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U.S. will send 400 troops to Turkey

The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.

 

Reports: Syria has loaded nerve gas into bombs

NBC News reports that Syria's military has loaded nerve-gas chemicals into bombs and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad.

 

Weapons Sent to Libyan Rebels With U.S. Approval Fell Into Islamist Hands

Libya

The negative experience in Libya has taken on new urgency as the Obama administration considers whether to play a direct role in arming rebels in Syria.

 

Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components

Chemical Weapons

U.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration again warned the Assad regime against using chemical weapons on Syrian rebels.

 

Damascus online after blackout

Internet services in Syria's capital resume after a two-day blackout, as clashes between government forces and rebels around Damascus intensify.

 

HACKER WAR ON ASSAD: Anonymous Vows Cyber 'Take Down' of Syria, Allies

Syria

An Internet blackout and complete lack of phone service has not stopped the infamous international hacker group Anonymous from its cyberwar on the Syrian regime. The hacker group, which has been credited with online attacks on governments, international banks and even the CIA, claims it is retaliating against the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad, which it believes had shut down online and cellphone access this week, perhaps in preparation for a major offensive.

 

U.S. Moves Toward Recognizing Syria Opposition

Syrian Rebels

“They are a legitimate representative of the Syrian people’s aspirations,” the American ambassador to Syria said Thursday. An official announcement of recognition was expected Dec. 12.

 

Syrian rebels battling for Damascus airport

Syrian hospital officials say twin car bombs have killed at least 34 people in a Damascus suburb.

 

Syrian rebels, civilians brace for long civil war

Before the civil war, Ramiz Moussa was a middle class civil servant who processed fines for littering, illegal construction and disturbing the peace in Aleppo, Syria's largest city....

 

Rebels seize army base in eastern Syria

In Damascus, two mortar shells struck the upscale neighborhood of Mazzeh during the morning rush hour Thursday.

 

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