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Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the conflicts in Syria and Iraq becoming increasingly intertwined against the same Sunni extremist group, President Barack Obama moved on Thursday to ratchet up U.S. efforts to strengthen more moderate Syrian rebels. Obama's request to Congress for $500...

Brahimi: Assad ‘never’ thought about resigning

(Al Arabiya News)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “never” thought about resigning or making concessions, especially to the foreign-based opposition, former U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi told the London-based al-Hayat newspaper in an interview published on...