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(The Associated Press) This is an undated photo provided late Sunday Dec. 4, 2011 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, which they claim shows Syrian army forces fire by their heavy artillery tanks during a maneuver at unknown location, in Syria. Syria’s state-run media say the country’s military has held war games during which the army test-fired missiles and the air force and ground troops conducted operations “similar to a real battle.” The maneuvers come as Syria is under Arab and international pressure to end a crackdown on an eight-month uprising that the U.N. says has killed more than 4,000 people. State TV said Monday the exercise was meant to test “the capabilities and readiness of missile systems to respond to any possible aggression.” It says the war games were held on Sunday.

Dozens of bodies dumped in Syria, activists say

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 8:15am

BEIRUT — A surge in violence in the restive Syrian city of Homs has killed up to 50 people in the past 24 hours, leaving dozens of bodies in the streets, activists said Tuesday.

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(MUZAFFAR SALMAN/The Associated Press) Pro-Syrian regime protesters, hold portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and shout slogans against the Arab League, as they gather outside the Syrian foreign ministry where Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem helds a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria’s foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria’s membership over the government’s deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising.

Syrian soldiers killed in clash with defectors

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 8:59am

BEIRUT — Dozens of soldiers and security forces were gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said Tuesday.

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