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                  <title>Syrian exports not suffering from sanctions: Official </title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN) Syria said that its exports were not affected by the international sanctions, KUNA reported.    The Director of Syrian Exports Development Fund, Ihab Ismander, said that Syrian exports have ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Russia's Syrian power play</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Russia has been steadfast in its diplomatic support for the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, even as Assad becomes ever more isolated within the Arab ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Syria facing specter of civil war</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Since last March, about 5,400 people have been killed by the military and paramilitary troops    The Security Council cannot go about imposing solutions in crisis situations in ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Ban urges UN unity on Syria</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to overcome bitter differences over Syria to increase pressure to end the bloodshed.    The Security Council must ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Jordan rejects sanctions against Syria - PM</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh has said that Jordan believes foreign intervention in Syria will be difficult and rejects sanctions against Damascus that are harmful to the ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:14:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>UN resolution on Syria sought</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News)  British and French foreign ministers say they are heading to New York to press for a United Nations resolution aimed at halting Syria's violent crackdown.    Britain's Foreign ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Saudi- Kingdom slams Syrian repression</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Arabia expressed sadness on Monday at the rising number of civilian deaths because of government repression in Syria and stressed the need to stop the bloodshed.    The ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Demonstrators denounce escalation in Syria violence</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Around 150 Syrians defied the frigid weather on Friday to gather outside the Syrian embassy in support of demonstrators and military deserters back home.    During the ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>No appetite for intervention</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) For 10 months, the world has watched in horror as Bashar Al Assad's regime carries out regular massacres against unarmed civilians across Syria in a bid to quell the unrest ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Syria, Iran: War of attrition or buckling under pressures?</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) US can create the external and internal conditions that could bring down regimes in both countries    Iran, Syria and their proxies assess that the United States has been ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Iran passes FTA with Syria</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN) Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has endorsed the free trade agreement (FTA) with Syria, which was ratified by Iran's parliament, reported Tehran Times.    The agreement was inked ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Saudi- Kingdom tells UN Syria must stop bloodshed</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Arabia told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Syria must stop its suppression of citizens.    Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>GCC pulls out of Syria mission</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Council says Arab League peace plan hampered by the regime in Damascus    RIYADH: The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday that it had decided to withdraw ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>'Jordanian killed in Syria by pro-regime militiamen'</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) A 27-year-old Jordanian man was killed in the Syrian city of Hama on Monday by Shabiha, pro-regime militiamen, his father Hafez Abu Osbeh said on Tuesday.     Ahmad Abu ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>What to do about Syria?</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Since pro-democracy demonstrations began in Syria more than 10 months ago, the European Union has ratcheted up the pressure on President Bashar Al Assad's regime. It has ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Let UN deal with Syria</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) When Arab League took over the task of sending its observers to Syria, many people doubted the effectiveness of this move to stop the ongoing bloodshed over there.     This ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:31:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>GCC pulls out of Syria mission</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday that it had decided to withdraw its monitors deployed in Syria within the framework of an Arab League peace ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>OIC- Sectarian strife in Syria 'threat to Islamic world'</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday warned that sectarian strife in Syria would threaten the "entire region", as the decades-old organisation looks to ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:04:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>EU approves new sanctions against Syria</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The European Union approved today an additional package of sanctions, the eleventh of its kind, against Syria, including 22 military and security officials on the list ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Saudi- Situation in Syria grave: Cabinet</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Arabia said Monday that the situation in Syria is extremely grave and urged all parties to take their historic responsibility to the people in the country ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:01:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Qatar- Ministers agree new Syria plan</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Arab foreign ministers yesterday agreed a new political road map for Syria that sees President Bashar al-Assad delegating power to a deputy and setting up a unity government as ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:43:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Arabs agree on new Syria plan, urge UN support</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) Arab foreign ministers agreed on Sunday a new political roadmap for Syria that sees President Bashar Assad delegating power to a deputy and setting up a unity government as a ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Saudi Arabia quits Syria mission</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) The Kingdom has decided to withdraw its observers from Syria because the mission has failed to end 10 months of bloodshed.    Saudi Arabia will call on the international ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Jordan- Hesitant Arab Syria response leaving Jordan with 'few good options'</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) As Arab foreign ministers gather in Cairo today to reasses the Arab League's response to the ongoing crisis in Syria, the debate will likely present several diplomatic ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:49:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>League's Syrian dilemma</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) There are some critical decisions pending on Syria with the thrust of the focus on the Arab League.    A report by the League's observers' team in the conflict ridden ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:43:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>As Arab initiative falters, support grows for 'armed revolution' in Syria</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) With the Arab League set to consider a Qatari proposal to send forces to Syria amidst demands from opposition groups for UN intervention, efforts to contain the ongoing ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Assad's confidence may prove misplaced</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) The Arab world has seen unprecedented upsurge in public anger against some governments since the Tunisian revolution.     Many of the strongmen of the region have been ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Aiding Syrians</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The Jordan Medical Association has signalled that it is willing to dispatch a team to Syria to assist in providing urgently needed medical services to the Syrians once the ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Few options to solve Syrian impasse</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The situation in Syria continues to worsen despite Arab League efforts for help. Analysts have differed in their interpretation of the league's decision to dispatch monitors ...</description>
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                  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:43:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>A possible way out for the Syrian regime</title>
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                  <description>(MENAFN - Arab News) How long can the people resist the onslaught remains an open question    It is anybody's guess what the final report of the Arab League's observers' mission to Syria, to be ...</description>
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