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                    [Title] => Dozens killed, hurt in airstrikes on fuel market in Syria
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Airstrikes on a fuel market in a rebel-held village in northern Syria killed and wounded dozens on yesterday and destroyed several tanker trucks, two Syrian opposition monitoring groups reported.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-15 15:10:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527511 [Title] => Syrian opposition: Russian strikes kill 18, wound dozens [Summary] =>

Airstrikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed at least 18 civilians and wounded dozens more on yesterday in a northern Syrian town held by insurgents, Syrian opposition media reported.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 14:51:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1522959 [Title] => Russia: Plane brought down by homemade explosive device [Summary] =>

The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a homemade bomb placed on board in a "terrorist" act, the head of Russia's FSB security service told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-17 02:43:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151117/russia-plane-crash.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1515418 [Title] => Official: Iran has sent more military advisers to Syria [Summary] =>

An Iranian official says the Revolutionary Guard has sent more military advisers to Syria to help President Bashar Assad in the fight against insurgents.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-27 02:08:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151027/mideast-iran.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1505221 [Title] => At UN event, speakers call for end to Syria barrel bombs [Summary] =>

Deadly barrel bombs dropped by Syrian army helicopters on opposition-held neighborhoods of Syria are the main driver behind the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed neighboring countries and now Europe, speakers at a panel held at the United Nations said Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-28 18:22:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150929/ambassador-united-nations.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1504537 [Title] => China vows billions of development dollars, debt forgiveness [Summary] =>

China's president on yesterday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world's poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek the trillions of dollars needed to help achieve sweeping new development goals.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-26 16:48:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212308 [AuthorName] => Cara Anna [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502338 [Title] => Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017 [Summary] =>

Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced yesterday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-20 17:18:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440294 [AuthorName] => Ken Dilanian [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1501968 [Title] => Syrian rebel group claims it attacked base used by Russians [Summary] =>

A powerful Syrian rebel group has claimed that it fired several rockets at an airport on the coast said to be used by Russian troops.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-19 15:51:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1402217 [Title] => Bill bars Pentagon deals with Russian arms dealer [Summary] =>

The Pentagon would be barred from entering into any contract with a Russian state arms dealer under a provision of the $1.1 trillion spending bill.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-13 05:02:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1385347 [Title] => Calm prevails northern Lebanese city after clashes [Summary] =>

The Lebanese army on yesterday asked Islamic militants in this northern city and nearby areas to surrender as calm returned after four days of clashes that killed more than 20 people.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-28 04:41:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1170018 [AuthorName] => Bilal Hussein [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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