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SYRIA News, Aug 19, 2011


US, Europeans Demand Assad Exit, Threaten UN Sanctions
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari, meanwhile, has accused the United States of waging what he called a "humanitarian and diplomatic war" against Syria by imposing sanctions against the regime and calling for the resignation of Assad. ...
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Europeans to Push for Syrian Sanctions in UN Security Council
Voice of America
The United States, which on Thursday called for President Assad to step aside and announced new targeted sanctions including against Syria's petroleum sector, threw its support behind the Europeans. US Deputy UN Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo: “I would ...
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Syria Kills 25 as UN Officials Consider Legality of Crackdown
Bloomberg
Assad told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a phone conversation yesterday that military operations against protesters had “stopped,” said Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman. Syrian forces have killed more than 2400 people since the unrest began in March, ...
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Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
The Guardian (blog)
Many people will be watching Syria today to see if the now customary Friday protests will be galvanised by the demands of world leaders for Bashar-al Assad to surrender power. It is hard to imagine an Assad government, whatever it might now offer in ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Sources say Damascus was warned of possible US-NATO attack
WND.com
Now Reuters has quoted sources today who spoke on condition of anonymity saying the Obama administration may lay out plans to impose additional US sanctions on Syria if Assad doesn't step down. The sources said the US appeal could come today and would ...
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Traumatized Syrians Flee Government Crackdown
Voice of America
Related Articles West Urges Syria's Assad to Step Down US President Obama also issued executive order announcing 'unprecedented sanctions' on Syria US Officials Detail Background toSyria Policy Announcement Syria Crackdown Continues Despite ...
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Clinton speaks to Krishna and other world leaders on Syria
Hindustan Times
Earlier, President Barack Obama asked Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down, and slapped another round of sanctions against Syria. "The net effect of the sanctions that we have imposed is to close the US financial sector to Syria - combination ...
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Iraq's 'Soft Line' on Syria Snubs Obama Policy in Nod to Iran
Bloomberg
The position of the Iraqi leader, whose ascent to power followed the US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein, is out of step with the Obama administration, which is rallying international support for oil and gas sanctions on Syria and today called on Assad ...
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RAW DATA: Background on Syria's Crackdown
Fox News
Aug 17: Assad told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on that military and police operations against protesters had stopped. • Bashar has the power to change the country's Constitution at will. •Assad's Baath Party has ruled Syria since 1963 with almost ...
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No change to Syria risk for now: ship insurers
msnbc.com
AP The United States for the first time explicitly called on Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down because of his brutal crackdown on five months of protests against his authoritarian rule. US President Barack Obama also imposed a ...
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Activists say more dead in Syria as US prepares strong statement...Deadly ...
9&10 News
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say 18 people have been shot dead by Syrian troops across the country even as President Bashar Assad was quoted as telling the UN chief that military operations have ended. Strong words are expected from Washington today where ...
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Syria intimidating expats abroad, threatening relatives back home
Al-Bawaba
Mr. Assad has been repeatedly told by the United States, European Union and Turkey to halt the bloodshed but said last week his army would “not relent in pursuing terrorist groups.” The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency ...
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Al-Bawaba
Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on Behalf of the EU on EU ...
Sacramento Bee
18, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the brutal campaign Bashar al-Assad and his regime are waging against their own people. In recent weeks the Syrian leadership has stepped up its violent crackdown ...
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Today in the news: Is this animal a chupacabra?
The Patriot Ledger
Assad has enacted a violent crackdown on protesters in his country, and the call for his resignation came as the UN recommended that Syria be investigated by the International Criminal Court. "I'm not talking about policies. I'm not running for office. ...
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Turkey at the Syrian crossroads
Hurriyet Daily News
Assad tried his chance and phoned up United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before the release of a UN report on Syria – and also before the MGK meeting started in Ankara. That did not stop the UN from releasing the report that the Syrian ...
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Hurriyet Daily News
Sanctions on Syria, Scandal in College Football, and Gorbechev's Legacy ...
WFPL
... announcing new sanctions on Syria and tells the country's president, Bashar Assad, to step down. The move comes after five months of anti-government protests and a government crackdown that has killed over 1800 civilians. A UN report released today ...
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On the Radar: Little League World Series, Syria violence, 9/11 remembrance
CNN (blog)
The briefing would come a day after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a phone conversation that military and police operations in Syria had stopped, according to a UN statement. Before that conversation was ...
