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Syria rebels, regime agree truce in Damascus district

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:51:01 +0000

Syrian rebels in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Sunday agreed a local ceasefire with President Bashar al-Assad's regime after nearly a year of fighting and bombardment, activists said. "After intense negotiation in recent days between the…

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Syria opposition re-elects Ahmad Jarba as leader

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:36:27 +0000

Syria's main opposition National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the coalition said in a statement. Jarba won 65 votes, beating his only rival Riad Hijab -- the best-known defector…

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Syria rebels take on jihadists in fierce fighting

Ade Adewale — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:15:13 +0000

Syrian rebels in opposition-held areas were engaged in fierce battles with Al-Qaeda-linked elements Friday in what activists say is growing resistance to the jihadists' brutal grip in many places. Elsewhere in northern Syria, an unidentified group seized…

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Syria ‘unlikely’ to meet chemical deadline: UN

Adewale A. — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:52:14 +0000

Syria is "unlikely" to meet a December 31 deadline to move its most dangerous chemical arms out of the country, the United Nations acknowledged for the first time Saturday. The UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said…

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Syrian artists turn to black humour to mark Christmas

Adewale A. — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:51:47 +0000

Syrian artists have turned to black humour to depict the brutal war devastating their country as they marked on Wednesday the third Christmas since the deadly conflict erupted. Their works posted on the Internet reflect the tragedy that has struck Syria…

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Syria defends jailing of British doctor who died in prison

Adewale A. — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:22:04 +0000

Syria said Wednesday that a British doctor alleged to have been effectively murdered in custody had hanged himself after being arrested for "unauthorised activities." Regime warplanes meanwhile pounded Aleppo for a fourth straight day in raids that…

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Syria air raids ‘kill 25, including 14 children’ in the northern city of Aleppo

Adewale A. — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:42:07 +0000

At least 25 people, including 14 children, were killed in regime air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. They were killed when regime forces unleashed an aerial attack using…

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First United Nations aid flight from Iraq lands in Syria

Adewale A. — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:30:22 +0000

The first UN aid flight from Iraq landed in northeastern Syria on Sunday with badly needed supplies, after a winter storm delayed it for several days, the United Nations said. UN aid agencies have "started airlifting urgently needed humanitarian aid…

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Nordic warships ready mission to help collect Syria chemical arms

Adewale A. — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:42:32 +0000

A Danish and a Norwegian frigate are anchored in the Cypriot port of Limassol awaiting orders to sail for Syria and help collect part of the regime's deadly chemical arsenal. When the call comes, they will escort two cargo ships -- one from each country…

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