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6,000 Syrians killed in March, deadliest month yet

BEIRUT (AP) — March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said

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Syrian rebels capture key town near Jordan border

BEIRUT: Activists say Syrian rebels have captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of fierce battles that killed 38 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for

Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels

AMMAN, Jordan: Mideast powers opposed to PresidentBashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies toSyrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of

Syria: 42 killed in Damascus mosque bombing

BEIRUT: Syrian state TV says 42 people have been killed and 84 wounded in a suicide bomb attack inside a mosque in Damascusthat also killed a top Sunni Muslim preacher

Al-Qaida says it killed 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in western Anbar province. The brazen assault suggests

Desperate, some fleeing Syria turn to prostitution

ZAATARI, Jordan: Walk among the plastic tents in one corner of this sprawling, dust-swept desert camp packed with Syrian refugees, and a young woman in a white headscarf signals. “Come

UN agency: Syrian refugee figure hits 1 million

BERLIN: The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now reached the one million mark. In a

48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush

BAGHDAD: Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed intoIraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened

Assad accuses Britain, US of supporting terrorism

AMMAN, Jordan: Syria’s president harshly criticized U.S. and British aid to rebels and set harsh terms for talking to his opponents in a newspaper interview published Sunday, as fighting raged

Dozens of rebels, troops die in north Syria battle: NGO

BEIRUT: A ferocious battle on the outskirts of the northern city of Raqa, near the Turkish border, killed dozens of Syrian troops and rebel fighters on Saturday, a watchdog reported.”Fierce