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Syria: Polio outbreak fears
Polio outbreak fears in war-ravaged Syria
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Syrian snipers target pregnant women, unborn babies, doctor says
An X-ray shows a bullet lodged in a baby's head. The image would be chilling enough without knowing the child was still in its mother's womb when it became the target of snipers hiding in the shadows in northern Syria.
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Norway Says It Can't Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons
Norway has turned down a U.S. request to take on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, saying it lacks the capabilities to carry out the task. The country's foreign ministry said it had given "serious and thorough consideration" to the U.S. query but that "due to time constraints and external factors, such as capacities, [and] regulatory requirements," Norway would be unable to fulfill the request.
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Syrian Electronic Army Targets President Obama in Latest Hack
Add President Obama to the list of the latest high-profile hacks. A handful of sites affiliated with the President’s nonprofit issue advocacy group, Organizing for Action, were compromised by a group of hackers on Monday morning, according to a number of Facebook and Twitter posts sent from the President’s accounts.
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War Tourists Flock to Syria’s Front Lines
Syria’s conflict is drawing a motley crew of adventure-seekers and adrenaline with murky motivations—and little experience with surviving in war zones.
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Syria: my journey into a nightmare war
How did a young British man with no combat experience join the Free Syrian Army? A London student tells Samira Shackle about the horror of finding himself out of his depth in a bloody conflict
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Syria's polio outbreak may threaten Europe
Vaccinating only Syrian refugees against polio may not be enough to prevent the crippling viral disease from re-infecting Europe where it has not been seen for decades, German scientists warned on Friday.
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Al-Qaeda in Syria raids wedding party, warns against music and singing
Al-Qaeda’s main branch in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has raided a wedding party in the suburb of Aleppo and ordered stopping music and singing, the Asharq al-Awsat reported, quoting Syrian activists
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A look at some journalists missing in Syria
At least 30 journalists currently are reported missing while covering Syria's civil war. The widespread abduction of journalists is unprecedented. Many have gone unreported in hope that keeping the kidnappings out of public view may help to negotiate the captives' release.
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Syria opposition accepts peace talks, says Assad must go
Syria's Western-backed opposition agreed on Monday to attend planned peace talks in Geneva but said President Bashar al-Assad could play no part in a transitional government aimed at ending the 2-1/2-year-old civil war. The Syrian National Coalition also demanded the release of women and children from Syrian jails and an easing of military sieges of rebel-held areas as a precondition for going to Geneva.
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Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels Say Sorry After Decapitating Wrong Person
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels have said sorry for decapitating a fellow extremist by accident. Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for "understanding and forgiveness" for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man's head, The Telegraph has reported.
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Huge bomb hits Syria government site
A bomb attack on a Syrian government building near Damascus has killed 31 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Twin blasts hit Iran Beirut embassy
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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More than 11,000 Syrian children killed in civil war, report says
More than 11,000 children have been killed in the nearly three-year civil war in Syria, including children who were tortured and executed, a new report says.
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The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head
Meet Soundos, the 10-year-old child who survived being shot in the head during the Syrian civil war. Her story, and that of her whole community, is one of overcoming against all odds.
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How The Free Syrian Army Became A Largely Criminal Enterprise
The Free Syrian Army began as a simple group of fighters battling Assad. But Ruth Sherlock, in Antakya, finds their mission is now making millions from bribery and extortion.
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'Massive evidence' links Syrian regime to war crimes, U.N. official says
U.N. finds "massive evidence" that the highest levels of the Syrian government are responsible for war crimes, the U.N.'s human rights chief said Monday.
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Beheadings And Spies Help Al Qaeda Gain Ground In Syria
Armed with machine guns, black-clad al Qaeda fighters drove their pick-ups calmly into the northern Syrian town and took over its imposing agriculture ministry building. They beheaded a sniper from a rival rebel unit, displayed his head in the main square and put roadblocks on major routes.
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U.S. officials prepare to destroy Syrian chemical weapons at sea
If all goes according to plan, the bulk of Syria’s chemical weapons stocks could be destroyed early next year inside the specially modified hold of a U.S. ship somewhere at sea, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
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Did the Obama Administration Mislead the Public on Syria?
Seymour Hersh thinks so.
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