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Syria insurgents engaged in organ trafficking

Sat Feb 8, 2014 10:25:35

Foreign-backed militants operating in Syria are involved in organ trafficking with the help of some private companies based in Turkey, reports say.

US says Syria crisis 'matter of homeland security'

Sat Feb 8, 2014 10:14:47

A top American security official has described the foreign-backed Syrian crisis as a “matter of homeland security” for the US, raising concerns that foreign nationals, including Americans, engaged in Syria insurgency will wage terror in their native countries when they return home.

First British suicide bomber found in Syria

Sat Feb 8, 2014 08:54:21

A British citizen is believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria, according to a leading research unit.

Key militant commander killed in Syria’s Aleppo

Fri Feb 7, 2014 20:54:33

A leading commander of foreign-backed al-Nusra Front in Syria has been killed in the country’s northwestern city of Aleppo.

Main domestic opposition group not to join Syria talks

Fri Feb 7, 2014 17:56:57

Main group of the domestic Syrian opposition - the National Coordination Committee (NCC) - would not participate in talks, its official representative Haytham Manna has told the al-Mayadin TV channel.

Syria army foils Aleppo jail attack, retake control

Fri Feb 7, 2014 17:14:59

Syrian troops retook Friday most of Aleppo's prison, lost to militants a day earlier, in fighting that has killed at least 46 over two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

First civilians leave besieged part of Syria's Homs

Fri Feb 7, 2014 16:37:27

A first group of civilians was evacuated from besieged areas of Homs on Friday under a UN-supervised deal between the Syrian government and foreign backed militant groups.

Syria confirms it will attend next round of peace talks

Fri Feb 7, 2014 13:37:31

Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, says Damascus will take part in a second round of peace talks in Geneva due to start on February 10.

Syrians return home in Muadamiyat al-Sham after militant retreat: Photos

Fri Feb 7, 2014 12:32:43

Thousands of Syrians have returned home in southwestern Syria, after a ceasefire deal between the government and foreign-backed opposition.

EU, Arabs to discuss threats of foreign terrorists in Syria

Fri Feb 7, 2014 09:19:12

Experts from the European Union and eight Arab countries plus Turkey will reportedly hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss threats posed by foreign terrorists in Syria.

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