War Intensifies Across Syria, Refugee Crisis Deepens -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Rebels battled to hold onto Syria's main northeastern highway on Friday as government forces fought insurgents on several fronts across the country.
The rebels captured an air defense base east of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and government forces unleashed air strikes and artillery bombardments on the western city of Homs, activists said.
On the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey scrambled two fighter jets after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the Syrian border town of Azmarin.
The incident was the latest sign that tension between Ankara and Damascus is surging at a time when the 19-month-old conflict is deepening with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough and growing concerns that it could spread across the Middle East.
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Syrian Rebels, Troops Clash over Aleppo Air Base -- Voice of America
Rebels attack Syrian army base near strategic town -- Reuters
Opposition: Syria rebels capture air base as clashes break out across country -- NBC
Syrian rebels, jihadists seize regime missile base -- Haaretz/AP
Syria rebels 'seize government air base' -- Al Jazeera
Syria rebels capture highway to Aleppo -- Gulf Times/AFP
Battles for key north Syrian towns -- SKY News
Syrian rebels fight to keep route to safe havens in Lebanon -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian rebels on offensive: watchdog -- The Australian
Syria's Army Suffers Its Highest One-Day Death Toll -- Atlantic Wire
Syria: 106 soldiers killed by rebels -- News24
Syrian army suffers highest death toll -- iol News
106 soldiers killed in Syrian rebel offensive -- Middle East online
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Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building: activists -- Al Arabiya News
Syrian Conflict Grows on Two Fronts -- Wall Street Journal
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Syria plane carried radar parts, not weapons - Russia -- BBC
Russia: Syrian plane carrying legal radar parts -- CBS/AP
Turkey Defends Syrian Plane Interception -- Voice of America
Syrians flee across river to Turkey as battle rages -- Reuters
Syria's displaced million brace for bleak winter -- Reuters
We must help shelter Syria’s refugees -- Angelina Jolie and António Guterres, Financial Times
Syrian rebels, jihadists seize regime missile base -- Haaretz/AP
Syria rebels 'seize government air base' -- Al Jazeera
Syria rebels capture highway to Aleppo -- Gulf Times/AFP
Battles for key north Syrian towns -- SKY News
Syrian rebels fight to keep route to safe havens in Lebanon -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian rebels on offensive: watchdog -- The Australian
Syria's Army Suffers Its Highest One-Day Death Toll -- Atlantic Wire
Syria: 106 soldiers killed by rebels -- News24
Syrian army suffers highest death toll -- iol News
106 soldiers killed in Syrian rebel offensive -- Middle East online
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building -- The Hindu
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building: activists -- Al Arabiya News
Syrian Conflict Grows on Two Fronts -- Wall Street Journal
An Unflinching Account Of How The Syrian Town Maaret Al-Numan Was Taken By The Rebels -- Business Insider/The Guardian
Syria plane carried radar parts, not weapons - Russia -- BBC
Russia: Syrian plane carrying legal radar parts -- CBS/AP
Turkey Defends Syrian Plane Interception -- Voice of America
Syrians flee across river to Turkey as battle rages -- Reuters
Syria's displaced million brace for bleak winter -- Reuters
We must help shelter Syria’s refugees -- Angelina Jolie and António Guterres, Financial Times
Syrian army suffers highest death toll -- iol News
106 soldiers killed in Syrian rebel offensive -- Middle East online
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building -- The Hindu
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building: activists -- Al Arabiya News
Syrian Conflict Grows on Two Fronts -- Wall Street Journal
An Unflinching Account Of How The Syrian Town Maaret Al-Numan Was Taken By The Rebels -- Business Insider/The Guardian
Syria plane carried radar parts, not weapons - Russia -- BBC
Russia: Syrian plane carrying legal radar parts -- CBS/AP
Turkey Defends Syrian Plane Interception -- Voice of America
Syrians flee across river to Turkey as battle rages -- Reuters
Syria's displaced million brace for bleak winter -- Reuters
We must help shelter Syria’s refugees -- Angelina Jolie and António Guterres, Financial Times
EU prepares new Syria sanctions, targets arms industry -- Reuters
What a Crate in Syria Says About Saudi Help to the Rebels -- New York Times
Syria: who's backing who? -- The Guardian
With Turkey-Syria escalation, worries grow about a tip into war -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
In pictures: Syria conflict rages -- BBC
Living under siege: Life in Aleppo, Syria -- L.A. Times (Photo Gallery)
106 soldiers killed in Syrian rebel offensive -- Middle East online
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building -- The Hindu
Powerful blast rocks Damascus military justice building: activists -- Al Arabiya News
Syrian Conflict Grows on Two Fronts -- Wall Street Journal
An Unflinching Account Of How The Syrian Town Maaret Al-Numan Was Taken By The Rebels -- Business Insider/The Guardian
Syria plane carried radar parts, not weapons - Russia -- BBC
Russia: Syrian plane carrying legal radar parts -- CBS/AP
Turkey Defends Syrian Plane Interception -- Voice of America
Syrians flee across river to Turkey as battle rages -- Reuters
Syria's displaced million brace for bleak winter -- Reuters
We must help shelter Syria’s refugees -- Angelina Jolie and António Guterres, Financial Times
EU prepares new Syria sanctions, targets arms industry -- Reuters
What a Crate in Syria Says About Saudi Help to the Rebels -- New York Times
Syria: who's backing who? -- The Guardian
With Turkey-Syria escalation, worries grow about a tip into war -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
In pictures: Syria conflict rages -- BBC
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