Twin Suicide Blasts Target Syrian Intelligence Base -- Voice of America
CAIRO — A group that claims to have ties to al-Qaida says it carried out twin suicide car bombings against a Syrian government intelligence headquarters in a Damascus suburb early Tuesday.
The bombings came as government forces continued their offensive against the rebel Free Syrian Army, recapturing large chunks of the flashpoint city of Homs and as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Syrian government to implement an "immediate cease-fire."
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Syria's Internally Displaced On the Rise -- Voice of America
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Syria paid Iraq $14m in cash over the summer for 720,000 tons of vital oil supplies -- Daily Mail
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Syrian defector says Assad planning exit -- UPI
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NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover -- Reuters
NATO aims to help defend Turkey if requested: U.S. official -- Reuters
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NATO Praises Turkish Restraint on Syria Shelling -- Bloomberg Businessweek
UN chief calls for Syria ceasefire, NATO issue
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Syria rebels take key town on Aleppo highway, activists say -- NOW Lebanon
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Syria's Internally Displaced On the Rise -- Voice of America
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Syria paid Iraq $14m in cash over the summer for 720,000 tons of vital oil supplies -- Daily Mail
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NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover -- Reuters
NATO aims to help defend Turkey if requested: U.S. official -- Reuters
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NATO aims to help defend Turkey if requested: U.S. official -- Reuters
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