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Syria opposition asks West for heavy weaponry

Sat Mar 15, 2014 14:35:03

The ringleader of the foreign-backed Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has called on the opposition’s Western allies to deliver on their pledges of supplying heavy weapons to Syrian insurgents.

Syria chemical arms 'could go in a month': Russia

Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:57:30

A Russian Foreign Ministry official has stated that Syria's chemical weapons due to be destroyed outside the country may be transported out by April 13.

Syria ratifies new presidential election law

Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:13:36

Syria's parliament has set residency rules for presidential candidates, a move that would bar many foreign-based foes to run for 2014 election.

Syria hacktivists target US Central Command network

Sat Mar 15, 2014 09:44:21

Pro-government Syrian hackers have penetrated into US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) computer network, gaining access to American military files.

Four charged in fresh Syria war case in France

Fri Mar 14, 2014 21:01:32

Three men and a woman have been charged on suspicion of helping to organize trips for people wanting to wage war in Syria, a French judicial source said Friday.

Syria army at gates of Yabrud to dislodge militants: NGO

Fri Mar 14, 2014 20:05:48

Syrian army troops were at the gates of the rebel bastion of Yabrud near the Lebanese border Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

ISIL militants pull out of Idlib, Latakia provinces

Fri Mar 14, 2014 19:21:26

The militant group of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria pulled out of two provinces in the country's northwest on Friday and headed to its eastern strongholds after months of clashes with rival militant groups, activists said.

UN: 40 percent of Syrians uprooted by expanding war

Fri Mar 14, 2014 17:14:35

The Syrian conflict has caused the world's largest refugee crisis as it has forced 40 percent of the population from their homes, the UN refugee agency said Friday in Geneva.

Turkey warns to retaliate if historic tomb in Syria attacked

Fri Mar 14, 2014 16:16:15

Turkey warned Friday to retaliate "in kind" if a historic tomb that it controls inside war-torn Syria came under attack.

Shocking report: Syrian women humiliated, exploited in Turkey

Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:48:53

Dima is a confident 21-year-old with pale skin and big brown eyes. Her black headscarf is wrapped loosely around her head above her pink dress. She has two small children and a husband, but he currently works as a cab driver in Lebanon.

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