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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Arms   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Russia–Syria relations		  Al Jazeera 
US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria
Sat 18 May 2013
The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
UN chief regrets experts' inability to visit Syria
Chemical   Moscow   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syria		  Zeenews 
UN chief regrets experts' inability to visit Syria
Sat 18 May 2013
Moscow: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed regret over the inability of experts, investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, to visit the country. "It is regrettable that... (photo: UN / UN)
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey take questions from the press in the Pentagon Briefing Room August 14, 2012.  BBC News  Sat 18 May 2013
Syria crisis: US rues Russian missiles sent to Damascus
The US has chided Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey said the shipment... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
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In this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 photo, newly-arrived Syrian refugee families rest after crossing the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley to arrive near Ramtha, Jordan.  BBC News  Fri 17 May 2013
Syria crisis: Refugee total now more than 1.5m - UNHCR
The UN's refugee agency has said that more than 1.5m people have fled the conflict in Syria. Most have fled to Jordan and Lebanon, but not have all been registered yet, meaning the true total is... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh)
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File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs journalists following the opening of the Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Deutsche Welle Fri 17 May 2013
UN pushes for swift action in Syrian conflict
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for peace talks on Syria to take place as soon as possible. A new US-Russia proposal aims to defuse Syria's civil war by... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
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CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee'. The Guardian Fri 17 May 2013
CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. The official says CIA chief John... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
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This Tuesday, May 14, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, in Aleppo, Syria. CBC Fri 17 May 2013
Syrian regime's position strengthens as world pushes for diplomatic solution
If there’s one thing you can say about Bashar al-Assad, it’s that he has staying power. For more than two years, the Syrian president has defied predictions that his... (photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC)
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President Barack Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Star Fri 17 May 2013
Obama and Erdogan demand Assad step down
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Thursday that Bashar al-Assad must still quit power despite moves to... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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File - A look inside Za’atri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan Al Jazeera Thu 16 May 2013
Jordan to host 'world's largest refugee camp'
Al-Zaatari refugee camp near Jordan's northern border with Syria is the second largest refugee camp in the world. On days when violence in Syria worsens, between... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Jordan   Photos   Refugee   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
n this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens carry a dead body, at the scene where two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage, at al-Boukhtyar area, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday March 13, 2013. The state-run SANA news agency said two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage in al-Boukhtyar area, killing and wounding an unknown number of people. Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels on Wednesday for control of key neighborhoods in the north of Damascus, residents and activists said. The Guardian Thu 16 May 2013
For Syria, the civil war is still to come
The US and Russia announced plans for a conference on Syria last week. The world can be forgiven for wondering: what use is that? Indeed, what use has any outside... (photo: AP / SANA)
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UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution Jakarta Post Thu 16 May 2013
UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes"... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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Afghan women are seen during an election campaign in support of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is also a presidential candidate in the up coming presidential election, in Bamiyan province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Afghanistan MPs to debate law on women's rights BBC News
Pakistani supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif hangs a poster with his image, next to his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Pakistan's government put the army on alert ahead of planned opposition protests in the capital, the military said Saturday, as the U.S. called for talks to end a crisis endangering the country's efforts against Islamist extremism Afghans are wary of Nawaz Sharif - but should they be? BBC News
U.S. Marines with the 215th Corps Engineer Advisor Team, alongside engineers assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, supervise their Afghan National Army engineer counterparts during a clearing operation near Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2013. The operation was designed to eliminate possible enemy firing positions in preparation for the upcoming fighting season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent Reuters
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File - President Barack Obama confers with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as he talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Feb. 6, 2013. Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning Reuters
In this photo taken by a UN observer, a shell lays in the middle of the street in Homs, Syria, a remnant of the heavy attack levelled on the city this weekend, 11 June, 2012. Syria conflict: BBC shown 'signs of chemical attack' BBC News
Terrorism
People evacuate dead and wounded victims from the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq STL Today
Barrière Hotel during Cannes Film Festival 2007 Cannes festival rocked by $1m jewellery heist Al Jazeera
People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Iraq's sectarian violence on the rise as 50 die over two days Belfast Telegraph
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