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Blast in Damascus suburb market kills 2

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a busy market in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding dozens as Muslims went shopping a day before the start of their holy month of Ramadan, activists said. The blast in Douma...

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 Wednesday....

Rebels of Eastern Ghouta alert by ISIS acts

(Zaman Alwasl)- Main rebel group in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta warned in statement issued Tuesday of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). The Islamic Union of Levant Soldiers (dubbed: Ajnad al-Sham) urged all Islamist rebel factions in the...