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SYRIA News, May 24, 2012

UN report: Syrian government, rebels continue killings, abuses
Los Angeles Times
Syrian government forces continue to kill protesters and civilians caught in the crossfire, committing “gross violations” as the bloodied country grows increasingly militarized, pitting soldiers and security officers loyal to President Bashar Assad...
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UN: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes
The Associated Press
The UN estimated in March that more than 9000 people have been killed in the revolt, and the death toll rises every day. More than 250UN observers are now based in cities aroundSyria to monitor a peace plan brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan, ...
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The Associated Press
Human rights crimes still taking place in Syria: UN
Reuters
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA (Reuters) - Syriangovernment forces have executed entire families in their homes as part of a crackdown on the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, UN investigators said on Thursday. Both Assad's troops and ...
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UN: Syrian Forces, Opposition Committing...
ABC News
The Syrian regime and an increasingly organized rebel force are carrying out illegal killings and torturing their opponents, but government forces are still responsible for most of the violence stemming from the country's uprising, a UN panel said ...
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ABC News
UN: Syria more 'militarized' amid abuses from regime, resistance
CNN
By Joe Sterling, CNN (CNN) -- The Syrian conflict has become "increasingly militarized" as killings and torture bySyrian security forces and anti-government fighters raged this spring, a UN panel reported Thursday. "Gross violations continue unabated ...
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Oil Sanctions Take Economic Toll, Syria Says
New York Times
Sanctions against Syria's oil industry are taking a substantial toll, draining $4 billion from the country's economy so far and causing widespread fuel shortages, a top official of the embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday.
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UN report says both sides in Syria abuse rights
KGMI
By Stephanie Nebehay and Mariam Karouny GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A United Nations investigation said Syrian government forces and rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad had both committed serious human rights abuses despite an attempted ...
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U.N. report says both sides in Syria abuse rights
The Republic
GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A United Nations investigation said Syrian government forces and rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad had both committed serious human rights abuses despite an attempted ceasefire in the conflict and opposition ...
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US may be willing to green light Arab arms transfers to opponents of Syria's ...
Washington Post
The effort, US officials told The Associated Press, would vet members of the Free Syrian Army and other groups to determine whether they are suitable recipients of munitions to fight the Assad government and to ensure that weapons don't wind up in the ...
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UN panel blames Syria army for most abuses
Ahram Online
(Photo: Reuters) A UN panel said on Thursday that government forces are to blame for most rights abuses in the latest violence sweepingSyria, as a watchdog reported renewed shelling of a rebel bastion. Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad said Syria's ...
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Ahram Online
Syrian opposition accepts leader's resignation
Palm Beach Post
A United Nations team in Syria says it has brokered an exchange between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and opposition fighters seeking to topple his regime. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT ...
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Palm Beach Post
Syrian army behind majority of abuses: UN
News24
Now R142.95 Beirut - The Syrian regime and an increasingly organised rebel force are carrying out illegal killings and torturing their opponents, but government forces are still responsible for most of the violence stemming from the country's uprising, ...
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Syria says sanctions have cost country $4 billion
Hometownlife.com
Members of the UN Syrian mission visit a wounded man at the Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus. / AFP/Getty Images by USA TODAY by USA TODAY DAMASCUS, Syria(AP) — Syria's oil minister blamed international sanctions Wednesday for shortages of ...
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Pro-Assad Forces, Rebels Guilty of Syria Rights Abuses – UN Report
RIA Novosti
Both Syrian government forces and rebels are continuing to commit human rights abuses six weeks into a fragile ceasefire engineered by UN envoy Kofi Annan, UNinvestigators said in a report on Thursday. “Most of the serious human rights violations ...
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UN: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes
FOX 4 News
Syria's main opposition council has accepted the resignation of its Paris-based president who had earlier offered to step down amid mounting criticism of his leadership. The Syrianregime and an increasingly organized rebel force are carrying out ...
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UN panel blames Syria's army for most rights abuses in country
FOX 4 News
DAMASCUS -- A UN panel said Thursday that the Syrianarmy was to blame for most rights abuses in the latest violence that swept the country, as a watchdog reported renewed military shelling of a rebel bastion. The comments came as Syria's main ...
