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CLEAN : Iran top diplomat hails Arab-Syrian normalisaton efforts
Iran's top diplomat welcomes efforts to "normalise relations" between some Arab countries and Syria, days after President Bashar al-Assad made a surprise visit to the UAE (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Traditional Ramadan drummers walk Damascus streets
Hassan Alrashi and Sharif Harsho, traditional Ramadan drummers, known as Musaharati walk the streets of the Syrian capital Damascus to awaken Muslims for the pre-dawn traditional "Suhur" meal of the holy month of Ramadan (Footage by...
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CLEAN : Students wave Russian flags to show support in Damascus
Students wave flags as they gather in support of Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the University of Damascus in the Syrian capital (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Hague calls for "serious response" if use of chemical weapons confirmed
The United States and Britain have agreed that there "must be a serious response by the international community" if allegations are proven that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on his own people.
"We cannot in the...
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WRAP Car bomb, Caldwell on US withdrawl, Maliki comments, Cairo's conference in Iraq
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1. Wide of area where blast occurred, with car wreckage and US soldiers at the scene
2. Wreckage of car
3. Pan of scene
4. Wide of firefighters at scene
5. Close up debris, pan to firefighters
6. Close up debris on...
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Arizona Senator John McCain calls for U.S. to stand up to Russian leader. (March 21)
Bill and Hillary Clinton teamed up with Arizona Sen. John McCain at the start of an annual meeting of college students in Tempe, Arizona, on Friday, putting on stage a former president, a onetime Republican presidential nominee, and...
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UN SPOKESPERSON REQUESTS ACCESS TO HOMS, CALLS FOR AID TO BE DELIVERED
The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) said on Monday it was "very concerned with the escalation of violence in Homs."
"UN observers are reporting that there was heavy fighting in Rastan and Talbiseh. They reported the...
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Head of UN-OPCW mission in Syria comments as Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons
The last of Syria's acknowledged stockpile of chemical weapons has been handed over to Western governments for destruction, the organisation charged with overseeing the elimination of such weapons said on Monday.
The final eight percent...
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Final news conference by leader of UN observers before they leave
The head of the UN's observer mission to Syria on Saturday acknowledged "some frustrations" at the failure to reduce violence and end the Syrian government's use of heavy weapons against its people - conditions set for the mission's...
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PM says country will present Syrian refugee issues to UN Security Council
Amman, Jordan - 14 April 2013
1. Wide interior of parliament session
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah Ensour, Jordanian Prime Minister:
"The government considers that the Syrian crisis and its implications has reached the phase of being a...
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UPITN 18 1 79 LEBANESE PM SALIM EL-HOSS PRESS CONFERENCE
Salim el Hoss, the Lebanese Prime Minister gives a press conference in the Syrian capital of Damascus. el Hoss meets with various Syrian leaders including the Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam. Later, Hoss has meeting with Syria's...
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Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and UN weapons' inspectors return to hotel
Inspectors from the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reconvened in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday after visiting 18 of 23 chemical weapons sites.
Speaking at the Hague on Wednesday, a...
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Syrian opposition group comments on possible military action against Assad
The Syrian Military Council (SMC), which represents several of the rebel factions trying to overthrow Bashar Assad's regime, welcomed on Thursday possible military intervention by the US and its allies.
But the US President Barack Obama...
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ICRC chief says he has been discussing possibility of extending operations in Syria
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross met with the Syrian Health Minister on Wednesday to discuss pressing humanitarian issues in the country ravaged by the civil war.
Paul Maurer's three-day visit, which began on...
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Official spokesman comments on deaths, evacuation of journalists
1. Wide of news conference by Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Dr. Jihad Maqdisi
2. Pan from the press to Maqdisi
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Jihad Maqdisi, Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman:
"There are unconfirmed...
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SNC says detainees and Homs aid discussed during first session
A member of the Syrian opposition said on Sunday that a morning session on providing aid and releasing detainees failed to produce an agreement at ongoing peace talks at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.
Obaida Nahas, a member...
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders on Abbas' election move
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Mashaal, top Hamas leader (NON-VERBATIM)
"We condemn this step which took place today and consider it illegal and unlawful. There will be no elections under the inter-Palestinian...
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Clinton warns Iran, Syria on threats to Israel
1. Wide shot of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking on stage, greeting Ehud Barak, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and other officials
2. Clinton shaking hands with various dignitaries
3. SOUNDBITE...
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MIDDLE EAST: EU ENVOY MIGUEL MORATINOS VISIT
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says the Middle East peace process is "completely thwarted" - despite new diplomatic efforts, on Sunday, to break the deadlock.
European Union envoy Miguel Moratinos met Israeli foreign...
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Syria signs Arab League deal to allow observers; Syrian FM reax
Cairo, Egypt
1. Zoom into Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad, pan to Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, pull out to wide of both seated during meeting
2. Mekdad (on left) and Arab League's undersecretary general...
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France FM Fabius comments on Syria during Columbia university address
France's foreign minister expressed optimism over an upcoming UN Security Council resolution, long paralyzed by deep divisions over how to deal with the Syrian conflict.
Laurent Fabius, who was addressing students at Columbia University...
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News conference by UN Syria envoy Kofi Annan
1. Kofi Annan, United Nations peace envoy, walking into shot to make statement
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kofi Annan, UN peace envoy:
"I've just come from a second meeting with President Assad. Our discussions focused on the core objective...
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Sky News report from Syrian capital city of Damascus
Sky News report from Syrian capital city of Damascus