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Leading article: Restraint remains the West's best policy
The Independent
Now President Bashar al-Assad is under unprecedented pressure to end his savage crackdown inSyria, which has killed more than 1800 people in the past five months. Yesterday, the United Nations suggested that the abuses perpetrated by the Damascus ...
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Latest developments in Mideast unrest
The Associated Press
___ SYRIA President Barack Obama, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany and the European Union join to demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad resign, saying his brutal suppression of his people had made him unfit to lead. ...
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IFEX Communiqué Vol 20, No 32 | 17 August 2011
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The letter asks the league to lean on Assad's regime to permit unhindered access to the country for international humanitarian agencies and workers, a UN-mandated fact-finding committee, and independent observers and journalists. "Syria's people ...
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Syria accuses US of waging 'diplomatic war' with sanctions and demand for ...
KSPR
By AP UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria is accusing the US of waging "a humanitarian and diplomatic war" against it by imposing sanctions and calling for President Bashar Assad to resign.Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari told reporters Thursday the ...
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Russia Is Still Selling Weapons To Syria
Business Insider
Last week Hillary Clinton urged Russian officials to halt deliveries, arguing that the weapons are being used by Bashar al-Assad to quell anti-government protests, reports AFP. The Kremlin says that sales to Syria are not in violation of international ...
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Ten things you need to know today
First Post
SYRIA: OBSERVERS ON TENTERHOOKS BEFORE PRAYERSThe UN is to send a humanitarian mission to Syria on Saturday to assess the scale of Bashar al-Assad'sviolent crackdown on democracy protesters. Today, after Friday prayers, protesters are expected to take ...
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First Post
Rumblings of "boots on the ground" in Libya become more audible
OpEdNews
Today US President Barack Obama called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, or, one supposes, to be booted out of his country or assassinated, judging from America's recent dealings with Qathafi. Comments to a Reuters article posted on...
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OpEdNews
Environment Not a Major Concern for Canadians
The Mark
Apparently, "stopped" means "continue killing protestors much as before" to Bashar al-Assad. TheUnited Nations says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claims his forces have stopped firing on civilian protesters, although the few reports emanating from ...
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Assad: 'Attacks on Syrian protesters have stopped'
ITN NEWS
Syrian President Bashar Assad has told the UN that attacks on protesters by the military and police have stopped. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn.
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Activists: Syria cracks down on protesters ahead of Friday demos
Monsters and Critics.com
The United States and the European Union called Thursday for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, citing the brutal crackdown on his own people and saying he had lost his legitimacy to lead the country. Later, the Syrian delegate to the United ...
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Syrian forces shoot at protesters, killing 2
WQOW TV News 18
Another died early Friday in the central city of Homs. Human rights groups and witnesses saySyrian troops have killed more than 1800 civilians since mid-March. A UN team has said Assad'scrackdown "may amount to crimes against humanity."
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Turkey Could Help Restore The Balance Between The US And The Middle East
Business Insider
Trade relations between Turkey and Syria boomed, and the stability of the Assadregime kept all the messy political implications of the Turkish initiative at bay. TheSyrian rebellion changed all that. Erdogan and his government are trapped between the...
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Business Insider
All eyes on Syria after Hariri indictments
iloubnan.info
For the past six years, the Hariri case has defined Lebanese politics, solidifying a rift between his Saudi-backed Future Movement and its rival Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran and Syria. Leading Lebanon's Sunni community today is Saad Hariri, ...
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Deaths in Syria despite assurances by Assad
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Deaths in Syria despite assurances by Assad Originally published: August 18, 2011 3:43 AM Updated: August 18, 2011 7:52 AM By The Associated Press BASSEM MROUE (Associated Press) (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad told theUnited Nations ...
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Newsday (subscription)
UN to send humanitarian team to Syria Saturday
Malaysia Star
Ban spoke on the telephone with Assad on Wednesday. The Syrian president insisted that all military and police operations had ceased, but activists said Syrian forces had carried out further raids. UN political affairs chief Lynn Pascoe told the ...
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Malaysia Star
Swiss recall ambassador to Syria
swissinfo.ch
It added that it had “repeatedly and publicly” called on the Syrian authorities to respect fundamental freedoms, in particular the right to life, the ban on torture, the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. Syrian President Bashar Assad has ...
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UN debates Syria amid new demands Assad quits — RT
By RT
Syria may face justice at the International Criminal Court as news came that UN investigators have asked the Security Council to refer the issue. Meanwhile, the US and major European countries have urged Syria's President Bashar Assad ...
