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  Is America planning to attack Syria?

  World | February 19, 2014 13:06 IST

  Washington: For the United States, Syria's civil war is threatening to start hitting closer to home.Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are faltering. President Bashar Assad's military is on the offensive and the

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  Syria activists say Aleppo air raids killed 100

  World | December 17, 2013 23:21 IST

  Beirut: Syrian warplanes stepped up airstrikes on rebel-held districts in Aleppo on Tuesday, the third day of an assault that has killed more than 100 people in the northern city, activists said.The strikes come hours

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  UN: Syria crimes evidence 'indicates' Assad role

  World | December 02, 2013 20:20 IST

  Geneva: A growing body of evidence collected by U.N. investigators points to the involvement of senior Syrian officials, including President Bashar Assad, in crimes against humanity and war crimes, the U.N.'s top human rights official

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  Chemical weapons deal a 'victory': Syrian official

  World | September 16, 2013 7:54 IST

  Beirut:  A high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria's chemical weapons a “victory” for President Bashar Assad's regime, but the U.S. warned on Sunday “the threat of force is real” if Damascus

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  NATO urges UN to enforce Syrian peace plan

  World | July 02, 2012 19:14 IST

  Brussels, Jul 2: NATO is urging the United Nations to enforce the peace plan for Syria endorsed by an international conference in Geneva.Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that the conflict in the Arab state

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  Syrian opposition rejects UN transition plan

  World | July 01, 2012 16:21 IST

  Beirut, Jul 1: Syrian opposition groups on Sunday rejected a U.N.-brokered peace plan for a political transition in Syria, calling it ambiguous and a waste of time and vowing not to negotiate with President Bashar

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  Activists Say 20 Dead In Syria Violence

  World | February 04, 2012 7:58 IST

  Beirut, Feb 4: Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south today in fresh violence that killed at least 20 people, including nine

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  US, Allies Declare That Syria's President Bashar Assad Must Leave

  World | August 19, 2011 9:01 IST

  Washington: Executing a global squeeze play, the United States and its European allies on Thursday demanded an end to four decades of brutal family dictatorship in Syria and underscored the tough talk with new sanctions

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  Syrian Activists Begin Sit-In For Assad Ouster

  World | April 19, 2011 8:24 IST

  Beirut, Apr 18 : More than 5,000 anti-government protesters in Syria took over the main square of the country's third-largest city Monday, vowing to occupy the site until President Bashar Assad is ousted and defying