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Syria's strife From bad to worse
The Economist
THINGS are going from bad to worse inSyria—for both President Bashar Assad and for the battered but resilient opposition. A month after a UN mission arrived to oversee a plan by Kofi Annan, a former secretary-general, to end the bloody crisis, ...
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The Economist
UN report says both sides in Syria abuse rights. Full Article
Reuters India
Violence has raged despite a UN-brokered agreement on April 12 aimed at halting the bloodshed in Syria, where Assadis confronting an uprising which began with peaceful protests but has become increasingly militarised. Opposition activists reported ...
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Syria's neighbors are growing restless
Washington Post
Better to let the planned 300 UN observers travel in Syria, they reason, and perhaps encourage a new round of protest that would show that President Bashar al-Assad's rule is doomed. What makes this period of Arab revolution so complicated is that the ...
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UN Panel Says SyrianGovernment, Opposition Abuses Continue
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
By RFE/RL United Nations-appointed investigators have accused Syrian security forces and opposition fighters of continuing to commit human rights violations, despite the announcement of a cease-fire six weeks ago. The Independent Commission of Inquiry ...
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UN: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes
Houston Chronicle
A United Nations team in Syria says it has brokered an exchange between forces loyal to President Bashar Assadand opposition fighters seeking to topple his regime. TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, ...
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Lebanese captives in Syria found
Waterbury Republican American
AP BEIRUT — Lebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and that he expects they will be released soon. Adnan Mansour said he had been in touch with a number of Arab ...
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Amnesty accuses UN council of "failed leadership"
Reuters
Permanent security council members Russia, a key arms supplier to Syria, and China have shielded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from tough sanctions. The United Nationssays at least 9000 civilians have been killed in Assad'scrackdown on a March ...
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Syrian army blamed for most rights abuses in latest violence
Telegraph.co.uk
More than 12600 people have been killed inSyria since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule broke out in March 2011, including nearly 1500 since a UN-backed truce took effect on April 12, says the Observatory. On the political front, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Love in the Time of Syrian Revolution
The Atlantic
Five years later, peaceful protests calling forAssad's ouster turned to an armed uprising, with at least nine thousand killed so far, according to United Nations estimates, and opposition leaders calling for international intervention.
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The Atlantic
Syrian army behind majority of rights abuses: UN panel
Times of India
GENEVA: The Syrian army and security forces have been responsible for the majority of the serious rights abuses committed since March this year as they hunt down defectors and opponents, UN-appointed investigators said on Thursday.
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Ghalioun admits: Divided opposition has failed Syrian people
Middle East Online
More than 12600 people have been killed inSyria since the revolt against Assad's rule broke out in March last year, including nearly 1500 since the UN-backed truce took effect, according to Observatory figures. In Geneva, the UN-appointed Commission ...
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Middle East Online
Syrian opposition accepts leader's resignation
CBS News
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's oil minister blamed international sanctions Wednesday for shortages of cooking gas and other basic goods, saying the measures have bled $4 billion from the nation's ailing economy. President Bashar Assad's regime must ...
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CBS News
Victor Davis Hanson: Syria: Double-edged sword
OCRegister
By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON / Tribune Media Services TheSyrian strongman has killed some 10000 protesters over the last year; thousands of Syrians are now refugees. FILE: In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, people burn portraits ofSyrian President ...
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Two keys to peace in Syria
Juneau Empire
Second, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down, and Moscow should point him toward the exit. The violence continues in Syria, despite the presence of international observers and the repeated promises of the government to abide by the UN ...
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UN report says both sides in Syria abuse rights –Assad says Syria will
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GENEVA/BEIRUT: A United Nations investigation saidSyrian government forces and rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad had both committed serious human rights abuses despite an attempted ceasefire in the conflict and ...
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UN report: Syrian government, rebels continue killings, abuses
The Syrian regime has continued to slay protesters and ordinary people, committing “gross ... Most of the serious abuses laid out in the U.N. report were carried out by theSyrian regime, ... pitting soldiers and security officers loyal to President Bashar Assad against ... once cracking down on mainly peaceful street protests, "now face armed and...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/syria.html
Both sides in Syria abuse human rights - UN report
GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation on Thursday said both sides in the Syrian ... Credit: Reuters/Shaam News Network/Handout ... a U.N.-brokered agreement on April 12 aimed at halting the bloodshed in Syria, where Assad is ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSBRE84N0ZJ2012052...
