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'Obama to meet Syria opposition leader'

  By Al Hussein Al Shishakli President Barack Obama is expected to meet Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba during his visit to the United States this week, a senior US official told AFP Tuesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official...

No date set for rebel pullout from Syria's Homs: governor

(Reuters) - The timing of an evacuation of rebels from the central Syrian city of Homs under a deal with government forces has not been set and could still take days to arrange, the provincial governor said on Tuesday. The withdrawal of the insurgents from Homs - a city once called...

Local al-Qaida leader in Syria killed in blast

(AP) — A roadside bomb in Syria killed a local al-Qaida leader and his wife, activists said Tuesday, an attack that could ignite a new round of infighting among disparate rebel groups in the country. The commander, identified as Ali al-Nuaimi of the Nusra Front, was killed near the...

Damascus opera suffers under mortar strikes

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black. The drama student was going to her...