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US providing Syrian rebels $123M more in aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press ISTANBUL (AP) - The United States is providing Syrian rebels with $123 million in new nonlethal aid that may include armor and other types of supplies that haven't been part of the assistance package in the past. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the

US providing Syrian rebels $123M more in aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

US set to expand nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By MATTHEW LEE and LARA JAKESAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is poised to significantly expand its non-lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition as European nations weigh easing an arms embargo to potentially supply the rebels with arms and increase pressure on President

Activists: Rebels capture base in central Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their control near the Lebanese border, activists said. The central region is important to President Bashar Assad

Syria's Assad reduces sentences for some rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's president on Tuesday slashed prison terms by three quarters for an unspecified number of rebels convicted as "terrorists," state media reported, as rebels and troops fought fierce battles in the country's south

Syrian troops battle rebels near Lebanon border

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press AL-QASR, LEBANON (AP) - Syrian forces battled rebels in the central province of Homs near the border with Lebanon on Friday as part of a counteroffensive aimed at regaining control of territory around the country and along strategic border areas. With a fresh influx

Momentum weakened for Assad's ouster in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation within their ranks, foreign meddling and new finger-pointing over chemical weapons as the regime more firmly entrenches itself, giving no sign of stepping down any time

Momentum weakened for Assad's ouster in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria's 2-year-old civil war. At

Syrian rebels capture areas near Golan Heights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels captured one village and parts of others on the edge of the Golan Heights Thursday as fighting closed in on the strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed, activists and officials said. If the rebels take