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Syria's Bashar Assad warns 'terrorism' will come back to West
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad warned in a television interview Wednesday that the war against his government risked spreading to neighboring Jordan and predicted that rebel fighters, whom he described as Islamic extremists, would later take...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Syria amnesty could free up to 7,000 inmates
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued an order Tuesday freeing up to 7,000 prison inmates, but it was not clear whether the decree would apply to any of those jailed for participation in the rebellion that is seeking to overthrow his regime....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Prisons, Criminal Laws
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COLUMN: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we’re on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said,...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Carney, Wars and Interventions, Saudi Arabia
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Another reason for U.S. to act on Syria: Sending message to Iran
In my Sunday column, I argued that events are pushing President Obama toward a bigger role in aiding rebel forces in Syria’s civil war -- not direct military intervention, perhaps, but certainly more direct help for the insurgents. Yes, I wrote, it&...
Tags: Robert Ford, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Iran, Bashar Assad
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McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Carney, Saudi Arabia, Wars and Interventions
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13 Afghan soldiers slain in Taliban attack on outpost
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan outpost near the border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, according to local officials. The fighting began around dawn and lasted four to five hours, said Wasifullah Wasifi,...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Pakistan, Taliban, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of Defense
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US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S....
Tags: Pakistan, Taliban, Armed Conflicts, Joint Chiefs of Staff, International Military Interventions
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Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in Afghanistan, including a "selfless, idealistic" young diplomat on a mission to donate...
Tags: United Nations, Explosions, The Washington Post, Taliban, Christopher Stevens
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Six Americans killed in Afghan attacks as top U.S. commander visits
KABUL, Afghanistan — On the same day that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan for an assessment visit, six Americans were killed Saturday in attacks by Afghanistan insurgents. Hours after Dempsey arrived in...Tags: Armed Forces, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Martin Dempsey
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Attack on convoy in Afghanistan leaves 5 Americans dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — On the day that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan for an assessment visit, six Americans were killed Saturday in attacks by insurgents. Hours after Dempsey arrived, five Americans...Tags: Explosions, Armed Conflicts, Joint Chiefs of Staff, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense
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Afghanistan gets visit by U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman
KABUL, Afghanistan –Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for a weekend visit aimed at assessing the amount and type of training that American troops will continue to provide Afghan defense forces...Tags: Explosions, Armed Conflicts, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense, International Military Interventions
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Coup thwarts search for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Uganda's military has suspended its hunt for notorious warlord Joseph Kony after rebels toppled the president of the Central African Republic last month. Kony, indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of...
Tags: United Nations, Joseph Kony, Uganda, Francois Bozize, Kony 2012 (movie)
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