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Syria announced Tuesday it is expelling some diplomats from 11 countries, a week after those nations expelled Syrian officials.

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Syria Bars 17 Western Diplomats

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Syria's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that more than a dozen Western ambassadors and envoys were no longer welcome in the country, a response to the coordinated expulsion last week of Syrian diplomats from the United States and 10 other nations. A ministry statement listed 17 diplomats ...

Alister Macintyre

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I consider this to be *huge news.*  The USA has been on the outs with Syria for many reasons for many years.  Russia and China have blocked UN, and other action, to stop the bloodshed or implement meaningful sanctions, and doubtless will also try to block US intervention here.  The militants against Syria are many of the same foreign fighters who fought the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are enemies of Israel.

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