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SYRIA News, Feb 02, 2012

UN Syria text drops call for Assad power handover
BBC News
Diplomats at the UN Security Council have watered down a resolution on Syria in an apparent attempt to overcome Russian objections to an earlier draft. The new text drops explicit reference to a call for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power, ...
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BBC News
Russia Faces Onslaught at UN to Back Ouster of Assad in Syria
San Francisco Chronicle
31 (Bloomberg) -- The US and the European Union plan to mount a rare diplomatic assault on Russia today at the United Nations, seeking to overcome an impasse on a Security Council resolution calling for SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad to go.
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Syria marks 30th anniversary of Hama massacre
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The UN Security Council was meeting Tuesday to discuss the draft, backed by Western and Arab diplomats. But Russia, one of Assad's strongest backers, has signaled it would veto action against Damascus. Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP Syrian rebels hold their ...
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Finish Him - By Daniel Byman
Foreign Policy
Without international intervention, there's a good chance that Syria'sdictator, Bashar al-Assad, could still rule for years. BY DANIEL BYMAN | FEBRUARY 2, 2012 As world leaders huddle at the United Nations to debate whether to demand Bashar al-Assad's ...
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1982 Hama massacre looms over Syria revolt
Kansas City Star
Today Syria is in the throes of a new rebellion, and Hama stands as both a rallying cry for those trying for nearly 11 months to topple the regime and a dreadful warning of what the ruling Assad family is capable of doing to survive.
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Syrian News on Jan 31, 2012
Just International
"Those statements are also synchronized with the coming session of theUN Security Council on Tuesday that the US and its followers rely on in order to target Syria and create a different image about the situation of theSyrian crisis, ...
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UN chief in Sderot: No one should have to live like this
Ynetnews
While visiting the educational campus at the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ban told students that he has repeatedly called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to halt the violent crackdown on anti-regime demonstrators. Earlier Thursday, relatives of ...
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Russia defending interests in Mideast
gulfnews.com
For Moscow, this will change the balance of power from central Asia to Middle East By Marwan Kabalan, Special to Gulf News For the second time in four months, Russia seems to be inclined to veto a UN Security Council resolution that condemns the Syrian ...
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gulfnews.com
Syria's Hama honors victims of massacre after 30 years
WHNT
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Emboldened by a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, residents coated many streets of the Syrian city of Hama with red paint Thursday to commemorate for the first time a massacre committed 30 years ago by forces loyal to his ...
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New Syria Draft Drops Assad Delegating to Deputy, France Wants Vote
Inner City Press
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 2 -- The new Syria draft of the UN Security Council, as obtained by Inner City Press and put online here, omits Paragraph 7(b) about "delegation by the President of Syria of his full authority to his ...
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Inner City Press
Egypt: Port Said football disaster - live updates
The Guardian
Today we will be focusing on Egypt and the aftermath of the football violence in Port Said, and Syria as UN diplomats draft a new resolution aimed at appeasing Russia. Here's a round up of the latest developments and analysis: • Dozens of people died...
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The Guardian
Van Rompuy condemns Syrian violence
European Voice
Van Rompuy's strongest words were directed at the regime of BasharAssad, Syria's president, which is continuing a fierce crackdown against opposition forces. Van Rompuy expressed “outrage” over the violence and said that a “swift reaction” by the ...
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The Syrian expatriates Organization is Deeply Concerned about the Worsening ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
According to Turkish Red Crescent, more than 9450 Syrian refugees have fled to camps in southeastern Turkey as Assad's militias crackdown in Syriaintensifies. In June 2011, Actress Angelina Jolie, a longtime goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' ...
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Security Council to Meet on "New Syria Draft"
CRIENGLISH.com
Kodjo Menan, Togolese UN ambassador who holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for Feb. this year, said on Thursday the 15-nationUN body will meet again on Thursday afternoon to discuss what he called "a new draft resolution" on ...
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Arab world's hard truths
The Chronicle Journal
SYRIA is a brutal mess. Citizens are being mowed down in the streets by government troops for seeking what other Arab countries have delivered in the face of their own uprisings — a freer society. The United Nationsestimates that more than 5400 ...
