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The U.S. has expressed its concern to Russia about the sale of any advanced missile systems to Syria, which would be “destabilizing” for Israel’s security, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
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Syria’s opposition is spurning efforts by the U.S. and Russia to convene talks between Bashar al- Assad’s regime and his opponents in an effort to end two years of warfare and empower a transitional government.
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Syria’s opposition is spurning efforts by the U.S. and Russia to convene talks between Bashar al- Assad’s regime and his opponents in an effort to end two years of warfare and empower a transitional government.
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Cia. Cervecerias Unidas SA, Chile’s biggest brewer, fell the most since 2008 after Bank of America Corp. recommended investors dump the shares amid falling beer sales and intensifying competition.
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President Barack Obama authorized the release of as much as $10 million in additional aid to rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Syrian refugee crisis, which is already straining aid groups and fueling tensions in neighboring countries, will get much worse if that nation’s civil war continues through the year, U.S. officials said.
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Syrian human rights activists told Bloomberg News that on July 22 more than 1 million Syrians took to the street, defying the government’s stepped-up security measures, to demand an end to the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad.
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John Kerry, the first secretary of state to visit Iraq in four years, urged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stop Iran from using Iraqi airspace to fly arms and fighters to Syria’s military, arguing that if Iraq wants a say in Syria’s future, it must help end the bloody conflict there.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Geneva with Syrians seeking to end the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, a sign of the Obama administration’s determination to see the end of al-Assad’s government.
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President Barack Obama said the U.S. was “deeply skeptical” of Syrian government claims that rebel forces had used chemical weapons as the United Nations faces calls to investigate possible use of deadly gas.
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