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SYRIA News, Mar 29, 2012

Assad demands Syrian rebels halt attacks
USA TODAY
In speeches at the summit, many leaders made clear they felt the burden was on Assad's regime to halt the fighting. "The Syriangovernment is required today to listen to the voice of reason and wisdom and stop all kinds of violence," the emir of Kuwait ...
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USA TODAY
Syria's Assad demands rebels halt attacks
The Associated Press
By ZEINA KARAM, AP – 1 minute ago BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's President Bashar Assad said Thursday he will spare no effort to make UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan a success, but demanded that armed opponents battling his regime commit to halting violence.
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Arabs, UN push Syria on peace plan as 22 more die
Reuters
Western powers have expressed scepticism about Assad's acceptance of the peace plan. Russia has urged Western-backed opposition groups to match Damascus and endorse the proposals of Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general who is now special Syria ...
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Assad says will cooperate with UN-peace plan if Syria rebels halt violence
Haaretz
Arab Leaders at Iraq endorse ask for 'complete' implementation ofUN peace plan; UK doubles non-military aid to Syrian opposition. By Reuters Tags: UN Bashar Assad Syria Syrian President Bashar Assad says he will spare no effort to make the mission of...
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Haaretz
UN's Ban pushes Annan Syria plan at Arab summit
Reuters
... March 29 (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Arab leaders in Baghdad on Thursday to discuss a UN-backed peace plan for Syria as President Bashar al-Assad's forces continued their offensive against cities and towns across Syria.
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Syria's Assad demands rebels halt attacks
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By ZEINA KARAM AP BEIRUT — Syria's President Bashar Assadsaid Thursday he will spare no effort to make UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan a success, but demanded that armed opponents battling his regime commit to halting violence.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Assad wants foreign powers to stop backing rebels
Reuters
Arab leaders at a summit in Baghdad endorsed the peace plan floated by Annan, the special UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, and - betraying skepticism about Assad's commitment -- called for it to be implemented "immediately and completely".
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Britain pledges $800000 to Syria opposition to topple Assad regime
msnbc.com
At the Arab League meeting in Baghdad on Thursday, leaders dropped a demand that Assad step down but urged him to act quickly on a UN-backed peace plan he has accepted. Syria's opposition groups continue to demand that Assad must go and have not agreed ...
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Assad will 'spare no effort' in working with Annan
Fox News
BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad says he will spare no effort to make the mission of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan a success but he demands that armed opponents commit to halting violence. Annan is trying to broker a political solution to the ...
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Fox News
No clear way to court for Syria war crimes suspects
Reuters
By Stephanie Nebehay and Louis Charbonneau GENEVA/NEW YORK, March 29 - UN officials have compiled a list of Syrian figures suspected of crimes against humanity in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, but opposition from Russia and China ...
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UN chief tells Syria's Assad 'world is waiting'
Haaretz
Ban Ki-moon says Syrian president must turn his commitment to the six-point peace plan into action; Arab League chief echoes UNchief's statements. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Syria's President Bashar Assad must turn his ...
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Haaretz
Syrian Violence Kills 22 as Arab Leaders Back Peace Plan
Voice of America (blog)
Arab leaders previously had urged the Syrian president to hand power to a deputy to manage the transition, but now they appear to have backed away from that demand. Mr. Assad said he will “spare no effort” to ensure the success of the Annan peace plan.
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Attackers Kill Two Syrian Officers in Aleppo as Violence Continues
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian rebels seemed to intensify attacks on individual members of President Bashar al-Assad's security forces on Thursday with state media reporting that insurgents kidnapped an Air Force general near Damascus while gunmen in the ...
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Arab leaders expected to back U.N. peace plan for Syria
Kansas City Star
With the Assad regime still firmly in place two months later, delegates reiterated condemnations of the violence Wednesday but stopped short of repeating calls for Assad to step down. "The Syrian case now is an international matter," Iraqi Foreign ...
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad says 'terrorism' must stop if he is to accept peace plan
The Guardian
Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president, has promised he will try to implement a UN-backed peace plan but is demanding that opposition groups pledge to end violence and other countries cease backing them. In his first comments on the six-point plan being ...
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The Guardian
Iraq's Maliki warns of Syria 'proxy war'
BBC News
He was speaking at the opening of an Arab League summit which is discussing a joint plan with the UN to end a year of violence inSyria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to the plan and will spare no effort to make it succeed, Syrian state ...
