Just In: Turkey scrambles warplanes after blast on Syria border

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Several Turkish F-16 warplanes took off from base in southeastern Diyarbakir after large explosion close to Syrian border, local media reported on Sunday.

Turkey’s Sabah newspaper reported that the warplanes were headed toward Syrian border, according to Bloomberg news agency.

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Russia to help Syria in case of external military strike - Putin

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"Will we be helping Syria? We will," Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following a G20 summit in St. Petersburg on Friday. The US and other countries will put themselves outside of law if they begin a military operation in Syria, Putin added. 

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Strike against Syria unlikely to provoke clash with Russia - John Kerry

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Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday a US military strike on Syria over its chemical weapons use was unlikely to provoke a clash with Russia, a key Syrian ally that has blocked efforts to sanction Damascus at the UN Security Council.

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Senate panel approves plan to strike Syria

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The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama's plan to strike Syria in retaliation for the reported use of chemical weapons by leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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US military attack would be considered threat to Syria’s national security - Syrian oppositioner Maher Merhej

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One of the Syrian opposition leaders warned Washington that the American troops in the region would be attacked by squads of suicide bombers formed by the Syrian opposition in case Obama attacked Syria, Secretary General of the Syrian National Youth Party al-Chabaab, Maher Merhej, said in an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia.

"Motherland is more important than opposing the government", said Maher Merhej, secretary-general of the Syrian opposition party Al Chabaab in his interview to the Fars News Agency (FNA) on August 31.

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Heartless: Hacked e-mails/documents reveal Syria chemical attack was staged, sponsored by US ( See Snapshot Of Documents)

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A hacker by the name of €Wagn3r claims to have hacked approximately 20 members of the Pentagon and some of their spouses. In their emails US Colonels utilize a high number of military acronyms which, when looked, up point to a conversation about intelligence budgets and how to fund operations. The correspondence indicates the US government was the most probable sponsor of the latest chemical attack in Syrian Ghouta. 
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President Obama speaks on Syria: I'm comfortable going forward without the UN's approval.( Live Update)

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International pressure has been building for a military strike on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb. The West blames President Assad, as UN inspectors probe the site of the attack.

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  Ballistic "objects" detected by Russian radar fell into sea, reported Russian news agency RIA quoting source in Dam 

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Sending US cruise missile carriers to Syria coast to escalate conflict – Russian Defense Ministry

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The sending of US Navy cruise missile carrying ships to the Syrian coast will escalate the conflict, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleg Dogayev said at a Public Chamber hearing on Tuesday.

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Obama to meet McCain to obtain his support for intervention in Syria

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US President Barack Obama is expected to invite Senator John McCain to the White House today to help sell to Congress the idea of a US military intervention in Syria. Members of Congress in both parties said they would not be able to support the current draft of a resolution authorizing Obama to launch a military strike. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defense, will both appear before Congress to make the administration's case for war on Tuesday.
Part of their drive includes winning over John McCain, who has called for the US to intervene forcefully to overthrow Bashar al-Assad and said he would oppose "isolated military strikes that are not part of an overall strategy" to defeat the regime.
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"I'll not fight for Al Qaeda in Syria"- US military revolt against Obama’s decision to 'support Al-Qaeda in Syria'

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The military revolt against the Obama administration’s plan to launch a potentially disastrous attack on Syria is gathering pace, with both top brass and regular service members expressing their vehement opposition to the United States becoming entangled in the conflict. The backlash began to spread on social media yesterday with numerous members of the military posting photos of themselves holding up signs stating that they would refuse to fight on the same side as Al-Qaeda in Syria. Others have posted their photos on Twitter alongside the hashtag #IdidntJoin.

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US marine ships join Navy destroyers in Mediterranean for possible Syria attack

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The USS San Antonio, an amphibious assault ship carrying about 300 Marines, has joined five Navy destroyers in the Eastern Mediterranean for a possible US strike against the Syrian government.

