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Syria rebels free 48 Iranians in prisoner swap

Jan 9 2013, 12:51pm CST | by

Damascus, Jan 9 (IANS) Syrian rebels Wednesday freed 48 Iranians in exchange for over 2,000 regime detainees in deal with Damascus brokered by some regional countries, Xinhua reported.

Damascus, Jan 9 — Syrian rebels Wednesday freed 48 Iranians in exchange for over 2,000 regime detainees in deal with Damascus brokered by some regional countries, Xinhua reported. As many as 2,130...

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Syria opposition to mull peace talks

Source: News24  |   May 23 2013, 2:45am CDT

2013-05-23 09:45 Istanbul - Syria's main opposition group gathers on Thursday for a landmark conference in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss peace talks with the regime, as rebels on the ground suffer a massive army onslaught. The National Coalitio ...

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"Israel has so far refrained from intervening in Syria’s civil war and will maintain this policy as long as Assad refrains from attacking Israel directly or indirectly"


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Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster

Source: KREM.com  |   May 23 2013, 2:34am CDT

BEIRUT (AP) — A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending ...

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No role for Assad in Syria's future - alliance

Source: Radio New Zealand  |   May 23 2013, 2:23am CDT

The alliance of countries known as the Friends of Syria, says President Bashar al-Assad has no role in the future of the nation. The 11 countries also pledged to increase support for the opposition. Their statement comes as US Secretary of St ...

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Israel maintaining intense intelligence activity in Syria and working with local villagers, report says

Source: Haaretz  |   May 23 2013, 2:05am CDT

this story is by Israeli forces are "maintaining intense intelligence activity" in Syria and have "quietly" begun working with villagers there unallied to either the rebels or President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing fears th ...

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Israel preparing for war on Syria

Source: Press TV  |   May 23 2013, 1:52am CDT

On Wednesday, Israeli Major General Amir Eshel said the Tel Aviv regime might launch a sudden war on Syria ‘the moment Damascus falls.’ “We have to be ready for any scenario, at a few hours’ notice,” Eshel stated. He also said that the Israeli regime wou ...

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Syrian Women Giving Birth in Exile - 07 May 2013

Source: United Nations Population Fund  |   May 23 2013, 12:24am CDT

ZA'ATARI, Jordan — In a tent hospital bed, a Syrian woman who was four months pregnant when she fled her country's civil war cradles one of the newest residents of this dust-swept refugee camp: Her newborn son, just delivered by Caesarean. Around ...

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Obama discusses Syria with senior Russian official

Source: SINA English  |   May 22 2013, 11:26pm CDT

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday discussed with visiting Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev the need for a negotiated settlement of the protracted ...

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Team Obama’s endless Syria bungling

Source: New York Post  |   May 22 2013, 10:58pm CDT

Since his inauguration, President Obama’s gullibility about Syria’s brutal dictatorship and its ally Russia’s Middle East objectives has injured America’s stakes in the region. In the third year of Syria’s bloody, grinding civil war, Assad remain ...

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Jordan: Syria crisis: An inspired mind behind a disposable camera

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 22 2013, 10:20pm CDT

Having barely held a camera back at home in Syria, Rami has been producing impressive photographs after regularly attending Save the Children's psychosocial support classes. His photos have even been showcased at an exhi ...

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Six Ukrainians evacuated from Syria

Source: Sify  |   May 22 2013, 9:22pm CDT

Kiev, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Six Ukrainian nationals have been evacuated from Syria and have returned to Kiev, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. "These individuals were evacuated via Lebanese territory, a ...

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Role of Hezbollah, Iran in Syria Denounced

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 22 2013, 9:01pm CDT

By Keith Johnson AMMAN, Jordan—The top foreign-policy officials of 11 Western and Arab countries denounced the militant group Hezbollah and fighters from Iran for intervening in recent fighting in the Syria ...

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Sarkozy Hits Out at Europe Over Syria

Source: Arutz Sheva  |   May 22 2013, 7:59pm CDT

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a visit to Israel, hit out at Europe on Wednesday for failing to act in the wake of the ongoing civil war in Syria. Speaking at the Netanya Academic College, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate, ...

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Syria rebels free 48 Iranians in prisoner swap

Jan 9 2013, 12:51pm CST | by

Damascus, Jan 9 (IANS) Syrian rebels Wednesday freed 48 Iranians in exchange for over 2,000 regime detainees in deal with Damascus brokered by some regional countries, Xinhua reported.

Damascus, Jan 9 — Syrian rebels Wednesday freed 48 Iranians in exchange for over 2,000 regime detainees in deal with Damascus brokered by some regional countries, Xinhua reported.

As many as 2,130 prisoners, including two Turkish nationals, held by the Syrian government were involved in the swap deal. However, details surrounding the prisoners remained murky, as some say they were civilian activists while others say those were rebels.

The released Iranians had been abducted by Syrian militants in Damascus in August 2012. Iran said they were pilgrims, while the Syrian rebels alleged that they were Iranian military officials in Syria.

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