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Assad says Syria is fighting foreign mercenaries
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May 16, 2012 10:52 PM
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BEIRUT: In his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed Wednesday that his regime had captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition in a bid to show his forces were fighting terrorists instead of pro-democracy activists. Assad spoke in an...
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U.N. team in Syria evacuated from tense town
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May 16, 2012 10:59 AM
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BEIRUT: A team of international observers was evacuated from a tense town in northern Syria on Wednesday, one day after a roadside bomb hit their convoy and left them stranded overnight with rebel forces, a U.N. spokesman said. The team's vehicles were struck by the blast Tuesday during a...
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Syrian opposition chief: Peace plan in 'crisis'
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May 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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DAMASCUS: A Syrian opposition leader said Friday the regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. The accusations came as security forces fanned out following twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus. The bombings fueled fears of a rising Islamic...
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Blast near U.N. team exposes fragility of Syria peace plan
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May 10, 2012 01:47 AM
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DERAA, Syria: A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday just seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by, demonstrating the fragility of the international plan to end the country’s bloodshed. In Washington, meanwhile, President Barack Obama took steps to extend...
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Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging militants
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April 28, 2012 12:06 PM
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BEIRUT: A Syrian government newspaper says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is encouraging militant attacks by focusing his criticism on the government. Saturday's editorial in the state-run Tishrin daily comes a day after Ban said Syrian President Bashar Assad's continued crackdown on...
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Syria accepts U.N. peace plan, Assad visits Baba Amr
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March 27, 2012 11:54 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria has accepted a peace plan by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan that includes a cease-fire by the Syrian government, but the bloodshed persisted as intense clashes between government troops and rebel fighters spilled across the border into Lebanon, officials said. Syrian troops did not physically...
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Clashes bring insurgency to Damascus
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March 20, 2012 02:01 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria’s ally Russia added its voice Monday to rising calls for a truce after rebels battled regime forces in the heart of the capital Damascus, prompting fears opposition forces are turning to insurgent tactics. At least three people were killed in the firefight, which was the most...
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Activists report clashes near Syrian capital
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March 16, 2012 02:20 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian troops clashed with army defectors in several areas near the capital Damascus in the first significant battles there since President Bashar Assad's forces regained control of the suburbs weeks ago, activists said Friday. The fighting came just hours before tens of thousands of...
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Rights group: Syria laying mines in border areas
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March 13, 2012 10:05 AM
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BEIRUT: An international human rights group says Syrian troops have planted landmines along routes used by people fleeing the country's violence and trying to reach neighboring Turkey. The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the mines were planted in the past weeks. HRW says its report,...
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Red Cross delivers aid to Syrian city of Hama
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February 27, 2012 11:52 AM
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DAMASCUS: Red Cross teams reached Hama for the first time in more than a month on Monday, delivering food and other goods to the central Syrian city battered by a military crackdown on the anti-government uprising. Activist groups reported the death toll for 11 months of unrest has surpassed...
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2 Western journalists killed as Syria shells Homs
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February 22, 2012 10:58 AM
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BEIRUT: A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs. In all, 65 people were killed nationwide as President Bashar Assad's regime also escalated...
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2 judicial officials slain in Syria
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February 20, 2012 08:33 AM
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BEIRUT: Gunmen in Syria have staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime. Sunday's roadway slayings - reported...
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2 judicial officials slain in Syria
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February 19, 2012 08:39 PM
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BEIRUT: Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime. The roadway slayings - reported in an...
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Prosecutor, judge killed in northwest Syria
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February 19, 2012 11:32 AM
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BEIRUT: Gunmen assassinated a senior prosecutor and a judge in a restive province in northwest Syria on Sunday, the country's state news agency said, while activists reported that security forces shelled rebel-held areas in the besieged city of Homs. SANA news agency said gunmen opened fire in...
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Activists say Syrian tanks shell Homs intensively
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February 17, 2012 09:46 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs Friday and killed at least five people, activists said. Britain and France urged the opposition to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the deadly government...
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