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Syria News - Oct 26

 

 

Syria Declares Eid Cease-Fire Through Monday - voa

US urges Syria, rebels to respect ceasefire - NOW Lebanon

Turkey's border towns want Syria truce - Al Jazeera English

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Russia suggests U.S. coordinating arms supplies to Syria rebels, State Department spokeswoman says the latest Russian suggestion is "ludicrous" - Reuters

The Qatar Conundrum: The Emirate That Arms Syria’s Rebels Also Embraces Hamas - TIME.com

VIDEO: FSA scored some new toys: RPG-26 and RPG-27 - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Lebanese Politician: Thousands of Missiles Will Rain Down on Turkey If It Intervenes in Syria - YouTube

Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears - AP

Russia, Peru and Ecuador join voices on Syria - Voice of Russia

Any military intervention in the Middle East to result in global chaos: Brzezinski - Voice of Russia

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The Orthodox priest kidnapped in Damascus found dead, "His body was horribly tortured and his eyes gouged out" - Fides Service

Pastor and Family Executed in Syria - Christian News

Syria Crisis: Foreign Fighters Worry And Boost Syrian Rebels - ap

Syria crisis: Discord grows between Islamist and secular rebels - BBC

VIDEO: Syrian rebels destroying cannabis and marijuana - LiveLeak.com

Militants Assault the Residents in al-Ashrafia area of Aleppo - Friends of Syria

Syria and the Myth of the Peaceful Start of the Protests - SyriaNews

 

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Syria News - Oct 25

 

Final decision on ceasefire Thursday, says Syria - NOW Lebanon

Syria rebels say will cease fire if government does so first - NOW Lebanon

Islamic militant group Al Nusra rejects truce - AP

Damascus car bomb kills six: state TV - chicagotribune.com

Syrian ministry tells UN “armed terrorist groups” responsible for Douma massacre - NOW Lebanon

VIDEO: Douma Massacre - YouTube

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Aleppo business leaders targeted by Syrian rebels - alarabiya

Russian Church Highlights Persecution of Christians in Syria - RIA Novosti

VIDEO: Russian Orthodox Church Fears for Christians in Syria - Video Dailymotion

VIDEO: Testimony of Syrian Woman about FSA Practices - YouTube

VIDEO: Members of FSA al-Tawhid Brigade in Aleppo Pray Before Battle for Islam to Prevail in Syria, Kill All the Enemies of God - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Creation of 4 Al Qaeda terror groups on the outskirts of Damascus - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: FSA Toys"R"Us Brigade formation - LiveLeak.com

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Syrian Rebels Have US Stinger Missiles: Russian General - RIA Novosti

U.S. not supplying Stinger missiles to Syrian rebels: Pentagon - chicagotribune.com

VIDEO: Syria: Turkish Aselsan Stinger (Atılgan PMADS) downs Russian MIG-23 - YouTube

Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy - voa

VIDEO: Iraq PM Maliki's Reaction to Syria - PBS

Obama administration open to bilateral talks with Iran - UPI.com

 

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Syria News - Oct 22

 

 

U.N. envoy Brahimi meets Assad and urges unilateral ceasefires by both sides - alarabiya

Assad tells Syria envoy arms flows to rebels must stop - Reuters

U.S. endorses Syria Eid ceasefire call - Chicago Tribune

VIDEO: Kofi Annan: Syria Military Intervention Won't Work - huffingtonpost

VIDEO: At least 13 killed, dozens injured in Damascus car bombing amid UN peace envoy visit - RT

Car bomb explodes at French hospital in Syria's Aleppo - Xinhua | English.news.cn

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Jordan disrupts major al-Qaeda terrorist plot, the group had amassed a stockpile of explosives and weapons from Syrian battlefields - The Washington Post

US sets $12 million reward for 2 al-Qaida members, they use an “extensive network of Kuwaiti jihadist donors” to send money and fighters via Turkey to Syria - VOA

70 Britons ready to join jihad in Syria - The Sunday Times

The Popular preacher leading an armed gang of jihadis in Syria - Telegraph

Syria: Terrorists Violated a Shia Muslim Girl, Left Her Bare in StreeT - abna

VIDEO: Syrian Rebels Behead an Already Dead Syrian Pilot - Firstpost

VIDEO: Syrian rebel comments 'we beheaded Syrian soldiers' - hator-Ra!

