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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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Syrian opposition meets for key conference
Hundreds of opposition leaders and rebel commanders to meet in Qatari capital in attempt to reorganise leadership.
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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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Syrian troops ‘killed’ in checkpoint attacks
Rebels kill at least 28 government soldiers in attacks on three checkpoints on main road from Damascus to Aleppo.
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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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US calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
Secretary of state Clinton says meeting in Qatar will bring more people to broaden coalition against Bashar al-Assad.
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US warning over Syrian extremism
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urges the Syrian opposition to reject extremism and says the rebel leadership must be more inclusive.
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Syrian warplanes bomb rebel areas
Warplanes are bombing opposition strongholds in Damascus and the north, activists say, while a bomb explodes near a Shia shrine in the capital.
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Syrian regime intensifies deadly airstrike
Bombardment near Damascus leaves 18 people dead, activists say, as jets hit targets inside capital for the first time.
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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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Syrian ceasefire crumbles amid clashes
President Bashar al-Assad’s regime pounded residential areas of Damascus and rebels attacked government forces again on Sunday as an internationally-backed ceasefire fell apart
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Syrian jets ‘bombard’ Damascus suburbs
Activists say government forces are continuing air raids in the Syrian capital despite a truce violated by both sides.
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Syrian warplanes stage 1st airstrike under truce
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes bombed a building in a Damascus suburb on Saturday, killing at least eight people in the first airstrike since an internationally mediated cease-fire went into effect, activists said.
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Renewed fighting unravels Syrian truce
An early morning explosion targeting Syrian police rocked the flashpoint city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, an attack that further eroded an already shaky temporary cease-fire called over the observance of a four-day Muslim holiday.
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Car bomb shatters Syrian truce
A car bombing hits the Syrian capital Damascus, with reports of many casualties, shattering a ceasefire that came into force hours earlier.
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Syrian truce on edge of collapse
Snipers in Damascus. Soldiers shooting protesters. Clashes outside a military camp.
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Syrian army pledges 4-day truce amid rebel gains
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army promised to observe a four-day cease-fire for a Muslim holiday starting Friday, while rebels claimed to have taken control of new areas in the key battleground of Aleppo.
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Syrian regime says it has agreed to 4-day holiday cease-fire to begin Friday
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian regime says it has agreed to 4-day holiday cease-fire to begin Friday.
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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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