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Syrian rebels ask US to shoot down Assad's warplanes with Patriot missiles

Syrian Rebels

A Syrian opposition leader said Tuesday that he had asked the United States to defend rebel-held areas with Patriot missiles. NATO already has Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries in NATO-member Turkey to help defend the country from potential airstrikes by President Bashar Assad's regime.

 

Syria rebels say they don't have the weapons to end the war

Syrian Rebels

Just when they expected a flood of heavy weapons to help them make a major push against the forces of President Bashar Assad, rebel commanders in Syria say, arms shipments from outside the country have instead slowed, prolonging a conflict now nearing the end of its second year.

 

Sixty-five found executed in Syria's Aleppo: activists

At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

 

France sees no sign Syria's Assad will be toppled soon

France said on Thursday there were no signs that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is about to be overthrown, something Paris has been saying for months was just over the horizon.

 

Russia's Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad

The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about Bashar Assad's hold on power and a sober understanding that it has to start rescue efforts before it becomes too late....

 

Russia rejects Assad exit as precondition for Syria deal

Syria

Russia voiced support on Saturday for international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi but insisted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit cannot be a precondition for a deal to end the country's conflict.

 

Syria slams West for rejecting Assad peace plan

Syria’s information minister has slammed the international community for rejecting a proposal by President Bashar Assad aimed at ending the country’s civil war.

 

Syria's Assad offers peace plan but stands firm

Bashar Assad

Syrian President Bashar Assad in a rare public appearance presented a plan for ending the country’s deadly civil war, but called his opponents “terrorists” and made clear he had no intention of leaving office, presenting himself as his people’s protector. 

 

Iran cautiously ponders Syria after Assad

Iran

It wasn't exactly a break-up moment between Iran and ally Bashar Assad. But Tehran's whiplash diplomacy over the weekend suggested its embrace of the Syrian president could be cooling....

 

As Syrian rebels close in, Assad has cards to play

With rebels trying to penetrate Syria's capital, Damascus, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand as his weakened regime crumbles around him....

 

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