Syrians fleeing war start to trickle into Europe

KOPINGEBRO, Sweden - Ali Jamal travelled thousands of miles on foot, by train and road to flee violence in Syria while Jomaah piled his family into a camper van to smuggle them north to Europe.

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Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

AMMAN - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. | Video

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Red Cross chief to urge Syria's Assad to help aid effort

GENEVA - The new head of the Red Cross will urge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to improve humanitarian access to civilians in the war-torn country, the aid agency said on Monday as he arrived in Syria for a three-day visit.

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Syria army destroys houses in "collective punishment"

AMMAN - Syrian army bulldozers razed houses in western Damascus on Monday, pursuing what activists called the first campaign of collective punishment targeting people's property in areas of the capital hostile to President Bashar al-Assad.

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Response to Syrian chemical arms use would be massive: France

PARIS - Any use of chemical or bacterial weapons by government forces in Syria would trigger a "massive and lightning fast" response from the West, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday.

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Syria army destroys houses in "collective punishment"

AMMAN - Syrian army bulldozers razed houses in western Damascus on Monday, pursuing what activists called collective punishment of Sunni Muslim areas hostile to President Bashar al-Assad.

World, 8:57am EDT

Syria mission "nearly impossible": U.N. envoy

LONDON - Diplomatic attempts to end the Syrian conflict are "nearly impossible" and not enough is being done to end the fighting, the new U.N. and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said in a BBC interview broadcast on Monday.

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Up to 10,000 Syrian refugees stranded on Turkey border: activists

ANKARA - Thousands of Syrian refugees are stuck on the Turkish border while the authorities struggle to process a growing influx that could be swelled further by Syrian air and ground bombardment of a nearby town.

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Red Cross chief heads to Syria for talks with Assad

GENEVA - The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross will begin a visit to Syria on Monday and have talks with President Bashar al-Assad to try to improve humanitarian access to civilians in the war-torn country, the ICRC said.

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Syria says envoy can only succeed if rebels lose outside support

BEIRUT - Syria said on Monday new U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi could only make headway if outside countries ceased helping rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad and instead declared support for a U.N.-backed peace plan.

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Fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo

Fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo

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