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Syria conference: Gulf countries to fund rebels
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Syria conference: Gulf countries to fund rebels

ISTANBUL — Participants at a conference on Syria say Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are creating a multimillion-dollar fund…
Syria blasts international conference on crisis
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Syria blasts international conference on crisis

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria blasted an international conference on the country's spreading crisis before it even started Sunday, calling it…
Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt
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Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

TRIPOLI, Lebanon— Last year, Khalid was a 19-year-old Syrian university student whose modest dreams were to land a job and…
Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis
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Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the…
Iran helps Syria ship oil to China: sources
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Iran helps Syria ship oil to China: sources

LONDON — Iran is helping its ally Syria defy Western sanctions by providing a vessel to ship Syrian oil to…
Explosions heard as Arab summit opens in Baghdad
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Explosions heard as Arab summit opens in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the…
Syrian suspicions swirl over Iranian hand in Assad’s repression
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Syrian suspicions swirl over Iranian hand in Assad’s repression

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The Syrian rebel fighter pulled a small copper-plated bullet from his trouser pocket, offering it as supporting…
Syria says will reject any Arab League summit initiative
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Syria says will reject any Arab League summit initiative

Damascus will reject any initiative made at an Arab League summit relating to the violence in Syria, a Foreign Ministry…
Arab ministers push Annan’s Syria plan
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Arab ministers push Annan’s Syria plan

BAGHDAD - Arab foreign ministers met on Wednesday to discuss how to implement a UN-backed peace plan for Syria after…
Syria accepts Annan six-point peace plan
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Syria accepts Annan six-point peace plan

The government in Damascus has agreed to accept UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point plan on ending the bloodshed in…
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