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Jordan keeps out Syrian refugees in border clampdown
AMMAN - Jordan has turned away thousands of Syrian refugees in the past week in the first such clampdown since the crisis in Syria began more than two years ago, diplomats, activists and aid workers said on Tuesday.
Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses
AMMAN - Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the city of Deraa on Thursday, trying to regain ground lost to President Bashar al-Assad's forces near the Jordanian border.
Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus
BEIRUT - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel sources said.
'Friends of Syria' nations to meet in Jordan next week
AMMAN - The 'Friends of Syria' nations backing President Bashar al-Assad's opponents will meet next week in Jordan to discuss peace talks sponsored by the United States and Russia, Jordanian officials said on Tuesday.
Syria war could push Lebanon, Jordan into slump
BEIRUT - The economic devastation of Syria's war could drive the economies of neighboring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria's former deputy prime minister said on Thursday.
Insight: Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan's dilemma
AMMAN - The growing power of Islamist fighters in southern Syria is causing alarm in neighboring Jordan, which backs rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad but fears those linked to al Qaeda.
Syrian refugees denied health care due cash crunch: UNHCR
GENEVA - Doctors at Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan are having to decide between treating acute cancer patients and helping deliver babies due to severe shortages of cash, the United Nations said on Friday.
U.S. sends Army planners to Amman but wary of Syria intervention
WASHINGTON - The United States is dispatching Army planners to Jordan as neighboring Syria's conflict worsens, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, but he signaled deep misgivings about direct American military intervention in the Syrian civil war.
Syria's Assad says conflict could spread to Jordan
BEIRUT - President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that thousands of fighters had crossed into Syria from Jordan to battle government forces and warned that the conflict could spread to Jordanian territory.
Saudi King condemns Boston bombs as "shameful, terrorist" acts
DUBAI - Saudi King Abdullah on Tuesday condemned the twin U.S. bombings that killed at least three people in Boston as "shameful terrorist" acts and said no religion condones such attacks against civilians.
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