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Observer mission in Syria begins to unravel, pushing forward UN option
Christian Science Monitor
One member of the Arab League's observer mission in Syria has quit and another is threatening to leave, calling the mission a "farce" and saying their presence in the country made little difference. Their criticism echoes what Syrian anti-Assad ...
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Activists say Syria bars group from delivering aid to victims of regime's ...
Washington Post
The UN estimates more than 5000 people have died in Syria since the uprising began there in March. Turkey has been among the leading critics of the Assadregime's violence against protesters. The activists, waving Syrian and Turkish flags, ...
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Mosaic News - 01/10/12: Guantanamo Still in Use After Ten Years
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Guantanamo Bay prison still in use despite Obama's campaign promise,Syria's Assad blames unrest on "foreign conspiracy," Yemeni masses reject US-backed immunity law, and more. Today's headlines in full: Syria's Assadblames unrest on 'foreign ...
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The risks of conflict
Times of India
While an intervention involving the American military may, if successful, bring an end to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and deliver a blow to Assad'sprincipal sponsor and ally, Iran, Barack Obama is unlikely to get involved due to the policy ...
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'Syria's Torture Machine': British Documentary Offers Cause For Concern In ...
Business Insider
He also relies heavily on claims made by human rights groups and the United Nations in supporting his case against the Assad regime— claims that some skeptics have said are made with zero verification. The UN has accused theSyrian regime of ...
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Lebanese press round-up: January 12, 2012
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Clinton: We cannot permit Assad to have impunity; Hamad bin Jassem: TheSyrian government is not cooperating with observers. The Arab League is not sending any additional observers. Wages: The dialogue of the deaf calls for political intervention. ...
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John Bolton on Romney, Syria and Iran
Washington Post (blog)
In Syria, he argued, “You can't take [Bashar al-] Assad on unless you're willing to take on Iran.” He's convinced that Tehran is willing to invest plenty and see plenty of Syrian blood spilled to keep its surrogate in power. Quoting former secretary of ...
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Britain calls for Syria's removal from UNESCO c'tees
Jerusalem Post
“Each day that Syria continues to sit on the aforementioned UNESCO human rights committees constitutes an affront to the memory of the innocents who continue to be killed by the Assad regime, and casts a shadow upon the reputation of UNESCO, ...
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South Africa: Country Must Use Chairmanship of UNSC to Champion Human Rights
AllAfrica.com
UN Human Rights Council investigations have found that more than 5000 citizens have been killed by Syrian authorities in the suppression of protests demanding greater civil liberties that started in March 2011. Yesterday, President Bashar al-Assad ...
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Hypocrisy and Humanitarianism Should Be Mutually Exclusive
Dissident Voice
The Syrian president, Bashar Assad, rules without electoral consent. Assad is undeniably, therefore, a dictator. Assad is now promising a new constitution which will go to a referendum before Syrians. If so, it is a step — slow in coming — toward ...
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America has a responsibility to all
The University of Alabama Crimson White
However, Obama continues to ignore gross human rights violations at the hands of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The uprisings in Syriahave been different than other nations affected by the Arab Spring. The Assadregime continues to ...
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Russia Resets Relations… With Syria
Commentary
While Washington grovels, Vladimir Putin, however, seems to have another reset in mind: with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A Russian cargo ship laden with arms has reportedly just docked in Syria in order to resupply Assad's troops as they try to ...
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Commentary
Russian Ship Stopped Carrying Arms Bound For Syria
NPR
Russia and Turkey are not members of the European Union, so such a route would not have violated the embargo the bloc imposed to protest Syria'scrackdown on the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule. But the Chariot, a St. Vincent and ...
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Another Iran nuclear official dies in covert attack
The Seattle Times
Assad in public: President Bashar Assad of Syria appeared in public Wednesday for the first time since the uprising against his rule began 10 months ago, addressing a rally in Omayyad Square in Damascus. He thanked the crowd for its support and pledged ...
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The Seattle Times
Press digest
Times of Malta
The 43-year-old was the first Western journalist to die in the 10-month-old uprising in Syria against President Bashar al Assad. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has accused President Assad of “killing cynicism” in his response to the uprising ...
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Russians concerned US sanctions against Iran meant to provoke regime change
Alaska Dispatch
The US has sought stronger Security Council action against not only Iran but also Syria, where the Assad regime's crackdown on a 10-month uprising has resulted in death of at least 5000 Syrians. "Russia supported various Western initiatives in the past ...
