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US right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli presidentIsraeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind US plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict. In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters before his More… |
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Saudi stocks plunge 5pc on ME tensionsSaudi Arabia's stock market plunged 4.6 per cent to a 13-month low on Saturday, with its biggest listed companies losing value, after King Abdullah cut short a holiday abroad because of regional tensions. Only one of the 156 c More… |
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US mulls no-fly zone after Syria crosses 'red line'The United States is considering a no-fly zone in Syria, potentially its first direct intervention into the two-year-old civil war, Western diplomats said after the White House said Syria had crossed a "red line" by using nerve gas. More… |
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US mulls no-fly zone after Syria crosses 'red line'The United States is considering a no-fly zone in Syria, potentially its first direct intervention into the two-year-old civil war, Western diplomats said after the White House said Syria had crossed a "red line" by using nerve gas. More… |
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US studying Syria no-fly zone near JordanThe United States is studying setting up a limited no-fly zone in Syria close to the southern border with Jordan, two senior Western diplomats in Turkey said on Friday. Their comments, confirmed by a third regional diplomat, came More… |
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US steps up military support to Syria rebelsPresident Barack Obama has authorized sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighti More… |
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US steps up military support to Syria rebelsPresident Barack Obama has authorized sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighti More… |
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Hezbollah tips Syria power balance, polarises LebanonLebanese have long viewed the Hezbollah guerrilla army as a state-within-a-state. But having watched it launch a military adventure in Syria and brutality on the streets of Beirut, they feel ever more hostage to the Islamist group's regional More… |
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France says Syrian war at 'turning point'France said on Tuesday the conflict in Syria had reached a "turning point" after the fall of the city of Qusair to President Bashar al-Assad's forces, raising the question of whether to arm Syrian rebels. The battlef More… |
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US soon to decide on arming Syrian rebelsThe United States could make a decision as early as this week on whether to arm Syrian rebels, a US official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the question of whether to arm rebels is on t More… |