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UNSC vote on Syria draft text likely on Monday
Kuwait News Agency
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- The UN Security Council new President Kodjo Menan, of Togo, on Thursday said the council members will reach consensus when they meet later today on a draft resolution in support of the Arab League initiative to stop the ...
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Syria Cyber War Opens New Front In Russia
The Moscow Times
The attacks are a response to Russia's ongoing resistance to proposed UNsanctions against Damascus and willingness to sell weapons to the Syriangovernment, which has been accused of killing thousands of civilians to stem a popular uprising that began ...
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Hague in call to UN
This is South Wales
FOREIGN Secretary William Hague has called on the United Nations to support moves led by the Arab League to bring a peaceful resolution to unrest in Syria. Mr Hague made an impassioned plea at the UN Security Council in New York for action amid fears ...
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UN council envoys claim progress on Syria talks
Review seeker (press release)
UN Security Council ambassadors claim progress in talks on Syriaresolution By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) ' Diplomats claimed considerable progress Wednesday toward overcoming Russian objections to a UN Security Council resolution aimed ...
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Lebanon court selects lawyers for Hariri accused
AFP
THE HAGUE — Eight lawyers have been selected to represent four Hezbollah members due to be tried in absentia for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, a UN-backed tribunal said Thursday. "The head of (the) Defence Office assigned ...
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AFP
Balancing on the Verge of Iran War
RIA Novosti
The current developments in Syria, Iran's key ally in the Middle East, look like Saudi Arabia and Iran fighting each other through stooges, Bashar Assadand the Syrian opposition. It has been clearly proved that it is not the United States but the Gulf ...
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Foreign Minister brief PM on her visit to Afghanistan
Associated Press of Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (APP): The UN Security Council, which met behind-closed-doors Wednesday on the Syrian crisis, is reported to have made some progress in reconciling differences over an Arab-European resolution calling for President Bashar al-Assad ...
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Watkins: Hizbullah is Keen on Keeping Dialogue with UN Open
Naharnet
Watkins reiterated the UN's readiness to help the Lebanese government in better monitoring the border. Asked about the bloody crackdown on Syrian protestors by the Assad regime since last March, the diplomat said: “It's time to have some consensus at ...
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Naharnet
Russia loses $4 billion in Libya because of Gaddafi
Pravda
Russia has recently vetoed the draft resolution of the UN Security Council, which urged to end arms shipments to Damascus. Western journalists concluded that Russia had a number of highly lucrative deals with BasharAssad's regime.
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Turkey needs to adopt logical stance towards Muslim neigbors
Press TV
After the unrest in Syria broke out, Turkey embraced the opposition, gave up on Assad´s regime and announced sanctions against its old ally. Later, it started to openly promote a regime change in Damascus and hosted Syrian political and armed ...
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Press TV
Yemenis Target Ritz-Carlton, Say Ali Saleh is There, Under Obama Care
Inner City Press
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 1 -- With accountability for Bashar al Assad a matter of debate in the UNSecurity Council, a protest press conference about Yemen has been called for February 2 in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on ...
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Inner City Press
Pakistan Security Brief - February 2, 2012
Critical Threats Project
[4] In Tuesday's UN Security Council meeting on the Syrian crisis, Pakistan's UN Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon advised caution and suggested reaching a consensus, as Arab and Western states pressured the divided council to act quickly on a draft ...
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Daily Press Briefing
US Department of State (press release)
QUESTION: Do you know where he is, specifically, today? MS. NULAND: My understanding is he is Amman today. He is talking to Foreign Minister Judeh. He is then going on to both Jerusalem and Ramallah on this trip. MS. NULAND: Before we go to Syria, ...
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UN resolution drops demands for Assad's resignation, arms ...
By RT
Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council have reportedly agreed to drop demands for an arms embargo against Syria and the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia had vocally opposed both points.
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Exile becoming a realistic possibility for Syria's Assad | Ya Libnan ...
