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Saudi-Qatari rift spills over into Syria opposition

Wed Mar 19, 2014 07:38:54

A growing rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar over the emirate’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood has sharpened a power struggle within the Syrian opposition at a critical time for the main opposition body.

Syria army makes advances after seizing Yabroud

Tue Mar 18, 2014 20:47:34

Syrian troops have advanced west of the fallen militant stronghold of Yabroud, entering a new village in the Qalamoun region near the Lebanese border, state news agency SANA said Tuesday.

Syria army shows off two car-bomb assembly sites

Tue Mar 18, 2014 20:26:58

The Syrian army discovered Tuesday two sites in the Syrian town of Yabroud reportedly used by foreign backed militant groups to rig car-bombs bound for Lebanon as well as to manufacture rockets, local media reported.

US orders closure of Syrian embassy, consulates

Tue Mar 18, 2014 19:22:03

The United States on Tuesday suspended operations of the Syrian Embassy in Washington and its consulates in Michigan and Texas, and told diplomats and staff who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents to leave the country.

Syria suffers $31 billion in war 'damage': PM

Tue Mar 18, 2014 18:24:44

Syria has suffered damage estimated at $31 billion as a result of its three-year civil war, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has said, a figure nearly equivalent to its GDP.

Syria Opposition asks West for more heavy weaponry

Tue Mar 18, 2014 17:31:20

The leader of the Syrian National Coalition pleaded with the West to supply more weapons and aid following the militant groups’ current heavy defeats across the country.

Yabroud victory, the end of the Qalamoun mini-state

Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:10:17

The outcome of the war in Qalamoun has now been settled. Though not all battles there have been won, the capture of Yabroud by the Syrian army and Hezbollah on Sunday has dealt a fatal blow to the project for a Qalamoun mini-state.

Syrians celebrate Yabroud liberation: Photos

Tue Mar 18, 2014 08:52:01

Syrians wave the national flag as they gather in the capital, Damascus to celebrate after the Syrian army seized full control of the militant bastion Yabroud in the strategic Qalamoun region near the Lebanese border.

Syria army attacks militant holdouts in Qalamoun, kills al-Nusra commander

Tue Mar 18, 2014 08:32:46

Syrian army forces have begun an attack on the last rebel-held areas in the Qalamoun mountains, strategically located on the Lebanese border, after overrunning a key rebel bastion.

Syrian pro-opposition TV station to close down

Tue Mar 18, 2014 08:16:29

A pro-opposition satellite station says it would shut down at the end of the month, citing a lack of funding.

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