Update: US Defense Secretary Panetta signs order to send 2 Patriot missile batteries to Turkey and 400 Americans to operate them - @NBCNews
Syrian government agrees in principle to attend international peace conference, Russian foreign ministry says - @Reuters
Friends of Syria alliance calls for immediate withdrawal of Hezbollah, Iranian fighters from Syria - @AlArabiya_Eng
US Secretary of State Kerry: Assad forces escalated violence in Syria - @AlArabiya_Eng
'Friends of Syria' conference begins in Amman, Jordan - @AlArabiya_Eng
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Mekdad: Assad's government will decide soon whether to take part in peace talks - Tass News Agency, via @Reuters
UN is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war, senior UN official says - @Reuters
Syrian President Assad must hand over full executive powers to a proposed transitional government, French foreign minister says - @Reuters
Israel prepared to attack Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if Assad falls, Israel's air force chief says - @Reuters
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