Syria
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Syria rocked by twin car bombs that killed at least 34 people
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Twin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials.
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Syria bombs Turkey border area
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A Syrian fighter jet on Monday bombed a rebel-held area near the Turkish border, killing at least six people and wounding a dozen others, while a rocket propelled grenade landed in Turkey, officials and witnesses said.
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Britain to hold direct talks with Syrian opposition
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U.S. officials push for new Syrian leadership council
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Syria to stop attacks for Muslim holiday
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The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during the upcoming Muslim four-day holiday.
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Turkey: Armenian plane bound for Syria searched
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Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria.
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U.S. sends troops to Jordan-Syria border
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The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
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Syria bombings kill 27
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A Syrian government official says at least 27 people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings that struck the northern city of Aleppo.
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Syria violence continues: Bombs set off inside Damascus school
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Several bombs went off Tuesday inside a school in Damascus that activists say was being used by regime forces as a security headquarters.
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France, Western powers prepare for Syrian chemical weapons attacks
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Western powers are preparing a tough response in case Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war, France's foreign minister said Monday.
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Austin Tice, American journalist in Syria, feared missing
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Georgetown University Law student and freelance journalist Austin Tice, who has been reporting from Syria, has not been in contact with his editors or family in over a week--fueling fears that the American is missing.
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Syria airstrikes, shelling kill 100 during holiday
CommentGovernment forces pummeled the battered city of Aleppo with airstrikes and tanks and shelled parts of Damascus and southern Syria Monday, killing at least 100 people during a major Muslim holiday, rights groups and activists said.
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Syrian crisis leads to talks between Russia, Iran
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Russia's foreign ministry says Moscow will attend talks on the Syrian crisis organized by Iran.
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Kofi Annan quits as U.N. Syrian special envoy
CommentKofi Annan said Thursday he will step down from his high-profile role as special envoy for Syria at the end of the month, delivering blistering criticism of world powers' failure to unite over the country's escalating violence.
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Syria threatens chemical weapons for foreign attacks
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The Syrian regime threatened Monday to use its chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, in its first ever acknowledgement that it possesses weapons of mass destruction.
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White House: Syria resolution veto is 'regrettable'
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A frustrated White House declared that Russia and China placed themselves on the "'wrong side of history" and the "wrong side of the Syrian people" Thursday by vetoing a U.N. resolution pressuring President Bashar Assad to end the bloody conflict in his country.
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Syrian defense minister killed in suicide blast
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Syria's state-run TV says the country's defense minister has been killed in a suicide blast in the capital.
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