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Assad adviser accuses Turkey of aggression in allowing peshmerga to Kobani
The political adviser to Syrian president Bashar Assad accused Turkey of "aggression" on Thursday in allowing rebel fighters into a border town via its territory to assist Kurds in fighting Islamic State group militants.
Bouthaina...
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LIB 8-5-74 SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS THE PRESIDENT OF SYRIA
Hafez Al-Assad, the President of Syria, held his final talk with Andrei Gromyko, the Foreign Minister for the Soviet Union, in Damascus
1. interior room, ms Hafez Al-Assad, the President of Syria and the Foreign Minister for the Soviet...
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OPCW/UN mission chief, voxpops on London meeting, minister reax
The head of the team charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons on Tuesday said the Damascus government had so far "fully cooperated" with the mission.
The goal of the joint UN and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
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US State Department spokesperson comments on alleged use of chemical weapons
The US State Department said on Thursday that if the allegations against the Syrian government were true "it would be an outrageous and flagrant escalation of the use of chemical weapons by the regime."
Wednesday's alleged chemical...
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Muslims observe holiday of Eid al-Adha in Syria as the violence continues
Families in Damascus flocked to a popular amusement park on Wednesday to celebrate the second day of the Eid al-Adha festival.
The four-day Muslim holiday marks what Muslims believe is Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his own son as an...
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Iraqi PM asks Syria for help in curbing violence, comment on US politicians
22 August 2007
1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Syrian Prime Minister Naji Ottri walking to press conference down hallway
2. Wide of Al-Maliki and Ottri sitting at front of room at press conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Naji...
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International inspectors continue chemical weapons mission
The United Nations inspection team continued their work in Damascus on Saturday before finalising their report on allegations of chemical weapons use near Damascus.
This follows the news that the UN Security Council voted unanimously on...
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Syrian foreign minister comment on Iran/UK mediation
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Walid al-Moallem, Syrian Foreign Minister:
"We are exerting quiet diplomacy. I received (a) telephone call from Mr Nigel (referring to Sir Nigel Sheinwald), the adviser of Prime Minister Tony Blair. He asked us...
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Immigration Affairs Minister comments on troop withdrawal
1. Exterior of People''s Assembly building, pan to pro-Assad supporters with Syrian flags
2. Mid shot young women chanting
3. Pull out man holding picture of President Assad, to supporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Buthaina Shaaban,...
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Scenes from Iraqi border town a-Qaim a day after rebels took over Syrian border crossing
More than 2,000 Iraqi troops were rushed to seal the porous desert border near Qaim, the Syrian side of which has been controlled by rebels for two days, an Iraqi general said.
He said there appeared to be no Syrian forces between the...
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Reaction to Lebanon's decision to boycot Arab summit this weekend
1. Various of street traffic
2. Mid of man reading newspaper at newspaper kiosk
3. Tilt down of newspapers headlines
4. Assfir Newspaper headline reading (Arabic) "The absence of Lebanon and its crisis spreads calm and positivism at...
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Emir of Qatar meets Lebanese officials
1. Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani walking with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud
2. Emir seated talking with Lahoud
3. Mid shot of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora (right of screen) and Lebanese Member of Parliament...
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SYND 22 9 78 HARDLINE ARAB SUMMIT DISCUSSING CAMP DAVID ACCORD (SHORT VERSION)
Arab leaders, including President Moammar Gaddafi of Libya, President Hafez Assad of Syria, and Palestine Liberation organisation leader Yasser Arafat attend a summit in Damascus to discuss the implications of the Camp David Accord. The...
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GWT: WRAP Refugees arrive in Syria, church service, Jordan sends aid to Iraq
Damascus, Syria
1. Close up of church steeple
2. Wide shot of Meriamai Greek Orthodox church
3. Children standing in front of church with anti-war posters
4. Close up of girl with anti-war poster
5. Wide shot interior of church
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+4:3 Amvid said to show shelling of airfields and stadium in Aleppo province and Damascus
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UN Sec General troubled by reports chemical weapons may have been used in Syria
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said that recent allegations of chemical weapons usage in Syria "troubled" him.
Speaking at a luncheon event in Seoul, he said any use of such weapons would "violate international...
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Syria/Israel - Christopher in Syria & Negotiations
The American Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived in the
Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday (19/7) - the second day of his
tour of the Middle East which is aimed at narrowing the gap
between Israel and Syria nearly three years...
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Funeral of slain preacher al-Buti after mosque bombing
1. Wide of the yard outside Omayyad Mosque in old Damascus
2. Tilt from of the minarets of the mosque to the yard outside the mosque before the funeral
3. Arrival of the vehicle carrying the body of pro-government cleric Sheik Mohammad...
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Restoration of the Damascus Gate
Jerusalem, 17 August 2011
1. Wide of Damascus Gate
2. Wide of Damascus Gate arch
3. Close up on wall detail
4. Mid of man working on restoration of gate
5. Mid of man restoring stones at gate
6. Close up of man working
7. Various of...
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Morning comments from the UN observer mission in Syria
1. Wide of United nations observers walking towards media at Sheraton Hotel
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Ahmed Himiche, Head of UN observers in Syria:
"We do not discuss our plan and especially our future plan, it is for our security...
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Turkeys says 9 detained, alleges Syrian link to blasts; SNC and Syrian minister comment
Hatay, Turkey
1. Wide of Turkish government ministers holding news conference
2. Cutaway of cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Besir Atalay, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister:
"Our crime scene investigation units and law enforcement units are...
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MIDDLE EAST: ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS LATEST
Arabic/Eng
Two days after Israeli elections brought a new prime minister into power, negotiations are underway with Israel's rival religious and secular parties to form a new coalition government.
Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak has...
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Press TV Hamas signals willingness to discuss elex dispute with Fatah
1. Wide exterior of JW Marriot hotel
2. Wide of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalil al-Haya, Gaza-based Hamas member:
"The issue of the presidential and parliamentary elections are important issues for discussions. We in Hamas...
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Doctors Without Borders help treat wounded from Syria
1. Mid of injured Syrian, face covered by former Syrian flag now used by the opposition, wheeling himself along corridor of the Red Crescent hospital in Amman
2. Wide of injured Syrian with covered face sitting on his hospital bed
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