The San Antonio has not received specific tasking, but it is being kept in the area as a “prudent decision should ship capabilities be required” during a Syria contingency, a defense official said.
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Britain to provide US with intelligence to support Syria strikes despite the British parliament’s rejection

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Britain will provide the United States with intelligence data collected by a Cyprus-based electronic surveillance station to support possible military strikes against Syria, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reports.

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Claims of chemical weapons use by Syria regime 'utter nonsense' - Putin

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According to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, allegations that Assad's government used chemical weapons in Syria are largely ungrounded. "Syrian government troops are on the offensive and have the opposition contained within several areas. In this situation, to give those calling for intervention such a trump card is utter nonsense," - Putin told journalists in Vladivostok.

At the same time Putin notes that next week's G20 Summit in Russia's St Petersburg could be a good platform to discuss Syria crisis.

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"Chemical weapons" crisis in #Syria - LIVE updates - Putin Praises British Leaders (Photos + Video)

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International pressure has been building for a military strike on Syria in the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb. The West blames President Assad, as UN inspectors probe the site of the attack.

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US probably to launch strike against Syria on Friday night - Western Media ( War Designers)

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Any US strike against Syria is "likely to last hours not days" and probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military action Thursday, a senior US defense official said.
Sources tell Fox that a strike would be led by the U.S. Navy and its assets positioned in the Eastern Mediterranean and that it would be limited in scope.

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Looking for More Supporters- They Already Got A reason to bomb: US President Obama speaks with Australian PM Rudd about Syria ( Full Update)

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President Barack Obama spoke with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruddon Monday about possible international responses to the Syrian crisis.

In a call with Rudd, "the two leaders expressed their grave concern about the reported use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians near Damascus on Wednesday," the White House said in a statement. They "discussed possible responses by the international community," it said.

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Snipers in Syria shoot at UN chemical inspectors

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Unidentified snipers shot at UN fact finding envoy Monday forcing the inspection team to suspend their attempt to investigate claims that chemical weapons had been used near Damascus, a UN spokesman said. A replacement vehicle has been sought after the vehicle carrying the envoy was damaged. The UN team was to inspect a site where poison gas killed many hundreds of people in Damascus suburbs.
"The first vehicle of the chemical weapons investigation team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers," said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky. No injuries were reported.
The alleged shooting came after two mortar bombs landed close to the hotel where the inspectors are staying.

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FULL UPDATE: Russia warns against military intervention in Syria

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Russia on Sunday welcomed Damascus' offer to allow a mission by UN inspectors probing alleged chemical weapons use and warned the West that an Iraq scenario in Syria would be a "tragic mistake", saying that any unilateral military action in Syria would undermine efforts for peace and have a "devastating impact" on the security situation in the Middle East. Russia has urged action to get all Syria opposition groups to agree to talks, said threats of force against Assad counterproductive.

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Power Corrupts: US prepared to carry out military options on Syria, if Obama chooses

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The Pentagon is prepared to carry out military options on Syria should President Barack Obama choose to exercise any of them, U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday.

"President Obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies. We have done that and we are prepared to exercise whatever option - if he decides to employ one of those options," Hagel told reporters during a trip to Malaysia.

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What is happening in Syria is an international conspiracy - Official

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Recent statements by the Deputy of the Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency seem to point to a change or shift in U.S. policy towards Syria but things are not so simple and the war hawks in Washington branding Syria, a small country on the other side of the world as a “threat to U.S. security” is dangerous provocative and points to the continued beating of the war drums and plans for an invasion of Syria. As in Libya the West is after the resources. A member of the Libyan Defense Ministry spoke to the Voice of Russia on condition of anonymity and sheds light on the real reasons for the invasion of Libya by NATO and their plans for Syria.

Hello! This is John Robles, I’m speaking an anonymous member of the Libyan Defense Ministry.

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