Aleppo. Government forces shelled towns in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
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Iran
Tehran split over billions spent to support Assad’s regime
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Syria
Syrian rebels’ backers block arms cache until bickering factions unite
