Syria: Border Bombing

Turkey: Persecution News

The link below is to an article that reports on the latest persecution news from Turkey.

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/black-white-forces-exist-turkish-military-says.aspx?pageID=238&nID=44157&NewsCatID=341

Turkey: Latest Persecution News

The link below is to an article reporting on the latest persecution news out of Turkey, with more on the long running story of Christians murdered at the Zirve Publishing House in 2007.

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ret-general-summoned-to-court-in-former-president-ozals-death-investigation.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43962

Turkey: Kurd Ceasefire Promises Peace

The link below is to an article that reports on a ceasefire in the thirty year Kurdish War between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/21/kurdish-families-conflict-peace

Syria: Patriot Missiles & the Prospect of a Wider War

The link below is to an article that looks at the latest news from the civil war in Syria and the deployment of Patriot Missiles and NATO troops to the Turkish border with Syria. Iran is threatening a wider war.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/15/syrian-forces-rebel-damascus

Syria: Wider War Beckons

1. Turkey sends jets to border in response to presence of Syrian helicopter

   No shots were fired, but move is interpreted as a sign that PM Erdogan may be prepared to enforce a de facto no-fly zone

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2. US sends troops to Jordan to help deal with Syria crisis

   The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan- Syria border to help bolster Jordan’s military capabilities in the event that t…

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3. Russia Says Syrian Plane Impounded by Turkey Had Radar Gear, Not Arms

   “We have no secrets,” the minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said in a televised statement. “We have studied the situation: there were no weapon…

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4. On Edge in Turkey as Syria War Inches Closer

   “Since 6 this morning, they have been pounding that village,” Enver Elmas, a 46-year-old farmer, said as Syrian government forces battled…

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5. Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria – The Boston Globe

   Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base…

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Turkey: Latest Persecution News

The link below is to an article reporting on the latest persecution news out of Turkey.

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http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue17482.html

Syria: Intense Fighting Throughout the Country

1. Syria crisis: Assad strikes back with jets in Aleppo and Damascus – live updates

   (all times BST) Welcome to Middle East Live. Here’s a roundup of the latest developments and analysis: * Thousands of troops have been se…

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2. Turkey closes borders with Syria

   All Turkey’s border posts with Syria are to be closed to lorries from Wednesday, an official from the Turkish customs and trade ministry …

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3. Syrian armoured column closes in on Aleppo – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

   Updated July 25, 2012 19:18:21 Syria has sent thousands of troops towards Aleppo, where attack helicopters have been pounding rebel fight…

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4. Turkey blocks truck route into Syria

   Turkey is closing its border with Syria to commercial traffic but will keep it open for refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict, a UNHCR spo…

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5. Syrian troops surge towards Aleppo

   Syria sent thousands of troops surging towards Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, where its forces have been pounding rebel fighters…

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Syria: Assad Clinging to Power – is the End Near?

1. Is Syria’s Bashar Assad Going the Way of Muammar Gaddafi? | World | TIME.com

   As tens of thousands of Syrians flee the chaos and bloodshed of the country’s 17-month uprising and civil war, Arab leaders on Monday rai…

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2. Syria crisis: chemical weapon warning – Monday 23 July 2012

   Syria has warned that it could use chemical weapons in response to any “external aggression” but not against internal dissent. Foreign mi…

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3. Syria: Chemical Weapons Only for Foreign Attack | World | TIME.com

   (BEIRUT, Lebanon) – Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi says the country’s chemical weapons stocks are secure and would only…

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4. Chemical Weapons Won’t Be Used in Rebellion, Syria Says

   Jihad Makdissi, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, read a statement at a news conference addressing repeated questions about Syria’s chemica…

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5. Forces Clash in Syria’s Two Largest Cities | PBS NewsHour | July 23, 2012

   GWEN IFILL: Syria acknowledged for the first time that it has chemical and biological weapons. But as fierce fighting there continued, th…

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6. Lebanon border town dragged into Syria unrest

   The Syrian army has strengthened its positions along the northeastern border with Lebanon to prevent weapons being smuggled in and fighte…

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7. Syrian regime ‘fights for life’

   Rebel fighters in the Syrian city of Zabadani say shelling attacks are becoming more frequent, as government foot soldiers retreat to def…

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Syria: Is the Regime Crumbling?

1. Witnesses: Syrian capital largely cut off by tanks, checkpoints – CNN.com

   (CNN) — After a week of intense clashes, the Syrian capital of Damascus is now largely isolated by checkpoints and tanks, witnesses said…

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2. Syrian intelligence chief dead

   Syria’s intelligence chief, Hisham Bekhtyar, has died of wounds suffered in a bombing on Wednesday that killed three other senior securit…

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3. Bashar al-Assad: fight or flight?

   Bashar al-Assad has neither been seen nor heard in public since the bomb attack that killed four of his top security advisers, despite ap…

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4. Syria: Assad regime starts to unravel

   President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were fighting to regain control of key suburbs of Damascus after Syrian rebels seized border crossings…

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5. U.K. Navy Readies Ships for Syria Evacuation, Telegraph Says

   The U.K. navy is drawing up a plan for an eventual mass evacuation of Britons from Syria and neighboring countries as violence in the Mid…

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6. Violence rages across Syria

   Violence is raging in several locations across Syria, with activists reporting some of the heaviest clashes to date in the country’s comm…

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7. Two more Syrian generals flee to Turkey, official says – AlertNet

   Source: reuters // Reuters ISTANBUL, July 21 (Reuters) – Two Syrian brigadier-generals fled to Turkey overnight, part of a group of about…

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