| UN Council to hold new Syria meeting Sydney Morning Herald The UN Security Council will discuss human rights and a growing humanitarian emergency in Syriaat a special meeting, diplomats announced as tens of thousands of protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's execution and more protesters were killed. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Remarks With Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere After Their Meeting US Department of State (press release) Norway, your ally in the Middle East, will not add her voice to Syrian President Asad to step down at this moment because there are no clear alternative. How helpful is this in your ongoing diplomatic effort – the Norwegian position? ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrians to hold "We won't kneel except to God" Friday rally Link TV It was expected that the level of violence against the civilians demanding freedom may level off in light of the recent messages from Turkey and the international community to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. However, the situation on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hizballah, Damascus Under Siege Right Side News On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced additional sanctions against Syria, and the White House said Syria would be "better off" without Assad. The Syrian military responded with more military assaults, killing 35 people. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Zero problem policy and R2P Today's Zaman Turkey is now facing a far more difficult situation. A serious human tragedy is taking place in our neighboring country, Syria. Despite warnings, President Assad is still using the army against civilians. When it became evident that he would not ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian Forces Kill More Protesters after Friday Prayers Daily News Corner A Syria specialist wіth the social-activist group, Avaaz, Wissam Tarif, saуѕ hiѕ group іѕ preparing tо petition thе United Nations tо bring charges оf crimes аgainѕt humanity аgainѕt the al-Assadgovernment. “We have documented dіffеrеnt kinds of human ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Factbox: Protests in Middle East, North Africa Reuters SYRIA: Syrian forces fired live ammunition at protesters after Friday prayers in the besieged city of Deir al-Zor, witnesses said, as demonstrations continued around the country against President Bashar al-Assad. -- Protesters came under fire in Hama, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Editor's Notes: The time has come... Jerusalem Post The time has come for Syrian President Bashar Assad to halt his violent crackdown on peaceful protesters and call democratic elections. So far, Assad's Alawite regime has resisted demands by the international community and the Arab world to stop the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Liberating the Christian voice in the Arab Spring National Catholic Reporter (blog) "Asia News" notes that much like Qaddafi in Libya, Assad likes to trot out his Catholic friends. When heads of state visit Syria, Assad often shows them the Greek Melkite cathedral in Damascus. In turn, the country's Catholic leaders often have Assad's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Clampdown on protesters: Syria wants Nigeria to reject calls for sanctions The Nation Newspaper Speaking with reporters, some European members warned that the 15-member council would consider further steps to pressure President Bashar al-Assad led regime to end the nearly five months of violent uprising in Syria. Britain's deputy UN envoy Philip ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| America Next: End of the World As We Knew It The Atlantic The Assad regime in Syria is engaged in full-scale, random assaults throughout the country on its own people - detaining many thousands and wounding and killing many unarmed protesters and innocent, non-political bystanders. And yet the US and the West ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Trouble with Turkey PipeLineNews.org "In March Ankara informed the UN Security Council that it had seized an Iranian cargo plane headed to Syria with a cache of weapons in its belly." In recent months relations between Turkey and Syriahave deteriorated due to president Assad's violent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Jacksonian foreign policy option Jerusalem Post The fact that unlike Syria's Bashar Assad and Iran's ayatollahs, Gaddafi gave up his nuclear proliferation program in 2004 was of no importance. The fact that from the outset there was evidence that al-Qaida terrorists are members of the US-supported ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Islamic Republic's masters of disaster no match for the Iranian people with ... World Tribune By providing military and financial aid to criminal and illegitimate dictators such as Bashar Assad inSyria as well as terrorist groups such as Hizbullah and Hamas, the Islamic Republic insures its unlimited supply of mercenaries ready to pounce on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Special to the Jewish Times Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey This exodus began years ago during the Iraq War and continues today – even though Syria is in the midst of the brutal repression of insurgents by President Assad. Syria has taken 300000 Iraqi refugees – more than any other country in the region, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mideast Mideast Brief: Rebel breakthrough in Libyan port city of Berga Foreign Policy Syrian forces took control of two cities with no let up in the crackdown since the UN Security Council called for Bashar al-Assad to end the violent campaign. The United States threatened to cut assistance to the Gaza strip if Hamas continues NGO ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| War News Updates: Unrest In Syria -- News Updates August 1, 2011 ... -USA Today Syria: 100 die in crackdown as Assad sends in his tanks -- The Guardian ... UNSecurity Council Will Meet Today to Discuss Syria Violence, ... warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../unrest-in-syria-news-updates... |
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