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BBC News
Syria Clashes: Arab League Summit Presses For Peace Plan
Huffington Post
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday thatAssad "has not taken the necessary steps to implement" the peace plan of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, now special Syria envoy for the UNand Arab League.
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Syrian suspicions swirl over Iranian hand in Assad's repression
Reuters
I have done my military service, I know the Syrian army does not use these bullets," he said. It might be little more than a wild guess, but it says a lot about people's view of Iran hereabouts, one clearly shared in Western capitals. During a UN ...
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2 Syrian colonels gunned down in northern city
The Associated Press
Such a resolution would fall short of previous calls by the body thatAssad give up power, but would back efforts by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to broker a political solution. Syria's state news agency said four gunmen belonging to an "armed ...
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The Associated Press
Two Syrian Colonels Killed in Attack
Wall Street Journal
Such a resolution would fall short of previous calls by the body that Mr. Assadgive up power, but would back efforts by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to broker a political solution. Syria's state news agency said four gunmen belonging to an "armed ...
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Muslim rift visible in Arab summit attendance
CBS News
"Assad was given more than one chance. The issue is now with the United Nations and the Security Council," said Elaraby. "The ball is now in Syria'scourt. It will have to act positively." One reason for the absences was the Gulf leaders' deep distrust ...
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Ousting Syria's Assad through a 'soft landing'
Washington Post
Maybe it's time for Syrian revolutionaries to take “yes” for an answer fromSyrian President Bashar al-Assad and back a UN-sponsored “managed transition” of power there, rather than rolling on toward a civil war that will bring more death and ...
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Arab leaders expected to back UN peace plan for Syria
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Hannah Allam / McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD -- With its own initiatives having failed, the Arab League is expected today to back a UN-led peace plan during a meeting in Iraq, where the crisis in Syria is expected to be the dominant topic.
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Arab Leaders Discuss Syria Draft Resolution
Voice of America
Arab leaders previously had urged the Syrian president to hand power to a deputy to manage the transition, but now they appear to have backed away from that demand. Mr. Assad's government formally accepted the Annan initiative earlier this week. UN ...
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Syria Children Targeted By Assad Regime, Says Navi Pillay, UN Rights Chief (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
While both sides of the uprising have been accused of human rights abuses, according to Al Jazeera, the regime of Bashar Assad now stands accused of explicitly targeting children. UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said in an interview that she believes ...
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Syria crisis tops diplomatic agenda at Turkey-Iran meeting, Arab League summit ...
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Turkey's prime minister arrived in Iran on Thursday for talks dominated by the violence engulfing Syria, while UN chief Ban Ki-moon presented an Arab League summit in Baghdad with a UN-endorsed plan for ending the fighting and Secretary of ...
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Fewer than half Arab leaders attend Iraq summit
The Associated Press
"Assad was given more than one chance. The issue is now with the United Nations and the Security Council," Elaraby said. "The ball is now in Syria's court. It will have to act positively." Talabani said Iraq rejected violence and bloodshed in Syria and ...
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The Associated Press
Rockets explode as Arab leaders meet in Baghdad
Reuters
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon joined Arab leaders at the summit in a former palace of Saddam Hussein, and urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to implement a UN-backed peace plan to end a year of violence inSyria. The only high-ranking Gulf Arab ...
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Syria and the UN
The Economist
Hardly surprising, then, that scepticism greeted reports, on March 27th, of Mr Assad's agreement to the plan for a settlement recently devised by Kofi Annan, the joint UN-Arab League emissary. Syria'sseemingly inexorable drift towards greater tragedy ...
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The Economist
Assad demands Syria rebels halt attacks
Syria's president promised to do all he can to ensure U.N. envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for his country succeeds but demanded that Annan secure a commitment from his opponents to halt violence even as rebels carried out a string of bold attacks. ... In comments carried on Syria's state news agency,Assad said "Syria will spare no effort to make (Annan's) mission a success and hopes it would return security and stability to the country." But he added that Annan must also get a ...
International | WISH TV
World News - Britain pledges $800000 to Syria opposition to topple ...
By Duncan Golestani, NBC News correspondent, Alastair Jamieson, and msnbc.com news servic
At the Arab League meeting in Baghdad on Thursday, leaders dropped a demand that Assad step down but urged him to act quickly on a U.N.-backed peace plan he has accepted. Syria's opposition groups continue to demand that Assad ...
