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Syrian army controls 90% of Christian town: video

Wed Sep 11, 2013 19:11:37

The Syrian army has taken control of more than 90 percent of the Christian town of Ma’loula in Rif Dimashq, al-Alam correspondent reports from the center of the town.

IR Leader hopes new US approach to Syria real

Wed Sep 11, 2013 18:18:36

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed hope that the new US approach towards Syria is serious and not a political game.

Saudi Arabia sends inmates to fight in Syria

Wed Sep 11, 2013 13:16:05

A top secret memo has revealed that the Saudi Kingdom sent death-row inmates, sentenced to execution by decapitation, to Syria to fight against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences.

Syria conflict could give Al-Qaeda second wind: Report

Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:14:26

Desperate to recoup following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and left without its terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaeda may have an opportunity to get back on track in Syria, according to a report by two US statesmen.

Syrian Christian town urges help against al-Nusra terrorists

Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:54:49

Lebanese prominent lawmaker Michel Aoun says he has received a letter from a predominantly Christian town in Syria calling for help stopping attacks by terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government.

‘US providing lethal aid to Syria militants’

Wed Sep 11, 2013 09:18:06

The United States has begun distributing some weapons to militants fighting in Syria, a spokesman for the opposition Syrian Coalition of groups says.

FM: Syria ready to sign Chemical Weapons Convention

Wed Sep 11, 2013 07:39:23

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says his country would sign the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), following a Russian initiative under which Syria would hand over its chemical weapons and join a convention that prohibits their use.

Obama remembers he’s not George Bush

Tue Sep 10, 2013 20:21:53

It may come to naught-calls for peace so rarely still the drums of war-but there was a moment Monday when the odds for sanity seemed to finally stand a chance of prevailing.

UN says Syria gas attack videos fake: Russia

Tue Sep 10, 2013 19:33:03

Russia says the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has confirmed that the videos and photos purporting to show the victims of a chemical attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus, were fabricated.

Arab league hails Russia-Syria chemical offer

Tue Sep 10, 2013 17:46:04

The Arab League chief has expressed support for Russia's proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control.

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