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Syrian FM calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate
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January 20, 2013 09:25 PM
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BEIRUT: Syria's foreign minister invited the country's rebels on Saturday to lay down their weapons and take part in a national dialogue, saying everyone who participates will be included in a new Cabinet with wide executive powers. Walid al-Moallem said in a live interview on state TV...
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Syrian pro-regime gunmen kill more than 100
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January 17, 2013 11:07 PM
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BEIRUT: Gunmen loyal to President Bashar Assad swept through a mainly Sunni farming village in central Syria this week, torching houses and killing more than 100 people, including women and children, opposition activists said Thursday. The reported slayings fueled accusations that pro-government...
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Activists report new strikes near Syrian capital
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January 15, 2013 12:15 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian troops and rebels fought in embattled suburbs of the capital Damascus Tuesday, as government air raids and shelling in the other regions killed several dozen people, activists said. The violence came a day after Syria's deputy foreign minister said President Bashar Assad will...
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Fighting rages around Syrian military air base
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January 03, 2013 08:42 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian troops and rebels fought intense battles Thursday around a strategic air base in the country's north and a suburb of the capital that government forces have been trying to capture since last month, activists and state media said. The fighting is part of the escalating...
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Rebels threaten to storm 2 Syrian Christian towns
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December 22, 2012 01:19 PM
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BEIRUT: Rebels have threatened to storm two predominantly Christian towns in central Syria if residents do not "evict" government troops they say are using the towns as a base to attack nearby areas.A video released by rebels showed Rashid Abul-Fidaa, who identified himself as the commander of the...
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Syrian rebels backed by extremists seize army base
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December 11, 2012 10:36 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian rebels backed by Islamic extremist fighters took full control of a sprawling military base Tuesday after a two-day battle that killed at least 35 government troops, an activist group said.It was the second major base captured in the country's north by the rebels, who have been...
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Syrian rebels capture parts of army base in north
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December 10, 2012 09:13 PM
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BEIRUT: Rebels captured part of a sprawling Syrian army base outside the embattled northern city of Aleppo, tightening the opposition's grip on areas close to the Turkish border, activists said Monday. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which...
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Syrian rebels get new leadership in bid to unite
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December 09, 2012 09:17 AM
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BEIRUT: Rebel commanders from across Syria have joined forces under a united command they hope will increase coordination between diverse fighting groups and streamline the pathway for arms essential to their struggle against President Bashar Assad. While many of the brigades involved in the...
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Heavy fighting near Syrian capital
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December 01, 2012 01:32 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian troops backed by helicopter gunships clashed with rebels Saturday as government forces pushed a major offensive on villages and towns near the capital's international airport, activists said, as Internet and cellular telephones were cut nationwide for a third consecutive day....
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Syrian planes bomb olive press, many killed
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November 27, 2012 11:24 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes bombed an olive press factory in the country's north on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, including farmers who were waiting to convert their olives to oil, activists said. Two activist groups - the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and...
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Activists: Syrian rebels seize major dam in north
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November 26, 2012 10:14 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian rebels on Monday captured a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates River in the country's north after days of heavy clashes, carting off boxes of ammunition from defeated regime forces in the latest in a string of recent strategic advances for opposition fighters, activists said. ...
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Bomb in Palestinian camp in Damascus kills 4
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November 23, 2012 08:55 PM
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BEIRUT: A bomb blast in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus killed four people and seriously wounded a member of a faction that has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country's bitter civil war, activists said Friday. Syria's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, lashed out at...
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Russian foreign minister meets Syrian defector
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November 06, 2012 12:29 PM
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BEIRUT: Russia's foreign minister says he has met with a top Syrian defector in Jordan in a rare, high-level contact between the Moscow government and a Syrian opposition figure. Russia is one of the strongest international supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime. Foreign Minister...
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Gunmen kill brother of Syrian parliament speaker
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November 06, 2012 12:19 PM
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BEIRUT: Gunmen shot and killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker as he drove to work in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported on Tuesday. It was the latest in a wave of assassinations targeting Syrian officials, army officers and other prominent supporters...
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Syria rebels said to kill captured troops
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November 02, 2012 08:50 PM
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BEIRUT: A new video appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lay on the ground. Human rights groups on Friday warned that the gunmen may have committed a war crime. The video raises concerns over brutality among some rebels just...
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