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Kerry: US, Allies, Ready to Step Up Aid Rebels

(AMMAN, Jordan) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help...

US to Provide $100M in New Syria Aid

ROME (AP) — The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only...

Assad Accuses West of Backing Al-Qaeda in Syria

(BEIRUT) — Syria's president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaeda in his country's civil war, warning it will pay a price "in the heart" of Europe...

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Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948

Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...

Protests in Jordan

In March 2011, pro- and antigovernment demonstrators clashed in Amman

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