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Syria accuses US of fabricating evidence to justify military attack
Date: 2013-08-31 10:13:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:266274
Syria has accused the US of fabricating evidence to justify a military attack against it, the BBC reported on Saturday. Syria, meanwhile, refused a report by the US intelligence concluding that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an ....
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UN experts leave Syria for Lebanon at end of chemical weapons probe
Date: 2013-08-31 09:05:19 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:266166
UN weapons inspectors left Damascus on Saturday, marking the end of their probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, Al-Arabiya news channel said. It may be two weeks before for final results are ready of an analysis of ....
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Kuwaiti minister says all options on table after Western strike against Syria
Date: 2013-08-31 09:01:17 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:266162
Kuwaiti Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman al-Sabah said the government has an integrated plan to defend Kuwait in case Syria comes under a Western strike. All options are on the table, Sheikh Salman told Kuwait's "As Siyasa" newspaper, out ....
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Kerry: Any US action against Syria not like Iraq, Afghanistan conflicts
Date: 2013-08-30 20:59:48 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:265925
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that any response against an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria would not involve the US in a protracted conflict like Iraq or Afghanistan. He said the Syrian government forces killed ....
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Syria says US attack to fall into hands of militias
Date: 2013-08-30 13:51:55 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:265325
A Syrian military source said any US attack on his country will pave the way for armed groups and militias to advance into the capital Damascus. Iran's Fars news agency quoted the source as warning of a possible regional war in fallout from a ....
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Russia opposed to any UN resolution allowing Syria strikes
Date: 2013-08-30 13:47:23 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:265319
A top Russian official has reiterated Moscow’s opposition to any United Nations Security (UNSC) resolution that would allow a military action against Syria. “Russia opposes any resolution of the UN Security Council indicating the ....
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Peacekeeping mission denies decision to pull civilian employees out of Lebanon
Date: 2013-08-30 10:47:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:265064
The spokesperson of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon denied on Friday that the peacekeeping command had decided to evacuate civilian employees and their families. “There is no decision to pull out civilian employees or their ....
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UN secretary-general cuts short visit to Austria to meet with UN investigation team on Syria
Date: 2013-08-30 09:21:30 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:264939
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon cut his visit to Europe Thursday to meet with the UN investigation team on Syria, Farhan Haq, Associate Spokesperson for Secretary-General said. In remarks to reporters, the secretary-general said that the ....
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Syria will defend itself against any aggression - Assad
Date: 2013-08-29 15:58:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:264181
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his country is strong with its people and will defend itself against any aggression. Assad confirmed on Thursday to a delegation includes a number of party leaders and deputies of the Yemeni ....
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Iranian FM urges UN inspectors to launch all-out probe in Syria
Date: 2013-08-29 13:03:24 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:263801
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, urging the United Nations inspectors to carry out comprehensive investigations away from prejudiced decisions about the user of such arms. He made ....
