Syrian day of protest called largest yet
Washington Post
“Today is the biggest ever since it started,” said Razan Zaitouneh, a human rights activist and lawyer who was near the square during the protests. “It means that people didn't respond to the violence of the authorities. The authorities were trying to ...
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Syria aims to ease unrest with release of detained protesters
Boston Globe
The order, announced by state TV, signaled an attempt by President Bashar Assad to calm weeks of growing protester anger and preempt what is expected to be another day of large demonstrations today. Protests erupted in Syria a month ago and have ...
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The Continuing Protests in Arab Countries -- The Case of Syria
Huffington Post (blog)
In a rare interview, President Bashar Assad in January explained to The Wall Street Journal why he was unlikely to face a popular uprising similar to the ones in Tunisia and Egypt. Bashar said he will push for more political reforms in his country. ...
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Robert Fisk: 'The Arab awakening began not in Tunisia this year, but in ...
The Independent
Syria remains the lung through which Iran can breathe in the Middle East; through which Iran's own president can enter Lebanon and proclaim – to the horror of the Lebanese whom Bachar Assad now blames for his own country's violence – that southern ...
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Bahrain seeks to disband Al-Wefaq
Arab Times
Reliable casualty figures are impossible to obtain in Syria, but Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that at least 130 people had been killed up until then. Officials have put the death toll at closer to 30 and blamed the violence on armed groups and ...
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A Guide To Protests In Middle East, North Africa
NPR
by NPR Staff and Wires Unrest has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, sparked by an uprising in Tunisia that led to the ouster of the country's ruler. Here's a look at the countries where protests have sprung up. Source: NPR and wire reports ...
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Syria protests sweep into capital, defying Assad
Vancouver Sun
The West, which had been trying to coax Syria away from its anti-Israeli alliance with Iran and support for militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, has urged Assad to refrain from violence. A panel drafting anti-terrorism legislation to replace emergency ...
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When AK-47s meet mobile phones: Syria's web activists
Sydney Morning Herald
The bloody episode of Hama - when Bashar's father President Hafez al-Assad crushed an armed Islamist uprising in 1982 by sending in troops who killed thousands and destroyed many parts of the city - is never far from Syrians' minds. ...
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Washington Post
“Today is the biggest ever since it started,” said Razan Zaitouneh, a human rights activist and lawyer who was near the square during the protests. “It means that people didn't respond to the violence of the authorities. The authorities were trying to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Syria aims to ease unrest with release of detained protesters
Boston Globe
The order, announced by state TV, signaled an attempt by President Bashar Assad to calm weeks of growing protester anger and preempt what is expected to be another day of large demonstrations today. Protests erupted in Syria a month ago and have ...
See all stories on this topic »
The Continuing Protests in Arab Countries -- The Case of Syria
Huffington Post (blog)
In a rare interview, President Bashar Assad in January explained to The Wall Street Journal why he was unlikely to face a popular uprising similar to the ones in Tunisia and Egypt. Bashar said he will push for more political reforms in his country. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Robert Fisk: 'The Arab awakening began not in Tunisia this year, but in ...
The Independent
Syria remains the lung through which Iran can breathe in the Middle East; through which Iran's own president can enter Lebanon and proclaim – to the horror of the Lebanese whom Bachar Assad now blames for his own country's violence – that southern ...
See all stories on this topic »
Bahrain seeks to disband Al-Wefaq
Arab Times
Reliable casualty figures are impossible to obtain in Syria, but Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that at least 130 people had been killed up until then. Officials have put the death toll at closer to 30 and blamed the violence on armed groups and ...
See all stories on this topic »
A Guide To Protests In Middle East, North Africa
NPR
by NPR Staff and Wires Unrest has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, sparked by an uprising in Tunisia that led to the ouster of the country's ruler. Here's a look at the countries where protests have sprung up. Source: NPR and wire reports ...
See all stories on this topic »
Syria protests sweep into capital, defying Assad
Vancouver Sun
The West, which had been trying to coax Syria away from its anti-Israeli alliance with Iran and support for militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, has urged Assad to refrain from violence. A panel drafting anti-terrorism legislation to replace emergency ...
See all stories on this topic »
When AK-47s meet mobile phones: Syria's web activists
Sydney Morning Herald
The bloody episode of Hama - when Bashar's father President Hafez al-Assad crushed an armed Islamist uprising in 1982 by sending in troops who killed thousands and destroyed many parts of the city - is never far from Syrians' minds. ...
See all stories on this topic »
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