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Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks:

"If we feel they (the monitors) are still not serious in a few days, or at most within a week, we will take a decision which will surprise the regime and the whole world," the head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Colonel Riad al-Asaad, told Reuters in an interview. Ref. Source 3

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Syria to form new government in early February:

A new government to include opposition members will be formed in Syria early next month, the Al-Watan newspaper close to Syrian authorities reported on Thursday. Ref. Source 9

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Syrian "opposition" figure says Assad, family 'will be killed like Gaddafi'

Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his family will meet a bloody end like former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi', as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned. Ref. Source 3

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Syrian constitution vote begins:

The new charter would formalise a multi-party system in Syria and no longer designates the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party as "leader of state and society." It also states that the president can only be in office for a maximum of two seven-year terms. Ref. Source 5

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89% vote in favor of new Syrian Constitution

Syria's Interior Minister has announced that 89 per cent of those who took part in the referendum have voted in favor of a new constitution. The new law puts an end to five decades of one-party rule among other reforms put forward by President Assad. Ref. Source 8

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Syrian minister quits, condemns Al Assad's brutal campaign

"I, the engineer Abdo Hussam Al Deen, the deputy oil minister... Announce my defection from the regime and my resignation," he said. "I am joining the revolution of the people who reject injustice and the brutal campaign of the regime, which is seeking to crush the people's demand for freedom and dignity," he added. Ref. Source 9

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Video of 'Syrian soldiers beating rebel and standing on his neck' emerges as UN peace deal on verge of collapse
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GRAPHIC CONTENT: The unverified footage from Damascus shows a man lying face down as three others - two of them in fatigues - appear to hit him with a small club.
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Homs rebels: Army must leave, or we'll start killing civilians (Op-Ed):

Syrian officials say up to 5000 civilians have been 'taken hostage' in Homs, the cradle of the Syrian uprising. The Syrian army refuses to bargain with the insurgents mingled with 'terrorists' in the city in Syria's west, and has not started an assault. Ref. Source 9