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Rebel funds help Syria's war-battered poundIn Syria's eastern town of Deir al-Zor, a rebel commander flush with cash was swapping his dollars for Syrian pounds to pay fighters battling President Bashar Al-Assad's forces. Money ch More… |
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Syrian army quits key base after rebel attackThe Syrian army has abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital. But in a political setback to force More… |
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80 killed in Syria violence ahead of truceSyrian troops pounded opposition areas in Syria killing 80 people, 52 of them civilians, in what opposition termed was a 'massacre' that sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week's UN More… |
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33 killed as Syrian forces pound rebel townSyrian government forces have killed at least 33 people in a rebel town near the Lebanese border in the last few days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents of a nearby town said Sunday. Rankous, a More… |
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Sudan seizes border rebel strongholdSudanese armed forces seized the rebel stronghold of Kurmuk in Blue Nile state, both sides said on Thursday, after two months of heavy fighting in the state on the border with newly independent South Sudan. 'Our troops entered the town More… |
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Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian townSyrian troops regained control of the central town of Rastan, the official news agency said on Saturday, after the most prolonged fighting between the army and insurgents in a six-month uprising. "Calm and security have returned to Rastan More… |
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Son boosts Gaddafi's Tripoli fightbackA son of Muammar Gaddafi who rebels said they had captured appeared with cheering supporters in Tripoli, giving a boost to forces loyal to the veteran leader trying to fight off insurgents who say they control most of the capital. S More… |
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Libya rebels enter strategic town near TripoliLibyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of this town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world. The swift rebel advance on the More… |
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Gaddafi seeking way out says Russian paperMuammar Gaddafi is sounding out the possibility of handing over power, a Russian newspaper said on Tuesday, but the Libyan government denied it was in talks about the veteran leader stepping down. Five months into a conflict that has embro More… |
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Libya declares sea blockade of rebel portLibya's government has threatened to attack any ships approaching the western rebel outpost of Misrata, potentially depriving insurgents of a lifeline to the country's eastern insurgent heartland. Nato said pro-Gaddafi forces had laid mine More… |
