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SYRIA News, Aug 20, 2011


At least 20 killed in Syria, despite Assad's pledge to UN
Boston Globe
He said he could begin investigating at the request of the UN Security Council. Syria's UNambassador said a UN humanitarian assessment team was scheduled to arrive in Damascus today. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it is optimistic ...
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Pressure piling on Syria's Assad
China Daily
US President Barack Obama and European Union leaders earlier called for Assad to stand down in a move to step up international pressure on the Syrian president over his deadly crackdown on protests. Britain's deputy UN ambassador Philip Parham ...
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23 killed as Syria presses crackdown on protest
Ma'an News Agency
Friday's rallies put to the test a commitment given by Assad to UN chief Ban Ki-moon the previous day that his security forces have ended operations against civilians. The Syrian Revolution 2011 Facebook group, one of the drivers of the protests, ...
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Middle East UN report slams Syria's use of force
Aljazeera.net
Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner on human rights, made the statement on Thursday to coincide with the release of a 22-page reporton the use of force by the security apparatus of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president in response to nationwide...
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Aljazeera.net
Tanks enter Syrian city of Homs
gulfnews.com
Meanwhile, European Union governments agreed to expand the number of Syrian officials and institutions targeted by sanctions and laid out plans for a possible oil embargo, diplomats said. A UNteam is to visit Syria today on a four-day mission to ...
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When Arabs kill Arabs, the left falls silent
National Post
Syrian soldiers raise their weapons while holding a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday. Robert Fulford, National Post · Aug. 20, 2011 | Last Updated: Aug. 20, 2011 12:00 AM ET As the news from Syria grows darker, the silence from ...
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At UN on Syria, Some Europeans Disagree on ICC, on Ban's Assad Readout
Inner City Press
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, August 18 -- After the UN Security Council's session on Syria, UK Deputy Permanent Representative Philip Parham confirmed that a draft resolution is in the works, as Inner City Press reported half way through the ...
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Inner City Press
International Court lacks jurisdiction over Syria
Washington Post (blog)
Only the UN Security Council, which is divided over how to respond to the Syrian crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad, can grant the prosecutor the authority to do so. “The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ...
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Suncor not sending money to Syria
CBC.ca
"We're actually not connected to the Assad regime in any way," George said in an interview with CBC Radio's The Current. "We operate with a partner in Syria, the General Petroleum Corporation, which is a state corporation. ...
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CBC.ca
Syrian forces kill 20 despite Assad pledge
Jerusalem Post
Most of the violence was in the southern province of Deraa where the uprising against Assad erupted in March, triggering a harsh response in which UN investigators say Syrian forces may have committed crimes against humanity.
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Assad Says Military Operations Stopped
TruthDive
Human rights groups and witnesses accuse Syrian troops of firing on largely unarmed protesters and say more than 1800 civilians have been killed since mid-March. In New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to Assad in a telephone call on ...
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The Two-Way : NPR
NPR
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows President Bashar al-Assad addressing the country on August 17. As soon as President Obama announced new sanctions on Syria, a lot of the reaction was a big, "So what? ...
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A glance at the week that was
Irish Times
Give me a crash course in . . . the conflict in Syria What's happening with Syria? For the first time the US, France, Britain, Germany and the UN have called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down because of his regime's harsh repression of dissent. ...
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Hailstones kill five
Himalayan Times
Russia and Turkey meanwhile dismissed growing calls led by US President Barack Obama forAssad to quit, offering the embattled Syrian leader rare support despite a damning UN report on his 'apparent shoot to kill' policy. On the political front, ...
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Syria poised to grant access to detainees: ICRC
Reuters
The ICRC sought access for years to Syrian prisoners but stepped up its requests when the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad first erupted in March. Gasser attributed recent progress to having gained the confidence of Syrian authorities who ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
The United States is "waging a humanitarian and diplomatic war" against Syria, said Bashar Ja'afari,Syria's envoy to the United Nations. He said the United States wants to instigate insurrection inSyria. Assad has long promised reforms, but they have ...
