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Car bombs kill 43 in Turkey near Syrian border
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Twin car bombs killed 43 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday and the government said it suspected Syrian involvement. The bombing increased fears that Syria's civil war was dragging in neighboring states despite renewed diplomatic moves towards ending two years of fighting in which more than 70,000 people have been killed. … Continue reading
Syria "likely" to have used chemical weapons, says UK
By Andrew Roche LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it was “very likely” the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, and Turkey announced it was stepping up testing of people fleeing the Syrian civil war for traces. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed gratitude to Russia for its willingness to try to arrange a “Geneva two” conference to negotiate an end to the conflict, in a sign of a thawing of the long diplomatic chill between Washington and Moscow, Syria's strongest ally. Continue reading
Assad’s forces capture strategic town in southern Syria
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army captured a strategic southern town from rebel fighters on Wednesday after a ferocious two-month bombardment, in an advance likely to result in President Bashar al-Assad's forces regaining control of an international transit route, opposition sources said. The fall of Khirbet Ghazaleh, situated in the Hauran Plain on the highway to Jordan, came after a Jordanian-backed Syrian opposition military council failed to supply weapons to the town's defenders. .. Continue reading
Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger
Israel rushed to beef up its defenses to shield against possible retaliation for Syrian airstrikes. Continue reading
Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum
CAIRO (AP) — Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. On Sunday, he denounced Israeli's airstrike into Assad's territory as a dangerous threat to regional stability Continue reading
Hacked AP Twitter & White House Cyber Threats — Two Connected Groups, One Big Problem
Two hacking groups have taken credit for launching cyber attacks against the AP and the White House … but the perps are connected to Continue reading
MIDEAST STOCKS – Factors to watch – Apr 21
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) – Here are factors that may affectMiddle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verifiedthe press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. Continue reading
Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday killed at least 15 people, including nine children, activists said. Continue reading
