SYRIA News, Nov 16, 2013

Assad allies profit from Syria's lucrative food tradeTrade Arabia
As food begins to flow into Bashar al-Assad's Syria after several months of disruption, some of the president's close allies stand to make substantial profits from ...
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Al Qaeda-Linked Rebels Apologize For Mistakenly Beheading ...

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Syrian rebels linked to Al Qaeda apologized for mistakenly beheading the wrong man and have asked for "understanding and forgiveness," Fox News reported.
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Syrians place their faith in Geneva II talksBBC News
By Lina Sinjab BBC News, Istanbul ... Tawfiq Dunia, a Syrian exile from President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, was one of the organisers and believes the ...
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Syria: A Salafi rebel, calls Shia Imams decapitated by fellow rebel ...Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In Aleppo, Syria, a fighter supposedly fighting for Bashar al-Assad's government was beheaded by rebel fighters working under the ...
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Senior Lawmaker: Assad's Opponents on Mission to Create Unrest ...Fars News Agency
Senior Lawmaker: Assad's Opponents on Mission to Create Unrest in Lebanon ...and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the past two years. ... a highway in India's Southern state of Karnataka on Saturday, a news report said.
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Fars News Agency

Syrian air raid kills rebel commander in Aleppo, activists sayAl-Arabiya
The opposition Aleppo News Network said in a statement that the raid on ...Assad belongs to Syria's Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that has ...
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Syrian rebel commander accidentally beheaded by ally Islamic groupWashington Times
Mohammed Fares Maroush signed up to fight the Assad regime as an Islamic ...href=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10449815/Al ...
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Fatal mistake: Syrian rebels aligned with Al Qaeda decapitate allied ...New York Daily News
By Stephen Rex Brown / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ... Shia militia fighting for their sworn enemy, Bashar Assad, according to a translation by The Telegraph.
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OOPS - OUR BAD! Syrian rebels mistakenly behead one of their ownCatholic Online
It appears that anti-government forces, in their pledge against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accidentally beheaded one of their own. They have since ...
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Syrian army fights for road needed to remove chemical weaponsReuters Canada
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group that uses a network of pro- and anti-Assad sources, said the fighting in Qara and the ...
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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - Yahoo News
From Yahoo News: BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, ...
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Israeli border village backs Syria's Bashar al-Assad - News - MSN CA
Something strange has happened in the Golan Heights village of Ghajar: Israeli citizens vehemently support the leader of a nation that Israel is still at war with.
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Putin to Assad: Please Crack Down on Extremists ... - Before It's News
Vladimir Putin called Bashar Assad about the Geneva II peace talks and the destruction of Syria'schemical stockpile. President Putin called President Assad to ...
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BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one ...

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - Yahoo Newsnews.yahoo.com/assad-gaining-ground-syrian-civil-war... Cached
From Yahoo News: BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing ...

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - NewsTimeswww.newstimes.com/news/.../Assad-gaining-ground-in-Syrian... Cached
BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one ...

Syrian government gaining ground in war, strengthening hand ...www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/16/syrian-government... Cached
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold ...

Syria's Assad: Removing chemicals a sensitive operationwww.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/18/syria-assad... Cached
Syrian President Assad said the cost for removing chemicals from Syria would be $1B.

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - Midcontinent ...midco.net/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap-assad... Cached
Despite global outrage over the use of chemical weapons, Syrian President BasharAssad’s ... Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, people ... In northern Syria, Assad's forces ...

Assad: 'U.S. Threats Hadn't Influenced' Chemical Weapons Decisionwww.huffingtonpost.com/2013/.../assad-us-threats-chemical... Cached
MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Syria decided to cede control of its chemical weapons because of a Russian proposal and not the threat of U.S. military ...

Assad: Syria Will Allow Access To Chemical Siteswww.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/assad-chemical-weapons... Cached
DAMASCUS, Syria — President Bashar Assad pledged in an interview broadcast Monday to honor an agreement to surrender Syria's stockpile of chemical ...

Syria’s President al-Assad: Chemical Weapons will be ...www.syrianews.cc/syrias-president-al-assad-chemical... Cached
Bashar al-Assad: Syria will comply with Russia-US deal about chemical weapons. While it became known that Germany has supplied over 100 tons of chemicals t

Assad: Syria to offer data on chemical weapons one month ...www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57602632/assad-syria-to... Cached
BEIRUT President Bashar Assad says Syria will start submitting data on its chemicalweapons stockpile a month after signing the convention banning such ...