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Iran Deletes Syria From Arab Spring, China Tackles Bachelor Menace
The Atlantic Wire
... legitimize the government's political reforms, or oppose a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria (or, in today's case, to possibly cast aspersions on Turkey, which is increasingly speaking out against Assad's regime). ...
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The Atlantic Wire
Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia Rejects Recent Western Stances against Syria
Syrian Radio & TV Online
Lukashevic said that Russia rejects any external encouragement of the extremist forces working to escalate tension in Russia, pointing out that the Russia stance regarding the events in Syria is based on giving enough time for President Bashar al-Assad ...
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Syrian Radio & TV Online
Beware the September Surprise
Commentary
After all, Secretary of State Clinton also came out against any demands that Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside just days before Obama demanded that Assad step aside. In his speech about the Middle East last May, Obama appears to have left ...
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Leaked papers put Christofias in a tight spot
Cyprus Mail
By Alexia Saoulli Published on August 19, 2011 THE GOVERNMENT, and specifically President Demetris Christofias, was yesterday in a tight spot after a damning report recording a conversation between Christofias and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad two ...
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Quote of the day
Peninsula On-line
For example, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki advised Assad to exercise caution while dealing with the revolution. “Ihope that demonstrations in Syria will not be quelled by force,” Al Maliki told the Iraqi television Al Sumaria last week, ...
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Drilling for oil while Hama burns
Petroleum Economist
AS protesters die every day and the international community considers further measures to isolate the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, it is business as usual in Syria's oil industry and for its international operators. All the normal corporate ...
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Syria sanctions
UPI.com
European governments almost immediately followed suit and UN human rights officials suggestedAssad's government might be committing war crimes against its people. Washington announced it was sanctioning five of Syria's state-run energy companies and ...
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Stocks lower...Crackdown continues...Casey Anthony car destroyed
9&10 News
BEIRUT (AP) — Yesterday's appeal from the United States and its European allies for Syria'sBashar Assad to step down may not be having much of an impact on his government's violent crackdown on dissent. Activists say Syrian security forces today ...
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SPAIN JOINS CALLS FOR ASSAD RESIGNATION, RUSSIA DISAGREES
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Madrid - Spain has joined official calls for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down immediately. Yesterday, calls for his resignation came from the heads of the United States, the EU and the four north-western European countries that are ...
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Survival at stake: 'West inconsistent on Mid-East'
RT
International pressure continues to mount on the Syrian government with the US and major EU states urging President Assad to step down. A set of fresh economic sanctions have also been imposed by Washington, in what is the biggest response so far to ...
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Syrian military kills 20 protesters - report
Radio New Zealand
The United States on Thursday for the first time joined European leaders in calling for PresidentAssad to step down. Russia rejected the US calls for President Assad to go, saying he should be given more time to enact reforms. Syria's UN envoy accused ...
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Attack in Israel: who is to blame?
The Voice of Russia
What do you think about President Barack Obama's statement today regardingAssad's stepping down? It took some time for the Obama Administration to finally come to the conclusion that Bashar Assad is not listening and probably won't listen and that the ...
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The Voice of Russia
20 killed in Syria despite Assad's pledge to UN
Newsday (subscription)
Click here 20 killed in Syria despite Assad's pledge to UN Originally published: August 19, 2011 7:34 AM Updated: August 19, 2011 2:26 PM By The Associated Press ZEINA KARAM (Associated Press) (AP) -- Syrian security forces killed at least 20 ...
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News Wrap: Bank of America Announces 3500 Layoffs
PBS NewsHour
The Taliban say they chose a British target today to mark the 92 nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain. KWAME HOLMAN: Elsewhere, a NATO soldier died in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan today. Syrian troops fired on ...
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A View from Israel: The naïveté of the Left
Jerusalem Post
What about the thousands of Palestinians in refugee camps in Syria fleeing now from BasharAssad's brutal crackdown? Contrary to the efforts of many organizations to paint Israel as an aggressor and the main problem in this region, Egyptian journalist ...
