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Goodspeed Analysis: U.S., allies sending a not-so-subtle message to Syria with Jordanian war games

More than 12,000 special forces troops from 19 countries, including many who saw combat last year in Libya, will be swarming all over Jordan for the next two weeks in the largest war games ever held in the Middle East, while their leaders adamantly deny it is a prelude...

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Entities: Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran

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Entities: Daraa, Syria, Kidnapping, Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah

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Entities: Russia, Syria, missile, Government of Syria, United Nations

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 66 reports

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Entities: missile, Russia, Syria, Refugees

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Entities: Russia, Syria, Israel, Sergey Lavrov, Tel Aviv

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Entities: Syria, Russia, missile, No-Fly Zone, Sergey Lavrov

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How many Nusrahs in Syria? [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - 1 hour ago] From Basim: "More support for your argument. Now with "two Nusrahs" on the field, war crimes commissioned by any of the armed gangs (and the regime) can be excused: The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the ...
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