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Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over critical comments
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Jordan expels Syrian ambassador over critical comments

US ally Jordan said on Monday it was expelling the Syrian ambassador and giving him 24 hours to leave after…
NGO: Syria war toll over 162,000
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NGO: Syria war toll over 162,000

More than 162,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict broke out in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory…
Video: Massive tunnel bomb hits Syrian army base
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Video: Massive tunnel bomb hits Syrian army base

Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of meters (yards)…
Kerry heads for Syria talks just as UN envoy quits
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Kerry heads for Syria talks just as UN envoy quits

US Secretary of State John Kerry left Wednesday for a whirlwind day of diplomacy focused on the conflict in Syria…
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara: We stand against terrorist violence in Egypt
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U.S. Ambassador to Ankara: We stand against terrorist violence in Egypt

US Ambassador to Ankara Francis Ricciardone said his country is against violence by terrorists in Egypt.
Rebels evacuated from Homs, cradle of Syrian uprising
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Rebels evacuated from Homs, cradle of Syrian uprising

Syrian rebels started withdrawing from the heart of Homs city on Wednesday, leaving an early center of the revolt against…
Syria jihadists seize Daraa rebel leader: monitor
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Syria jihadists seize Daraa rebel leader: monitor

Beirut (AFP) - Al-Nusra Front, the Al-Qaeda franchise in Syria, has seized a moderate rebel commander in the southern province…
Mortar strike on Damascus school kills at least 12
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Mortar strike on Damascus school kills at least 12

Two mortar shells struck a school complex in central Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens,…
Syria’s Assad to run for third term as president
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Syria’s Assad to run for third term as president

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he will run for re-election in a vote on 3 June which is…
Syria chemical weapons deadline expires, 8% of arms remain
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Syria chemical weapons deadline expires, 8% of arms remain

Syria still holds nearly eight percent of its chemical weapons arsenal as the deadline expired Sunday for it to be…
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