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Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers, defectors say
MARAAT NUMAN, Syria — Each morning, after saluting the Syrian flag and before the warplanes take off, soldiers at army bases across Syria are given political orientation. During the lectures, conscripts and career officers alike are repeatedly...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Science and Technology, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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INSIGHT-Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
Reuters* Al Qaeda group overshadows Syrian rebel fighters * Jihadis' aims go beyond toppling Assad * Rebel break-up complicates calculation for West By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda
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Insight: Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda
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Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the...Tags: Francois Hollande, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the city of Deraa on Thursday, trying to regain ground lost to President Bashar al-Assad's forces near the Jordanian border. The rebels were...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Human Rights, Government, Wars and Interventions
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ANALYSIS-Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
Reuters* Western leaders dampen expectations for Geneva talks * U.S.-Russian initiative faces huge challenges * Obama acknowledges "furies have been unleashed" By Alistair Lyon LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Saudi Arabia
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Taking sides in Syria is hard choice for Israel
Reuters* Worries that radical Islamists would succeed Assad * Israel has exacting "red line" on chemical weapons By Dan Williams LOD, Israel, May 3(Reuters) - The dilemma Israel faces in trying to formulate a strategy on Syria two years into its civil war...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jerusalem (Israel), Barack Obama, Government, Wars and Interventions
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Lebanon border region caught in Syria conflict
ARSAL, Lebanon — When Mustafa Ezzedine, a Sunni Muslim from this Sunni border town, wanted to buy some furniture, he undertook a clandestine trip into war-torn Syria rather than face harassment, or worse, from Shiite Muslim security officers or...
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Turkish border police wounded in clashes on Turkey-Syrian border
ReutersANKARA, May 2 (Reuters) - Five Turkish border guards were wounded in a clash at the Syrian border with an armed group that one Turkish official described as smugglers but an opposition activist suggested may have included rebel fighters of the Free Syrian...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Organized Crime, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Refugee
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Running the gauntlet: delivering food in Syria
ReutersBy Samia Nakhoul and Michael Stott DAMASCUS, April 30 (Reuters) - Aid workers in Syria are struggling to navigate a lawless archipelago of armed groups to get food to Syrians trapped in a fast-intensifying civil war, the head of the World Food Programme'...Tags: American Red Cross, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, UNICEF, Wars and Interventions
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Portraits of Syrian rebels
FrameworkNish L. Nalbandian is a freelance photographer based in Denver. He has traveled and photographed extensively around the world, mostly via motorcycle, over the last several years. In 2009, he rode a motorcycle from San Diego to Cairo (via cargo ship and...
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