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SYRIA News, Aug 16, 2011


Activists: Torment in Palestinian refugee camp in Syria rages on
CNN
Two of Syria's neighbors joined growing international calls for al-Assad regime to halt its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. In Jordan, the state-run Petra News Agency reported that Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhit had urged his Syrian ...
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CNN
Even Former Friends Abandon Syria's Regime: Noe & Raad
Bloomberg
Even the publications of Syria's traditional allies, such as the Palestinian Hamas movement, whose top leadership is based in Damascus, are giving space to harsh indictments of those loyal to SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad. In the pro-Hamas, ...
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Egypt, Libya and Syria: as it happened August 15
Telegraph.co.uk
We are advocating for the UN Security Council to address the Syria issue again this week. 15.20 AFP report that Syrian troops have shot dead at least three people in the province of Homs today, including the two killed in Latakia and an elderly man ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
On "The Colbert Report" Amb. Susan Rice Defends UN Involvement, US Policies in ...
ABC News (blog)
Rice was pressed as to why the United States supported military intervention in Libya when longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi threatened civilians there and not in Syria, where President Bashar Assadhas killed thousands in a brutal assault on several ...
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Why the West is losing its step in the Arab Spring
The Hindu
In Syria too, the language has toughened. After weeks of demurring, US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice is now directly calling for Assad's removal, saying 'Syria would be better off without him.” But whether it has been direct intervention as in the ...
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The Hindu
Channeling Pinochet: Human Carnage going from Bad to Worse in Syria
OpEdNews
... Syrian tanks and gun boats are bombarding areas of the city of Latakia that are considered anti-Assad bastions, even as the Syrian military is also attacking other cities and towns. Even theUN Palestian refugee camp in Latakia has been fired upon, ...
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Turtle Bay: UN briefing cites reports of Syrian army killing defectors
Foreign Policy
The reports, which are unverified, appear to highlight the brutality of President Bashar al-Assad'sefforts to enforce loyalty within his own ranks, and raised questions about the veracity of Syriangovernment claims -- echoed by Brazil, India, ...
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Gov't won't cut ties with Syria
Philippine Star
European diplomats estimated in a UN Security Council meeting earlier this week that 2000 people – mostly civilians – had been killed and a further 3000 had disappeared since an uprising againstAssad's rule began in March. Thousands have also fled ...
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Israel-Lebanon Oil Dispute Must Be Stopped Short of War: View
Bloomberg
Almost all of its sophisticated weapons, including the long- and medium-range missiles it uses to threaten Israel, enter Lebanon through Syria. Hezbollah is closely associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Although Hezbollah's spokesman has ...
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Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
The Guardian (blog)
Smoke billows from southern Latakia after President Bashar al-Assad's forces attacked the city with gunboats and ground troops. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images 8.55am: Welcome to Middle East Live. Once again events in Syria and Libya dominate the news. ...
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The Guardian (blog)
First Libya, now sources say next country warned of NATO attack
WND.com
The reports, however, did not mention any message passed to Assad on behalf of NATO. Yesterday, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Spain sent a secret mission to Syria in July to attempt to find a solution to the current conflict there and offer ...
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US: Syria Crackdown on Dissent is 'Abhorrent,' 'Repulsive'
Voice of America
But she said armored vehicles were in the city “firing on innocents” and that it is clear that SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad is not responsive to growing calls to end to the violence. “This is a guy who is not hearing, as the secretary [of state] ...
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Brutalities against civilians
Pakistan Observer
Syrian forces are using heavy weapons against civilian population. Foreign media is not allowed and no one knows that what happening inside besiege cities. Despite promise of political reforms byAsad regime things are going bad to worst and several ...
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US 'confident' democratic India can manage internal situation
Times of India
In response to a separate question about Syria, she said the US was speaking to countries like India and China, with major investment in Syria's energy sector, at the United Nations and in their respective capitals to join Washington in curbing the ...
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Ten things you need to know today
First Post
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has rejected an offer of asylum from Spain, says theUN. MAN ARRESTED OVER 'COLLAR BOMB' EXTORTION PLOTA 50-year-old Australian man faces extradition to Sydney to face charges in the 'collar bomb' extortion plot after ...
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First Post
Saudi Arabia vs. the Arab Spring
Project Syndicate
Even worse is the prospect of Syria falling into chaos, dragging Lebanon – and maybe the broader region – with it. The Assad regime's use of excessive force, especially the deliberate killing of thousands of mainly Sunni civilians, has nonetheless ...
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UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria
Newsday (subscription)
... (Associated Press) (AP) -- More than 5000 Palestinian refugees have fled a camp in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia after President Bashar Assad's forces shelled the city during a broad military assault to root out dissent, the UN said Monday. ...
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Newsday (subscription)
Time for truth, and painful reconciliation in Lebanon
The National
The early culprits - Yasser Arafat, Pierre Gemayel, Camille Chamoun, Kamal Jumblatt, Hafez AlAssad and Menachem Begin - are dead. They cannot answer for their parts in delivering the country to mass violence. And yet many others in Lebanon today ...
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Turko-phobia? Get Over It
EconoMonitor
The Turks clearly covet a major role in broker peace in the region – they tried repeatedly to do just that between Assad's Syrian government and Israel over the Golan Heights. Inviting Turkey to co-host talks between the Israelis and Palestinians would ...
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Photo Galleries: Nation/World
News & Observer
The Syrian security forces have been carrying out security sweeps in the past few days in several of the capital's suburbs as part of a nationwide crackdown against protesters calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime. ...
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News & Observer
PFLP-GC rocket launchers on 888 hill outrage Jumblatt
Ya Libnan
He was accompanied by Aridi during his Syria trip. According to Jumhouriaya sources Jumblatt understood that from his Syrian visit that the developments on 888 hill were a message to him in response to his calls on Syrian president Bashar al Assad to ...
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Ya Libnan
The Next War: How Another Conflict Between Hizballah and Israel Could Look and ...
Brookings Institution
In that regard, the uncertainties of the popular uprising in Syria could play into the Israel-Hizballah dynamic. Specifically, if the regime of Bashar al-Asad, the Syrian president, feels it faces imminent collapse, it could ignite a limited conflict ...
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Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to ...
Washington Post
By AP, More than 5000 Palestinian refugees flee a camp in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia after President Bashar Assad's forces shell the city during a broad military assault to root out dissent, theUN says. UNRWA, the UN agency that aids ...
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Ramadhan: Fasting, nay Fighting!
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Syrian government forces, replicating year 1982 when 20000 people were killed to keep intact the regime of Hafiz al Asad, have launched their crackdown with tanks and other artillery trying to crush the restive city of Hama. ...
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GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
The US-Arab disconnect
Morning Star Online
Meanwhile, in Syria, Bashar al-Assad was caught in the realm of contradiction. While desperate to receive high marks on his performance in the so-called war on terror, he still sold himself as a guardian of Arab resistance. ...
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UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria - World news
UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria. Photo: AP. More Photos (1 of ). August 15, 2011 — BEIRUT (AP) — More than 5000 Palestinian refugees have fled a camp in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia after President Bashar Assad's ...
Mail.com: Breaking News
UN calls for Syria restraint as Assad forces stage ... - World News
Thursday, August 4th, 2011 | Posted in Russia Today | Feed Source |. UN calls for Syria restraint as Assad forces stage 'massacre' ...
www.worldnews.fm/.../un-calls-for-syria-restraint-as-assad-for...
FOX News - Top Stories - U.N. to Syria: End Violence, Here's Aid
U.N. to Syria: End Violence, Here's Aid. Aug 05, 2011 1:22 AM EDT ... regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad cease its campaign of killing civilian ... The regime today issued a presidential decree authorizing a multi-party system ...
www.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=22995...1
Syrians call for Assad's death; 14 killed - News from The ...
UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria. By ZEINA KARAM ... a camp in the besieged Syriancity of Latakia after President Bashar Assad's forces shelled ...
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?...

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