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SYRIA News, Jul 15, 2013

Syrian opposition: Assad's forces advance into rebel-held district of Damascus
NBCNews.com (blog)
Backed by guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Assad has recaptured important regions in central Syria in the past two months, linking Damascus to his Alawite heartland on the coast. His troops now appear focused on eliminating the ...
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Syrian troops advance against rebels in Damascus
Salt Lake Tribune
A Syrian military commander said forces loyal to President Bashar Assad have recaptured 60 percent of Jobar, south of Qaboun, and were trying to retake the rest. The commander talked to reporters Sunday during a military escorted tour of Jobar ...
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David Cameron accused of betraying Syrian rebels
Telegraph.co.uk
General Salim Idris, the head of the Free Syrian Army, said the decision would "leave us alone to be killed" by President Bashar al Assad, and pave the way for al-Qaeda to dominate the rebel ranks. Mr Idris hit out in an interview with The Daily ...
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Syria: Bashar Al Assad's forces advance on rebel-held Qaboun
gulfnews.com
Backed by fighters from the Hezbollah, Al Assad has recaptured important regions in central Syria in the past two months, linking Damascus to his Alawite heartland on the coast. His troops now appear focused on eliminating the rebel threat to the capital.
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Syrian rebels disperse food protest with gunfire
euronews
Reuters was not able to confirm the report due to media and security restrictions in Syria. More than 100,000 people have died in Syria's two-year conflict. It started because Assad's force fired live ammunition against pro-democracy protests, leading ...
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Pakistan's Taliban sends forces to Syria to fight Assad
The National
More than two years since the start of the rebellion against Bashar Al Assad, Syria has become a magnet for foreign Sunni fighters. They have flocked to the country to join what they see as a holy war against Shiite oppressors. Operating alongside ...
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Lebanon TV: Israel attacked Syria after ensuring no Russians
Ynetnews
Earlier, the Syrian news site Al Hakika quoted Turkish officials who said that a senior rebel source, Malik al-Kurdi, sent a message to the US that Yakhont missiles had arrived in Syria and Assad intended to give them to Hezbollah. (Roi Kais). Tweet ...
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Gunmen from Syria kill Iraq border policeman
Al-Arabiya
Iraq has sought to publicly avoid taking sides in the civil war between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad'sregime and rebels seeking his ouster, but the conflict has spilled over the border on several occasions. In June, a border guards officer said ...
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Doubly Disenfranchised: Kurds in Syria's “Arab Spring”
Alliance for Kurdish Rights
If Kurds had any illusions of a post-Assad Syria in which they enjoyed the fruits of democracy and basic human rights, Nashar's statement aimed to dispel them. Nothing exemplified this more than the coalition's refusal to drop Syria's Ba'athist ...
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US Legal Grounds for Backing Syrian Rebels
Wall Street Journal
•The administration believes that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has violated international humanitarian law by using "excessive and indiscriminate" force in populated areas. It cited what officials called Mr. Assad's "deliberate ...
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Pakistani Taleban to fight alongside Syrian fighters
Arab News
04732314539675986.JPG. Free Syrian Army fighters head for the frontline where clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are taking place in Beit Hajira near Damascus on July 7, 2013. (Reuters). | نسخة PDF Send to Friend Print News ...
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Cameron ditches plans to arm Syria rebels
gulfnews.com
London: David Cameron has ditched plans to arm the Syrian rebels after being warned by military chiefs that there is little point sending weapons unless he is prepared for all-out war with the Bashar Al Assadregime. Defence chiefs told the prime ...
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Syrian government strikes on northern villages kill at least 29 people ...
Washington Post
Having seized the momentum in recent months in Syria's civil war, President Bashar Assad's forces are on the offensive against the rebels on several fronts, including in Idlib province along the northern border with Turkey. Government forces are in ...
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Obama and Assad find a common enemy in political Islam
Russia Beyond The Headlines
In turn, Syrian President Bashar Assad was one of the first to welcome the overthrow of his Egyptian counterpart. It seems that Washington and Damascus, polar opposites in the political arena, have found common ground. How has this happened?
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Fighters trap 200 in Syria mosque
Irish Independent
The country's main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, called on the United Nations to send "a strong warning" to President Assad that he "must immediately release" the civilians pinned inside Qaboun, a suburb to the north ...
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Civilians trapped in Syria mosque
Arab News
Syria's main opposition says 200 civilians are trapped in a mosque in a suburb of Damascus as fighting rages outside between fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Syrian activists, meanwhile, said mortar shells landed in three separate ...
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Report: Strike on Syria carried out from Turkish base
Ynetnews
Turkey has been at odds with Syria since the outbreak of the civil war two years ago and Ankara has come out fiercely against Bashar Assad's regime. On Sunday, the Sunday Times reported the Latakia attack was carried out by an Israeli Dolphin class ...
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Syria car bomb attack kills at least 13
Irish Times
Ten policemen and a child among victims of attack in town near Damascus. A Free Syrian Army fighter throws a homemade bomb towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad as fellow fighters watch in Deir al-Zor yesterday. Photograph: Khalil ...
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Legal Fears Slowed Aid to Syrian Rebels
Wall Street Journal
Members of the so-called Lawyers Group of top legal advisers from across the administration argued that Mr. Obama risked violating international law and giving Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the legal grounds—and motivation—to retaliate against ...
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Lebanese singer joins Syrian rebels
Aljazeera.com
The war in Syria has divided the society in neighbouring Lebanon, some support the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and others back the rebels. But one popular singer, Fadel Shaker, is so passionate in his support of anti-government fighters that he ...
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Criminal probe launched against Mursi (01:37)
Brisbane Times
... as they reject criminal investigation into ousted leader. 14/07/13. Egypt launches criminal investigation of Mursi amid protests. A view of the war in Syria from Assad's side (Video Thumbnail). Up next... A view of the war in Syria from Assad's ...
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Kerry heads back to Middle East as Egypt, Syria roil; Israeli-Palestinian ...
Washington Post
They are also expected to discuss the crisis in Syria as President Bashar Assad's regime appears to have gained the upper hand against the western- and Gulf Arab-backed opposition, the State Department said. The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the ...
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Obama Lawyers Said Arming Syrian Rebels Would Be Illegal, Prompt War
Antiwar.com (blog)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that legal advisers to President Obama have warned him since the beginning that aiding the Syrian rebels probably violated international law and risked a direct conflict with the Assad regime. Members of the so ...
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In rural Syria, a rare peace threatened by sectarian war
Ecumenical News
The guys would even pass supplies through the checkpoints run by Assad's militias. In front of their very eyes," said Salem, a construction worker from the village of 8,000. Now the Syrian army, emboldened by a series of battlefield victories nearby ...
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Damascus gives Hezbollah fighters Druze ID cards, opposition source says
Al-Arabiya
Since the March 2011 uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Syria's Druze community – like most minority groups in the country – did not voice their opposition to Assad, who is an Alawite, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. However, the ...
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