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SYRIA News, May 26, 2012

Syria 'massacre' raises pressure for international response
Christian Science Monitor
Syrian artillery attack that apparently killed more than 90 people, including many children, brought French condemnation, while the UK said it would call for urgent UN Security Council meeting. By Joseph Logan, Reuters / May 26, 2012 A Syrian artillery ...
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Shelling of Syrian area reportedly kills at least 90
Los Angeles Times
Graphic footage showing dead children has circulated widely on social media and YouTube, fueling anger among monitors and a rise in Syria's sectarian tensions. Houla, with a population of about 120000, is an area of small towns and villages such as ...
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Opposition: Syrian regime slaughters 88 people in one town, including children
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrian opposition activists are begging for international help after regime forces devastated a town Friday, killing 88 people -- mostly children, an opposition group said. "This barbaric act was preceded by the regime's ...
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Syrian Attacks Claim More Than 90, Activists Say
Wall Street Journal
AP BEIRUT—Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime groups swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said Saturday.
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Wall Street Journal
Bombardment of Syrian village leaves more than 90 dead, activists say
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Opposition groups on Saturday accused Syrian government forces of killing at least 90 people during an intense bombardment of the central village of Houla, amid what appeared to be an escalation in violence in several parts of the country.
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Syrian forces shell Houla
Financial Times
By Abigail Fielding-Smith in Beirut and agencies More than 92 people were killed in what activists said was an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a UN peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising ...
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Syria 'Massacre' Needs International Response, UK Says
BusinessWeek
By Glen Carey on May 26, 2012 The UK is calling for a “strong international response” following reports of a massacre of civilians by Syrian forces in a town in Homs province. More than 90 adults and children were killed during shelling and shootings ...
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Syria 'Massacre' Needs International Response, U.K. Says
Bloomberg
The UK is calling for a “strong international response” following reports of a massacre of civilians by Syrian forces in a town in Homs province. More than 90 adults and children were killed during shelling and shootings by government forces in Houla ...
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Syrian Activists Claim Death Toll in Village Soars
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian opposition organizations accused government forces on Saturday of carrying out a massacre in a village near Homs, leaving some 100 people dead, many of them children. The toll, initially put at 50, climbed as more victims were ...
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Syria Massacre: Over 90 People Killed In Worst Violence Since UN Ceasefire...
Huffington Post
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, May 25, 2012, purports to show an anti-government protest in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) UPDATE (11:45 am EDT) -- AFP reports that the ...
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France, UK Urge Support for Syrian Opposition
BusinessWeek
By Carol Wolf and Glen Carey on May 26, 2012 France and the UK are urging increased international support for opponents of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after reports that government forces killed at least 90 civilians yesterday, many of them children.
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Activists put Syria attack death toll at over 90
Boston.com
BEIRUT—Activists on Saturday raised the number of those killed in an alleged massacre by Syrian regime forces in a region in the center of the country to more than 90. The Britain-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rights said that more than 90 people ...
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Boston.com
Activists: More Than 90 Killed in Syrian Government Shelling
Voice of America (blog)
Activists say Syrian government shelling since Friday has killed at least 90 people, including many children, in some of the worst violence since an uprising against Syria's regime began more than a year ago. The attacks on a residential area in the ...
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Syrian Opposition Groups Raise Estimate of Death Toll in Attack Near Homs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and HWAIDA SAAD / The New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syrian opposition organizations on Saturday accused government forces of carrying out a massacre in a village near Homs, leaving about 100 people dead, many of them children, ...
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Death Toll from Syrian Raids Climbs to 90
Voice of America (blog)
Syrian activists say intense government shelling has left more than 90 people dead in the central Homs region, attacks that could further erode a shaky cease-fire. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights told VOA Saturday the civilians were killed ...
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Syrian forces kill 90 in Homs province: report
MarketWatch
The death toll has risen to at least 90 from Syrian shelling, an opposition group said. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — More than 90 Syrian civilians have been killed by government forces in the town of Houla in the province of Homs, according to media ...
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Syrian Opposition Begs For Help After Reported Massacre
KMGH Denver
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrian opposition activists begged for international help Saturday after they said regime forces devastated a town and killed 88 people, mostly children, in a single day. "This barbaric act was preceded by the regime's ...
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Syrian troops kill 50 civilians, activists say
San Francisco Chronicle
Beirut -- President Bashar Assad's forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said, in one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an internationally brokered cease-fire went into ...
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Clinton to discuss Syria, Iran in Turkey
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS US secretary of state to visit Istanbul in early June; at least 50 killed in Homs; Annan announces first visit to Syria since peace plan; UN nearing full deployment of unarmed observer forces. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves ...
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Head of UN team in Syria says over 32 children, 60 adults killed in Friday ...
Washington Post
GENEVA — The head of the UN observer team in Syria says at least 32 children under 10 years of age and more than 60 adults were killed in fighting in the center of the country Friday. Gen. Robert Mood condemns the attack in Houla, northwest of Homs, ...
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UN Monitors Probe Reports of 90 Deaths in Syrian Town
Voice of America (blog)
A team of UN observers has arrived in the Syrian town of Houla, where activists say intense government shelling has killed at least 90 people since Friday, including 25 children. The attacks could further strain a fragile six-week-old cease-fire ...
