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Syrian Army Defectors Attack Damascus Intelligence Complex

Syrian army defectors have launched an attack on a major intelligence complex in Damascus.

Sanctions against Syria have begun to affect oil production, as Damascus finds it cannot sell export its crude abroad.

Turkey has broken off talks with Syria and is considering imposing sanctions against its neighbor instead, in a serious diplomatic break.

The Arab League has allegedly reached a deal with Syria on "reforms" to end government violence against protesters.

Syria's main trading partner, the European Union, has imposed an oil embargo on Damascus.

Syrian government forces attacked several towns near the border with Turkey Wednesday, according to local residents.

An oil pipeline was sabotaged near the Syrian protest city of Homs; Damascus' output down 37%.

The new head of the Arab League stood with Syria in slamming "foreign interference" while meeting in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad.

The UN Security Council has condemned the attacks on the French and US embassies in Damascus by Assad loyalists "in the strongest terms."

Clinton says Syrian president "is not indispensable" after Damascus mob attacked US and French embassies.

Syrian troops continue to shoot and kill mourners and refugees flee to Lebanon as the protest movement warns of a “volcano” this week.

Hamas is moving its headquarters from Damascus to Egypt and the terror group is strengthening itself in the Sinai, says Prime Minister Netanyahu.

After a slow start on Friday, protests erupt in several Syrian towns, prompting a bloody crackdown; Saturday Assad releases hundreds of prisoners.

Damascus says Israel is gunning for war. Prime Minister Netanyahu says he is willing to meet for peace talks with Syria, without preconditions.