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| Saudi role in Syria driven by fear of Shi'ite 'full moon' |
| Source : Reuters |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian... |
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| G8 calls for urgent Syria peace talks despite Russia split |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| G8 leaders called for a peace conference on Syria to be held as soon as possible but deep divisions remained as Russia stood by its embattled Middle East ally.... |
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| Syria takes centre stage at QRC meeting |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| Representatives of Norwegian and German Red Cross societies have recently visited Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) to discuss ways of cooperation and access to QRC's humanitarian efforts in Syria.... |
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| Blast hits Syrian port city of Latakia |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, an opposition monitoring group said, but the cause of the blast was... |
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| UN says refugees, displaced at two-decade high |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012, the UN's refugee agency said on Wednesday, pushing the number of people forcibly displaced to... |
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| No headway to end Syrian conflict |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Puttin were staying in adjacent cottages as they attended the Group of Eight (G8) in Northern Ireland, but they could not be... |
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| Hassan Rowhani's surprise victory |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| It is too early to say if this week's stunning victory by politically moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani in the Iranian presidential elections will have any drastic effect on the Islamic... |
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| Lebanon minister accuses Syria of 'ethnic cleansing' of Sunnis |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunnis and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said yesterday.... |
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| UN likely to expand Golan peacekeeping force |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| The Security Council president says the UN is likely to expand its peacekeeping force in the disputed Golan Heights with more troops and heavy weapons.... |
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| Rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanon's Bekaa: security |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| Four rockets fired from across the border inside Syria hit a majority Shiite area of eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, a Lebanese security official told AFP.... |
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| Battle intensifies around Damascus |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad pushed forward a bid to crush rebel bastions near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, a monitoring group and activists said.... |
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| US cohabitation with Hezbollah terror |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-06-19 |
| In mid-December 2012, President Obama in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters tried to explain US policy toward the Syrian revolution, saying "Not everybody who's participating on the ground in... |
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| Assad says Europe would 'pay price' for arming rebels |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-18 |
| Syrian President Bashar Al Assad warned on Monday that European powers would "pay the price" if they sent weapons to rebel forces seeking to topple him.... |
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| Saudi King: Interference by some countries destabilizes region |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-06-18 |
| Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday warned against the consequences of adventurism by some countries and their interference in others' internal affairs, saying it would increase tension... |
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| No Saudi bank accounts to support Syrian fighters |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-06-18 |
| A senior Saudi official has categorically denied the existence of bank accounts in the Kingdom to collect donations for Syrian fighters. Reports to that effect were recently being circulated on... |
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| Seeking a Syria consensus despite US-Russia divide |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-06-18 |
| Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack... |
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| Syria and WMD: Deepening Uncertainty |
| Source : Center for defense information |
| Date : 2013-06-18 |
| This brief looks at how certain governments have reacted to the charges that Syrian forces recently used chemical weapons against their opponents. The US, for example, has tempered its response... |
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