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2/25/2012 1:38:37 PM
Saudi Arabia and Qatar press for arming Syrian rebels; Final declaration sees Arab calls for cease fire and opening of humanitarian corridors between opposition strongholds, Syria's neighbours
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2/22/2012 7:17:53 PM
UN resolution increases African forces in Somalia from 12,000 to over 17,000 to battle Al-Shabab Islamist militants, puts Ethiopian troops under African umbrella
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2/18/2012 9:51:02 AM
Days after vetoing the UN Security Council's draft resolution on Syria, China asks the international community to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its Arab ally
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2/15/2012 1:30:45 PM
Attacks on opposition strongholds continue; France starts negotiations on new UN Security Council resolution and opening humanitarian corridor
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2/9/2012 3:09:18 PM
Beijing says its veto of UN resolution on Syria will not affect cooperation with US on other international issues such as Iran, North Korea
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2/7/2012 3:09:31 PM
Absence of key players in Middle East aids tiny, wealthy island of Qatar in becoming a hub and capital of Arab politics
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2/6/2012 3:19:39 PM
Protesters angry at China's veto of UN Security Council resolution calling for Syria's President Assad to step down pelt embassy with rocks
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2/6/2012 1:57:58 PM
The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council will meet in Riyadh this week to discuss the Syrian crisis, days after Russia and china vetoed a UN resolution condemning the bloodshed in the Arab country
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2/6/2012 12:49:20 PM
Driven by the Russian-Chinese veto, Syrian army shells the restive Syrian city of Homs killing dozens and injuring hundreds
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2/5/2012 9:54:36 AM
After the massacre in Homs Russia sinks a UN resolution to push Al-Assad out, calling it a biased attempt at regime change in Syria, its Middle Eastern ally
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2/4/2012 3:07:10 PM
Russia seeks to delay a UN Security Council vote on a resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria, warning of a "scandal" if the current draft was put to council members
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2/3/2012 5:26:28 PM
A senior State Department official says the United States is 'cautiously optimistic' about winning Russia's support for a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's domestic crisis
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2/3/2012 4:05:36 PM
Arab and Western states exert considerable diplomatic efforts to avoid Russian veto on a UN Security Council resolution to end the 11-month uprising in Syria that the UN estimates has caused at least 5,000 deaths
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1/31/2012 5:06:41 PM
UN chief calls for unity before Security Council meeting with Arab League on draft proposal to end Syria crisis
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1/31/2012 3:28:37 PM
Russia states it will never let the Security Council approve a military action on Syria and warns that UN draft resolution will push the Arab country into a civil war
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1/31/2012 12:51:57 PM
Ahead of the UN meeting on the Syrian crisis, the Syrian National Council urges mosques and churches to back the call for 'day of mourning and anger' with prayer calls and ringing bells across the country
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1/30/2012 1:10:35 PM
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls on the international community to take the necessary measures to stop the continued bloodshed in Syria
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1/30/2012 10:06:33 AM
Armed forces loyal to Assad retake control of the capital's eastern suburbs in bloody battle with opposition fighters as the Arab League's chief heads to New York, seeking UN intervention
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1/29/2012 10:15:44 PM
At least 66 people, including 26 civilians, were killed in violence across Syria
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1/29/2012 10:15:02 PM
Around 2,000 Syrian troops backed by tanks launched an assault to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels, activists said, day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence
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