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  Syrian government to US: No right to remove Assad

  World | January 22, 2014 16:30 IST

  Montreux:  Syria's foreign minister, directly addressing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, says no one has the right to remove Bashar Assad except Syrians.Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem addressed the Wednesday opening of a peace conference

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  Syrian government not to negotiate with 'terrorists'

  World | October 21, 2013 11:31 IST

  Damascus : Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has stressed on his country's readiness to participate in the planned Geneva II conference without preconditions, while stating that the Syrian government will not negotiate with " terrorists

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  Britain supplied poisonous chemicals to Syrian government: report

  World | September 09, 2013 10:04 IST

  London: British companies sold poisonous chemicals to the Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian government that could have been used in the alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus, killing around 1,400 people, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.During

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  Obama: Syrian gov't carried out chemical attack

  World | August 29, 2013 10:56 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared unequivocally that the United States has “concluded” that the Syrian government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. But new hurdles emerged that appeared to slow

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  'Syrian talks possible if opposition ends conflict'

  World | November 20, 2012 9:06 IST

  Tehran, Nov 20: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces were possible if the latter gives up armed conflicts, Press TV reported.Khamenei underlined the prevention

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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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  Syrian troops renew shelling of Homs, 38 killed

  World | June 10, 2012 22:28 IST

  Beirut, Jun 10: Syrian government forces pounded parts of central Homs province today in a renewed push to regain control of rebel-held territories, and activists said at least 38 people were killed by shelling there

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  Syrians Protest Arab Vote; Embassies Attacked

  World | November 14, 2011 13:47 IST

  Beirut, Nov 13: Tens of thousands of Syrian government supporters poured into the streets Sunday to protest an Arab League vote to suspend the country's membership, as Turkey sent planes to evacuate diplomatic staff and