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Mali’s Islamist warlord declares war on the west
A militant Islamist leader whose forces have just conquered two-thirds of the West African state of Mali vows to launch holy war against the west.
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UN’s new man in Syria insists: ‘I’m not crazy’
Lakhdar Brahimi tells Channel 4 News he may not succeed where Kofi Annan failed but will “do his best” to halt the 17-month old civil war.
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Craving for mineral wealth fuels support for Bosco
A UN report alleges direct Rwandan assistance to Bosco Ntaganda’s rebels, setting them up, reinforcing them, arming, supplying and funding them and recruiting for them – all in violation of UN sanctions.
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Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area
Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border overnight in an incident that highlights international concerns that the civil war in Syria could ignite a wider regional conflict.
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Annan steps down as peace envoy on Syria
Kofi Annan quits as international mediator on Syria amid failure to halt the violence ravaging the country since the start of the uprising to oust President Assad 17 months ago.
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Assad says foreign enemy agents undermining stability
New video emerges apparently showing Syrian rebels executing unarmed government forces, while Bashar al-Assad blames foreign enemies for plotting to undermine the country’s stability.
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Wolfowitz: ‘too late to intervene in Syria’
Former US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz says the international community should have supported the Syrian opposition months ago and time has now run out.
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London hosts Syria peace talks
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Secretary William Hague meet in London for talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war.
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Bloody clashes in Syria’s ‘second city’ Aleppo
Troops with machine guns opened fire on rebels in Syria’s northwest commercial hub of Aleppo on Saturday amid reports of sniper fire and clashes in Damascus overnight.
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Up to 30,000 Syrian refugees may be fleeing for Lebanon
The UN says as many as 30,000 Syrian refugees may have crossed into Lebanon in the last 48 hours to escape the bloody uprising, and Syria’s intelligence chief dies of wounds sustained in a bomb blast.
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Rebels seize Syrian border posts as UN flounders
Syrian rebels seize posts on the Iraqi and Turkish borders amid failing diplomacy and fears the government will turn to chemical weapons to stop an uprising that has already killed thousands.
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Assad ‘in Latakia’ after Damascus attacks
Clashes between Syrian troops and opposition fighters in Damascus continue amid claims from the opposition that President Assad is now in the coastal city of Latakia.
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Violence rages on across Syria as UN votes
Fighting has intensified in Damascus as the UN tries to persuade Russia and China to impose tougher sanctions on Syria.
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Assad’s close advisors killed in bomb blast
Heavy fighting in the streets of Damascus follows a bomb blast which killed Syria’s defence minister, deputy defence minister – President Assad’s brother-in-law – and a senior military official.
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Opposition declares battle for Damascus has begun
As the Assad regime fights back in the south of Damascus, its opponents in the Free Syrian Army say they have launched their fight for the capital, dubbed “Operation Damascus Volcano”.