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3/24/2013 6:25:43 PM
Members of Syrian Alawite sect held a meeting in Cairo to announce their support for for the opposition for the first time since the uprising against Assad regime started in 2011
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3/24/2013 12:25:32 PM
Almost 150 Alawite figures attend a two-day anti-Assad conference in Cairo
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3/23/2013 3:09:48 PM
Opposition campaigners from President al-Assad's Alawite sect meet this weekend to support a democratic alternative to his rule trying to distance community from association with regime's attempts to crush a 2-year uprising
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3/13/2013 11:20:11 AM
Two-year Syrian crisis carries sectarian dimension amid presence of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and ruling Alawites in war-torn state
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3/11/2013 9:06:16 AM
In a move that threatens to entangle Iraq in the Syrian conflict, Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims responsibility of killing 48 Syrian soldiers while receiving medical treatment in Iraq
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1/8/2013 1:56:42 PM
Three soldiers captured in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor were executed by rebels from the jihadist Al-Nusra party
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12/23/2012 2:45:25 PM
After Syria's civil war fanned sectarian clashes in Lebanon, the Unite Arab Emirates discouraged its citizens from traveling to the once-popular New Year holiday destination
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12/18/2012 9:58:17 AM
Fierce battle between Syrian regime forces and rebel fighters in the Yarmuk refugee camp in southern Damascus
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11/19/2012 4:08:10 PM
In a new much-feared development, Syria's Islamists reject the new opposition coalition, saying in a video they formed an ''Islamic State'' in the city of Aleppo
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11/1/2012 8:45:31 PM
The head of the Free Syrian Army says the rebels have no problem fighting alongside jihadist groups in their battle against the Al-Assad regime despite fears raised by the West that the Islamists may hijack the revolution
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10/23/2012 7:38:50 PM
Lebanese army arranges ceasefire in Tripoli to end fights between Sunni and Alawite gunmen allegedly loyal to opposing sides of Syrian conflict;
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10/22/2012 4:44:31 PM
The presence of large number of Syrian Sunni refugees in Turkish border cities raises problems with the mainly Alawite residents of the areas who share Assad's creed
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10/22/2012 11:37:49 AM
As tensions spike following the murder of a top Lebanese police official blamed on Syria, three people are reportedly killed and many others injured in heavy clashes between Sunnis and Alawites in Tripoli
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10/13/2012 1:06:19 PM
The Al-Assad regime forces are reportedly killed at least more than 33,000 including some 1,000 in the past five days
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8/25/2012 1:19:30 PM
Syrian rebels release one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who was kidnapped in last May in an operation that triggered tensions between pro-Assad Alawites and anti-Assad Sunnis in Lebanon
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8/25/2012 9:53:55 AM
At least 3 more people are killed as the situation in Lebanon's Tripoli worsens due to the sectarian clashes between Sunni Islamists who oppose the Al-Assad regime and Alawites who back the embattled Syrian president
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8/22/2012 11:27:40 AM
Over 40 killed during raid on Damascus suburb after regime forces reportedly targeted a funeral procession, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Wednesday
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8/21/2012 2:41:56 PM
Fears foment of a Syrian conflict spill-over as officials and medics say clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli between Sunnis and Alawites leave 1 dead, 23 civilians and 5 soldiers wounded
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7/8/2012 10:02:45 AM
As more and more bloodshed and violence spread in Syria and the conflict spills further into the neighbouring Lebanon, Kofi Annan announces that his mission to the Arab country is failing
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6/11/2012 1:45:20 PM
As the Syrian crisis triggers further hostility in neighbouring Lebanon between Sunnis who oppose Al-Assad regime & Alawites who back the Syrian president, 7 Lebanese and Syrian citizens are abducted in northern Lebanon
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