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Video: Was this a chemical attack?

At least three people are dead after exposure to what witnesses say was a toxic chemical in Aleppo, Syria.

Russia bans passenger aircraft from Syrian air space after attack

Russia is banning all of its civilian aircraft  from flying through Syrian air space after one of its passenger planes was threatened on Monday. The federal agency Rosaviation said the ban on flights over Syria will remain until further notice.

Iran: Chemical arms use in Syria a 'red line'

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi got in on the Syria's "red line" rhetoric on Tuesday.  Salehi said the use of chemical weapons by anyone in Syria marks Iran's red line, though the minister did not say what actions (if any) his country would take if a poison gas attack were confirmed. 

Damascus explosion kills 13

A bomb is believed to have been detonated in the a square in the central district of Marjeh, killing both security personnel and civilians.

Chatter: Damascus hit by second bomb in two days

A powerful explosion is reported in the center of Syria's capital, violence flares in Gaza and the West Bank, investigators try to work out whose DNA is on the Boston bombs, and has McDonald's discovered the secret of anti-aging?
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A powerful explosion is reported in the center of Syria's capital, violence flares in Gaza and the West Bank, investigators try to work out whose DNA is on the Boston bombs, and has McDonald's discovered the secret of anti-aging?
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Russian passenger plane attacked over Syria

"Unidentified forces launched two ground-to-air missiles which exploded in the air very close to a civilian aircraft belonging to a Russian airline."

Is this a chemical weapon?

ALEPPO, Syria — Syrians in Aleppo think this device, which hospitalized more than 20 people with symptoms like foaming at the mouth, is a chemical weapon used by the Syrian government. But experts have their doubts.

Israel says it's not pushing for intervention in Syria, despite chemical weapons claims

JERUSALEM — The Israeli intelligence and strategic affairs minister said on Sunday that Israel was not urging the United States to intervene militarily in Syria, despite recent intelligence reports that pointed to possible use of chemical weapons.

2 bodies found, 8 missing in ship collision off southern Greece

The drowned and missing crew was from the Pirireis, a Cook Islands-flagged ship carrying fertilizer, which collided with the ConSouth, sailing under an Antigua-Barbuda flag without cargo.
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