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UK to talk to armed Syrian rebels
The British government is to begin talks with Syrian rebel fighters in a bid to unite the opposition to the Assad regime.
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Syria rebels ‘capture oilfield’
Syrian rebels capture a key oilfield in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activists say, the first time such a facility has been taken.
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Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels attacked a military airport in the country’s north on Saturday in a push to cut off Syria’s biggest city Aleppo from the capital Damascus, and secure a strategic north-south corridor.
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Syria rebels target key air force base
Operation “to liberate Taftanaz airbase” comes on the eve of crucial meeting in Qatar to decide future of opposition.
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Rebels ‘attack key Syria airbase’
Rebels in Syria say they have launched a major offensive to capture the key airbase of Taftanaz in the north of the country.
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Syria rebels said to kill captured troops
BEIRUT (AP) — A new video appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lay on the ground. Human rights groups on Friday warned that the gunmen may have committed a…
Rebels: Syria using ‘vacuum bombs’
An array of explosives, from shells to barrel bombs, fell on Syrian cities in another day of bloodshed Thursday, according to activists fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
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Rebels: Iranian drones guide Syrian fire
Syrian rebels call them “wizwayzi,” humming eyes in the sky they say guide the government warplanes and gunners who bombard their positions.
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Rebels deal blow to Cameron over EU
Eurosceptic Tory MPs piled behind an amendment demanding that Britain push for a reduction in the EU’s seven-year funding package
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PM seeks to placate EU budget rebels
Prime minister says he would prefer to see a cut in the budget but would be prepared to settle for a seven-year freeze
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Syrian general ‘killed by rebels’
A senior air force general has been shot dead by rebels as he leaves a house in a Damascus suburb, Syrian state television reports.
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Activists: Rebels make advances in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) —
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Foreign fighters worry – and boost – Syrian rebels
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — The presence of foreign Islamic militants battling Syria’s regime is raising concerns over the possible injection of al-Qaida’s influence into the country’s civil war.
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No Mali offensive against rebels until 2013
Western officials say military push to reclaim northern Mali from armed rebel groups unlikely to begin until next year.
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Colombian soldiers killed by FARC rebels
Five soldiers killed in first major attack since peace talks were launched in Oslo earlier this week, army says.
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UN plans action against Congo’s M23 rebels
Security Coucil says it intends to apply targeted sanctions against leaders of group fighting in the country’s east.
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UN to sanction Congo’s M23 rebels
The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Uganda and Rwanda deny supporting DRC rebels
Officials from both nations say UN report alleging they are backing M23 rebels against DRC government is “rubbish”.
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UN accuses Rwanda of leading DR Congo rebels
Report says M23 rebels are working under the overall command of the Rwandan defence minister with the support of Uganda.
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