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8/21/2013 2:58:54 PM
Saudi FM calls on UN Security Council 'to assume responsibility' on Syria massacre after alleged chemical attack kills 650
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8/21/2013 12:19:21 PM
British Foreign Secretary William Hague expresses 'deep concern' over a reported chemical weapon attack by regime forces in Syria
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8/21/2013 11:15:32 AM
Backed by Iran and the Syrian regime, the Shiite movement suffered a severe blow following the bloodiest attack since Lebanon's civil war on Thursday
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8/21/2013 9:55:53 AM
The incident took place during the visit to Damascus of a UN chemical weapons team investigating the possible use of chemical agents in Syria
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8/19/2013 9:49:04 PM
Access of Syrian refugees to Iraq has been erratic, with political tensions and fears of spillover of conflict leading Kurdistan regional authorities to shut border in May
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8/19/2013 12:27:16 PM
The Syrian army reportedly recaptures all rebel-held positions in the north of Latakia province
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8/18/2013 5:31:45 PM
Syria's Bashar al-Assad seeks to strike out 'terrorism' in the wake of nation-wide rebellion against him
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8/18/2013 2:33:05 PM
Like the broader Syrian conflict, the issue of chemical weapons has divided world powers
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8/18/2013 1:35:37 PM
More than 100,000 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in mid-March 2011, the UN says
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8/17/2013 8:29:11 PM
Saad Al-Hariri accuses Hizbullah of endangering Lebanon after the Shia group's leader says he is ready to fight in Syria himself
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8/16/2013 12:06:51 PM
The bombing, reminiscent of the frequent attacks during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, sent a plume of black smoke into the Mediterranean sky, caused heavy damage to buildings and setting several cars ablaze
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8/12/2013 7:10:33 PM
The jihadist fighters are concentrating their efforts on Syria's district of Huweika, home to several government buildings and security headquarters
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8/12/2013 11:17:56 AM
General Selim Idriss, the head of Syria's rebel Free Syrian Army, visits the coastal province of Latakia, a region Assad's family hails from
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8/10/2013 10:03:07 PM
President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, vows aid for Syrian Kurds skirmishing with Islamic extremists in northern Syria
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8/10/2013 3:41:29 PM
Obama says there's always been some tension in the US-Russian relationship after the fall of the Soviet Union
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8/8/2013 5:32:20 PM
Putin meets Saudi intelligence chief in Moscow, rejects offer to buy billions in Russian arms and boost its influence in Arab world in exchange for dropping Assad
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8/8/2013 3:42:18 PM
Casualty figures for August contrast with a year previous, with fewer civilians killed as Syria's civil war becomes more militarised
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8/8/2013 1:18:22 PM
US President Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan in conversation share concerns on Egypt, Syria
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8/8/2013 10:49:09 AM
On Sunday, Assad said that the only way to stamp out the uprising against him was "by striking it with an iron fist"
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8/7/2013 1:33:31 PM
Jordan wants to avoid further friction with its larger and more powerful Syrian neighbor, with whom relations have traditionally been bumpy over the years
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