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Damascus carnage rattles peace bid
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May 11, 2012 02:14 AM
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BEIRUT: Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus Thursday, state media said, the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began 14 months ago. The blasts further shredded a ceasefire that was declared by international...
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Syria demands guarantees, rebels say peace plan doomed
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April 08, 2012 09:12 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria demanded Sunday written guarantees insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a U.N. peace plan, and a rebel leader said the initiative was doomed. "The regime will not implement this plan. This plan will fail," Free Syrian Army (FSA) chief...
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Lebanon arrests seven suspected of planning attack
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March 13, 2012 09:38 PM
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BEIRUT: The Lebanese army has arrested seven people, including two soldiers, suspected of being part of a Sunni Islamist network which had planned to carry out attacks on military targets, security sources said on Tuesday. "The army arrested a Salafi network with connections to al Qaeda that...
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Syrian rebels quit besieged Homs stronghold
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March 01, 2012 09:01 PM
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BEIRUT: Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in the city of Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Activists said a few fighters had stayed on in the Baba Amro district, which has...
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Syria "massacre" pressures Moscow to back U.N. action
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February 04, 2012 08:58 AM
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BEIRUT/MUNICH: Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists said, the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising giving sudden urgency to a push for a U.N. resolution calling for President Bashar al-Assad to cede power. The Arab League, Europe and the United...
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Life after Assad terrifying prospect for Alawites fearful of bloodbath
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February 03, 2012 02:06 AM
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DAMASCUS: A year ago, Ali was enjoying university in Damascus, looking forward to a career in dentistry and paying little heed to politics in a country controlled by a single family for over 40 years. That all changed, not so much when other Syrians took to the streets to demand President Bashar...
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Syrian rebels defiant on Damascus outskirts with Assad forces absent
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January 28, 2012 01:08 AM
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SAQBA, Syria: A small green, white and black rebel flag waving at the entrance to the Damascus suburb of Saqba showed it was no longer under the control of President Bashar Assad’s forces.“Assad’s thugs are not here. We kicked them out three days ago,” said a masked...
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Arabs to take Syria to UN, activists say 49 killed
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January 26, 2012 08:44 PM
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DAMASCUS: An Arab League team is to take the 10-month-old crisis in Syria to the UN Security Council, as activists said almost 50 people were killed in unrest on Thursday, including 10 children. UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said the United Nations could not keep track...
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Outside Syria's capital, suburbs look like war zone
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January 26, 2012 08:23 PM
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HARASTA, Syria: When Arab League observers headed to the suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, Syrian security refused to accompany them to most areas, because they are no longer in control there. In some towns no more than a 15-minute drive from the capital, the governor of rural Damascus warned that...
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Syria plans local ceasefire with rebels: governor
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January 26, 2012 12:39 PM
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IRBIN, Syria: Syrian authorities are holding ceasefire talks with rebels who have seized some areas near Damascus, a local official said on Thursday, in a sign that a 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad has crept close to the capital. Activists in the restive northeastern suburbs...
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Damascenes feel economic bite of Syrian unrest
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January 26, 2012 02:20 AM
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DAMASCUS: In the once-bustling Hamidiyeh market of central Damascus, shopkeeper Wassim laments how Syria’s violent turmoil has left him struggling to keep his business afloat and make ends meet for his family. “We are barely selling anything now. Business has dropped by 70...
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France, Britain join Syria peace push at UN
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January 25, 2012 08:33 PM
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DAMASCUS: Arab League monitors said the withdrawal of colleagues by Gulf Arab states would not hinder their work in Syria while France and Britain on Wednesday joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar al-Assad's rule. "The U.N. Security Council must support the Arab...
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Fear becomes dominant sentiment in Homs, Syria’s epicenter of revolt
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January 25, 2012 02:07 AM
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HOMS, Syria: In Syria’s restive city of Homs, soldiers are stationed behind sand barriers at street corners, most shops are shut and residents are nervous. Scattered shooting is a reminder of violence that has hit the city and turned into battles between President Bashar Assad’s...
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Gunfire, funerals and fear in Syria's protest centre
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January 24, 2012 11:44 AM
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HOMS, Syria: In Syria’s restive city of Homs, soldiers are stationed behind sand barriers at street corners, most shops are closed and residents are nervous. Scattered shooting is a reminder of violence that has hit the city and turned into battles between President Bashar...
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Syria opposition split raises calls for foreign intervention
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January 09, 2012 05:32 PM
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BEIRUT: The collapse of a deal between Syria's two main opposition factions shows that voices calling for foreign intervention to topple President Bashar Assad have gained the upper hand over those opposing it. But the quick unraveling of the pact, which ruled out such international action,...
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