Today: SYRIA News, Aug 27, 2011

Search

ALS, Alexander Language Schools Franchise


Aug 27, 2011

SYRIA News, Aug 27, 2011


Russia Introduces Competing UN Draft on Syria
Wall Street Journal
The drawn-out struggle at the UN to increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who remains defiant despite tightened Western sanctions and calls for him to step down, has tested the patience of Syria's opposition, with some activists now ...
See all stories on this topic »
Syria civilians 'need protection'
BBC News
The Russian draft calls for the Syrian government to speed up reforms and for the opposition to take part in political dialogue. The US-European draft calls for a freeze of President Assad's assets and an arms embargo against Syria. Russia's UN ...
See all stories on this topic »

BBC News
Syria's youth coalition accuses Hezbollah of role in Assad's brutal crackdown
Al-Arabiya
“Lebanon is not immune to the situation in Syria. Negative developments like positive developments will affect the entire region,” warned Nasrallah. The United Nationsestimates Syrian security forces have killed more than 2200 people since ...
See all stories on this topic »

Al-Arabiya
Russia introduces rival resolution on Syria
Forbes
Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin circulated Moscow's draft Friday, a day after he strongly hinted that Russia would veto the US and European-backed resolution calling for an arms embargo on Syria and the freezing of assets against Assad and key ...
See all stories on this topic »
Nakba Day during the Arab Spring
Aljazeera.net
Some Palestinian refugees worry that Syria's regime is using their struggle to gain legitimacy during its crackdown. As Syrian protesters continue taking to the streets against the government of president Bashar al-Assad, the question of what role ...
See all stories on this topic »

Aljazeera.net
Syria civilians feel threatened, need protection
Khaleej Times
Separately, UN Security Council diplomats said that Russia and China were resisting a US and European push to impose sanctions on Assad, members of his family and close associates because of the crackdown. Assad told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...
See all stories on this topic »
The International 'Defiant' Camp and the Questions of Libya and Syria
Huffington Post (blog)
Yet this would certainly require radical change, not just with respect to Libya, but equally also with regard to Syria. The quicker the international community acts today to end the conflict in Libya, the quicker it would be saving Libyan lives and ...
See all stories on this topic »
Viewpoints: Rebels Face a Post-Gaddafi Libya
World Press Review
The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 26 – Syria's al-Assad rightly should be the next target for a Libya-style international campaign. So far, however, the consensus among analysts is that the people of Syria are on their own. Likewise, so are the protest ...
See all stories on this topic »

World Press Review
International Pressure on Syria
Day Press News
The US, Britain and France are pushing for new sanctions against President al-Assad, including a freeze of his overseas finances and a travel ban. In turn, UN Human Rights Council ordered an investigation on Aug. 23 into the crackdown on protesters, ...
See all stories on this topic »

Day Press News
Newsdome: Car bomb kills 16 at the Nigerian UN building
Creative Loafing Atlanta
(Voice of America) >> Syrian forces opened fire on protesters calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down today, killing at least two. This comes a day after the country's best known political cartoonist, Ali Ferzat, was attacked. ...
See all stories on this topic »

Creative Loafing Atlanta
News Wrap: Bernanke Says US Economy Is on Track for Long-Term Growth
PBS NewsHour
Human rights groups say President Bashar Assad's forces have killed at least 2000 people since the protests began in March. The Japanese prime minister is resigning after just 15 months in office. Naoto Kan announced today he's stepping down. ...
See all stories on this topic »
The bloodshed in Libya by NATO was an opportunity missed by the African Union ...
Cocorioko
There has been much more bloodshed in Syria today than there was in Libya but Assad of Syriahas been given a Carte Blanche to do whatever he likes without us seeing the Bombs of NATO falling on Syria. The reasons for this are simple. ...
See all stories on this topic »
RUSSIA AND CHINA BOYCOTT TALKS ON SANCTIONS AGAINST ASSAD
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) New York - Russia and China have boycotted talks on a proposal to impose sanctions on Bashar el Assad's regime in Syria. The European members of the UN Security Council (permanent members Britain and France, as well as Germany and Portugal) and ...
See all stories on this topic »
UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters rallied across Syria to mark the last Friday in Ramadan, as activists said President Bashar Assad's troops killed at least eight people. Activists allege pro-government forces Thursday killed at ...
See all stories on this topic »
The Middle East: Ruled by Insanity?
Christian Post (blog)
Note the fall of Libya, the imminent fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the attacks upon Israel within the past two weeks as just very recent examples. But also note the apparent insanity of it all. First of all, an insane dictator (Gaddafi) was ...
See all stories on this topic »
The end of the beginning
Irish Times
Syria's Assad, in mortal danger. Abdullah of Jordan remains in trouble. Bahrain's monarchy survives only by force. Iran's protests may be in abeyance, cowed by mass jailings, but its leaders are increasingly openly at each others' throats. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Special Report Transcripts * August 25th
Fox News (blog)
Syrian TV today showed President Bashar al-Assad hosting an Iftar meal for Islamic leaders. Assadblamed the morals of Syrian society for his country's crisis. Moammar Gadhafi again todayappealed for Libyans to stay and fight rebels in Tripoli. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Threats unlikely to alter status quo
The Daily Star
In the eyes of the Syrian leadership, Lebanon remains the only place for Syria to respond to American and European plots to dismember the region and turn it into religious, ethnic and sectarian statelets. However, Baabda MP Alain Aoun, ...
See all stories on this topic »
The Palestinian statehood bid is a legal mess that threatens to disenfranchise ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Qatar, which has been one of the loudest proponents of the UN initiative, doesn't seem to have explained the trickier provisos to the terrorists. Since the Assad regime inSyria went wobbly, the emirate's been hosting Khaled Meshaal, ...
See all stories on this topic »

Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Despite 'Urgent' Need for Progress towards Two-State Solution in Middle East ...
WebWire (press release)
In Syria, national security forces continued to use “excessive and lethal force” against protesters.United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had repeatedly urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to immediately end such violence and to engage in ...
See all stories on this topic »
Turkey conducts silent diplomacy with Lebanon
Today's Zaman
“If Lebanese political actors somehow encourage Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's current approach, then the country may have to face the same destiny as Syria, which is further isolation from the international community,” Turkish officials told their ...
See all stories on this topic »
Transitional Council Declared Official Libya Representative in Arab League
Novinite.com
The decision to call the meeting was made Wednesday. According to UN data, since the beginning of the protests, nearly 2 200 people have died in Syria in clashes with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
See all stories on this topic »

Novinite.com
Qatar emir tells Syria force is 'fruitless'
Egyptian Gazette
“The Syrian people have taken to the street in a real civil uprising to demand change, justice and freedom,” he said following talks with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, a strong ally of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad. “Everyone knows that the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Gaddafi: rule of law in Tripoli or The Hague?
Radio Netherlands
With Egypt's Hosni Mubarak on trial in Cairo and Syria's Bashar al Assad possibly facing international justice, many are asking whether Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) could put Gaddafi on trial in Tripoli. Libya has not signed up as a ...
See all stories on this topic »
Libyans' tryst with destiny
Pakistan Observer
Let's not forget Qaddafi, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Tunisia's Ben Ali, Syria's Hafez Assad, whose son is now trying to outdo him in cruelty, and many others had all thrown up previous regimes, promising moon to their people and look where and how they ...
See all stories on this topic »
Russia suffers from 'siege mentality'
News.Az
Even as we speak a relevant example is developing – Syria. The number of victims exceeds 2000 people, but Russia is still blocking a UN resolution, considering that President Bashar al-Assad can implement the necessary reforms. ...
See all stories on this topic »

News.Az
The Realist Prism: Obama's Post-Realist Turn in Libya
World Politics Review
Is, for instance, President Bashar al-Assad's response to the ongoing efforts to unseat him in Syriabeing tempered by the perception that, should he attempt to follow his father's example and completely level Hama, humanitarian outrage would ensue? ...
See all stories on this topic »
FACTBOX-Protests in Middle East, North Africa
Reuters Africa
Frozen Libyan assets to the value of $1.5 billion were released by the United Nations on Aug. 25 for immediate relief. * SYRIA: Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired at protesters after Friday prayers in the Damascus suburb of Douma, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Siniora: Objections should be dealt with via STL platform
NOW LEBANON
“The situation [in Syria] cannot be resolved if the [the government continues to handle the people's demonstrations] in this manner.” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops have cracked down on protests against almost five decades of Baath rule ...
See all stories on this topic »
Speech not conducive to dialogue, unity, Sir
Nation Online
Does he want to transform himself into the likes of beleaguered Arab dictators such as Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Syria's Bashar al-Assad who turned State guns on their own people? Furthermore, like most of his controversial statements, the timing of ...
See all stories on this topic »
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." --James Madison
Patriot Post
In other news, US and European leaders screwed up their courage and finally called forSyrian President Bashar al-Assad to surrender his power, but just as surely as the sun rises in the east, the Russians tried to throw a wrench into the works. ...
See all stories on this topic »

Patriot Post
Japan - Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary, 25 August 2011
ISRIA (registration)
Japan believes Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has already lost the trust of the international community, can no longer legitimately govern the country and should step aside. Japan holds great interest in the agreement President Al-Assad made with UN ...
See all stories on this topic »
Syrian forces kill 20; execute Assad, crowd chants - TODAY News ...
Syrian forces kill 20; crowd calls for Assad's execution ... Next story in News ... against Assaderupted in March, triggering a harsh response in which U.N. ...
today.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/
War News Updates: Unrest In Syria -- News Updates August 22, 2011
A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. ... Defiant Assad addressesSyria on TV as UN arrives in Damascus -- The Guardian ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../unrest-in-syria-news-updates...

Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments: