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Explosion near Turkish-Syrian border kills six
An explosion on the border between Turkey\'s southern province of Hatay and Syria killed six people on Tuesday, Turkish media said, but ...Syria tensions rise as Israel test-fires missile defence system
Israel on Tuesday announced the successful launch of a missile in a joint exercise with the United States, which came as Washington ...UN says Syria refugees top 2 million mark
The number of refugees fleeing Syria\'s bloody civil war has surged past the 2 million mark, with almost 5,000 people crossing into ...Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria
Russian lawmakers want to travel to Washington to urge the U.S. Congress not to back President Barack Obama\'s plan for military strikes ...U.S. has evidence sarin gas used on Syrian civilians, Kerry says
Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States now has evidence Syria used sarin gas in a recent attack on civilians ...Radiation readings spike at Fukushima nuclear plant
Radiation at a tank holding contaminated water at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant has increased by a factor of 18, the ...World protests as Obama prepares to strike Syria
Protesters worldwide are taking to the streets — and to social media — to express their varied views on a possible U.S.-led ...Obama says US should strike Syria, will seek congressional vote
President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly ...UN chemical weapons inspectors leave Syria
United Nations inspectors leave their hotel in Damascus on Aug. 30. The team of U.N. weapons inspectors investigating a massive chemical attack ...John Kerry makes forceful case for US military intervention in Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the United States will not wait for UN weapons inspectors to finish their ...