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Lebanese minister accuses Syria of 'ethnic cleansing'
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June 18, 2013 07:00 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunni Muslims and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said on Tuesday.Assad is battling a Sunni-led revolt in Syria, which he and his father...
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Syrian rebels plead for help as army pounds strategic Qusair
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May 30, 2013 11:49 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian rebels pleaded for military and medical aid in the embattled border town of Qusair on Thursday, saying they were unable to evacuate hundreds of wounded under an onslaught from government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. President Bashar al-Assad launched an offensive to...
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Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported
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May 27, 2013 01:53 PM
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BEIRUT: Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel areas. The Syrian military pounded eastern suburbs of Damascus with air...
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Hezbollah, Syrian government forces advance in border town
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May 25, 2013 09:34 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian government forces and Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict said.Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad said additional tanks and artillery had been deployed around...
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U.S. may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace
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May 22, 2013 09:04 PM
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AMMAN/BEIRUT: The United States and its allies are ready to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political solution to his country's civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat...
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
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May 17, 2013 04:27 PM
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BEIRUT: The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-Assad was also sent to court. A video released on Friday showed the commander in...
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Syria peace conference already hitting snags: Russia
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May 11, 2013 11:54 AM
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MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Russia said on Saturday there was disagreement over who should represent the opposition in a Syrian peace process, only days after Moscow and Washington announced a joint effort to bring government and rebels to an international conference. The dispute bodes ill for a civil war in...
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Syrian opposition sees bleak prospects for US-Russia led talks
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May 08, 2013 09:16 AM
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BEIRUT: Leaders of Syria's political and armed opposition said on Wednesday they were sceptical of a plan by the United States and Russia to bring together the warring sides in their country's two-year conflict for a peace conference. A day after the announcement by Secretary of State John...
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Hundreds flee Syrian coastal town fearing sectarian violence
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May 04, 2013 09:12 AM
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BEIRUT: Hundreds of Sunni Muslim families fled Syria's coastal town of Banias on Saturday, fearing further sectarian violence after fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens of people overnight, according to activists. The activists said the killings in the Ras al-Nabaa...
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Dozens killed in Syria's Banias: watchdog
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May 02, 2013 10:47 PM
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BEIRUT: Fierce clashes between troops and rebels erupted on Thursday for the first time in a Sunni Muslim village in Syria's Alawite-majority coastal region of Banias, killing dozens, including soldiers, a watchdog said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting broke out in...
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Rebels push Assad's army away from vital north Syria highway
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April 16, 2013 03:30 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian rebels repelled an advance by government forces near a strategic highway in northern Syria on Tuesday, in fierce battles expected to inflict heavy casualties on both sides, opposition activists said. The two sides are struggling for control of a highway that serves as the main route...
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Death toll in Damascus mosque blast rises to 42-Syria government
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March 21, 2013 10:56 PM
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BEIRUT: An explosion at a mosque in the Syrian capital on Thursday killed at least 42 people, including a senior pro-government Muslim cleric, and wounded 84, the Syrian health ministry said. State television and anti-government activists had earlier reported 15 dead. The television said a...
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Syrian enemies demand inquiry into "chemical" attack
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March 20, 2013 11:31 PM
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BEIRUT: Both sides in Syria's conflict on Wednesday demanded an international inquiry into a deadly attack they each cite as evidence that the other has used chemical weapons. The deaths of 26 people in a rocket attack on a northern town on Tuesday have become the focus of a propaganda war...
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Amid civil war, Syrian port prospers under Assad's protection
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March 20, 2013 11:09 PM
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TARTOUS, Syria: This once sleepy Syrian port now buzzes with shoppers milling about crowded market places. Lines of cars wait patiently at traffic lights - a rare mark of order in a country where most cities have erupted into street wars. Tartous remains an island of calm - for now. And with a...
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Alleged chemical attack kills 25 in northern Syria
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March 19, 2013 08:56 PM
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BEIRUT: Syria's government and rebels accused each other of launching a deadly chemical attack near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would, if confirmed, be the first use of such weapons in the two-year conflict. U.S. President Barack Obama, who has resisted overt military...
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