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United Nations
Diplomatic efforts intensify on corralling Syrian chemical arms
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Syria
US aid earmarked for moderate rebel groups, including weapons, vehicles, and communications equipment, is being distributed in Syria by contractors directed by US officials in Turkey. The Al Nusrah Front stormed a village in Homs, killing 20 civilians. Regime forces bombed strongholds of rebels and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in a village in Hama; ISIL has taken over several checkpoints, and an air defense and ammunition site in Hama. Regime forces clashed with Al Nusrah and several rebel factions near Deir Azzor military airport. The sharia council in al Qneitra province executed a brigadier general. A…
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Al Nusrah Front
US weapons reaching Syrian rebels
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Israel
US Backing of Russian Plan Leaves a Wary Israel Focusing on Self-Reliance
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Syria
Syrian Rebels Hurt by Delay
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Russia
U.N. Report Will Finger Assad for Massive Chemical Attack
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Free Syrian Army
Privately, UN talks begin on controlling Syria’s chemical arms as 1 impasse leads to another
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Syria
UN Rights Panel Cites Evidence of War Crimes by Both Sides in Syria
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ICRC
Red Cross urges US and Russia to help unblock aid delivery in Syria
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Syria
UK approved more chemical exports to Syria than previously revealed
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Al Nusrah Front
Battle for Syria Christian town of Maaloula continues
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Free Syrian Army
Jihadist video condemning intervention in Syria exposed as fake
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Syria
Dismantling Weapons Poses Logistics, Security Challenges
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Israel
Graphic: Syria chemical weapons sites
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Syria
Securing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal will be formidable task, experts say
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Russia
How the Syria solution developed: The inside story
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Syria
Foreign Minister Mouallem said the regime would fully cooperate with Russia’s proposal that Syria surrender its chemical weapons, declare its chemical arsenal, stop producing the weapons, and sign conventions against them. A spokesman for the rebels’ Supreme Military Council said the US has begun supplying lethal as well as nonlethal aid to the rebels; he urged support for a US-led military strike and said rebel military leaders are coordinating with countries that might participate in such a strike. Russia called for the West to stop making military threats so that Syria can surrender its chemical weapons. A senior Free Syrian…
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Syria
Is the intelligence on Syria different this time?
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Free Syrian Army
Freed Captives Differ on Claim Syrian Rebels Framed Assad With Gas Attack
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Al Qaeda and the threat in Syria
Testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security, on al Qaeda in Syria and the threat it poses to the US. Al Qaeda affiliates and allied jihadist groups dominate the insurgency in the heart of the Middle East.
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France
Syria backs chemical weapons plan, bombs Damascus
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Russia
Russian Proposal Catches Obama Between Putin and House Republicans
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Syria
Obama’s national security adviser pushes for strike on Syria
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Syria
Syria welcomed Russia’s proposal that Syria turn over all of its chemical weapons to international control in order to avoid US military strikes. The Free Syrian Army said it does not trust the regime’s pledge. President Assad said the US should “expect everything” if it attacks Syria, because of the variety of forces in the region, including al Qaeda. Kurdish fighters continued to clash with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Raqqah province, and with Al Nusrah, ISIL, and rebel groups in Hasakah province. Christians and Muslims fled the ancient village of…
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Syria
Obama Admin Keeping Syrian Rebel Leader Out of DC, Congressional Sources Say
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Lebanon
Lebanon preparing for fallout from strike
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Norway
Norway emergency Syria aid in profiteering racket
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Syria
President Assad denied authorizing the use of chemical weapons against Syrians. Regime forces have dispersed into smaller units in advance of threatened US strikes. A veteran Italian journalist held in Syria since April has been released. The Al Nusrah Front said it planned to enter Raqqah city. Kurdish forces in Raqqah province are still clashing with the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and allied rebel groups. Al Nusrah handed over one of its fighters in Deir Izzour province to a sharia court. Regime forces fought against Al Nusrah and several other rebel battalions in…
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Syria
Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar Assad
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Syria
Pentagon adjusts plans for more intense attacks on Syria
