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With echoes of Saddam, Assad may endure far longer than his foes hope
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April 14, 2012 01:10 AM
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LONDON: Having crushed a popular uprising, he rules by force over an Arab land shattered by conflict and sanctions, his people too exhausted and cowed to resist. Is this the fate awaiting Syria under Bashar Assad? Saddam Hussein lasted for 12 years after his defeat in the 1991 Gulf War until a...
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Assad tells Annan "terrorist" activity blocks solution
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March 10, 2012 09:49 AM
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BEIRUT: President Bashar Assad told U.N./Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday that no political solution was possible in Syria while "terrorist" groups were destabilizing the country. "Syria is ready to make a success of any honest effort to find a solution for the events it is...
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Khamenei's outlook dims hope for Iran nuclear deal
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March 02, 2012 11:26 AM
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LONDON: As tensions over Iran's nuclear program ratchet higher once again, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's aversion for the West remains a formidable barrier to any diplomatic solution. A visit by U.N. nuclear inspectors to Iran last week, a few days after Tehran wrote to European...
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Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught
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February 26, 2012 08:59 AM
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BEIRUT: At least 31 Syrian civilians and soldiers were killed on Sunday in fighting over Syria's future that coincided with a vote on a new constitution that could keep President Bashar al-Assad in power until 2028. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a military bombardment of...
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Syrian tanks attack Homs, world outrage grows
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February 23, 2012 10:32 AM
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AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian tanks pushed into a rebel stronghold in the battered city of Homs on Thursday and U.N. investigators accused President Bashar Assad's government of crimes against humanity. Rockets, shells and mortar rounds rained on the Baba Amro district, where armed insurgents are...
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"Executed" corpses dumped in restive Syrian city
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January 28, 2012 10:06 AM
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BEIRUT: The bodies of 17 men previously held by Syrian security forces have been found in the city of Hama, activists said on Saturday, victims of a deadly struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and those determined to topple him. Turkey was due to meet Gulf Arab states later in the day to...
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Syria seethes as Arabs urge Assad to quit
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January 24, 2012 03:22 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria rebuffed as a “conspiracy” Monday an Arab League call for President Bashar Assad to step down in favor of a unity government to calm a 10-month-old revolt in which thousands of Syrians have been killed. But a day after Arab ministers urged Assad to step aside, a senior...
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Syria denounces Arab League for telling Assad to quit
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January 23, 2012 01:31 PM
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BEIRUT: Syria on Monday rebuffed as a "conspiracy" an Arab League call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down in favour of a unity government to calm a 10-month-old revolt in which thousands of Syrians have been killed. But a day after Arab ministers urged Assad to step aside, a...
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Arab monitors may stay in Syria despite bloodshed
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January 21, 2012 01:45 PM
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BEIRUT: The Arab League looks set to keep monitors in Syria, given the lack of any Arab or world consensus on how to halt bloodshed in a 10-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab diplomatic source said. Sudanese General Mohammed al-Dabi, head of the 165-strong monitoring...
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9 people dead as Syria conflict persists
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January 19, 2012 02:08 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian forces have pulled back from a rebel-held town under a local ceasefire, residents said on Thursday, but there was no sign of an overall easing of violence as a month-long mandate for Arab peace monitors in Syria expired. Nine people were reported killed elsewhere, adding to a death...
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Syria conflict persists as Arab monitors' mandate expires
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January 19, 2012 10:11 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian forces have pulled back from a rebel-held town near Lebanon under a local truce deal, residents said on Thursday, but there was no sign of an overall halt to violence as a month-long mandate for Arab peace monitors in Syria expired. Bloodshed is reported to have cost 600 lives since...
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UK urges tougher Syria sanctions, Russia issues warning
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January 19, 2012 12:19 AM
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BEIRUT, Jan 18: Britain called on Wednesday for harsher sanctions on Syria, where an Arab monitoring mission has failed to halt bloodshed in a 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. But Russia underlined divisions at the United Nations, saying it would work with China to prevent...
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Syria ready to let monitors stay, Obama ups pressure
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January 18, 2012 10:42 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria may let Arab monitors stay on after their mission expires on Thursday, but foes of President Bashar al-Assad say the U.N. Security Council should step in to halt 10 months of bloodshed.Arab foreign ministers, due to consider their next step later this week, are split over how to...
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Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors
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January 16, 2012 10:05 PM
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BEIRUT, Jan 16: Twelve people were killed on Monday in Syria, where a peace plan monitored by Arab observers has failed to douse a 10-month-old struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and his foes. Arab foreign ministers meet on Sunday to discuss the future of the mission sent last month to...
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Arab League head warns of possible civil war in Syria
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January 13, 2012 08:37 AM
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BEIRUT: Arab League head Nabil Elaraby said on Friday he feared a possible civil war in Syria that could have consequences for neighboring countries, as the credibility of the League's monitoring mission was hit by members starting to walk out. An Algerian former monitor said several monitors...
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