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Turkey protesters march in support of Assad

By dog | Published: September 3, 2012

Thousands of Turkish supporters of Bashar al-Assad have marched through the town of Antakya, in southern Turkey, demanding that their government end its support for Syria’s opposition. Many protesters are fed up with the number of Syrian refugees who have fled into Turkey, something that has become a political issue along the tense border region. [...]

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Fight spreads in Syria’s northwest mountains

By dog | Published: September 3, 2012

Near the town of Kasab, tucked into the wooded ridges of northwest Syria, camouflaged rebels attack a government checkpoint with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. It’s the latest skirmish in a spreading fight near the Turkish border, a region where many people identify ethncially as Turkmen and have felt treated unfairly by their fellow Syrians. [...]

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Assad says Syrian forces gaining ground

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

For the first time since some of his most senior officials were killed in a bombing, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on television to deliver a message of defiance. The Syrian government’s battle to put down the mass uprising that began last year is moving forward, and the situation has become “better,” Assad said. [...]

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Young men take up arms in Syria’s west

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has sharply criticised foreign powers who have raised the possibility of outside intervention. He has lost control of large parts in the country’s west where teenage fighters have taken up arms against him. The young men soldier on, defending their communities against tanks and fighter jets, in spite of a [...]

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Egyptians mourn drowned migrants

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

Egyptian officials have confirmed seven men died after their boat sank off the Libyan coast. They are the recent casualties in the wave of illegal migrants from Egypt that are taking to the shores in hopes of a better life abroad. Residents of the village the victims came from said the young men were short [...]

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Morsi criticises Syria at Tehran meeting

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has said it is an “ethical duty” to support the Syrian people against the “oppressive regime” in Damascus. His speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on Thursday prompted a walkout by the Syrians. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports from Tehran.

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Syria refugees must vacate Lebanese schools

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

Syrians who sought refuge in schools in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley are being told they have to leave before the start of the school year next week. Lebanese officials have been handing out tents, but refugees have had to find somewhere to erect them. With more than 200000 refugees now registered in countries on Syria’s borders, [...]

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Chris Bellamy analyses Damascus helicopter crash

By dog | Published: August 29, 2012

Chris Bellamy is a former artillery officer in the British Army. He told Al Jazeera it appears likely that the Syrian army helicopter was shot down.

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Syrian rebels advance in Aleppo city

By dog | Published: August 29, 2012

In this exclusive report, filed on August 6, Anita McNaught follows members of the Free Syrian Army deep into the heart of Aleppo city.

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Turkey limits flood of refugees from Syria

By dog | Published: August 29, 2012

The refugee crisis caused by the Syrian civil war is growing, but now Turkey says it is limiting the number of Syrian refugees crossing the border. The government says the camps are full, and that it needs time to build more, as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the Bab al-Salameh border crossing in Syria.

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Cindy Corrie speaks to Al Jazeera

By dog | Published: August 29, 2012

An Israeli court has ruled in a civil case that the Israel army was not at fault in the bulldozer death of American pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie nearly 10 years ago. Corrie was 23 years old when she went to the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip as part of a group of activists [...]

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Save the Children’s Hedinn Hallborsson discusses Syria’s refugees

By dog | Published: August 29, 2012

A growing number of unaccompanied children fleeing Syria’s conflict are turning up in refugee camps along the country’s borders. Many say their parents have been killed in the fighting. Hedinn Hallborsson is the emergency communication manager for Save the Children. He spoke to Al Jazeera from Amman in Jordan about the situation at the country’s [...]

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