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After bombings,Turkey says world must act against Syria
By Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey accused a group with links to Syrian intelligence of carrying out car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town, and said on Sunday it was time for the world to act against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The two car bombs, which ripped through crowded shopping streets in Reyhanli on Saturday, increased fears that Syria's civil war is dragging in neighboring states, despite renewed diplomatic moves to end it. Continue reading
Turkey Warns Syria Over Car Bomb Attacks
Turkey says it reserves the right to take “every kind of measure” after car bombs kill over some 40 people near the Syria border. Continue reading
Syria Reports Israeli Bombing Sunday
DAMASCUS, Syria (TheStreet) — Explosions reportedly rocked the outskirts of the Syrian capital early Sunday, and Syria’s state news agency said they resulted from Israeli air attacks. If Israel did indeed carry out an airstrike, it would be the second in three days and would mark a heightening of Middle Eastern tensions as Syria’s civil war escalates Continue reading
Why Israel bombed Syria, again
Just as President Obama is worried about Syrian chemical weapons getting into the hands of Al Qaeda, Israel is concerned that the conflict in Syria will give Hezbollah cover for the delivery of short-range missiles. Continue reading
Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missiles in Syria: official
(Reuters) – Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. The Jewish state had long made clear it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced weapons reaching Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas from Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah are allied to Iran, Israel's arch-enemy Continue reading
Explosions shake Damascus, Syria blames Israel
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Powerful explosions struck the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, sending columns of fire into the night sky, and Syrian state television said Israeli rockets had struck a military facility just north of the capital. Israel declined to comment on the attack, but the blasts occurred a day after an Israeli official said his country had carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah Continue reading
Syria says Israel strikes military research center
If confirmed, this would be the second Israeli attack on Syria in three days. Continue reading
Obama says he won’t comment on Israeli airstrike
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't comment on an Israeli airstrike against Syria that targeted a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be headed for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Continue reading →