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Remembrance day remembering the sacrifice

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As churches across the UK held services in recognition of the sacrifice of those that died in World War one, let us take this opportunity to remember the millions that lost their lives. Irrespective of what started World War one today 11 November 2012 marked the 94 years since that conflict was ended and we should take this opportunity to More >

UK charged a British man with taking hostages in Syria

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LONDON—A British man has been charged in the kidnapping of two Western journalists in Syria, police said Tuesday, adding to growing concerns about foreign extremists traveling to the civil war-stricken Arab state and posing a future threat to the West. Shajul Islam, 26, was arrested on suspicion of terror offenses on Oct. 9 at London’s Heathrow More >

Police investigate two in journalist kidnapping

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BRITISH police are investigating whether a British man and woman arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorism offences in Syria were part of a group that held a veteran war journalist hostage last month. The abduction of freelance photographer John Cantlie in August highlighted concerns that British Muslims might be slipping into Syria to join More >

Tensions are growing after Turkey military vote

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Turkey  launched retaliatory strikes on Syrian targets as its parliament authorised further military action, but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the decision was not a mandate for war. The two moves suggested that Turkey is preparing to take a more aggressive stance against Syria in the wake of an incident on Wednesday in which mortar More >

Two car bombs exploded killing dozens in Syria

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At least two car bombs have exploded in the centre of Syria’s second city Aleppo killing and wounding dozens of people, mainly soldiers,   The blasts occurred at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square near a military officers’ club and a hotel on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding without elaborating that there were “dozens of More >

17 killed in Syria five children among the dead

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A military air strike on the town of Salqeen in Syria’s mostly rebel-held province of Idlib has killed 17 people, including five children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. Another seven civilians died in army shelling in the provinces of Daraa, Hama and Homs, the Britain-based watchdog said on Monday.

“Seventeen civilians, More >

The West accused Iran of shipping arms to Syria

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The four Western powers trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program have accused Tehran of shipping arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions and ignoring demands to open key nuclear facilities to UN inspectors. The United States, Britain, France and Germany on Thursday expressed growing concern that Iran’s goal is building a nuclear arsenal, not More >

Rebels in Syria kill 18 soldiers in car bomb

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International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to head to Damascus on Thursday to meet Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab diplomat in Cairo says, as fresh bloodshed grips the north of the country. In a single incident, rebels killed at least 18 soldiers in a car bomb and ground attack on a military position in Idlib province of northwest More >

North Syrian city of Aleppo car bomb kills 17

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AMMAN, Jordan — A car bomb ripped through Syria’s largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country’s civil war, state-run media said.

Al-Qaida-style bombings have become increasingly common in Syria, and Western officials say there is little doubt that Islamist extremists, More >

Canada expelled Iranian diplomats break relations with Iran

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Canada closed its Tehran embassy and expelled Iranian diplomats on Friday, expressing concern for the mission’s safety and slamming Iran’s support for the Syrian regime and its threats against Israel.

“Canada’s position on the regime in Iran is well known. Canada views the government of Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and More >

An American freelance journalist missing in Syria

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An American freelance journalist has been missing in Syria for more than a week, his most recent employers said, expressing concern for his safety amid fierce fighting there. The Washington Post daily and the newspaper group McClatchy reported they had lost contact with 31-year-old Austin Tice, a reporter and photographer who had been in Syria More >

84 deaths across Syria in continue violence

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THE Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday got off to a bloody start in Syria, with at least 84 people dying across the country and Damascus rocked by clashes. The fresh surge of violence came as the new UN peace envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said it was no longer a question of “preventing civil war” in Syria but ending it. “There are a lot of people who More >
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