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Activists: Syrian Rebels Seize Major Dam in North

Source: Time Magazine, Nov 26 2012, 4:41am CST

(BEIRUT) — Activists say Syrian rebels have captured a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates river in the country’s north in a strategic victory that followed days of fighting. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the Tishrin Dam, ...

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Assad to US: Don't interfere with Syria

Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette  |   May 19 2013, 4:15am CDT

BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he will not 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.S ...

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PM: We'll keep preventing arms shipments to Hezbollah

Source: Ynetnews  |   May 19 2013, 4:03am CDT

"I don't know who this anonymous source is. Seeing as I am familiar with the IDF Intelligence Directorate's position regarding the events in Syria, I find the quote to be unreliable, if not fabricated," the spokesman said. During the ...

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PM: We will continue stopping weapons transfer to Hezbollah

Source: Jerusalem Post  |   May 19 2013, 3:57am CDT

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded at the opening of Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting to reports in the British newspaper Sunday Times saying Syria has missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, assuring that "the Israeli government acts in a re ...

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Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16

Source: Boston.com  |   May 19 2013, 3:54am CDT

A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, ...

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Conference on Syria Settlement to Take Place ‘Very Soon’ – UN Chief

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 19 2013, 3:39am CDT

MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place “very soon,” possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. “As I h ...

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Syria military pounds rebel town killing 13

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 19 2013, 3:18am CDT

BEIRUT: The Syrian military pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing 13 people, in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, a watchdog said. “After two days of calm, planes bombed the town of Qusayr in the early hours of the morning ...

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Towards Increased Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Syria - 08 May 2013

Source: United Nations Population Fund  |   May 19 2013, 3:05am CDT

UNFPA says more needs to be done to help those affected by Syrian conflict. Listen. NIZIP, Turkey — More has to be done to ensure the health and wellbeing of women and children affected by the Syrian conflic ...

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Syrian army bombing kills 13 in rebel-controlled city

Source: Ynetnews  |   May 19 2013, 3:02am CDT

A senior activist for human rights in Syria said it appears the bombing is in preparation of a large operation against the rebels. (AFP) At least 13 people, some of them rebels, were killed in Syrian army bo ...

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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 o ...

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Assad insists he will not quit

Source: Khaleej Times  |   May 19 2013, 2:38am CDT

(AFP) / 19 May 2013 Syrian President Bashar Al Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people. ‘To resign would be ...

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