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Annan 'Impatient And Frustrated' Over Syria

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT — The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, ...

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Activists: 11 Syrian State Workers Executed

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT -- Gunmen killed 11 workers at a state-owned fertilizer factory in a volatile central Syrian province, activists said Friday, the second execut...

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'There Needs To Be Justice'

AP | By FRANK JORDANS | Posted 06.01.2012

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GENEVA -- The U.N.'s top human rights official warned Friday that all-out civil war could engulf Syria unless countries back international envoy Kofi ...

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What You Need To Know On Assad's Brutal Gunmen

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT — The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villa...

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Syrian Investigation Blames Anti-Regime Forces For Massacre

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT, May 31 (Reuters) - Syria said on Thursday a preliminary investigation showed that anti-government armed groups carried out a massacre last w...

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'I Put My Brother's Blood All Over Me And Acted Like I Was Dead'

AP | BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT -- When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his ...

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Clinton On Syria: 'The Dangers We Face Are Terrible'

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Arshad Mohammed COPENHAGEN, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday laid out arguments against armed...

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VIDEO: Child Survivor Of Syrian Massacre Describes Mother's Murder

Posted 05.30.2012

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In a new amateur video uploaded to YouTube, a young Syrian boy describes witnessing the murder of his family during last week's horrifying massacre in...

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Rebels To Assad: You Have 48 Hours

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Wednesday gave President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to abide by an international peace plan to e...

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UN Rights Body To Hold Special Session On Syria Massacre

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.30.2012

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GENEVA — The U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria and last week's massacre of...

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Syria Observers: 13 Bodies Found With Hands Tied

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - U.N. observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern...

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Governments Around The World Expel Syrian Diplomats

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.29.2012

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PARIS -- Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad...

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Annan Condemns Syria Massacre

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, May 28 (Reuters) - Peace envoy Kofi Annan condemned the killing of at least 108 people in the Syrian to...

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Ban On Syria: There's No Plan B

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.26.2012

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Syria Sanctions Take Heavy Toll

AP | ALBERT AJI and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.24.2012

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's oil minister blamed international sanctions Wednesday for shortages of cooking gas and other basic goods, saying the m...

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Deadly Bomb Hits Syrian Capital

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.23.2012

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By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press BEIRUT -- Activists and state media say a bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, killing at least five people. ...

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'Syrian Prisons Are Human Slaughterhouses'

AP | JAMAL HALABY | Posted 05.22.2012

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AMMAN, Jordan -- A prominent Palestinian writer who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities as "human slaughterhouses," sa...

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Car Bomb Targets Security Agencies

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.20.2012

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BEIRUT — A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent b...

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Thousands Hit The Streets In Aleppo

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.19.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentimen...

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'No Number Of Observers Can Achieve End To Violence'

AP | ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.19.2012

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DAMASCUS, Syria -- The head of a U.N. observer team in Syria cautioned Friday that the mission cannot achieve a permanent end to the violence without ...

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Syrian Opposition Intensely Divided

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.17.2012

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BEIRUT — Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revo...

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U.N. Monitor Team Evacuated From Tense Town

AP | By BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.17.2012

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BEIRUT -- A team of international observers was evacuated Wednesday from a tense town in northern Syria a day after their convoy was hit by a roadside...

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US Allocates $40 Million For Syria Victims

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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AMMAN, Jordan — A U.S. State Department official responsible for refugees says Washington has allocated $40 million to assist relief organizatio...

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Roadside Bomb Targets Syrian Military

AP | BASSEM MROUE and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.10.2012

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DARAA, Syria — A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday just seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by in a convoy,...

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Annan: Peace Plan 'Only Remaining Chance'

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.08.2012

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GENEVA — World powers share a "profound concern" that Syria could descend into civil war, international envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday, but natio...

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