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Syrian rebels backed by extremists seize army base

Source: Sify, Dec 11 2012, 9:24am CST

The battle for the sprawling Sheik Suleiman military base, near the northern city of Aleppo, ended when the rebels took over the site's main compound and warehouses that housed a military research center, according to the Observatory. They had first ...

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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, l ...

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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 Pencilneck al-Assad Befor ...

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Gunmen Abduct Father of Syria Deputy FM

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

[Naharnet] Gunmen kidnapped the elderly father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad on Saturday, apparently in reprisal for the arrest of one of their relatives, according to a government source and a watchdog. "Today gunn ...

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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-building and proceed from th ...

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Report: Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv

Source: Rantburg  |   May 19 2013, 1:51am CDT

'The Sunday Times' reports reconnaissance satellites reveal preparations made by the Syrian army to deploy surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles ready to fire at Israel should J'lem conduct another airstrike on the Assad regime. The paper ...

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Report: Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv

Source: Jerusalem Post  |   May 19 2013, 1:01am CDT

Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and is ready to use them should Israel decide to conduct a strike on Syria, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported on Sunday. The paper ...

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Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 19 2013, 12:56am CDT

Syria’s dictator, Bashar Assad, isn’t the only leader who is crossing “red lines” these days. President Barack Obama has also crossed a few. Here are three of them: He crossed a red line by asserting the existence of a red line that he then fa ...

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

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Syria: No Oil Means No Intervention.

Source: Arutz Sheva  |   May 19 2013, 12:32am CDT

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