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15 Syrians Die in Turkish Hospitals after Aazaz Air Strike

About 15 Syrians have died in Turkish hospitals of their wounds from an air strike after 100 were sent across the border for treatment following the attack, a Turkish official said Thursday.

Many of those injured suffered severe burns in Wednesday's air strike by a Syrian air force MiG fighter jet in the town of Aazaz near Aleppo, which killed more than 30 people instantly and left more than 200 injured.

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Kuwait Joins Gulf States in Urging Nationals to Leave Lebanon Immediately

Kuwait urged all nationals currently present on Lebanese territories to leave the country “immediately.”

“All the Kuwaiti citizens currently in Lebanon should leave amid fears that the security situation might deteriorate in Lebanon due to the swift developments in Syria,” a source in the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said.

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Syria Rebels Warn They Will Turn to Qaida for Help if West Fails Them

With the West still refusing to arm Syria's opposition in the bloody fight against the regime, rebels in the flashpoint northern city of Aleppo warn that they could turn to Al-Qaida for help.

"We don't want Al-Qaida here, but if nobody else helps us, we will make an alliance with them," said Abu Ammar, a rebel commander in the central Bab al-Nasr district of Aleppo, scene of raging battles for almost a month.

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Syria Envoy Bouthaina Shaaban Praises China Ahead of Talks in Beijing

A Syrian envoy in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials has praised her host's attitude to her country, contrasting it with that of Western powers, in comments published Thursday.

China has joined Russia to repeatedly use their vetoes to scuttle U.N. Security Council resolutions aimed at tackling the conflict in Syria, putting them at loggerheads with fellow permanent members the United States, Britain and France.

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Report: PSP, Hizbullah, AMAL Agree to Halt Spread of Kidnapping Incidents

The Progressive Socialist Party, Hizbullah and AMAL movement agreed to halt any attempt to spread the kidnapping of Syrian nationals to other areas in Lebanon, security sources told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Thursday.

The three parties exerted efforts on Wednesday to block the road on moving the abduction incidents to other regions in the country, denying that Syrian nationals were being kidnapped in Mount Lebanon, in particular, in Shouf region where leader MP Walid Jumblat resides.

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Suleiman Heads Security Meeting, Warns against 'Jeopardizing Security of Lebanese, Foreigners'

President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday presided over a meeting with all the chiefs of the Lebanese security agencies, after al-Meqdad clan abducted more than 20 Syrians and a Turkish national in retaliation for the kidnap of one of its members by Syrian rebels in Damascus.

Suleiman also held phone talks with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati “over the developments that took place today,” state-run National News Agency reported.

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23 Dead, 200 Hurt in Airstrike on Syria's Aazaz

A Syrian airstrike on a rebel bastion in the north Wednesday flattened a string of houses and killed 23 people including children, activists said, leaving residents wailing in grief and anger.

"Bashar did this. God help us, these animals will kill us all," said one man, hoisting a bloodied arm from a pile of body parts on the pavement outside the hospital in the town of Aazaz after the bombardment.

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Four Lebanese Pilgrims Abducted in Syria Reportedly Killed in Aazaz Airstrike

Four of the abducted Lebanese pilgrims who were kidnapped in Syria in May have been killed in an airstrike on the Aazaz region in Aleppo, reported al-Jadeed television on Thursday.

It said that the building where the pilgrims were being held was damaged during a MiG-29 fighter jet strike.

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Miqti at OIC Summit: Any Approach besides Disassociation Policy Would Have Harmed Lebanon

Prime Minister Najib Miqati defended on Wednesday the Lebanese government’s disassociation policy, saying that it has enjoyed local and international support.

“The government’s adoption of another policy would have harmed Lebanon’s stability and security.”

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Lebanese Citizen Louay Mansour Goes Missing in Damascus

Lebanese citizen Louay Mansour, 23, has been missing since last week in Syria, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

In the Tyre District town of Maaroub, Louay’s father, Mohammed, told NNA that his son went missing while on his way to his family’s home in the Syrian capital Damascus.

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