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Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad’s palace
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Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad’s palace

Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus on Wednesday but missed, in an attack underlining the…
Blasts in Damascus, brother of parliament speaker killed
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Blasts in Damascus, brother of parliament speaker killed

Deadly explosions struck a Damascus district housing members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawi sect live and gunmen killed the…
Opposition: Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men
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Opposition: Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men

An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province on Monday, an opposition group…
Russian FM: We supply Syria arms to honor Soviet-era contracts
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Russian FM: We supply Syria arms to honor Soviet-era contracts

Moscow is supplying arms to Syria under Soviet-era commitments, and were meant for defense against external threats, not to support…
Syrian dissident pushes to unite fragmented opposition
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Syrian dissident pushes to unite fragmented opposition

The fragmented Syrian opposition will attempt once again this weekend to forge a common policy to gain international respect, obtain…
Israel complains to UN over Syrian tanks in Golan zone
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Israel complains to UN over Syrian tanks in Golan zone

Israel lodged a complaint with United Nations monitors on Saturday after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized Golan Heights zone…
Videos show Syria troops ‘kill and mutilate prisoners’
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Videos show Syria troops ‘kill and mutilate prisoners’

A Syrian rights group on Saturday released videos of pro-regime fighters apparently killing prisoners and cutting ears from bodies, after…
Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road
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Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road

  (Reuters) - The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault…
UN envoy arrives in Egypt to discuss Syria
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UN envoy arrives in Egypt to discuss Syria

UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Cairo Thursday for a two-day visit for talks with…
Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce
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Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce

Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between…
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