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NATO to ‘defend Turkey’ over Syria as border attacks intensify
• http://english.alarabiya.net, By Al Arabiya with ANATO will defend alliance member Turkey, which struck back after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its border, the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a meeting in Prague on Monday.
UK troops 'may be sent to Syrian borders'
• http://www.independent, Andy McsmithBritish troops could be deployed around Syria's borders in the event of a worsening humanitarian crisis, the head of the armed forces warned yesterday.
NATO chief says alliance will defend Turkey over Syria
• ReutersNATO will defend alliance member Turkey, which struck back after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its border, the alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a meeting in Prague on Monday.
Syrian opposition group elects new leaders in effort to restructure and maintain U.S. support
• Washington PostThe Syrian National Council voted for new leaders at a conference here , a last-ditch attempt to restructure the organization into a more inclusive body and maintain U.S. support. The United States has been increasingly frustrated with infighting
Russian FM: Syrian Rebels Have 50 US Stinger Missiles
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzUrges Talks to End Civil War as Rebels Threaten Planes
US and the Chalabi-ization of Syria
• Lew Rockwell blogConcerned that US/Saudi/Israeli/Qatari-supported al-Qaeda rebels in Syria look too much like, well, al-Qaeda members, the US has announced that it prefers to create a whole new opposition in Syria.
In Turkey, Syria poses a new test for Erdogan’s authority
• Washington PostPrime Minister Erdogan emerged during the past decade as a transformative leader of Turkey, pledging to make his country a model of Muslim democracy while presiding over an economic miracle of China-like growth and building a new brand of neo-Ottoman
Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road
• ReutersThe Syrian army 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 forces battling to topple
Caught in the Act
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Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed
• ReutersAnti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on 3 army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria's main north-south highway. Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered. Rebels berated them, calling them "Assad's Dogs",
Syria conflict live: what next after failed ceasefire?
• guardian.co.ukBritain's foreign secretary William Hague has called on the fractured Syrian opposition to do more to unite, but said he hopeful that it can form a transition government.
Russia: Syria rebels have US-made shoulder fired missiles
• BBC NewsA senior Russian general has said Syrian rebels have anti-aircraft weapons, including US-made Stingers. Gen Nikolai Makarov was quoted by the Interfax news service as saying the origin of the surface-to-air missiles should be "cleared up".
US Blasts Syrian Govt. Because Rebels Attacked Jordanian Troops
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzWith sectarian spillover from the Syrian Civil War continuing to boil over in Lebanon over the weekend, Syrian rebel fighters attacked a group of Jordanian troops along the border, killing one and suggesting that yet another nation bordering Syria is
Anxious Turks suspect US plot is behind Syria's implosion
• http://www.csmonitor.com, By Emiko JozukaLocals in eastern Turkey, bearing the brunt of the fallout from Turkey's involvement in Syria, believe Ankara is merely a pawn in US plans to foment conflict in the region.
U.S. steps up support of Turkey amid Syrian conflict
• Washington PostThe US government is intensifying its intelligence sharing and military consultations with Turkey behind the scenes as both countries confront the Syria’s civil conflict could escalate into a regional war, according to US and NATO officials.
Beirut bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence official
• By Oliver Holmes and Mariam KarounyA prominent Lebanese intelligence official opposed to President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a huge car bomb in Beirut in another sign that Syria's civil war is dragging its volatile neighbor into the conflict.
Rebel Arms Flow Is Said to Benefit Jihadists in Syria
• New York TimesMost of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists, and not the secular groups the West wants to bolster,
Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad
• ReutersScores of Iraqi Shi'ite militants are fighting in Syria, often alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops, and pledging loyalty to Iran's supreme Shi'ite religious leader, according to militia fighters and politicians in Iraq.
Armenian plane en route to Syria searched in Turkey
• ReutersTurkey ordered an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo to land and searched its cargo on Monday, in the latest move to prevent its airspace being used to supply the Syrian military. The plane was allowed to continue on its way after
Everything Could Be About To Change In Syria
• Business InsiderSyria's rebellion may have just put themselves in the best possible to topple President Bashar al-Assad to date.
Syrian rivals battle over strategic cities
• AljazeeraRebels push Syrian army out of Maarat Al Numan as fighting over vital northern cities intensifies.
Russia: Syria Jet Carrying Perfectly Legal Radar Parts
• AntiWarWhile the Turkish government has refused to provide any details about the supposedly “objectionable” material they seized from a detained Syrian passenger plane this week, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has provided some details.
Syria: New Evidence Military Dropped Cluster Bombs
• Huffington Post.New evidence has emerged that the Syrian air force has used cluster munitions in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today.
Washington Plays Hardball with Russia on Syria
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Missing journalist in Syria possibly kidnapped
• RT.comA 40-year-old Ukrainian journalist collaborating with several Russian news outlets went missing in Syria. Colleagues and relatives believe she may have been kidnapped.
Turkey condemns U.N. inertia as Syrian conflict deepens
• ReutersTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the U.N. Security Council for inaction over Syria on Saturday as war intensified across the country, saying the world body of superpowers was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1990
Syrian opposition 'captures' soldiers
• AljazeeraSyrian opposition fighters release video claiming they have captured more than 200 prisoners in the province of Idlib.
Turkey deploys fighter jets to Syria border after frontier village allegedly bombed – reports
• rt.comAccording to witnesses, Turkey scrambled two fighter jets to the Syrian border in response to an army helicopter bombing the Syrian border town of Azmarin, Reuters reported.
Turkey's High Risk Game
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