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French Suspects Planned to Join Militants in Syria

French authorities say a group of suspected radical Islamists posed the biggest danger to France in years and were planning to join militants in Syria.

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Turkey Seizes Cargo from Syrian Plane Forced to Land in Ankara

Turkey says it has confiscated illicit cargo from a Syrian passenger plane that it forced to land in Ankara after entering Turkish airspace on a flight from Moscow to Damascus.

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Ban condemns coordinated bombings in Syrian capital, urges move towards dialogue

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Remains of burnt buses outside a power plant in the Qaboun suburbs of Damascus, Syria, in June 2012...

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Panetta: Afghan Campaign 'Succeeding' Despite Attacks

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says after more than 11 years the war in Afghanistan is “succeeding,” and will not be derailed by the recent series of insider attacks or any other tactic the enemy might use.

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