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Reuters - Top News, 22.04.13 15:08 UTC

Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists

AMMAN | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:57am EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal ...

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Reuters - Top News, 21.04.13 19:57 UTC

Assad's forces kill 85 in Damascus suburb, activists say

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:45pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 85 people when they stormed a Damascus ...

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Reuters - Top News, 17.04.13 23:38 UTC

U.S. sends Army planners to Amman but wary of Syria intervention

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:27pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is dispatching Army planners to Jordan as neighboring Syria's conflict worsens, U.S. Defense ...

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Reuters - Top News, 14.04.13 20:44 UTC

Al Qaeda adds urgency to search for Syrian peace

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Sun Apr 14, 2013 4:32pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - International powers will search for a peaceful settlement to Syria's civil war with fresh urgency at an Istanbul meeting ...

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Telegraph, 05.04.13 18:28 UTC

Saudi Arabia backs push to carve out liberated southern Syria

Saudi Arabia is backing a push by Syrian opposition rebels to carve out a "liberated" area in southern Syria, opening a key route of attack on Damascus.

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Seattle Times, 05.04.13 03:57 UTC

Jordan steps up security after warnings from Syria

The warnings followed statements from U.S. and other Western and Arab officials that Jordan has been facilitating arms shipments and hosting training camps for Syrian rebels since October.

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Seattle Times, 04.04.13 11:20 UTC

Syria criticizes Jordan for hosting rebel training

Syrian state media sharply criticized Jordan for hosting U.S.-backed training of Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad, warning Thursday that Amman risks falling into the "volcanic crater" of Syria's conflict.

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CNN World News, 02.04.13 14:01 UTC

5 signs the Middle East is changing

Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A ...

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BBC World News, 30.03.13 23:18 UTC

Jordan's King Abdullah swears in new government

King Abdullah of Jordan has sworn in the smallest government in four decades, to be be led by reformist Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.

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Amman, sometimes spelled Ammann, is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants (2008 estimate), and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan. It is also the largest city in Jordan. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of Amman Governorate.

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