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Telegraph, 23.04.13 20:47 UTC

Syria doctor's Facebook video 'proof' that Assad used chemicals in Aleppo

Syria's regime dropped chemical weapons from a plane on a district of Aleppo earlier this month, killing two infants and a woman, experts said after a doctor in Aleppo posted a video of apparent victims to his Facebook page.

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 18:57 UTC

Syria: Assad used chemicals in Aleppo, say experts

Syria's regime dropped chemical weapons from a plane on a district of Aleppo earlier this month, killing two infants and a woman, experts have said.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 17:08 UTC

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents.

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NPR, 23.04.13 16:42 UTC

Israel: Syria Has Been Using Chemical Weapons

Israel's top military intelligence official said Tuesday that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons repeatedly and he criticized the international community for not taking tougher action ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 14:03 UTC

2 Syrian rockets hit Lebanon as tensions rise

Two Syrian rockets struck Lebanon on Tuesday, causing damage and heightening tensions between Lebanese Shiite and Sunni communities over neighboring Syria's civil war, security officials in Beirut said.

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 12:54 UTC

Anger in Lebanese streets as Syria border fighting rages

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT | Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:35am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Stripped to the waist, his face heavily bruised and a rope around his neck, the grey-haired Syrian man was led by his captors ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 12:53 UTC

Israeli official: Syria's Assad used chemical arms

A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons last month in his battle against insurgent groups. It was the first time that Israel has accused the embattled Syrian leader of using his stockpile of nonconventional weapons.

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Telegraph, 22.04.13 16:55 UTC

Lebanese Hizbollah leading Assad offensive in Syria

A major attack by the Syrian regime on a town west of Homs is being led by the Lebanese Shia militia Hizbollah, according to the opposition Syrian National Coalition and activists.

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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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Seattle Times, 22.04.13 13:23 UTC

Syrian activists fear heavy toll near Damascus

Six days of fighting in a Damascus suburb has killed more than a hundred people and possibly many more, activists said Monday, in what the government also acknowledged may be a dramatic spike in the rising death toll in Syria.

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