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President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan presented a joint front against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad even as Obama shies away from deeper U.S. involvement in the conflict, such as sending weapons to the rebels.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would make a “gross miscalculation” in rejecting planned talks on ending the conflict in the war-torn nation, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama said they are in agreement on plans to forge a transitional government in Syria after Bashar al- Assad is ousted.
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South Korean President Park Geun Hye called for expanding security and economic ties with the U.S. as the two allies stand together against threats from North Korea.
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Israel’s airstrikes against targets in Syria undercut U.S. military warnings about the risks of using American air power against forces loyal to President Bashar al- Assad.
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Senator Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that the U.S. must be “really careful” in determining its response to evidence from intelligence agencies that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime may have used chemical weapons.
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Syrian cities have been razed to the ground. Doctors operate without anesthesia. Children are raped and murdered. Houses are burned with families inside.
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Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to announce more non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels today at a meeting of groups fighting to oust President Bashar al- Assad, as U.S. lawmakers press the Obama administration to provide military help for the insurrection.
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The al-Nusra Front in Syria pledged formal allegiance to al-Qaeda last week. Together with the alarming escalation in refugees fleeing the country, this pact demands a forceful change in the diffident strategies of the U.S. and Europe toward the conflict.
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Sunderland’s new coach Paolo Di Canio today rebuffed questions about whether he holds fascist political views when he gave his first news conference since being appointed.
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