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'Missile deployment in Turkey would spark tensions'

Source: Jerusalem Post, Nov 25 2012, 6:05am CST

DUBAI - Iran said the deployment of Patriot defense missiles near Turkey's border with Syria would worsen tensions, as fears grow of the Syrian civil war spilling across the region. Turkey asked NATO for the Patriot system, designed to intercept aircraft ...

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Peace negotiations pose a test for Syria's rebels: David Ignatius

Source: Oregon Live  |   May 21 2013, 5:48pm CDT

It's axiomatic that neither side wants to negotiate from weakness. For the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, that means more Russian weapons and an intense battle (backed by Hezbollah) to control the strategic cit ...

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43 minutes ago

What Will Become Of Syria?

Source: Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish  |   May 21 2013, 5:44pm CDT

Lebanon is an interesting case and could be held up as a partial example for post-Assad Syria. It has never been unified. It never had a homegrown dictatorship. It never went through a socialist phase. Lebanon never want ...

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25 weeks ago


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"will not only not help solve the situation in Syria, it will actually make the situation more difficult and complicated as well"


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Senate Committee Votes to Authorize Arms for Syrian Rebels

Source: Democratic Underground  |   May 21 2013, 5:41pm CDT

Source: Wall Street Journal WASHINGTONÂA key Senate committee overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that calls for the U.S. to provide small arms to moderate Syrian opposition groups fighting strongman Bashar al-Assad, ...

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Rockets disrupt Akkar funerals of Syrian fighters

Source: Lebanon Daily Star  |   May 21 2013, 5:38pm CDT

AKKAR, Lebanon: Funeral ceremonies for two of three Syrian fighters who were transferred to Akkar at dawn were interrupted when several rockets landed on the outskirts of Al-Monsa and Al-Amayer towns in Akkar Tuesd ...

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Protesters condemn Hezbollah’s Syria role

Source: Lebanon Daily Star  |   May 21 2013, 5:38pm CDT

Lebanese and Syrian students carry banners during a protest at Martyrs' Square in Beirut to denounce the implication of Hezbollah in the Syrian conflict, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir) BEIRUT: A small group of protesters ga ...

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Kerry Presses US-Russian Plan for Syrian Peace Talks

Source: Voice of America  |   May 21 2013, 5:30pm CDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Wednesday in the Jordanian capital with senior diplomats from 11 nations, as part of a U.S.-Russian push to end Syria's civil war. Kerry will address the Friends of Syria grouping, which backs ...

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Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if attacks on occupied Golan Heights continue

Source: ABC (Australia) Online  |   May 21 2013, 5:21pm CDT

The head of Israel's armed forces has warned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad of "consequences" if fire continues from Syrian territory against Israeli troops in the occupied Golan Heights. "If he disturbs the Golan Heights, ...

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Oman to buy $2.1B Raytheon missile system

Source: iStockAnalyst  |   May 21 2013, 4:43pm CDT

MUSCAT, Oman, May 21 (UPI) -- The Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman is set to buy a $2.1 billion missile system built by the U.S. Raytheon Co. as part of a U.S. drive to install a coordinated air-defense system linking the region's Ara ...

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Turkish soft power: More soft than powerful

Source: Hurriet Daily News  |   May 21 2013, 4:33pm CDT

Ishaan Tharoor wrote in the Time magazine: “Two years later [today], Turkey’s vaunted soft power looks more soft than powerful… Erdoğan, too, cuts a smaller, humbler figure on the world stage… His overwhelming support for the Syrian opposition is not mir ...

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