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Ten things you need to know today
First Post
SYRIA: VIOLENT CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTS CONTINUESAt least four people are reported to have been killed and many more injured as forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad opened fire on anti-government protesters. Activists reported gunfire in parts ...
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High Tide: From Azare's Protest To State's Country Terrorism Report
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Russia, however, disagrees, calling for Assad to have more time to implement reform. More here and here. (Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NY Times, Bloomberg) US Secretary of State delivered a video statement announcing the new Syria sanctions. ...
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The Week in Review
theTrumpet.com
While much of the world, including Arab states, has condemned Syrian President Bashar Assad for his violence against his people, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is following Iran's lead and supporting Assad. Iraq has called for Syria to ...
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Syrian forces kill 34 despite Assad pledge
swissinfo.ch
US President Barack Obama froze Syrian state assets in the United States, banned US citizens from operating or investing in Syria and prohibited US imports of Syrian oil products. Adding to international pressure, UN investigators said Assad's forces ...
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swissinfo.ch
ENERGY MARKETS REPORT INCLUDING: BP denied reports that the Macondo well is ...
Proactive Investors UK
The EU could decide to toughen sanctions against Syrian President Al-Assad's government todayimposing a ban on oil imports from the country and banning business with major companies, EU diplomats said. • MF Global said the Brent/WTI oil spread is seen ...
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3 convicted in scout deaths to go free...Sixth death from stage fall...20 ...
9&10 News
BEIRUT (AP) — Even though Syria's president has told the UN that his military and police operations against protesters had stopped, there's no indication of that today. Activists say Syriansecurity forces opened fire on thousands of protesters who ...
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Syrian forces kill 20 despite Assad pledge
swissinfo.ch
Adding to international pressure, UN investigators said Assad's forces had committed violations that may amount to crimes against humanity. The United Nations plans to send a team to Syria on Saturday to assess the humanitarian situation. ...
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swissinfo.ch
Siniora: Syrians decide their own fate
NOW LEBANON
The Syrian people want freedom, democracy, a peaceful transfer of power and do not want to be insulted or to have crimes committed against them, Siniora added. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops have cracked down on protests against almost five ...
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Where is the International Support for Victims of Tyranny?
Family Security Matters
In Syria Bashir Assad has been on a killing spree of the people who have been purring it to the streets, in search of freedom, day after day for months but the United Nations and the international community has chosen to pretend they are deaf, ...
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Europe seeks UN penalties against Syria
Brisbane Times
NEW YORK: A United Nations humanitarian mission is headed to Syria this weekend after European powers launched a campaign for UN Security Council sanctions against the SyrianPresident, Bashar al-Assad, and the US called for him to step down. ...
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'It's not peace but regime change the US is after in Syria' — RT
By RT
UN debates Syria amid new demands Assad quits. 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 ... That's the reason why it's happening today because ten days ago Assad said that he's going to introduce the multiparty system in Syriatoday he said that the operations against the opposition have ended. ...
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Syrian forces kill 20 despite Assad pledge - The Standard
Most of the violence was in the southern province of Deraa where the uprising against Assad erupted in March, triggering a harsh response in which U.N. investigators say Syrian forces may have committed crimes against humanity. ...
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15 killed as Syria presses crackdown on protest | Pakistan Today ...
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Syrian forces kill 20 despite Assad pledge | World | News | Ottawa Sun
Syrian forces shot dead 20 protesters on Friday despite President Bashar al-Assad's pledge that his crackdown on dissent was over, activists said, as thousands marched across Syria, spurred on by U.S. and European calls for him to step ...
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At Least 34 Killed as Syria Crackdown Continues -- News from ...
By Jason Ditz
Syrian officials were quick to blame “foreign elements” for today's protests, with UN envoy Bashar Ja'afari claiming the US was trying to “instigate insurrection” in the nation. Though the US has begun calling for Assad's ouster in ...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells the head of the U.N. that military and police operations against anti-government protesters have stopped. ...
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