By syh
Ya Libnan features frequently updated breaking news, world news, op-eds and features, live from Beirut, Lebanon. ... Talk of exile has surfaced amid mounting international pressure on Assad and a diplomatic showdown over a proposed Arab League resolution at the United Nations aimed at getting him to transfer power. He has responded by stepping up assaults on opposition strongholds. With the White House insisting for weeks thatAssad's days in power are numbered, it was ...
Ya Libnan
UN shenanigans on Syria | Other News
By site admin
He might have added “money”, for route to the UN Security Council in the case of Syria this week has been one of bullying, bribery, unprecedented procedural violations at the Arab League, along with media manipulation and significant ... battle of “historic importance” is the campaign led by the United States, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and France to secure a UNmandate for external interference in Syria with the aim of deposing President Bashar al-Assad and his ...
Other News
Breaking: UN resolution drops demands for Assad's resignation ...
By MKERone
Breaking: UN resolution drops demands for Assad's resignation, arms embargo (Russia Today reports). Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council have reportedly agreed to drop demands for an arms embargo against Syria and the ...
CounterPsyOps
Syria Crisis: Russia Will Not Stop Arms Sales To Assad Regime
By The Huffington Post News Editors
"As of today there are no restrictions on our delivery of weapons," he told journalists in Russia, according to the country's state news agencies. "We must fulfill our obligations and this is ... U.N. ambassadors this week are trying to overcome Russia's opposition to a draft resolution at the Security Council calling for Assad to surrender power. Moscow says it would veto the draft .... BBC News - Syria crisis: Why is Russia defending Bashar al-Assad? BBC News - Russian arms shipments ...
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Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N. - TODAY ...
Today · News. Latest show; Most popular; Our faves. Loading. ... AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have taken the upper ...
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../syria-forces-retake-damascus-suburb...
UN Syria text drops call for Assad power handover
Diplomats at the UN Security Council have watered down a resolution onSyria in an apparent attempt to overcome Russian objections to an earlier draft.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16848356
UN considers call for Syria's Assad to step down - World - CBC News
A draft UN resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and end the bloodshed willl go before the Security Council, ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/01/.../syria-un-talks.html?...
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule | News ...
The Arab League says the withdrawal of monitors from Gulf Arab states will not hinder its work in Syria as France, Britain and Germany joined efforts at the ...
www.voanews.com/.../Russia-Opposes-UN-Sanctions-on-Syria...
Clinton: UN action in Syria won't be military
Russia on Wednesday warned that passing a UN resolution on Syria would pave ... Russia, one of Assad's strongest allies, has signaled it would veto any UN ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-31/...un.../1
Syria's opposition calls on UN to denounce Assad – video | World ...
The opposition Syrian National Council calls on theUnited Nations security council to vote on ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../syria-opposition-un-assad-video
Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on... al- Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call for U.N.help in ... left is the last step of internationalization," he told a newsconference in Damascus.
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE8041A82012012...
UN resolution drops demands for Assad's resignation, arms ...
Go to main page News UN resolution drops demands for Assad'sresignation, arms embargo - reports. Follow RT on ... Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja'fari asks permission to address Today: 07:58 10 comments ...
rt.com/news/syria-united-nations-russia-377/
War News Updates: Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 31 ...
Russia Faces Diplomatic Onslaught at UN to Support Ouster of Syria's Assad -- Bloomberg Russia: U.N. resolution on Syria is 'path to civil war' -- USA Today/AP ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../civil-war-in-syria-news-upda...
BBC News - UN Syria text drops call for Assad power handover
Diplomats at the UN Security Council drop reference to a call for Syria's ..."As of today there are no restrictions on the delivery of weapons and we must fulfil our ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16848356
Russia vows to Block UN move on Syria's al-Assad | English | NEWS ...
Russia vowed to block any United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power. ... Alexander Lukashevich, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said by telephone from Moscowtoday.
www.dp-news.com/en/detail.aspx?articleid=109735
Clinton to back U.N. resolution on Syria - News from USA Today
Clinton to back U.N. resolution on Syria - News from USA Today. ... “The longer the Assad regime continues its attacks on the Syrian people and stands in the ...
tucsoncitizen.com/.../clinton-to-back-u-n-resolution-on-syria/
  
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