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'Dangerous cargo' ship sent packing
Cyprus Mail
The EU Council decided last year on an embargo on arms and related materiel, including equipment which might be used for internal repression in an effort to isolate President Bashar al-Assad's government. The assets of numerous Syriangovernment ...
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Cyprus Mail
400 killed in Syria – UN
Tempo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – An estimated 400 people have been killed in Syriasince an Arab League mission arrived in the country to monitor the uprising against the government of President Bashar Assad, a top UN official said Tuesday. ...
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Remarks With Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin ...
US Department of State (press release)
And of course, we spoke at length about the troubling events unfolding in Syria. I want to commend Qatar and the prime minister particularly for his personal commitment and leadership to rally the Arab world to end Assad's assault on his own people. ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
The official government news agency reported that Assad gave an address in Damascus claiming victory and thanking those who support him. Anwar Malek, who went to Syria with the Arab League monitoring team, said the country is a humanitarian disaster. ...
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Cyprus allows ship carrying munitions to Syria to depart after it changes its ...
Newser
Russia and Turkey are not members of the European Union, so such a route would not have violated the embargo the bloc imposed to protest Syria'scrackdown on the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule. But the Chariot, a St. Vincent and ...
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The Day's Best | 01.11.12
News & Observer
ASSOCIATED PRESS Pro-Syrian regime protesters, wave a big portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration to show their solidarity for their president, at a central square in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. ...
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News & Observer
US Dept of State - Interview With Anadolu News Agency, 10 january 2012
ISRIA (registration)
We discussed our shared concerns about Syria, in particular the importance of putting an end to the Assad regime's violence against its own people and the need to bring about a rapid democratic transition. We also reaffirmed our shared concerns about ...
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Women, the Islamist Moment and Us
Huffington Post UK (blog)
... because of a deep-seated patriarchy but also because the old women's movements were often state-run and led by the wives of the autocrats, such as Egypt's Suzanne Mubarak, Tunisia's Leila Ben Ali, Syria's Asma al-Assad and Jordan's Queen Rania. ...
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Arms ship's path raises concern about Russian support for Syria
msnbc.com
The incident signals apparently signals Russia's continued military support for the Syrian regime, according to The Guardian newspaper of London. The regime is under a European Union embargo for President Bashar Assad's crackdown on an uprising that ...
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msnbc.com
North Africa: 2012 - 'The Year of Crisis' in the Middle East
AllAfrica.com
Al-Assad mocked the League during his speech, saying it had failed for six decades to do anything for Arabs. A failure of the Arab League mission means the UN will likely get involved, Edward Djerejian, a former US ambassador toSyria, told the BBC. ...
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War News Updates: Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 12 ...
By War News Updates Editor
Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 12, 2011. Observer Mission In Syria Begins To Unravel, Pushing Forward UN Option -- Christian Science Monitor. As the Arab League observer mission in Syria teeters amid accusations from ...
War News Updates
UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed yesterday to use an “iron first” to resist ... said three civilians and one army defector were killed in Hama today,...
www.businessweek.com/.../un-says-syria-undeterred-by-monit...
400 killed in Syria since Arab League monitors arrived, UN says
She also denounced the “vitriol of President Assad's speech today and ...Syria's UN ambassador, Bashar al-Jaafari, countered that the attacks on the Arab ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAkSw4oP_story.html
Assad sees foreign hand in Syria uprising - News Today
BEIRUT, Jan 10: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday blamed "foreign ... The United Nations says more than 5000 people have been killed by security ...
www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details...
Syria's Assad Blames Foreign Conspiracy For Uprising | Top US ...
What is new in the US today?TOP US NEWS ... Syria's Assad: 'We Don't Kill Our People' Despite reports from the U.N. and witnesses in Syria, the...Syria's ...
www.topusnewstoday.com/syrias-assad-blames-foreign-conspi...
Opposition calls al-Assad speech defending government 'worthless ...
Syrian opposition activists called President Bashar al-Assad's defiant and rare... News of the attack came after the Arab League's secretary-general, Nabil ...Syrian ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Ja'afari said the Syrian government has had no .... interactive map to see the roots of their unrest and where things stand today. ...
www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/world/meast/syria.../index.html
UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance ...
Syrian security forces have persisted in deadly attacks on protesters ... period of observation by the Arab League, a top United Nations official said. ...reports that a French journalist was killed in the Syrian city of Homs today, saying the ... then redeployed them after the observers left, he told the Doha- based news channel. ...
www.businessweek.com/.../un-says-syria-undeterred-by-monit...
  
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