Al-Assad Forces Attack on UN Observer Delegation inSyria, 16 May ...
Syrian News Network (SNN) said that the clashes between al-Assad forces and Free Syrian Army were escalating in Homs. The UN says about 9000 people ...
www.turkishweekly.net/.../al-assad-forces-attack-on-un-observ...
Syria violence flares as UN observer chief pushes for talks
Robert Mood, chief of the UN observer mission in Syria, told reporters in the capital ... protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during the ... "The number of protesters is increasing every day and today saw the biggest ... He spoke at a newsconference in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../syria-un-observer-head-mood.html
Syria opposition: Assad trying to destroy UN peace - CBS News
Syrian National Council chief says U.N.-backed peace plan "in crisis" a day ... that now we cannot reach any compromise through negotiations if Bashar Assad is ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../syria-opposition-assad-trying-to-destroy...
Assad Says Syria Is Fighting Foreign Mercenaries - ABC News
Assad Says Syria Is Fighting Foreign Mercenaries. ...World News with Diane Sawyer · Nightline · This Week with George ... in northern Syria a day after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, a U.N. spokesman said. ...Today in ABC News ...
abcnews.go.com/.../assad-syria-fighting-foreign-mercenaries-1...
Balkis reposts Syria news: A summary of the Assadregime's violations
The Assad forces stormed the College today, dispersing protesters who were demanding .... Due to the lack of media coverage on Syria, I have been reposting news sent by syrian citizen ... Is There a Plan B If the UN Mission inSyria Fails.
cherebalkis.blogspot.com/.../summary-of-assad-regimes-violati...
Al-Assad forces attack on UN observer delegation inSyria Anadolu ...
TODAY 12/22; WEDNESDAY 11/24 ... Forces of al-Assadarmy in Syria attacked on UN observer delegation in the country on Tuesday. ... News Video Gallery ...
www.aa.com.tr/.../51363--al-assad-forces-attack-on-un-observ...
Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer - Yahoo! News
News: AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that ... Assad's remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an... Much difference even today between us and most of the rest of the world!
news.yahoo.com/syria-attack-kills-21-rebels-protect-u-n-0848...
Syria News - May 15, 2012 (Warning: Graphic Videos) :: www ...
Idlib, Khan Sheikhoun, Martyr Abdullah Hindawi killed byAssad's Before UN ... at the field clinic of Qusair,Homs,today , doctors trying to save a little girl ...
www.uruknet.info/?p=88090
Syria - Clever Assad Soldier Defects Under UNMonitor Cover ...
Syria Army Soldier takes advantage of UN Monitor presence to defect with impunity in Armanaz in Idlib todayto Defect and join Anti Assad protesters - Usuall... ... LCCSyria News: Posted by abeer on May 11th, 2012. Hama: Sahl Ghab: ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDp_nPxJIcs
Assad - RT
The media war with the West was lost the day the Syrianuprising began, ... page News We can't win media war with West but it's not battle that counts - Assad ... in the secessionist province are causing alarm, the Russian Ambassador to the UN .... targeting civilians has sharply increased and is now at its highest level since ...
www.rt.com/news/syria-media-battle-assad-429/
Idlib: Free Syrian Army burns Assad loyalists' tank - video | World ...
Syrian rebels celebrate after capturing and setting alight a government tank in ... Today's paper ... and around Idlib, after UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said he feared the... The Syrian local newspapers creating a voice for the revolution ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/.../idlib-syrian-tank-video
Ban Ki-moon boosts Assad by blaming al-Qaeda forSyria bombings ...
Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary general, sided with theSyrian regime on ... Mr Ban's assessment is likely to be seized on in Damascus, where President Bashar al-Assadhas long claimed that the rebellion against ... “It has reached an intolerable situation now,” he told a youth event at UN headquarters ... Middle East news » ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Ban-Ki-moon-boosts-Assad-by-blami...
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