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Three dead in north Lebanon in spillover from Syria war
World
March 21, 2014
Three dead in north Lebanon in spillover from Syria war
Three people were killed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday in fighting between supporters and opponents of…
List of suspected Syrian war criminals grows with atrocities: U.N.
World
March 18, 2014
List of suspected Syrian war criminals grows with atrocities: U.N.
United Nations human rights investigators have added to their list of suspected war criminals from both sides in the Syrian…
Syrian forces clearing rebels from stronghold near Lebanon: source
World
March 16, 2014
Syrian forces clearing rebels from stronghold near Lebanon: source
Syrian forces in Yabroud were in the final stages on Sunday of clearing out rebels holed up there for months…
Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen
World
March 14, 2014
Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen
Dozens of Saudi Islamist militants have left the battlefields of Syria and Iraq for Yemen, where their experience appears to…
Assad visits displaced Syrians outside Damascus: TV
World
March 12, 2014
Assad visits displaced Syrians outside Damascus: TV
President Bashar al-Assad visited displaced Syrians in the town of Adra on Wednesday, state media said, in a rare public…
Syria Islamists free nuns in rare prisoner swap
World
March 10, 2014
Syria Islamists free nuns in rare prisoner swap
A group of nuns kidnapped in a Syrian village were freed Monday, part of a rare prisoner swap in a…
Amid carnage of war, Syria readies for Assad re-election
World
March 6, 2014
Amid carnage of war, Syria readies for Assad re-election
After three years of grinding conflict, the destruction of whole city districts and an exodus of refugees all triggered by…
UN: World powers responsible for failing to stop Syria war crimes
World
March 5, 2014
UN: World powers responsible for failing to stop Syria war crimes
All sides in Syria's civil war are using shelling and siege tactics to punish civilians and big powers bear responsibility…
OPCW: Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons
World
March 4, 2014
OPCW: Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons
Syria has shipped out about a third of its chemical weapons stockpile, including mustard gas, for destruction abroad, the global…
Turkish foreign minister says world has failed Syria
World
February 26, 2014
Turkish foreign minister says world has failed Syria
Turkey's foreign minister said Syria's worsening war now posed a danger to all countries because President Bashar al-Assad's government had…