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Obama Calls for Regime Change in Syria -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jeremy Sapienza
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton today called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assadto step down after months of bloody crackdowns on peaceful protesters that have killed as many as 2000 people. Clinton also announced even ... Many other countries joined the US in condemnation of the Assad regime and removed their ambassadors from Syria. The UN Security Council had finally condemned the crackdown about two weeks ago, after a massacre in the city of Hama. ...
News From Antiwar.com
Syria: Al-Assad must resign, says Obama - News - Mail & Guardian ...
In a telephone conversation on Wednesday night with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, Al-Assadsaid the operations in the restive Syrian cities of Latakia and Homms had finished. However, activists on the ground reported on Wednesday ...
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Syria's Assad under mounting pressure | Emerald News | Local News ...
THE US and its European allies have called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level UN human rights team said Assad's crackdown on dissent "may amount to crimes against ...
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U.S., allies declare Syria's Assad must leave - Army News | News ...
By The Associated Press
Activists said security forces killed 18 people across the country on Wednesday, the same dayAssad assured U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that military and police operations had stopped.Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari ...
Army Times - News
Canadian PM Harper calls on Syria's president Assad to resign ...
By admin2
By PNA / Xinhua and U.S. News Agency / Asian. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign following U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders demand to end a series of military ... The Syrian president has told the United Nations that all military operations against protesters have come to a halt, a UN spokesman said earlier Thursday. However, activists are claiming nine more people have been killed in the ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
Capital News » World leaders call on Assad to step down
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
The United Nations said a humanitarian mission would go to Syria this weekend as European powers launched a campaign for UN Security Council sanctions against AssadUN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos announced the much-delayed mission ...
Capital News
U.S., allies demand Assad exit in Syria | National & World News ...
Share this story. print; email. U.S., allies demand Assad exit in Syria In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad addresses a meeting for the central committee of the Baath party in Damascus, Syria.... The move was coordinated with the United Nations and with U.S. allies in Europe and the Middle East and followed an intense diplomatic campaign to increase pressure on Assad. ...
KBCI - News - National & World News
Obama leads calls for Syria's Assad to quit
By alexsamade
Obama leads calls for Syria's Assad to quit. On August 18, 2011 · In News · Tweet. WASHINGTON: (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Thursday led a chorus of calls by world leaders for Syria'spresident to step down, as the United Nations ...
Vanguard News
U.S., Britain Preparing Resolution for Sanctions on Syria | New ...
By admin
The United States, Britain and other European allies said on Thursday they would draft a UN Security Council sanctions resolution on Syria, Reuters reported. “The Syrian government has not changed course,” Britain's deputy UN ... The latest announcement comes after on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign. This was the first time Obama made such a call since Assad began his brutal crackdown on protesters five months ago. ...
New Middle East News
Syria under pressure amid bloodshed | Virginia | onPolitix
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign Thursday as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Assad's crackdown on dissent "may amount to crimes against humanity. ... "We hope the newsis true," said Syria-based rights activist Muhannad al-Hassani, who heads the Syrian Organization for Human Rights, when asked about Assad's comment. "The situation is still difficult." ...
White House News - Virginia - onPolitix
Obama tells Assad to go as UN lists - Duhur | News Affecting the ...
By admin
AMMAN: The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down on Thursday and President Barack Obama accused him of “torturing and slaughtering” his people in what UN officials said may be crimes ...
Duhur
Watch: Clinton: Assad Standing in Syria's Way | BetterTheWorld.org
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How to Topple Syria's Assad | Ya Libnan | World News Live from Lebanon
By syh
In a written statement, President Obama accused al-Assad of “torturing and slaughtering” his people in what U.N. officials said may be crimes against humanity. As a result, the US president orderedSyrian government assets in the US ...
Ya Libnan
Syria unrest: World leaders call for Assad to step down - Nine ...
Nine News Today - Breaking News, Today News, World, US, Business, ... Meanwhile, UNinvestigators say the use of violence in Syria “may amount to crimes ...
www.ninenewstoday.com/syria-unrest-world-leaders-call-for-a...
Syria's Assad says military operations halted | news.gkrom.com ...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told U.N. ... stopped · cnn_top (Today) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells the head of the U.N. ...
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Deaths in Syria despite assurances by Assad - Fox News | Latest ...
The AgeDeaths in Syria despite assurances by AssadFox News| AP BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations ... US sanctions on Syrian gov't not sufficient to bring down al-Assad - Xinhua · Google - World News - Today ...
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