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Israel Tests Long-Range Missile Shield With Eyes On Syria, Lebanon, And Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel successfully tested its upgraded Arrow ballistic missile interceptor for the second time on Friday, pushing forward work on a U.S.-backed defense against threats seen from...
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Lebanon: Will It Hold Together?
"WE lurch from crisis to crisis, with superficial calms in between. But the crises are coming closer and could soon merge into a single, all-consuming crisis." So warned Muhammad Shatah last month. Two...
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This Two-Faced Assad Is The Perfect Image Of Syria Right Now
On March 15, 2011 a group of 200 mostly young protesters held a Arab Spring "Day of Rage" in the capital of Damascus to demand the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.The Days of Rage continue 34...
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EU Intelligence Agencies Estimate At Least 5,000 Europeans Are Fighting In Syria
One of the highest-priority issues at present among European intelligence and security agencies is how many young men from Europe have gone to Syria to wage jihad against the Assad regime.As this blog...
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Al Qaeda Group Vows To Attack Syrian Rebels And Opposition Leaders
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush rebel groups fighting it and to target members loyal to the Syrian National Coalition, the internationally recognized...
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The Fragility Of Syria In One Heartbreaking Photo
Bassam Khabieh of Reuters has taken a particularly startling series of photos capturing the aftermath of an airstrike by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the rebel-held Damascus suburb...
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11 Intense Syria Photos From The 18-Year-Old Photojournalist Who Died In Action
Eighteen-year-old photojournalist Molhem Barakat was killed in a battle for control of Aleppo's al-Kindi Hospital on December 20th, 2013.The Syrian teenager had been photographing the war with...
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SYRIA: Rebels Attacked Two Of Our Chemical Weapons Sites
On Wednesday, Syria's government said that rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad had attacked two storage sites storing some of the deadly chemical weapons components that he has agreed to...
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Russia Again Blocks UN Security Council From Condemning Syria's Air Strikes...
Russia blocked a British-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government attacks on the city of Aleppo, diplomats said.It was the second time in a month that Russia objected to a...
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Obama's Flawed Syria Strategy In Two Powerful Graphics
The Obama administration's Syria policy has fallen apart, and two pithy images from inside the country provide some insight as to why.At the Friday protests in Kafranbel — considered the "Syrian...
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Syrians Are Going Crazy For A Drug Once Used To Treat ADHD
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country's brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for...
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War Has Turned Syria Into A Major Amphetamines Hub
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country's brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for...
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Al Qaeda Is Hurting Itself More Than The War On Terror Ever Could
Right now Al Qaeda is under siege across the Muslim world not by Washington's drone army, but rather because its doctrine of governance is incompatible with modern society.In the last few days,...
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European Spies Contacted Bashar Assad To Discuss Security
DUBAI (Reuters) - The intelligence services of some Western countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have visited Damascus to discuss security cooperation with his government, Syria's...
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Russia Is Stepping Up Its Military Lifeline To Syria's Assad As Peace Talks...
LONDON (Reuters) - In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel...
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UN Leader Is 'Dismayed' After Iran Invitation Goes Disastrously Wrong
UN leader Ban Ki-moon battled Monday to save a Syria peace conference after the Syrian opposition threatened to withdraw if Iran takes part.Ban's spokesman said he was "dismayed" by Iran's refusal to...
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Syrian Government 'Systematically' Killed 11,000 Detainees, According To New...
Leaked evidence out of Syria reportedly shows that the Assad government was responsible for the "systematic killing" of around 11,000 detainees from March 2011 to this past August. Many of these...
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UN Secretary-General Cancels Iranian Invite After 'Dismaying' Screwup
U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon has rescinded his invitation for Iran to attend the Syrian peace talks after backlash from the U.S. and the Syrian opposition, the A.P. reports.The Iranian invitation on Sunday...
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One Of The Most Popular Sources On Syria Happens To Be An al-Qaeda Supporter
There are relatively few Twitter experts on affairs inside Syria, which has created unusual and sometimes troubling associations between the people who regularly report and discuss events of the...
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Syria Talks Are In Disarray Before They Begin
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria peace talks were in disarray on Tuesday before they began, buffeted by a botched U.N.invitation to Iran, an explosion in Beirut and new evidence that appears to show Bashar...
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