A familiar road to nowhere as good intentions falter in Syria
The National
That's why Arab and international concern with Syria today may be too little too late. There never was a doubt that the Assad regime would respond to the Syrian intifada by employing sectarian reflexes. Whatever the laudable goals of the ...
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| Syrian violence 'intensified despite Ramadan' Telegraph.co.uk The rival eastern plan, which is dismissed by Britain as being weaker than an existing statement on Syria issued by the security council last month, was submitted on the same day. Mark Lyall Grant, Britain's UN ambassador, and Vitaly Churkin, ... See all stories on this topic » |  Telegraph.co.uk |
| India bridges old and new at UN Hindustan Times The battleground was Syria: how to get president Bashar al-Assad to stop the crackdown on protestors and concede their demand for political reforms, and perhaps hasten his own exit like Hosni Mubarak's in Egypt. And India was holding the presidency of ... See all stories on this topic » |  Hindustan Times |
eTaiwan News
Sarkozy told French diplomats Wednesday that Bashar Assad's regime is "wrong to think it is protected by its own people." The French president also expressed disappointment that the UNSecurity Council hasn't taken stronger action against Syria. ...
See all stories on this topic »The Jordan opportunity
Ynetnews
In addition to Hezbollah possibly losing support from Syria should Assad fall, the ouster of theSyrian dictator could have serious ramifications for the Hashemite regime in Jordan. Although not considered a ruthless dictator like Assad, King Abdullah ...
See all stories on this topic »Hundreds killed in Syria during Ramadan
Windsor Star
At least 473 Syrians have been killed during protests against the Assad regime during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, human rights campaigners said Wednesday. The death toll of 360 civilians included 25 children and 14 women, said the Syrian ...
See all stories on this topic »Update From The United Nations On Libya And Syria
Canada Free Press
In a demonstration of how ineffective the Security Council has been in dealing with the ongoing atrocities by the Assad regime against the Syrian people, it has spent days trying to decide which draft resolution was filed first for consideration. ...
See all stories on this topic »Daily Press Briefing: August 30, 2011
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
And we will continue to look at individuals within the Asad regime who we consider to be part of the problem, supportive of the ongoing violence, and part of the misleading of the international community as to what's really going on in Syria. ...
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| In Lebanon, the plot thickens Aljazeera.net Usually, the narrative that assigns motive for this crime to Hezbollah goes something like this: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Hezbollah, was at loggerheads with Hariri, had threatened him several times, and was furious at the ... See all stories on this topic » |  Aljazeera.net |
eTaiwan News
Though Syria itself produces oil, it has few facilities for refining it, and depends on imported fuel. President Bashar Assad has fewer and fewer friends abroad. Saudi Arabia and Bahrein are two non-democratic countries that have made known their ...
See all stories on this topic »Mansour receives instructions from his Syrian counterpart, says Merhebi
NOW LEBANON
He also addressed the false witnesses file saying that no false witnesses can be uncovered before finalizing the tribunal, in a reference to the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). “Assad is the first false witness, along with some Hezbollah ...
See all stories on this topic »France: Libya war marks new chapter in EU-US relations
EUobserver.com
On Syria, he added that the EU will do "everything legally possible" to help topple President BasharAssad, underlining that any EU involvement in "morally and politically just" conflicts must have a UNmandate. Sarkozy spoke out on the eve of a summit ...
See all stories on this topic »MidEast Daily News
The Media Line
The human rights group Amnesty International claims that scores of people have died in detention inSyrian prisons since the revolt against Bashar Al-Assad's rule began five months ago. They said that 88 people, including 10 children had been tortured ...
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| Al Jazeera Says Kucinich Worked With Qaddafis, Kucinich Denies The Atlantic Wire Kucinich, for his part, already landed in hot water earlier this year for traveling to Syriato meet with President Bashar al-Assad. Last week, The Guardian reported that the Qaddafi regime had offered Kucinich an all-expenses paid "peace mission" to ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Atlantic Wire |
The National Interest Online (blog)
This round targets Syria's foreign minister, top presidential adviser and ambassador to Lebanon. Nuland said these officials were singled out because of the role they “play in propagating and advancing the reign of terror that Assad is exacting on his ...
See all stories on this topic »Lebanon Backs Syria in Rejecting Arab League Statement
Al-Manar TV
Arab League foreign ministers also agreed to send Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby to Syria to push for political and economic reforms in the country. A delegate to the League has said Arab governments would step up pressure on Assad at a summit on ...
See all stories on this topic »Candidly Speaking: Explaining doublespeak to our friends
Jerusalem Post
The manner in which he unhesitatingly abandoned long-standing US ally Hosni Mubarak while delaying calls for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad have encouraged America's traditional Muslim allies to lose confidence in him. At the same time, ...
See all stories on this topic »Lebanon backs Syria in rejecting Arab League statement
Jerusalem Post
The United Nations says at least 2200 people have been killed since Assad sent in tanks and troops to crush the demonstrations that erupted in March after the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt were toppled by popular protests. ...
See all stories on this topic »A Reversal of Israeli and Turkish Foreign Policy Stereotypes
Rudaw
Most recently, when similar Turkish investments of money and effort came under threat in Libya andSyria, the Turks did not try to salvage sinking ships. Instead of compromising their diplomatic image by supporting Gaddafi or Assad to the end, ...
See all stories on this topic »Israel's challenging game of 4-D chess
SignOnSanDiego.com
Interestingly, according to reports, Iran recently turned off the cash spigots to Hamas after the group declined to hold demonstrations in support of the murderous Syrian President Bashar al-Assad'sbloody crackdown on Syrians protesting his ...
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| Arab Spring: Revolutions, Lies, and Intervention Center for Research on Globalization [26] Due to the imperialists succeeding in Libya, many are worried that the US-NATO war machine may set its sights on a new target: Syria. Protests in Syria began in earnest in May and have not let up since then. While there are calls for intervention ... See all stories on this topic » |  Center for Research on Globalization |
Consortium News
Similarly, Syria's embattled dictator Bashar al-Assad has been another bulwark against Islamic extremism inside his country's borders, in part, because Islamic fundamentalists despise Assad'sAlawite religion, considering it a form of apostasy that ...
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| This week's news from around the world The Zimbabwean A United Nations humanitarian mission to Syria has concluded there is "an urgent need to protect civilians from the excessive use of force". Protests against the reigning al-Assad regime have swept the country since March. See all stories on this topic » |  The Zimbabwean |
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