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Syria
The Guardian:
An increasing number of female jihadis are being recruited and trained to blow themselves up in the name of Islam. Alissa J Rubin visits an Iraqi jail to find out what makes young women turn themselves into killing machinesI (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
After years of pursuing a free-trade pact with the EU, Syria is now balking at signing a deal as local businesses express worry about competition from European goods. (Read More)
BBC News Player | World:
Relations between Iraq and Syria have worsened sharply in recent weeks. Iraqi officials led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, blame Damascus for a recent series of huge bomb explosions in Baghdad, accusing it of harbouring h (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Amid warming ties between the West and Syria, Western businesses have expressed renewed interest in Damascus. (Read More)
feeds.washingtonpost.com:
In the beginning . . . Discover, December issue Andrew Lawler, the magazine's archaeology beat writer, traveled to the plains of northeastern Syria to write about a 6,000-year-old settlement called Tell Brak. The discovery th (Read More)
News Networks:
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Syria News Network
Topic:
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Wall Street Journal:
Syrian officials are expressing impatience at what they say is the slow pace of U.S. rapprochement, endangering the Obama administration's Mideast policy push. (Read More)
Topics:
Obama Administration,
Obama
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Britain's expert on the UN Security Council at the time of the Iraq invasion argues that John Chilcot's investigation into the build-up to war in Iraq in 2003 will be a futile exercise unless it asks the right questionsWhat i (Read More)
The Guardian:
Former government adviser fears full facts will not come outA former senior government adviser on Iraq today accuses ministers of ignoring a series of opportunities to avert war in the months leading up to the conflict.But Ca (Read More)
The Guardian:
Obituaries for the hope generated by his election are being written in Arabic, Hebrew and EnglishBarack Obama seems to have failed dismally in his first sustained attempt to show he is serious about making peace between Israe (Read More)
FOXNews.com:
The United States accused Iran Tuesday of violating a U.N. arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Syria in a cargo ship seized by Israel, a U.S. official said. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Three Americans detained after crossing border from Iraq into Iran earlier this yearThree US citizens who were detained in Iran after crossing the border from Iraq have been charged with espionage, the official Irna news agen (Read More)
The Guardian:
Freedom of speech campaigners are railing against the repression of bloggers around the world, following claims by a prominent Cuban dissident that she was beaten up for her online activities.Yoani Sánchez, an author and blog (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
How the Lebanese capital went from warzone to 2010's most glamorous tourist destinationA whole new road system has been built from Beirut airport to the city centre since the last time I visited. What's more, there are new, e (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Jim Hoagland (washingtonpost.com):
Barack Obama's extended hand was whacked across the knuckles by the leaders of Iran, Syria and assorted other thuggeries last week. But the Obama administration did manage a good demonstration in Burma of how its brand of eng (Read More)
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