Thursday, October 11, 2012

Syria updates

  • UPDATE 8-Oil rises as Turkey-Syria tensions fuel supply concerns

    Turkey, Syria fighting reinforces worry over Middle East supply * North Sea crude output set to fall in November * Coming Up: CFTC positions data 3:30 EDT Friday (Recasts, updates prices, market activity) By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) ...

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  • Turkey Says Seized Syrian Plane Cargo Breaks Aviation Rules

    (Updates with deputy premier's comment in third paragraph, Syrian ministry in sixth.) Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey grounded a Syrian passenger plane and confiscated its cargo on grounds that it violated aviation rules, and unconfirmed media reports ...

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  • Erdogan Says Syrian Plane Halted by Turkey Carried Munitions

    (Updates with Assad interview in last three paragraphs.) Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A Syrian plane grounded by Turkish authorities yesterday contained munitions, in violation of civil aviation rules, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

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  • Panetta: US sends forces to Jordan in case of Syrian escalation

    BRUSSELS (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the United States has sent troops to the Jordan-Syria border to help build a headquarters in Jordan and bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its ...

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  • UPDATE 9-Oil dips on growth concerns; Middle East fears support

    Turkey retaliates again after mortar fire from Syria. * Coming up: API oil data 4:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday (Recasts, updates prices, add detail paragraphs 1-3,6-7,10-15). By Robert Gibbons. NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices eased on Monday in choppy ...

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  • UPDATE 10-Oil rises 2 pct on Mideast tension, Saudi comments eyed

    ... 4:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday (Updates throughout) By Robert Gibbons and Matthew Robinson NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped on Tuesday, snapping two sessions of losses, as escalating turmoil on the border of Turkey and Syria heightened ...

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  • Fight for Syrian border village spills into Lebanon

    As the sun sank behind the towering mountains to the west, a generator clattered into action, providing some light inside the tent and power for a small TV set that flickered images of news updates on the war in Syria. The generator was not so loud ...

    www.dailystar.com.lb

  • Turkey, Syria Trade Fire for 6th Day

    Syria shelled Turkey while Israel clashed with Palestine, Eduardo Kaplan has updates on the News Hub. (Photo: Reuters).

    online.wsj.com

  • Report: Syrian shell hits Turkey again

    Updates with shell landing in Turkey for sixth day; With AP Photos. Associated ... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's state-run news agency says a Syrian shell landed on Turkish territory for a sixth day, but made no mention of any immediate Turkish ...

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  • Turkey confiscates "objectionable" cargo aboard Syrian plane:

    Turkey: Turkey said it has seized "objectionable cargo" from a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara, reportedly on suspicions that it was carrying weapons, as tensions run high between the neighbouring nations.

    www.timesofoman.com

  • Turkish Forces Fire Across Syrian Border for Second Day

    (Updates with shelling in first paragraph, vote on cross- border incursions in second paragraph.) Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey fired into Syrian territory for a second day this morning and called on the United Nations Security Council to take ...

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  • Turkey Assembly Backs Mandate for Military Response to Syria

    (Updates with Russian comment in 13th paragraph.) Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's parliament approved a motion allowing the government to order military action against Syria, after a shell fired across the border killed five Turks. The parliament voted ...

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  • Turkey Assembly to Decide on Military Action Against Syria

    (Updates with report 14 Syrian soldiers killed in third paragraph, Merkel comment in 12th.) Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's parliament debated a motion allowing the government to order military action in Syria, after a mortar bomb fired across the ...

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  • Turkey Fires Artillery After Syrian Cross-Border Shelling

    (Updates with Syrian comment beginning in sixth paragraph, Clinton statement after sub-headline 'Lira Declines.') Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's army fired across the Syrian border in response to shelling from Syria that killed five people including ...

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  • Turkey warns Syria, Homs hammered by army

    Turkey: Turkey's top military commander on Wednesday warned of a stronger response if Syrian shells continue to land on Turkish soil, as Syria's army launched a new onslaught against rebels in besieged Homs city. President Bashar al-Assad's regime, on ...

    www.timesofoman.com

  • Police: Syria-related terror arrests at Heathrow

    LONDON (AP) -- Police in Britain say they've arrested two people at London's Heathrow Airport as part of an investigation into travel to Syria in support of alleged terrorist activity. Scotland Yard says a ... Get updates on all the area school ...

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  • Suicide Attacks Leave 33 Dead in Central Aleppo, Syria Says

    (Updates with comments from U.K.'s Clegg in penultimate paragraph.) Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Anti-government forces launched coordinated attacks on the downtown area of Syria's commercial hub of Aleppo today, as mortar rounds and suicide attackers with ...

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  • Iran Denies Syrian Troop Presence as Kerry Warns Iraq on Aid

    (Updates with attack on gas station in 10th paragraph.) Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iran denied it has a military presence in Syria after John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, signaled that Iraq should block supplies to the ...

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  • UPDATE 1-Clinton urges 'cool heads' in China-Japan island dispute

    North Korea, Iran and Syria also on agenda of China meeting (Updates with ASEAN meeting). By Andrew Quinn. NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S.

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  • UN updates list of Syrian war crimes suspects

    He did not say if any Syrian rebels were among the names on the list, which updated a previous one his team submitted to UN rights chief Navi Pillay in February.

    www.france24.com

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