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Russia proposes UN Security Council resolution on Syria
World

Russia proposes UN Security Council resolution on Syria

Russia on Thursday surprised the Western powers by proposing a UN Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis amid mounting international…
Activists: Syrian defectors kill 27 soldiers
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Activists: Syrian defectors kill 27 soldiers

BEIRUT — Syrian army defectors killed at least 27 soldiers and security forces Thursday in clashes in the southern province…
Araby: Arab League cannot protect Syrians without regime cooperation
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Araby: Arab League cannot protect Syrians without regime cooperation

Arab foreign ministers will decide if the Syrian issue should be internationalized, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby said Tuesday.…
Rocket fired from Lebanon at Israel falls short
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Rocket fired from Lebanon at Israel falls short

BEIRUT — A rocket fired from Lebanon toward Israel fell short, wounding a Lebanese woman, the Lebanese army said Monday.…
Syrians in Cairo protest against Iraq’s pro-Assad stance
Egypt

Syrians in Cairo protest against Iraq’s pro-Assad stance

Dozens of Syrian citzens in Cairo staged a protest outside the Iraqi Embassy on Thursday to condemn what they labeled…
Syria’s Assad denies he ordered crackdown
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Syria’s Assad denies he ordered crackdown

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering a crackdown against anti-government protesters, telling ABC News that most people who died…
Hizbullah chief in rare public address in Lebanon
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Hizbullah chief in rare public address in Lebanon

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark…
Syria ‘accepts’ observers as 34 bodies dumped
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Syria ‘accepts’ observers as 34 bodies dumped

Syria said it conditionally accepts observers as part of an Arab plan, as a rights group reported militiamen loyal to…
In show of force, Syrian regime holds war games
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In show of force, Syrian regime holds war games

BEIRUT — Syria's state-run media say the country's military has held war games during which the army test-fired missiles and…
At least 23 dead in intensifying Syria violence
World

At least 23 dead in intensifying Syria violence

At least 23 people were reported killed in Syria Saturday as violence intensified in the eighth month of an uprising…
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