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Syria opposition leader resigns

The decision by the charismatic Moaz Khatib highlights how Syrian dissidents have failed to overcome deep differences in their diverse ranks. BEIRUT — The head of a U.S.-backed Syrian opposition coalition resigned his post Sunday, a major blow to a group that the United States and other nations have lauded as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people and a potential interim government.

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Syria rebels free U.N. peacekeepers

The kidnapping and continued violence in southern Syria raises questions about the future of the U.N. peacekeeper mission along the Syria-Israel border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. BEIRUT — Twenty-one United Nations peacekeepers held by rebels in southern Syrian were released Saturday and were safe in neighboring Jordan after a three-day ordeal that dramatized anew how the Syrian conflict has destabilized the region.

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Syrian army shells hold up U.N. retrieval of peacekeepers

BEIRUT - Intense Syrian army bombardment prevented a convoy of United Nations vehicles on Friday from reaching and retrieving 21 U.N. peacekeepers seized by rebels near the Golan Heights two days ago, a rebel spokesman said.

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21 U.N. peacekeepers seized in south Syria

A Syrian rebel brigade says in a video that the U.N. personnel will not be freed until the Syrian military leaves the vicinity of a nearby village. BEIRUT — Twenty-one members of a United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights were taken captive Wednesday, apparently by armed rebels, according to the U.N. and opposition activists.

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Lebanon may need camps for flood of Syrian refugees: U.N

BEIRUT - Lebanon should consider setting up transit centers to absorb the waves of refugees fleeing neighboring Syria and may have to establish formal refugee camps if the influx continues, a United Nations refugee official said.

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