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Syria court summons Lebanon's Druze chief

A Syrian court has issued summons for two Lebanese anti-Damascus figures, including Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a Lebanese judicial source said Thursday. "The Lebanese justice ministry received from the Syrian embassy in Lebanon, upon mediation by the Lebanese foreign ministry,...

UN applauds Uruguay's plan to take Syrian refugees

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The United Nations' refugee commission expressed gratitude Wednesday that Uruguay is preparing to provide a new home for 100 children orphaned by Syria's civil war. Senior regional UNHCR official Michelle Alfaro said there are more than 2 million...

Assad army presses bid to break prison siege

Syrian regime army has launched a fierce assault on rebel fighters in a bid to break their year-long siege on Aleppo's central prison, a monitor, state media and activists reported Wednesday. The rebels and their allies from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front have been...

Syrian troops advance toward Aleppo prison

BEIRUT (AP)— The Syrian army inched closer to seizing a central prison in the contested northern city of Aleppo Wednesday, with intense artillery shelling and military aircraft dropping dozens of crude bombs in the area and killing at least 50 rebel fighters, Syrian state media and...