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Rebels nab base near Damascus

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Nov 26 2012, 2:12am CST

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels captured a helicopter base just outside Damascus on Sunday in what an activist called a blow to the morale of the regime near President Bashar Assads seat of power. The takeover claim showed ho ...

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Syrian Civil War: A Military-Strategic Assessment

Source: Rantburg  |   May 19 2013, 2:52am CDT

[Jpost] From the early stages of the conflict Assad has relied on his praetorian units. The overall geostrategic characteristic of the Syrian military picture is a robust armed struggle for supply routes, lines of comm ...

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SANA Says Two Lebanese Killed in Tall Kalakh

Source: Rantburg  |   May 19 2013, 2:52am CDT

[Naharnet] The forces of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... thwarted an attempt by "terrorists" to infiltrate into Syrian territories on Saturday, state-run SANA news agenc ...

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Syria Rebels Seize Deserted Alawite Villages in Hama

Source: Rantburg  |   May 19 2013, 2:52am CDT

[Naharnet] Rebels in Syria have seized control of four deserted Alawite villages in the central province of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilnec ...

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Damascus hails holding of international conference on Syria

Source: Voice of Russia  |   May 19 2013, 2:22am CDT

In an interview with Argentinean media on Sunday, Syrian President Bashar Assad voiced hope that the planned international conference on Syria will help his country to ride out of the crisis. “We hail Russian-US bridge-build ...

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Assad crushes talk of peace

Source: Sydney Morning Herald  |   May 19 2013, 1:15am CDT

Accusations: Syrian troops take control of a village in Homs province. Forces loyal to President Assad have been implicated in atrocities in the city of Homs. Photo: AFP BEIRUT: President Bashar Assad of Syria, in a rare interview with a fore ...

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Assad skeptical about proposed Geneva peace talks

Source: Russia Today  |   May 19 2013, 12:45am CDT

Syrian President Bashar Assad has welcomed the proposed peace talks for Syria agreed by Russia and the US, but voiced his skepticism about their prospects for success, saying that many forces don't really want to see ...

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Assad says he won't quit

Source: Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer  |   May 19 2013, 12:02am CDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dho ...

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Rebels: Dozens Wounded In Damascus Chemical Attack

Source: Rantburg  |   May 18 2013, 11:50pm CDT

[Ynet] Al Arabyia reports rebel claims that Assad's army has fired chemical laced mortars into a residential neighborhood in Damascus, causing many to suffer breathing issues. In additional incident, rebels claimed were attac ...

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Assad says U.S. has no right to interfere in Syrian politics

Source: Denver Post  |   May 18 2013, 11:27pm CDT

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U ...

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Syrian rebel leader admits difficulty of unifying fighters

Source: Kansas.com  |   May 18 2013, 10:44pm CDT

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The defected Syrian general whom the United States has tapped as its conduit for aid to the rebels has acknowledged in an interview with McClatchy that his movement is badly fragmented and lacks the mil ...

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