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Analysis: Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to convene a peace conference on Syria as a potential breakthrough, Western leaders have been going out of their way to disabuse them. International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi hailed the plan...Tags: Bashar Assad, Rebellions, Free Syrian Army, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Iran defends post as chair of UN disarmament conference
Reuters* Disarmament conference deadlocked for over a decade * U.S. urges barring sanctioned states from U.N. posts * Iran says will prioritize nuclear disarmament as chair By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended...Tags: Bashar Assad, Weaponry, Treaties, Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Turkey's Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings
Reuters* U.S. seeks Turkish support with Syria peace conference * Erdogan, Obama to discuss evidence of chemical weapons use * Israel relations, Iraq energy also on agenda By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister will push U....Tags: Bashar Assad, Rebellions, Washington, DC, Iraq, NATO
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Iran defends post as chair of U.N. disarmament conference
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended its election as the rotating chair of the world's sole multilateral disarmament forum after the United States announced that its ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament would boycott any meeting...Tags: Bashar Assad, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Treaties
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Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers slowly stab a man to death, puncturing his back dozens of times. A rebel commander bites an organ ripped out of an enemy combatant. A young boy hacks the head off a prisoner. A soldier mutilates the genitals of a corpse....Tags: Bashar Assad, International Criminal Court, Russia, Islam, Political Dissent
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Kerry expects Syrian officials to attend talks for peaceful transition in Syria
AP National Security WriterSTOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations...Tags: Bashar Assad, Armed Forces, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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Turkey detains 4 more suspects in car bomb attacks near Syrian border, death toll rises to 51
Associated PressANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 13, Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday....Tags: Bashar Assad, Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Wars and Interventions
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Human Rights Watch alleges rebel atrocities in Syria
BEIRUT -- Gruesome video footage purportedly showing a Syrian rebel commander mutilating the corpse of a dead soldier while shouting sectarian insults has drawn condemnation from Human Rights Watch and focused renewed attention on battlefield atrocities...Tags: Bashar Assad, Islam, International Law, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Trudy Rubin: Russia gives John Kerry very little on Syria
Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war. They shouldn't be. Secretary of State John Kerry's...Tags: Bashar Assad, Russia, Weaponry, Elections, Vladimir Putin
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Three mistakes Obama has made in Syrian crisis
Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, isn't the only leader who is crossing "red lines" these days. U.S. President Barack Obama has also crossed a few. Here are three of them: 1. He crossed a red line by asserting the existence of a red line that he then...Tags: Bashar Assad, Ethics, Weaponry, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Britain, France counter Syria call for UN to sanction militants
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Britain and France have delayed a Syrian request for Islamist al-Nusra Front to be designated by the United Nations as a terrorist group because they want the militants to instead be listed as an alias of al Qaeda,...Tags: Bashar Assad, France, Rebellions, Politics, Ayman al-Zawahri
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Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel...Tags: Bashar Assad, Political Dissent, Refugee, Turkey, Explosions
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