 Boston Globe Yesterday, the government issued its first official response to the US and European demands forAssad to resign. There had been no official comments in Syria after Assad's declaration to UNSecretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that military and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian Leader to Appear on National Television, Crackdown Continues Voice of America (blog) The UN has announced plans to send a team to Syria to assess the country's humanitarian situation. The UN's human rights office said Thursday that Mr. Assad's forces had carried out widespread and systematic attacks on civilians that may amount to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dealing with Syria: The UN must act Winnipeg Free Press Unfortunately, the statement earlier this month by the United Nations Security Council condemningAssad's actions was a weakly worded outcome of months of deliberation and discussion while theSyrian people paid the price. The statement is so much less ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to ... Washington Post Syrian security forces fire on protesters in the central province of Homs, killing two people and wounding at least eight, as President Bashar Assad pushes ahead with a brutal crackdown despite assurances to the UN chief this week that the military ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria's Assad to conduct televised interview on Sunday People's Daily Online The ministry also stressed the importance of al-Assad's latest promise to stop all the military operations and Damascus decision to accept a UN mission on Aug. 20. Syria has been in unrest since mid-March when anti-government protests broke out in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian protesters seek democracy Mississauga They write that anyone concerned with human rights should protest what is happening in Syria by raising awareness and writing letters to MPs, the United Nations and the Syrian embassy condemning the violence and killings by Assad and his followers. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Leading article: The not-so-silly season The Independent Meanwhile, the Arab spring is stalled in Syria, as the United Nations seems unable to prevent Bashar Assad oppressing and killing his people. As Lord Owen writes today, forcing out dictators is a difficult business. The killings in Norway were so ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Owen: What makes a dictator pack his bags? The Independent The German government and other EU dissenters from military action against Libya, should answer this: if we had let Gaddafi and his sons take Benghazi, what would have happened in Syria? Would the Syrian people still be fighting President Bashar Assad ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| National and world briefs News Sentinel BEIRUT — A government-owned Syrian newspaper today rejected US and European calls for President Bashar Assad to step down, saying they revealed the “face of the conspiracy” against Damascus. Despite the regime's promises this week that it had wrapped ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Libyan rebels claim control of key city MarketWatch Elsewhere in the Middle East, tanks entered the central Syrian city of Homs, Al Jazeera reported, citing activists, in a sign that President Bashar al-Assad remains willing to put down protests with force despite the impending arrival of a UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World briefs: 8/21/11 Pittsburgh Post Gazette BEIRUT -- Syrian security forces fired on protesters in the central province of Homs on Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least eight, as President Bashar Assad pushed ahead with a crackdown despite assurances to the United Nations last week ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Staging Another Major 9/11 Terror Attack Pacific Free Press In Syria, Assad had to shell entire cities into submission. Israel, thus far, has only had to kill 5 of their own. Note we say “thus far.” Author Jeff Gates outlines the narrative from the “usual suspects” here: How many Americans had heard of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As armed conflict erupts, Erdogan demonstrates his actual priority Hot Air As indicated in the last link (and in an earlier one from my 15 August post), regional observers are calling Iran's Horn of Africa/Yemen strategy her “back-up plan” for when the Assad regime falls inSyria. Erdogan showing up right smack dab in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria rejects US and European calls for Assad's removal CTV.ca The fresh wave of violence comes despite assertions to the UN chief this week that Assad's regime had ended its military assault against a five-month-long uprising. Mroue said thousands of people have been detained over the past week, cutting into the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Assad to 'address situation' in Syria The West Australian The protests came as the United Nations said it was dispatching a humanitarian mission to Syriathis weekend after a damning report to the Security Council on Thursday on Assad's "apparent shoot to kill" policy. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dyer: Was President George Bush a 'sleeper'? MetroWest Daily News The Baath Party seized power in Syria in 1963. Since 1970 it has been led by members of theAssad clan - the current president is Bashar al-Assad - and the Alawite (Shia Muslim) sect they belong to dominates the government and the intelligence services ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Syria's Assad to Give TV Interview on Sunday | Radio Sawt Beirut ... By Carol Maher Embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad is to address the nation in a television interview, as his forces continued to kill anti-regime protesters Saturday despite demands from world powers for him to put an end to the repression. ... the continuing process of reforms, the repercussions of American and Western political and economic pressures and a vision of the future for Syria in the current regional and international context,” state news agency SANA said. ... Radio Sawt Beirut International... |
| UN team arrives in Syria, Assad expected to ... - Saudi News Today A UN humanitarian team arrived in Syria to assess the crisis as President Bashar al-Assad was scheduled to address the nation on Sunday. ... www.saudinewstoday.com/.../76303__UN+team+arrives+in+S... |
| Syria's Assad says military operations 'stopped' - Nine News Today ... Nine News Today - Breaking News, Today News, World, US, Business, ... (BBC News) – SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad has told UN chief Ban Ki-moon that ... www.ninenewstoday.com/syrias-assad-says-military-operations... |
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