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Syria Clashes: Arab League Summit Presses For Peace Plan
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In this image made from amateur video and released by Ugarit NewsWednesday, March 28, 2012, purports to show smoke leaping the air from shelling in Idlib, SyriaSyrian activists said Wednesday a ... U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday that Assad"has not taken the necessary steps to implement" the peace plan of formerU.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, now special Syria envoy for the U.N. and Arab League. Syria's major-power backers ...
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Clinton: Syrians, Assad Regime Should Back UN Plan - ABC News
Clinton: Syrians, Assad Regime Should Back UN Plan. ... "The council hasnow spoken with one voice," said Clinton, who had lambasted Russia and China for ...
abcnews.go.com/.../clinton-syrians-assad-regime-back-plan-15...
Syria accepts UN peace plan, but bloodshed persists
Syria has accepted a peace plan by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan, which includes a... Syria's state-run news agency, SANA, reported Assad's visit but gave no further details. ... USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-27/Syria.../1
BBC News - Syria violence: UN's Pillay speaks out on Assad ...
UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay: "President Assad could simply issue an order ... But she said Syria represented something new in her experience.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17522178
Clinton: Syrians, Assad regime should back UN plan - Yahoo! News
News: The Obama administration called Wednesday's statement by the U.N.Security Council on Syria a "positive step" toward bringing peace and change after ...
news.yahoo.com/clinton-syrians-assad-regime-back-un-plan-1...
Syria's opposition says UN statement allowing Bashar al-Assad to ...
Syrian opposition activists said the United Nations was allowing the Assadregime ... Syria itself gave no response to the UN demand, though the statenews ... More than £15000 to be won, select your fantasy team now for the domestic season ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Syrias-opposition-says-UN-statement-...
THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Syria accepts U.N. peace ...
Syria accepts U.N. peace plan, Assad visits Baba Amr ... Now, as the conflict spirals toward civil war, there are concerns that the bloodshed could cause a ...
www.dailystar.com.lb/.../168122-syrian-opposition-seeks-to-s...
UN Syria statement 'will give Assad regime more time to kill' - Middle ...
Syria's opposition has denounced a UN statement calling for all parties to end violence in the country, arguing it will simply give Bashar al-Assad's regime more time to continue killing its own people. ... Today's Paper; Newspapers ....Syria's official news agency appeared to play down the Council statement, saying it ...
www.independent.ie/.../un-syria-statement-will-give-assad-regi...
LBCI News | Assad inspects Baba Amr as UN raises Syria death toll ...
Assad inspects Baba Amr as UN raises Syria death toll estimate to over 9000... but now say a surge of refugees from Syria might compel Turkey, preferably with ...
www.lbcgroup.tv/.../assad-inspects-baba-amr-as-un-raises-syri...
Bashar al-Assad 'accepts' Kofi Annan's Syria peace plan but fighting ...
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has accepted Kofi Annan's six-point plan for... a spokesperson for the United Nations and Arab League peace envoy has said. ... the state-run Syrian news agency, Mr al-Assad travelled to Baba Amrtoday.
www.metro.co.uk/.../894365-bashar-al-assad-accepts-kofi-ann...
UN tells Syria to back peace moves, pressuring Assad | GMA News ...
AMMAN - The UN Security Council, including Russia and China, threw its weight ... GMA News Online ... UN tells Syria to back peace moves, pressuringAssad ... France welcomed the Security Council's move and said Assad mustnow halt all ...
www.gmanetwork.com/.../un-tells-syria-to-back-peace-moves-...
War News Updates: Civil War In Syria -- News Updates March 21 ...
A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military ... Al Jazeera Syria: UN present joint demand for Assad to accept peace initiative -- The Telegraph ... Syrian forces take eastern city from rebels -- USA Today ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../civil-war-in-syria-news-upda...
Syria's nod to UN peace plan greeted with scepticism | World news ...
Syria's acceptance of a UN-backed plan to end the country's bloody crisis has triggered sceptical responses and concern that Bashar al-Assad is trying to buy ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-nod-un-peace-plan-scepticism
UN cautious as Bashar al-Assad accepts Syria peace plan - RTÉ ...
... al-Assad's acceptance of a UN-Arab League peace plan for Syria as the UNsaid ... Six One News: Syria accepts Annan's peace plan ... Western powers said Syria's actions now will be a test of its attitude to international calls to halt killings.
www.rte.ie/news/2012/0327/syria.html
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