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UK Condems Reported Syrian Massacre
WRTV Indianapolis
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Britain condemned the reported massacre of civilians in a Syrian town, saying Saturday it wants an urgent session of the UN Security Council and a full account of the "appalling crime." His condemnation came shortly after ...
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France demands action on Syria peace plan
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - France called for immediate implementation of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria on Saturday and said it would summon a meeting of the Friends of Syria group after activists said 90 people were killed in Syrian shelling.
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Big weapons kill 50 Syrian civilians
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Zeina Karam and Bassem Mroue AP BEIRUT, Lebanon - President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in centralSyria on Friday, activists said, in one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an ...
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Syrian Opposition Urges UN Action
MyFox Detroit
(NewsCore) - The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has urged the UN Security Council to act urgently after claiming that regime forces massacred dozens of civilians, including many children, in the town of Houla. French Foreign Minister Laurent ...
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Prison Planet.com » Syria shelling 'kills at least 90′
By admin
Damien Pearse, Conal Urquhart London Guardian May 26, 2012. At least 90 people, including many children, have been killed after Syrian forces shelled and attacked the town of Houla in Homs province, according to anti-government ...
Prison Planet.com
France condemns Syria massacre in Houla | Ya Libnan | World ...
By Ya Libnan
France called for immediate implementation of Kofi Annan's peace plan forSyria on Saturday and said it would summon a meeting of the Friends of Syriagroup after activists said 90 people were killed in Syrian shelling. Condemning the ...
Ya Libnan
Syria Massacre: Over 90 People Killed In Worst Violence Since ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
UPDATE (11:45 a.m. EDT) -- AFP reports that the Free Syrian Army is no longer committed to Kofi Annan's peace plan.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Turkey's President on Egypt, Syria & Israel – Amanpour - CNN.com ...
By amanpourcnn
By Lucky Gold President Abdullah Gul of Turkey attended the NATO Summit in Chicago this week and appeared Friday on Amanpour. He was asked about the presidential elections in Egypt and whether Egypt's military would willingly...
Amanpour
The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Syria Policy « LewRockwell.com ...
By Daniel McAdams
The US State Department is in an uproar over reports of a possible Russian delivery of military equipment purchased by the government of Syria. Says State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland: "You know how strongly we feel that no ...
LewRockwell.com Blog
Syria: Watch Another Child Suffer (Video) | Care2 Causes
By Kristina Chew
At least 50 civilians were killed in Homs on Friday when government forces shelled and attacked the town of Houla with mortars and machine guns.
Care2 Causes
US and Russia Proxy War in Syria: Russian arms shipment en route ...
A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible. Syria is one of Russia's ...
BlackListedNews.com
More than 90 killed in Syria violence | AAJ News
By Javeria Nasir
DAMASCUS: More than 90 people have been killed across Syria as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets and tanks were deployed in the country's second largest city, Aleppo. The latest flare-up of violence came as Kofi Annan, the ...
AAJ News
UN chief cites unacceptable violence in Syria - KWQC-TV6 News ...
KWQC-TV6 News and Weather For The Quad Cities - UN chief cites unacceptable violence in Syria. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google. KWQC-TV6 Home ...
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UN chief laments 'little progress' in ending Syria conflict: Voice of ...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sees little progress in the efforts to end the more than yearlong armed conflict in Syria and urges all countries to refrain from supplying arms to the government forces and the opposition.
Voice of Russia, News
BBC News - Syria crisis: Houla child massacre confirmed by UN
UN observers count at least 90 bodies, including 32 children, after Syriangovernment forces attacked the town of Houla, sparking foreign condemnation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18221461
U.N. says over 92 killed, 32 of them children, in Syria attack | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists said was an artillery barrage by government ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-killings-idUSBRE84O14Q20120...
The Syria Paradox - NYTimes.com
Aren't countries with diverse economies supposed to be good at deposing dictators?
www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/.../the-syria-paradox.html
U.N. observers heading to site of Syria attack – USATODAY.com
International monitors were heading to a region in Syria where activists say at least 90 people were killed by government troops.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-26/un.../1
U.N. observers see bodies of 92 dead in Syria massacre - CNN.com
Britain condemned the reported massacre of civilians in a Syrian town as opposition activists reported 40 people killed Saturday.
www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/world/meast/syria.../index.html
Clinton to discuss Syria, Iran in Turkey - JPost - Middle East
US secretary of state to visit Istanbul in early June; at least 90 killed in Houla; Annan announces visit to Syria.
www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=271508
Lebanese pilgrims 'freed by Syrian abductors' - Middle East - Al ...
Minister says Shias captured in Syria when returning from Iran released to Turkey in preparation for flight home.
www.aljazeera.com/news/.../05/201252513257859794.html
Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors' money, U.S. ...
Rebels fighting the Assad regime have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAds2TSU_story.html
Lebanon's Little Syria - By Emile Hokayem | Foreign Policy
Most Lebanese certainly wished otherwise, but it was only a matter of time before the bloodshed that has overwhelmed Syria for the past 15 months arrived at ...
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/.../lebanon_s_little_syria
Largely Unseen, Syria Carries Out Arrest Campaign : NPR
The ongoing violence has dominated the headlines from Syria. But monitoring groups say that nonviolent activists and intellectuals are being arrested in ...
www.npr.org/.../largely-unseen-syria-carries-out-arrest-campai...
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