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Syria faces suspension from the OIC amid Iranian objections

During the summit Saudi King calls for Muslim leaders to unite and…

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A Syrian family walk past tents at the Zaatari camp near the northern Jordanian city of Mafraq on 12 August, where French medics recently delivered tonnes of supplies and medical equipment AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
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International support to Syrian refugees and opposition increases

The number of refugees fleeing Syria rises, host states have sought international…

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Jordan police disperse angry Syrians at desert camp

Around 60 Syrians at the Zaatari refugee camp clashed with security guards…

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A Syrian boy plays with a tank in the town of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on 11 August AFP PHOTO / PHIL MOORE
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Clinton’s visit to Turkey

A no-fly zone over Syria among the possible solutions

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Lebanese policemen stand guard at the entrance of a residential building where former government minister Michel Samaha resides in Beirut on August 9, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO
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Former Lebanese Minister to face “terror plot” charges

The two time minister, who was arrested by Lebanese Internal Security Forces…

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A Syrian refugee walks after undergoing a medical check at a Moroccan military field hospital in the Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the kingdom's northern city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on August 11, 2012. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
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Jordan-Syria border clashes

The Jordanian border to Syria serves as a gateway for Syrian refugees…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Saeed Jalili, head of Iran's supreme national defence council, holds a joint press conference with Iranian ambassador to Syria Mohammad Reza Sheibani (L) at the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on 7 August (AFP PHOTO/STR)
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Iran hosts alternative Syria conference

Iran to host a meeting to discuss the Syrian situation

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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows damaged Syrian army tank, after they were allegedly targeted by Syrian rebels Aleppo on August 7, 2012 AFP PHOTO/YOUTUBE
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Defected Syrian PM confirmed in Jordan

Hijab only came to power in June but defected last week

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Rebels of the Free Syrian Army arrive at the scene of a bombed building purportedly hit during Syrian army shelling which was targeting the Free Syrian Army command center, but instead hit a building in a residential neighborhood located behind, in Sheikh Najar area of the restive city of Aleppo, on 6 August AFP PHOTO/ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
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Three of the Iranians abducted in Syria killed

IRNA claimed the abducted are pilgrims visiting the Shi’a shrine of Sayyida…

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Different angles to analyse Rafah’s turmoil

At midnight on Sunday, 16 Egyptian border guards were pronounced dead. One…

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