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On Wednesday evening the Syrian government hinted it will not cooperate with the United Nations peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, unless he severs ties with the Arab League. The Syrian...
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In a letter directed to the General Secretary of Hezbollah – Lebanese Shi'ite Hassan Nasrallah – on Wednesday, Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Mouaz Al-Khatib urged Nasrallah to withdraw all...
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Jordan's King Abdullah II has decided to allow Israel to use its airspace to monitor the situation in Syria and attack the country's chemical weapons facilities, French newspaper Le...
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With regards to the debate on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, "Maariv" wrote on its website that there are differences in opinion within Israeli intelligence agencies regarding...
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Jordan's King Abdullah II has expressed his fears that demographic changes in the kingdom could see him being toppled from the throne in the next year or so. This...
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The BBC has reported that thousands of Syrian refugees, from the Aleppo region, are fleeing to Iraqi Kurdistan. According to the report, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...
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Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon stated on Thursday that the Israeli border with Egypt is Israel's most dangerous border at the present time. Israeli media reported Yaalon saying that...
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The government in Tehran has warned the United States that an attack on Syria would have "dire" consequences. Analysts expect the US to make some sort of attack on...
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Israeli radio has reported Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Committee on Foreign and Security in the Israeli Knesset, saying that Israel "may have no choice" but to get involved...
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Gulf stock markets have suffered sharp declines due to fears of an impending military intervention in Syria. Dubai's share price declined by 7.01 per cent, while Saudi Arabia's share...
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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad threatened to "attack Jordan and Turkey in the event they took part in any American-led military action against Syria." Mekdad said in an...
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The Palestinian government in Gaza denied on Thursday any support for military interference in Syria, asserting that it does not interfere in any country's internal affairs, even if it...
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Iran's new foreign minister has warned that the United States and Western powers will set the Middle East "on fire" if they go ahead with an attack on Syria....
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Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has insisted that Israel is ready to deal with repercussions resulting from any US-led strike against Syria. The minister added that if the US...
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The State of Qatar holds the Syrian regime responsible for the war crimes and human rights violations being committed in Syria. Sheikha Alia Ahmed Bin Saif Al-Thani, who is...
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Israel will be able to judge whether the Syrian regime has complied with the US-Russian agreement on putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control, the Chairman of the Foreign...
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NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that the option to carry out a military strike against Syria, or any similar kind of operation, must be kept...
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The United Nations Mideast envoy, Robert Serry, warned that if the ongoing civil war in Syria moved to the Golan Heights to involve Israel, this could jeopardize the 1974...
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The government of Syria has presented an outline of its chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, AP reported on Friday. The organisation's spokesman,...
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The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered and awaiting registration with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and its partners is now estimated to be...
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Emir Tamim bin-Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, said on Tuesday that the people of the Arab Spring countries are now more aware of and more interested in public...
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The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Al-Ibrahimi, has said that Geneva II is already facing challenges after both the Syrian regime and opposition set unrealisable conditions....
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Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Al Mu'allem, on Saturday rejected suggestions that the future of President Bashar Al Assad should be decided during a possible peace conference in Geneva in...
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The Working Group for Palestinians in Syria has announced that 74 Palestinian died after suffering severe torture in Syrian prisons. In a press release, spokesperson of the group Tariq...
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Colonel Malik Al-Kurdi, the Deputy Commander of the Free Syrian Army, has denied claims that his group is conducting secret negotiations with officials from the Syrian regime, pointing out...
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has praised the Egyptian army and its so-called war on "terrorism" led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying that Syria and Egypt both face "one...
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Two mortars shells landed in the upscale area of central Damascus on Saturday morning, and a number of wounded were reported. Syria's official news agency Sana stated that the...
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Israel has deployed additional army staff in the occupied Golan Heights after a group of Syrians infiltrated a work site near to the newly built electric fence along the...
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The Syrian National Council has announced that it will not participate in the Geneva II conference aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Sky News...
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The Working Group for Palestinian Refugees in Syria said on Sunday that a ship carrying hundreds of refugees sank in the Mediterranean after being fired on by the Libyan...
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Monday that he could run for president in the elections slated to take place in 2014, and reiterated that the conditions to make...
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Imad Deeman, the leader of the Al-Tawhid Brigade and a member of the Al-Tawhid Shura Council, said in an exclusive interview to Masar Press that: "A committee representing the...
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