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Lebanese army: 5 Syrians arrested with explosives

Source: Asharq Alawsat, Nov 25 2012, 3:48am CST

BEIRUT (AP) Lebanese soldiers raided an apartment in the country's south on Saturday and arrested five Syrian nationals for possession of explosives, the army said, the latest incident fanning fears that Syria's civil w ...

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Europe's stance on Hezbollah hardens

Source: BBC News  |   May 23 2013, 3:25pm CDT

23 May 2013 Last updated at 16:25 ET By Jonathan Marcus BBC diplomatic correspondent Hezbollah's embrace of Assad regime during the bitter Syrian conflict has hardened European hearts against it The attitude towards Hezbollah in Europe is c ...

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57 minutes ago

Syria opposition in key talks on peace

Source: The Daily Telegraph  |   May 23 2013, 3:02pm CDT

SYRIA'S main opposition group is meeting for key talks in Istanbul to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war. Holding its seventh general assembly meeting since its ...

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Syria opposition in key talks on peace

Source: NEWS.com.au  |   May 23 2013, 3:02pm CDT

SYRIA'S main opposition group is meeting for key talks in Istanbul to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war. Holding its seventh general assembly meeting since its creation last November, the ...

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Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

Source: The Bellingham Herald  |   May 23 2013, 3:01pm CDT

BEIRUT — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised the five- ...

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Is Bashar al-Assad winning the civil war in Syria?

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 23 2013, 2:45pm CDT

Now Mr Assad is fighting back, to despairing rebel admission. Those same analysts suggest he could be in a position to deal an ultimately fatal blow. Even before the current battle for Qusayr on the Lebanese border, he was making small but strategic ...

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What's Behind the Drop in Syrian Refugees to Jordan?

Source: GlobalSecurity.org  |   May 23 2013, 2:44pm CDT

The constant flow of refugees from Syria into Jordan has slowed to a near halt in recent days, raising concerns of a yet another humanitarian crisis in the two-year conflict. The war in has turned a dusty, desolate patch of land j ...

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Syria ends 1st phase of Qusayr operation

Source: GlobalSecurity.org  |   May 23 2013, 2:44pm CDT

The Syrian army has successfully concluded the first phase of its operation in the strategic western city of Qusayr. According to reports from the city, an unknown number of security agents from different foreign countri ...

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Syrians seeking refuge in Libya

Source: GlobalSecurity.org  |   May 23 2013, 2:44pm CDT

MISRATA, 23 May 2013 (IRIN) - Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war. Since then the tables have turned, and many of those same famil ...

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Syrian Opposition Figure Offers Transition Plan

Source: GlobalSecurity.org  |   May 23 2013, 2:44pm CDT

A prominent Syrian opposition figure has proposed a transition plan for the war-torn country, requiring President Bashar al-Assad to hand power to a senior aide and leave the country with 500 supporters. The outgoing head of the main opposition Syrian ...

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Syrian Arab Republic: Inter-Agency Regional Response for Syrian refugees - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey 16-22 May 2013

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 23 2013, 2:42pm CDT

 There are now close to 500,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. An average of 8,000 Syrians are crossing into Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey every day, putting intense pressure on these countries politically, socially and economically.  ...

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