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American absence catalyst for Mideast chaos

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Nov 20 2012, 3:27am CST

The civil war in Syria may well be the last act in the story of the disintegration of the Mideast as we know it. The opportunity to hold the region together and to rebuild it on a firmer foundation of tolerance, freedom and, eventually, democratic ...

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Hezbollah Escalates Syrian Civil War

Source: Tikun Olam  |   May 23 2013, 10:58pm CDT

Hezbollah and its sponsors Iran and Syria have made a calculated decision to escalate the violence inside that country by inserting large contingents of its fighters in the fight for Qusayr. The battle for that strategic town is turning out to b ...

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Hizbullah Has Lost 75 Terrorists in Syria So Far

Source: Arutz Sheva  |   May 23 2013, 10:19pm CDT

75 terrorists (often called fighters in Western media outlets) from the Lebanon-based Hizbullah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country’s war months ago, a source close to the Shiite group said on Thursday. “There ...

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Hizbullah Has Lost 75 Terrorists in Syria So Far

Source: Arutz Sheva  |   May 23 2013, 10:09pm CDT

75 terrorists (often called fighters in Western media outlets) from the Lebanon-based Hizbullah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country’s war months ago, a source close to the Shiite group said on ...

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Syrian Opposition Coalition Meets in Turkey

Source: The New York Times  |   May 23 2013, 9:27pm CDT

ISTANBUL — Members of Syria’s main political opposition group on Thursday began three days of talks to elect a new leader and formulate their positions before an expected international conference in Geneva next month that is meant to pave the w ...

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Syria’s civil war ‘likely to explode,’ Annan says

Source: Globe and Mail  |   May 23 2013, 9:15pm CDT

Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is warning that Syria’s increasingly sectarian civil war threatens to “explode” beyond its borders and that the remaining hope rests on forging the united international pressure for a political agreement ...

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The U.S., Russia and Syria

Source: The New York Times  |   May 23 2013, 8:23pm CDT

A May 21 editorial asked, “ Why Is Russia Still Arming Syria? ” The answer is very simple — because President Obama’s “reset” with Russia is a complete failure. Russia’s continued support for President Bashar al-Assad is one of the main reason ...

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A Cyberattack Campaign for Syria

Source: The New York Times  |   May 23 2013, 8:05pm CDT

WASHINGTON — LAST week Syrians lost access to the Internet for the second time in a month. While the Assad regime claims the lapses were the result of a faulty network link, the evidence suggests that they were d ...

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Israel Now in Outright Military Conflict With Syria’s Assad

Source: Jewlicious The Jewish Blog  |   May 23 2013, 7:31pm CDT

Latest developments in the escalating conflict between Israel and Syria; Slate’s “Dear Prudence” columnist, Emily Yoffe, discusses Jewish influences on her approach to giving advice; stars shvitz and plotz their way through the Drama Desk ...

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Syria’s exile opposition opens conference in Turkey amid anger, confusion

Source: The Bellingham Herald  |   May 23 2013, 6:27pm CDT

ISTANBUL — Syria’s political opposition met Thursday in Istanbul to elect new leadership, choose a government-in-exile and deliberate on a negotiating stance for peace talks, but it hit a controversy when the immediate past president o ...

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Fighters Enter Syria to Defend Shiites

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 23 2013, 6:16pm CDT

By Sam Dagher SEYDA ZEINAB, Syria—This town on Damascus's southern fringe, with a shimmering golden-domed shrine at its center and a heavily patrolled perimeter of berms and concrete barriers, has become the first stop for many foreign fighters ...

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