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Syria says sanctions have cost country $4 billion
CBS News - 4 Hours ago
DAMASCUS, Syria Syria's oil minister acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, saying Wednesday that they had sucked about $4 billion from the economy.Sufian
Syria: Sanctions Have Cost Country $4 Billion NewsMax.com
Syria says sanctions have cost economy $4 billion CTV.ca
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Syria violence shakes Lebanon's fragile stability
Reuters UK - 4 Hours ago
2:25pm BST By BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen clash in deadly street battles, protesters block roads with burning tyres and opposition politicians demand the prime minister's downfall, denouncing the army as
Syria violence shakes Lebanons fragile stability AlertNet
Syria violence shakes Lebanon's fragile stability (Reuters) West Australian
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Syrian Army Agrees To First Release Of Opposition Prisoners
Worldcrunch - 3 Hours ago
AL ARABIYA (Dubai) In the first such step of its kind, the Syrian Army has agreed to a prisoner exchange with the opposition forces of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Syrian government forces freed two arrested
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Syria's downtrodden flock to Lebanon for work
CNBC - 3 Hours ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Huddled under Beirut's concrete bridges and around street corners are thousands of Syrian men who have left home and crossed the border in recent months in the hope of finding work
FEATURE-Syria's downtrodden flock to Lebanon for work TrustLaw
FEATURE-Syrias downtrodden flock to Lebanon for work AlertNet
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Sanctions costing Syria £2.5bn
Irish Independent - 4 Hours ago
Syria has acknowledged the heavy toll international sanctions have taken on the country's oil sector, admitting they have sucked about 4 billion US dollars (�2.5 billion) from the economy. Oil minister
Sanctions costing Syria £2.5bn (14:46) Corkman
Sanctions costing Syria 2.5bn TalkTalk
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Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria Found
Time - 7 Hours ago
(BEIRUT) - Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and that he expects they will be released soon. Adnan Mansour
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Russia warns Syrian violence could spread to Lebanon
CNBC - 3 Hours ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that a spillover of Syria's conflict into Lebanon could "end very badly" and suggested some Western states were playing a double game by calling for peace but
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3 Iranians kidnapped in Syria by gunmen
SINA - 6 Hours ago
DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Three Iranian drivers were kidnapped late Tuesday by unidentified gunmen in Syria's northern Aleppo province, just hours after a 12-member Shiite Lebanese convoy were kidnapped
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Syria rebels deny Shia abduction
BBC Middle East - 3 Hours ago
Free Syrian Army denies adducting 13 Lebanese Shia Pilgrims The abduction of Lebanese pilgrims in Syria sparked violent protests in Beirut The rebel Free Syrian Army has denied abducting 13 Lebanese Shia
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Syrian opposition urges release of abducted Lebanese
Reuters UK - 9 Hours ago
9:08am BST AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's political opposition in exile, the Syrian National Council, called on rebels in Syria on Wednesday to help secure the release of 13 Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims abducted
Syrian opposition urges release of abducted Lebanese (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
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Russian FM accuses Syrian opposition of undermining peace plan
Xinhua News Agency - 3 Hours ago
MOSCOW, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The aim of the Syrian armed opposition is to undermine the peace plan implemented by the U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
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Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria have been found Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday
Jakarta Post - 5 Hours ago
Adnan Mansour said he had been in touch with a number of Arab officials and his Turkish counterpart to try to secure the captives' return to Lebanon. "They will be released in the coming hours," Mansour
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Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria have been foundLebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday
Jakarta Post - 5 Hours ago
Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and that he expects they will be released soon. Adnan Mansour said he had
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Syria rebels pounded, deny pilgrims kidnap
Bangkok Post - 5 Hours ago
Syrian troops on Wednesday shelled rebel bastion Rastan and killed at least six people across the country, monitors said, as the rebel Free Syrian Army denied it was behind the kidnapping of Lebanese
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Inside Syria: War-torn city of Homs scarred by violence, riddled with fear
MSNBC - 9 Hours ago
NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from war-torn Homs showing how parts of the city have been ravaged by fighting while others have been spared. By Ayman Mohyeldin, NBC News Fighting has ravaged Syria over
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'Nearly empty': A rare visit to Syria rebel stronghold
MSNBC - 10 Hours ago
Fighting has ravaged Syria over the past 14 months, as evidenced in parts of the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr. Nearly destroyed, hollow buildings stand on the side of roads seldom traveled by either
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Blast near Syrian capital kills 3 people
SINA - 10 Hours ago
DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and 19 others reportedly injured by a blast of an explosive device that ripped through a bus near the Electronic War Directorate just outside the
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Syria situation eases as soothing signals sent
Xinhua News Agency - 11 Hours ago
DAMASCUS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Recent world assurances that there would be no military intervention in Syria, coupled with consensual statements by UN officials and observers about the performance of the
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VIDEO: Beirut protests at Syrian kidnapping
BBC - 12 Hours ago
The kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Syria has sparked angry protests in Beirut, adding to fears that Lebanon is being dragged into the unrest afflicting its neighbour. The pilgrims were returning
Beirut protests at Syrian kidnapping Watch02:11 BBC Middle East
Beirut protests at Syrian kidnapping BBC
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Syria's underarmed rebels refuse to give in to Assad
USA Today - 16 Hours ago
IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria In a cave hewed into the craggy rock of the north Syrian countryside, a dozen men sit planning the future of the Syrian insurgency. A mix of army deserters and volunteers, they are
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G8 calls on Syria to adhere to Annan peace plan
Xinhua News Agency - 16 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Eight (G8) leaders on Saturday called on the Syrian government and all parties in the country to immediately and fully adhere to a six-point peace plan brokered
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More violence and deaths in Syria
UPI - 4 Hours ago
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 23 (UPI) -- As many as 19 people were arrested as more than 21 buses filled with government forces entered the southern Syrian town, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported.
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Syrian oil minister says sanctions cost the country $4 billion
Globe and Mail - 4 Hours ago
A man holds up a gas cylinder at a distribution centre in the neighbourhood of Masaken Barzeh in Damascus May 23, 2012. The Syrian oil industry has lost around $4 billon due to sanctions imposed in September
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Stratfor: Struggle over Northern Lebanese Supply Routes into Syria
Lebanon Wire - 4 Hours ago
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11 Lebanese kidnapped in Syria are found
Gulf News - 5 Hours ago
Lebanese officials working to secure kidnap victimsâ?? release Beirut- Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and
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