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VIDEO: Clashes in Beirut as security chief mourners attempt to storm govt HQ - RT

Report: Turkish retaliatory fire has killed 12 Syrian soldiers - todayszaman

Turkey makes case for buffer zone in Syria with dim hopes of success - Xinhua

Syria strife tests Turkish Alawites - Al Jazeera English

Turkish unions, parties against Erdogan anti-Syria policies - PressTV 

 

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Syria News - Oct 19

Syria News - Oct 17

 

 

Syria: Assad regime ready to explore four day truce - Telegraph

Exiled opposition would welcome any Syria truce, SNC leader says - NOW Lebanon

Erdoğan meets Ahmadinejad seeking to bridge widening gap over Syria, moots three-way regional talks between Egypt, Turkey and Iran - chicagotribune.com

No sign of Syria-Turkey war: U.S. Ambassador - hurriyetdailynews

US says Turkey needs urgent help on Syrian refugees, It has exceeded 100,000 - todayszaman

Pope sending delegation, including NY cardinal, to Damascus to express solidarity with Syrians - Fox News

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UN: Islamists Threaten to Radicalize Syrian War - ABC News

Divided Syrian rebels agree on joint leadership, It will include secular and Islamist groups - www.reuters.com

Iraqi Shia militants fight for Syria's Assad, "We formed the Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas brigade which includes 500 Iraqi, Syrian and some other nationalities" - REUTERS

Syria: Rebels losing support in Aleppo - GlobalPost

Rebels in Syria's largest city of Aleppo mostly poor, pious and from rural backgrounds - Fox News

Jihadists' Rise in Arab World Threatens Region's Stability - AP

Holy Warriors, A field guide to Syria's jihadi groups - Foreign Policy

Are Foreign Jihadists Gaining Influence Inside the Syrian Rebel Forces? - The Daily Beast

European Muslims hoping to fight in Syria's rebellion raise new fears - Fox News

VIDEO: Syrian Rebels Abuse Body of Executed Civilian - Crimes Against Humanity - YouTube

 

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Syria News - Oct 15

 

 

FSA chief hits back at Hezbollah, says group involved in Syrian fighting - NOW Lebanon

FSA says it killed 60 Hezbollah fighters - Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)

Nasrallah denies reports that Hizbullah commander and fighters were killed while fighting alongside the Syrian regime - Naharnet

Syrian Opposition Head: Hizbullah Must Reconsider Positions, Prepare for Post-Assad Phase - Naharnet

Hezbollah emerges as new threat for Syria rebels - The Australian

Hezbollah’s Qassem calls on Hariri to “stop arming” Syrian rebels - saidaonline.com

Hezbollah foes say support for Assad puts Lebanon at risk - Reuters

Syrian regime supporters stage Beirut rally - NOW Lebanon

VIDEO: Syrian Rebels Murder 8 Syrian Workers Returning on a Bus from Lebanon - YouTube

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How rent-a-mob jihadis are tormenting a benighted Christian minority in Bashar al-Assad's Syria - The Independent

The Alawites and the Future of Syria - Gatestone Institute

YPG establishes third Kurdish brigade in Kobanê in Syrian Kurdistan - ekurd

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Al-Qaida poised for resurgence, Fall of Syria could trigger major expansion - wnd.com

Hijacking a Rebellion: New Trends in al-Qaeda Tactics - Praemon

Warning: Jihadist fighting in Syria may return to U.S. and U.K., At the heart of it all is Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries because that is where the money comes from - BIZPAC Review

The Times: British Terrorists Killed in Syria Were Gunmen who Attacked Syrian Army, Not Journalists - SANA

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Turkey closes airspace to Syrian civilian flights after similar move by Damascus - RT

Turkey Dismisses Security Dialog with Syria - RIA Novosti

Report: Russians aboard intercepted Syrian plane were state agents - todayszaman

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VIDEOS: Cluster bombs used by the Syrian Army - Brown Moses Blog


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Syria News - Oct 14

 

Erdogan calls for UN security council reform over failure to pressure Syria - guardian.co.uk

VIDEO: Turkey's PM attacks UN security council on Syria – guardian.co.uk

The pro-war lobby rallies in Turkey - todayszaman

Turkey Moves Tanks to 250 Hilltops Overlooking Syria - Bloomberg

VIDEO: Turkey Moves 250 Tanks to Hilltops Overlooking Syria - YouTube

Analysts: Chances of Syria war engulfing wider region growing, but Turkey wading in probably wouldn’t help the rebels - nationalpost.com

For Erdogan quarrel with Assad is one thing, Putin another - Yahoo! News

VIDEO: Intercepted: First video aboard Syria-bound plane diverted by Turkey - YouTube