BBC News - Assad: Syria needs one year to destroy chemical ...www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24155674 Cached
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad says he is committed to destroying his country'schemical weapons but it will take about a year to do so.

Chemical deadline met, Syria’s Assad looks to polish his ...www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chemical-deadline-met...
The Syrian government has placed its massive stockpile of chemical weapons under tamper-proof seals and destroyed its means of producing new chemical agents, meeting ...

Assad: U.S. attack on Syria will bring 'repercussions'www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/09/syria... Cached
Syrian President Bashar Assad denied on Monday that his country had used chemicalweapons against his own people and warned the United States of

OPCW inspectors plan to smash Syria chemical weapons-making ...www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57605206 Cached
Organization tasked with ridding Syria of chemical weapons to focus 1st on destroying weapons-making ability, by any means necessary

The mechanics, perils and pitfalls of destroying Assad’s ...www.foxnews.com/.../09/14/...assads-chemical-weapons-arsenal Cached
In all, the shared goal is to finalize the complete destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal by mid-2014. U.S. officials acknowledged that that ...

Syrian Leader Bashar al-Assad Denies Using Chemical Weapons ...newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/08/in-interview-with-cbs... Cached
In Interview With CBS News, Assad Denies Using Chemical Weapons Syrian President Tells Charlie Rose 'No Evidence That I Used Chemical Weapons' September 8 ...

Assad, in CBS interview, denies chemical weapons role [UPDATE ...www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/09/08/Syrian... Cached
DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad denies he had a role in a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 people near ...

Syrian President Assad says America's policy is based on lies ...www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/09/26/Assad-says... Cached
A handout photo distributed by Syrian News Agency July 3, 2012, shows SyrianPresident Bashar Assad during an interview with a Turkish newspaper in Damascus.

Assad Says He Will Abide by Chemical Weapons Agreementwww.newsmax.com/Newsfront/assad-interview-fox-chemical/... Cached
Syrian strongman President Bashar Assad wants the United States to pay $1 billion to help him get rid of the chemical weapons arsenal he built up.

Chemical Weapons and the Syrian Question : The New Yorkerwww.newyorker.com/.../08/chemical...the-syrian-question.html
This time it’s different. For months, Bashar al-Assad, in Syria, has been suspected of using chemical weapons against the rebels who are trying to remove him, in ...

Syria chemical attack puts focus on international community's ...www.theguardian.com/.../syria-chemical-attack-assad-report Cached
There are many aspects about the latest reported chemical weapons attack in Syria, on the outskirts of Damascus, that are not in doubt. While the numbers have yet to ...

US official: Syria may try to hide chemical weapons | JPost ...www.jpost.com/...Syria...try-to-hide-chemical-weapons-330739 Cached
UN envoy Power: US skeptical of Syria WMDs declaration; agreed in September to destroy chemical weapons program by mid-2014. The United States is reviewing ...

How would Syria's chemical weapons handover work? - World Newsworldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/10/20423150-how-would... Cached
Any plan to put Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles under international control will face immense challenges — with no guarantee that President Bashar Assad will ...

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Syria news, all the latest and breaking Syria news from telegraph.co.uk.

Assad To Destroy Chemical Weapons 'In A Year' - Sky Newsnews.sky.com/story/1143623 Cached
Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has said he is committed to destroying his stockpile ofchemical arms - but warned it would take a year to do so.

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - Timesonline.com ...www.timesonline.com/news/world/middle-east/assad-gaining... Cached
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, damages are seen in the town of Hejeira, which Syrian troops captured, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria ...

Syria declares its chemical weapons arsenal, first step in US ...worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/20/20599714-syria... Cached
Syria on Friday submitted to the world a declaration of its chemical weapons stockpile, apparently fulfilling the first requirement of a U.S.-Russian deal that staved ...

Assad vows to destroy chemical weapons within about a year ...rt.com/news/syria-assad-chemical-weapons-043 Cached
Syrian President Bashar Assad said he is committed to the chemical weapons agreement and vowed to hand over the country’s chemical arms to be destroyed.

Assad: Loss of chemical weapons is blow to Syria's morale ...www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Assad-Loss-of-chemical...Syrias... Cached
Syrian President Bashar Assad told a number of guests gathered in his palace in Damascus recently that his country’s loss of chemical weapons resulted in ...

How Al-Assad used chemical weapons to poison debate on Syria ...www.cnn.com/2013/08/26/opinion/syria-chemical-weapons... Cached
There may still be doubts whether the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own civilian population; but there is however conclusive evidence ...

