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  Obama: US action would send Assad 'strong signal'

  World | August 29, 2013 10:44 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama is vowing that American retaliation for Syrian chemical weapons use would send a “strong signal,” as U.S. intelligence officials readied briefings for Congress on evidence aimed at linking last week's attack

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  Obama warns Assad: Use of chemical weapons a 'red line'

  World | August 21, 2012 9:34 IST

  Washington, Aug 21: President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. would reconsider its opposition to military involvement in the Syrian civil war if President Bashar Assad's beleaguered regime deploys or uses chemical or biological weapons.

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  Syrian President Assad appears on TV after attack

  World | July 19, 2012 22:50 IST

  Beirut, Jul 19: Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance since a brazen bomb attack killed three members of his inner circle while government troops launched a wide-ranging assault on Thursday to snuff out

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  Assad regrets shooting down Turkish jet

  World | July 03, 2012 16:28 IST

  Beirut. Jul 3: Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, and he will not allow tensions between the two neighbors to deteriorate into an “armed

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  Syrian President Assad Sets May 7 As Date For Parliament Vote

  World | March 13, 2012 20:09 IST

  Damascus, Mar 13: Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree today setting May 7 as the date for parliamentary elections that were delayed last year, the state news agency SANA reported.The vote is part

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  Syria Envoy Annan To Meet Assad On Saturday

  World | March 10, 2012 13:09 IST

  United Nations, Mar 10 : Kofi Annan, the new Syria envoy, will meet Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Saturday morning and deliver a message that all violence must stop, the U.N. chief said

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  Syrian Official Defects To Protest Assad Crackdown

  World | March 09, 2012 10:02 IST

  Beirut, Mar 9: Syria's deputy oil minister announced his defection in an online video that emerged on Thursday, making him the highest ranking civilian official to abandon the regime since the uprising against President Bashar

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  Tens Of Thousands Rally In Syria Against Assad, Troops Open Fire

  World | July 30, 2011 17:42 IST

  Beirut, July 29: Activists say Syrian troops have fired live ammunition and tear gas on protesters in several cities around the country as tens of thousands are demonstrating, demanding the regime's ouster.Activists say troops fired

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  Lakhs Of Syrians Come Out On Streeets Against Assad

  World | July 08, 2011 21:31 IST

  Beirut, Jul 8: Lakhs of Syrians carrying olive branches and shouting for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime streamed Friday into a flashpoint city where the U.S. ambassador traveled to show his solidarity with

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  US Asks Assad To Leave, Obama Slaps Sanctions On Syrian President

  World | May 19, 2011 14:52 IST

  Washington, May 19: After President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and his six deputies, the US appears to have given ultimatum to him to either leave or lead the transition to