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UN peace envoy draws up plan for 3,000 strong peacekeeping force in Syria - Telegraph

VIDEO: Rebel fighters 'capture' 250 Syrian soldiers - Al Jazeera

VIDEO: Assad Fighter Jet Shot Down over Aleppo City - YouTube

VIDEO: FSA Assault Air Defence Base - YouTube

VIDEO: FSA captures yet another Syrian Assad army outpost near Maaret Numan - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Syria Assad Soldiers Surrender in Al Zeinah - YouTube

Syrian soldiers take shelter in Turkey as they escaped from opposition- todayszaman

VIDEO: Rebels massacre number of policemen, throw them in the river - YouTube

VIDEO: Terrorists in Syria Decapitate Injured Soldier - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Terrorist: Thanks to our Rockets, We Will Establish State of Islam in Syria - LiveLeak.com

 

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Syria News - Oct 10

Syria News - Sep 28

 

 

Syria rebels say launch decisive battle in Aleppo - Reuters

Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over' - Times Union

Commerce in war torn Aleppo grinds to a halt - CNN.com Blogs

UN: Syrian Refugee Exodus to Reach 700,000 - VOA

Syrian rebels get new ammunitions in Aleppo,“Everyone is willing to pay you just a little bit to buy you – the Muslim brotherhood, Riad al-Assad - CounterPsyOps

Armed group blow up oil pipeline in NE Syria - Xinhua | English.news.cn

VIDEO: Syria rebels announce decisive Aleppo attack - Video Dailymotion

VIDEO: Rebel chiefs meet in their Aleppo headquarters - MSN Video

VIDEO: Free Syrian Army Rebels Take Refuge in Turkey, Funnel Weapons Across Border - PBS NewsHour

VIDEO: The DIY Weapons Of The Syrian Opposition - Brown Moses Blogn

VIDEO: Islamists Attack Christians In Syria - Walid Shoebat

Scholar Warns Syria Rebels Could Turn Into Warlords - VOA

Syria Islamists: 'next stop Israel' - The Jewish Chronicle

Britons Among Foreign Jihadists Fighting in Syria

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Hezbollah increases support for Syrian regime, U.S. and Lebanese officials say - The Washington Post

Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Russia, says it stands by massacre in Syria - TODAYSZAMAN

Iraq's Maliki turns down Turkey's invitation to AK Party congress - TODAYSZAMAN

Syrian Muslim Brotherhood says Russia “an excuse” for inaction - NOW LEBANON

Clearing Syrian WMDs Means 75K Troops and Massive Air Strikes - U.S. Naval Institute

Russia helped US to interact with Syria on WMDs – Lavrov : Voice of Russia

 

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Syria News - Sep 27

 

Suicide bombers strike outside Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, FSA claims responsibility in cooperation with an Islamist group, VIDEO - The Washington Post

Syrian Rebels : Damascus Attack a Preview of More Bombings to Come - The Daily Beast

Iranian reporter killed by sniper at scene of blasts targeting Syria military HQ in Damascus - CBS News

VIDEO: Syrian rebels bomb Damascus military building - euronews

VIDEO: Damascus car bomb aftermath aired on Syrian state TV - Telegraph

VIDEO: Last moments of Iranian reporter killed by rebel sniper - YouTube

Report: FSA Gunmen Kill Lebanese Man — Naharnet

West complicit in Syria “massacres,” rebel leader says - Now  Lebanon

Syrian rebel chief and other defectors abandon FSA and return to the Assad army - Now Lebanon

VIDEO: High figure of FSA defects to engage in dialogue with government - CounterPsyOps

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240 Christian hostages released by Syrian rebels in the village of Rableh - Vatican

Syria’s Suffering Christians Flood Neighboring Countries as Civil War Continues - NCRegister.com

Are the Syrian Christians vanishing? - National Post

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Putin: Use of Force without UN Approval is Road to Chaos, Unilateral actions or block agreements are unacceptable - RIA Novosti

VIDEO: Russian Foreign Minister defends support of Syria - CBS News

At U.N., Qatar emir calls on Arab nations to intervene in Syria - The Washington Post

Tunisia says would support Arab peacekeepers in Syria - Now Lebanon

India against unauthorised internal intervention - The New Indian Express

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Syria not to blame for surge in Turkey violence, analysts say - Now Lebanon

Turkish Opposition Party : Erdogan's Support to Terrorists a Constitutional Crime - SANA

Turks prefer Gul over Erdogan for president: poll - Yahoo! News

 

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