Assad dubs chemical weapons ‘burden’ — RT Newsrt.com/news/syria-chemical-weapons-assad-397 Cached
Syria’s president, Bashar Assad, said his country is committed to its agreements on getting rid of chemical weapons, adding that they are something of a ...

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - CenturyLinkcenturylink.net/news/read/.../ap-assad...syrian_civil_war-ap Cached
Despite global outrage over the use of chemical weapons, Syrian President BasharAssad’s ... Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, people ... In northern Syria, Assad's forces ...

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - WBTV 3 News ...www.wbtv.com/.../assad-gaining-ground-in-syrian-civil-war
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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - Charter.netwww.charter.net/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap... Cached
Despite global outrage over the use of chemical weapons, Syrian President BasharAssad’s ... Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, people ... In northern Syria, Assad's forces ...

U.S. can't prove Bashar Assad approved chemical attacks in ...www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/11/us-cant-prove... Cached
U.S. intelligence has yet to uncover evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad directly ordered the chemical attacks last month on civilians in a suburb ...

Syria chemical weapons attack not ordered by Assad - report ...voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_09_08/Syria-chemical...Assad... Cached
German intelligence sources suggest that last month's alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus was not ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Bild am Sonntag ...

Syria: Assad confirms chemical weapons turnover; today's ...blog.al.com/wire/2013/09/syria_assad_confirms_chemical.html Cached
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country's chemical weapons will be placed ... the state-run news channel: "Syria is placing its chemical weapons under ...

Assad on Syria's Chemical Weapons: 'It's Not a Secret Anymore ...www.theatlanticwire.com/.../assad-syrias-chemical.../69589 Cached
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sat down for another interview with a U.S. television station on Tuesday, this time for Fox News

US Confirms Syria Used Chemical Weapons - ABC Newsabcnews.go.com/Politics/us-confirms-syria-chemical...
The United States has concluded that Syria used chemical weapons against rebels, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

Assad Forces Launch Massive Chemical Attack, Activists Say ...www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/08/21/assad...chemical... Cached
Assad Forces Launch Massive Chemical Attack, Activists Say Syrian regime denies involvement, points to rebel anger over cooperation with U.N.

Assad says Syrian rebels may block access to chemical weapons ...www.theguardian.com/.../bashar-assad-syria-chemical-weapons Cached
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, says his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites but that rebels might block them from ...

Assad: Syria to offer data on chemical weapons | World, News ...www.philstar.com/.../assad-syria-offer-data-chemical-weapons Cached
Syrian President Bashar Assad publicly agreed Thursday to a Russian plan to secure and destroy his chemical weapons, but said the proposal would work only ...

Syria’s Assad denies chemical weapons use; Kerry says ...www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/syrias-assad...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people and said evidence was not conclusive that there had been ...

Syria's chemical weapons arsenal remains a menacing mystery ...investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315142... Cached
As the Obama administration seeks to rally support for a powerful missile attack on keySyrian targets, much about Damascus’ chemical warfare program remains ...

Syria Submits Partial Chemical Weapons Listwww.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2013/syria... Cached
Syria Submits Partial Chemical Weapons List . September 20, 2013. ... President Assadtold Fox News this week that this destruction project could cost $1 billion.

Syrian President Assad says no evidence of chemical attack ...www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/us-syria-crisis-assad... Cached
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind achemical weapons attack on the Syrian people and said evidence was not ...

EU agrees Assad used chemical weapons - CSMonitor.comwww.csmonitor.com/...News...Assad-used-chemical-weapons Cached
EU agrees Assad used chemical weapons. After meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, the European Union issued a statement saying intelligence ...

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war - MyVerizon.comentertainment.verizon.com/news/read/category/Top%20News/... Cached
Despite global outrage over the use of chemical weapons, Syrian President BasharAssad’s ... Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, people ... In northern Syria, Assad's forces ...

Syria's Assad May Be Considering Using Chemical Weapons ...abcnews.go.com/Politics/syrias-assad-chemical-weapons...
Mekdad also told Sky News that Assad will "never, ever" leave Syria and said "even if"Syria has chemical weapons it would not use them against its own people.

BBC News - Syria crisis: UN receives Syria chemical treaty paperswww.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24068867 Cached
The UN confirms it has received Syrian documents on joining the Chemical Weapons Convention, as key talks loom in Geneva.

As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad
As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad. By News Sources, November 15, 2013 Leave a Comment · Reuters reports: More than two and a ...
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'Elections without Assad incompatible with realities in Syria'
A high-ranking Iranian lawmaker, Mansour Haqiqatpour, has said that setting conditions such as holding elections in Syria without the participation of …
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