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Turkey cracks down on protests

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Jacob Resneck, - Jun. 11 (News Report) - Early this morning, Istanbul's governor tweeted that police were only there to remove banners hanging on adjoining buildings and had no intention to clear the park. A violent crackdown on May 31 against peaceful sit-in protesters in the park has sparked nationwide unrest leaving at least three dead — including a policeman — and nearly 5,000 injured.

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Syrians battle near Israeli border crossing

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By William Booth - Jun. 06 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — Heavy fighting broke out Thursday in the Golan Heights, as Syrian rebels pushed to take and hold a U.N.-manned border crossing linking Israel and Syria. All the fighting took place on the Syrian side of the boundary, though two mortar shells landed in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights , according to Israeli military sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because reports from the battle were ...

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Lebanon: Israeli warplanes violate airspace

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 02 (News Report) - BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security officials and the state-run news agency say low-flying Israeli warplanes are violating Lebanese airspace, overflying territory including the capital Beirut.

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Hezbollah, Syrian rebels clash on Lebanese soil

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Zeina Karam - Jun. 02 (News Report) - Syrian rebels fought with gunmen from Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in a deadly clash on Lebanese soil overnight. ...

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US woman Nicole Mansfield 'brainwashed' into Syria fight

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Rajini Vaidyanathan - Jun. 02 (Special Report) - She was an American woman, who lived in suburban Michigan, so how did Nicole Lynn Mansfield, 33, end up dying in Syria, caught up in a conflict, thousands of miles away?

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Assad: First Russian missile shipment now in Syria

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - May. 30 (News) - Syria has received the first shipment of Russian missiles that are part of a more sophisticated air defense system, President Bashar Assad told Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned TV channel, according to remarks released by the station Thursday.

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Middle East Coronavirus Called 'Threat To The Entire World'

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - May. 30 (News Report) - All told, the fatality rate for confirmed infections with the virus has been more than 50 percent. But the true fatality rate won't be clear until the fuller extent of cases, some probably much milder, becomes known.

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Pressure of War Is Causing Syria to Break Apart

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By BEN HUBBARD - May. 17 (News Report) - Syrians tried to remove concrete with the help of a tractor last month to free those trapped under the rubble after an airstrike by government forces in Aleppo.

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Israeli airstrike in Syria brings Iran onstage, raising risk of proxy war

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 07 (News Analysis) - Iran dismissed Israeli claims that yesterday's airstrike in Syria targeted Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah, accusing Israel of looking for an excuse to hammer the 'Axis of Resistance.' ...

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Israel: Syria air strikes not intended to further destabilise Assad government

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood - May. 06 (News Analysis) - Israel sought to avoid a direct confrontation with the Syrian regime on Monday by stressing that air strikes across its northern border at the weekend were intended to prevent weapons reaching Hezbollah in Lebanon rather than further destabilise the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Israel Bombs Syria as the U.S. Weighs Its Own Options

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger - May. 04 (News Report) - Israel Bombs Syria as the U.S. Weighs Its Own Options

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Israel launches second airstrike in Syria, targeting weapons shipment

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Liz Sly, Suzan Haidamous - May. 04 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington and Israel told reporters Saturday. ...

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Israel planes 'strike inside Syria'

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 04 (News Report) - US media reports say Israel has conducted an air strike inside Syria, as President Obama makes clear he does not foresee sending US troops there.

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Hagel: Israel, U.S. see 'exactly same' Iran threat

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Yahoo! News - Apr. 21 (News Report) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the United States and Israel see "exactly the same" threat from Iran, but differ on when it may reach the point of requiring U.S. or Israeli military action. ...

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Iran's Khamenei condemns Boston Marathon attacks, but takes jab at US policies

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 18 (News Report) - Iran's supreme leader was emphatic in his condemnation of the Boston Marathon attacks, but criticized the US for decrying attacks on its own civilians while carrying out drone strikes elsewhere. ...

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John Kerry to Congress: Middle East peace effort is urgent

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 18 (News Analysis) - In his first congressional hearing as secretary of State, John Kerry tells lawmakers that, after the Benghazi attacks, the US must fortify security for diplomats, press for a two-state solution in the Middle East. ...

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Iran struck by magnitude 7.8 quake

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 16 (News Report) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 has struck south-east Iran, near the Pakistani border, with tremors felt across the region.

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Booting up Arab access to Israeli high-tech jobs

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Ben Lynfield - Apr. 12 (News Report) - Arabs make up 20 percent of the Israeli population, but only 1.4 percent of Israel's high-tech industry. One NGO is closing the gap by helping Israeli Arabs through the job search process. ...

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The Bombing of al-Bara | Syria Behind the Lines |

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Azmat Khan, Olly Lambert - Apr. 09 (News) - Though the first blast knocked him to the ground, Lambert kept his camera rolling. He spent the next hour documenting the impacts of the Oct. 28, 2012 bombing of al-Bara, a village in Idlib province an hour south of Aleppo. The result is a rare, immersive portrait of the immediate aftermath of Syrian government air strikes on a civilian population. FRONTLINE has condensed the footage into this 36-minute digital feature, vividly narrated by Lambert

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Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Asmaa Waguih, Ulf Laessing - Apr. 07 (News Report) - Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt for months. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hardline Islamists repressed under his rule. ...

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Intel committee chairman says 'red line' crossed in Syria, urges US action

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Fox News - Mar. 24 (News Analysis) - The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that Syria's Assad regime has "absolutely" crossed the so-called "red line" by moving and using at least a small amount of chemical weapons, pressuring the Obama administration to get more involved in the conflict to prevent further bloodshed.

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Obama prepares for West Bank visit

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Mar. 21 (News Report) - Barack Obama travels to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a day after making his first trip to Israel as US leader.

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UN report suggests Palestinian rocket killed baby in Gaza

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Mar. 12 (News Report) - It is likely an errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli air strike, killed the baby of a BBC picture editor during fighting in Gaza last November, a UN report has indicated, challenging the widely believed story behind an image that became a symbol of what Palestinians said was Israeli aggression.

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Kerry Promises Not to Leave Syrian Rebels ‘Dangling’

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By MICHAEL R. GORDON, ANNE BARNARD - Feb. 26 (News Report) - Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration was mulling new steps to increase support for the Syrian opposition and hasten the departure of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Responding to prisoners’ death, Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Joel Greenberg - Feb. 26 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time since a cease-fire reached three months ago ended an Israeli offensive against the militant Islamist group Hamas, police said. Read full article >>

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