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Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 7:55 PM UTC
Reports of Assad's nerve gas bombs have U.S. officials "concerned," but why the focus on chemical warfare?
Natasha Lennard
Topics:
Syria, Chemical weapons, Terrorism, Nerve gas, Leon Panetta, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bashar al-Assad, Middle East, Turkey, Free Syrian Army, Civil War, Red line
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Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 10:41 PM UTC
Fighting in Tripoli has killed six people and wounded nearly 60 since Monday
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Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 3:30 PM UTC
The bloodshed comes as Syrian forces fired artillery at rebel targets in and around the capital VIDEO
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Monday, Dec 3, 2012 3:59 PM UTC
Obama administration have said Assad deploying chemical weapons would be a red line
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Friday, Nov 30, 2012 9:55 PM UTC
Footage shows Syria's largest city reduced to rubble VIDEO
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Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 4:04 PM UTC
Web monitors say phone and Internet connections have been cut off, likely signalling a major military operation VIDEO
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Friday, Nov 9, 2012 8:57 PM UTC
The exodus is a sign of the escalating ferocity of the violence
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Friday, Nov 9, 2012 1:17 PM UTC
Syrian president says he has no regrets about actions throughout uprising
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Monday, Nov 5, 2012 2:23 PM UTC
Following U.S. pressure, Syrian National Council has included more political groups and activists
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Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 8:51 PM UTC
A neighborhood near the capital was leveled Tuesday
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Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 12:23 PM UTC
Uneasy allegiances offered by Islamist fighters from elsewhere in the Middle East
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Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 3:15 PM UTC
BBC Newsnight journalist reports from Northern Syria, where government shells strike almost daily
