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 Blast kills top Hezbollah commander   Map of Damascus Syria Imad Mughniyeh, suspected in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the last 25 years, has been killed in Syria
| Hezbollah blamed Israel for assassinating him. Mughniyeh had been in hiding for years and was high on US and Israeli wanted lists
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| Feb.16 |
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Syria, Iran to probe militant's death Syria and Iran will conduct a joint investigation into the car bombing that killed Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh
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| Apr.23 |
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  U.S. to cite N. Korea-Syria nuclear link U.S. intelligence officials will tell members of Congress that N. Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear facility
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| Apr.24 |
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  Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme' The United States has accused N. Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that 'was not intended for peaceful purposes'
| A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium. But senior intelligence officials had only low confidence that the facility was meant to build nuclear weapons
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| Apr.25 |
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UN probes US Syria reactor claim IAEA will investigate claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korean help
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 Nuclear head angry at U.S. info delay Syria's ambassador: The facility bombed by Israeli warplanes was a vacant military building
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| May.21 |
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 Israel-Syria confirm peace talks Israel and Syria are holding indirect talks to reach a comprehensive peace agreement. They are still technically at war over the Golan Heigh...
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| Jun.2 |
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 Syria agrees to nuclear probe Syria has agreed to let IAEA inspectors into the country this month to probe allegations of illegal nuclear activity
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| Jul.4 |
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Syria: Efforts to secure Iraq border Syrian commanders say their troops along the border with Iraq are making strides in nabbing militants intent on staging attacks in Baghdad
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| Jul.5 |
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'Many killed' in jail riot Clashes between guards and prisoners resulted in 25 people killed after military police fired live bullets at Islamist inmates
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| Jul.12 |
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 Sarkozy welcomes Assad French President has welcomed his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to the Elysee Palace
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 Syria, Lebanon to open embassies| At a joint news conference, Sarkozy affirmed that the establishment of embassies in Beirut and Damascus was in the works | |
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| Sep.4 |
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Syria floats proposal for Israel talks The Syrian government has put forward a 6-point proposal outlining goals for furthering indirect talks with Israel
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| Sep.26 |
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 Damascus blast kills at least 17| Dunia television said the suspected car bomb had targeted a security forces installation | |
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| Oct.1 |
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U.S.-Syria talks may be step toward thaw The United States and Syria held a series of meetings, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries
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| Oct.26 |
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U.S. launch cross-border raid in Syria Map of Abu Kamal Syria| United States Special Operations Forces, stationed in Iraq wre attacking a civilian building. The Syrian government states 8 civilians were killed. The target was a network of foreign fighters who travel through Syria to ... | |
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| Nov. 17 |
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 UK minister set for Syria talks British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has arrived for a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad
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