SYRIA News, Sep 02, 2011

Syria faces fresh sanctions move as more protests loom BBC News The United Nations says more than 2200 people have been killed in six months of protests. In Paris on Thursday, Mrs Clinton condemned Mr Assad's "brutality against unarmed citizens", adding: "The violence must stop and he needs to step aside. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Iran lawmaker says Tehran should not back Syrian regime Los Angeles Times Avaei was the second leading Iranian official to publicly chastise Syria for a military crackdown that by the United Nations' count has killed more than 2200 Syrians since protests against Assad's government began in March. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Billions of Dollars of Russian Business Suffers Along With Syria The Moscow Times Sovintervod has been working in Syria for more than 50 years. Grishenko added that Assad was a "decent man" and compared today's protests to the 1980s civil unrest in Syria, which was successfully crushed by the government at the cost of up to 25000 ... See all stories on this topic »

APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Syria stonewalling IAEA The Associated Press It also comes as Syrian leader Bashar Assad faces unprecedented international pressure over his months-long crackdown on anti-government protesters, possibly deflecting attention in Damascus from dealing with the nuclear issue. ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

'UN Security Council failing to respond effectively to bloodshed in Arab world' Ha'aretz Diplomats in New York have claimed that the Security Council's image has been seriously tarnished due to its inaction over the escalating violence in Syria by President Bashar Assad's forces. The United Nations Security Council at the UNheadquarters ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz

Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Houston Chronicle 30, 2011, protesters chant anti Bashar Assad slogans in the town of Horan, Syria. Syrian security forces killed at least seven people, including a 13-year-old boy, as thousands of protesters poured out of mosques and marched through cemeteries Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic »

Berri toes hard line on Syria uprising The Daily Star Berri, Hizbullah and other March 8 parties have taken Assad's side in the current confrontation with anti-regime protesters. Hariri and the opposition March 14 parties have publicly supported the protesters, while denouncing Assad over the harsh ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Santa Cruz Sentinel By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY AP Syrian attorney general for the central Hama province of Syria, Adnan Bakkour appears on a video posted online, Thursday Sept. 1, 2011, declaring his resignation to protest at what he said was President Bashar Assad's ... See all stories on this topic »

Amnesty International Decries Assad Regime's "Brutal" Crackdown on Syrian ... Democracy Now And it's apparently wobbling in the Arab League and the Security Council, or at least in the UN, about what it may be able to do. AMY GOODMAN: The fact that the United States has not actually signed on to the ICC, the International Criminal Court, ... See all stories on this topic » Democracy Now

Will Syria follow Libya? CNN (blog) In Syria, the government has not used that kind of incendiary language. The government of President Bashar al-Assad claims they're fighting terrorists or foreign enemies. Does that make it harder for theUN to do what it was able to do in Libya? ... See all stories on this topic »

EU lifts sanctions on Libyan firms Irish Times In a separate manoeuvre expected today, the EU will impose a ban on oil imports from Syria and issue new sanctions against supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian financial institutions. As the uprising against Col Gadafy took hold, ... See all stories on this topic »

The World Next Week: What Next for Libya? Council on Foreign Relations (blog) The Wall Street Journal covers the European Union's new deal to expand the sanctions on Syria to include new measures like an oil embargo, and my colleague Elliott Abrams considers different ways that the Assad regime might crumble. ... See all stories on this topic »

Arab Reactions to Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi's Downfall – Joy Mixed with Concern Middle East Media Research Institute [President 'Ali] Saleh of Yemen and [Bashar] Al-Assad of Syria are still in place, of course, [but] both are bound to fall... because few [leaders] in our region [ever] learn a lesson... "The world will be a better place without General [Al-Qadhafi], ... See all stories on this topic »

CrisisWatch N°97 International Crisis Group Anti-regime protests continued across Syria despite increased crackdowns on the major flashpoint cities. Security forces, including tanks, snipers and navy gunboats were mobilised against protests in Latakia, Daraa, Damascus, Homs, Deir el-Zour and ... See all stories on this topic »

Nations discuss response to Syria's crackdown Forbes ... 09:25 AM EDT PARIS -- A British official says the United States and European leaders are holding talks in the margins of the Paris summit on Libya aimed at toughening the international community's stance against Syria's President Bashar Assad. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sami Gemayel says Hezbollah is acting “like Zionists” NOW LEBANON He also condemned Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour's defense of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's regime. “It is unacceptable for the minister to [defend the regime] the way he did. At least he should remain silent [if he does not want to ... See all stories on this topic » NOW LEBANON

For Russia, New Mideast Will Be a Tough Arms Market The Media Line Russia has fewer qualms about selling weapons to violators, such as Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and Muamar Al-Qaddafi's Libya. “Russia has much thicker skin over the perceived violations of human rights. They conduct a realpolitik arms sales policy. ... See all stories on this topic »

Libya proves Obama right Khaleej Times Success in Libya doesn't make the ongoing challenges in Syria and Yemen any easier. But it certainly lifts the spirits of the remarkable protest movements in these countries that want the same opportunity Tunisians, Egyptians, and now Libyans have. ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey and Israel in scramble to avert diplomatic deep freeze Jewish Chronicle Another factor affecting the relationship is the growing Turkish criticism of its former allySyria over the Assad regime's bloody repression of the protests in the country. This has led to tension between Turkey and Syria's main backer in the region, ... See all stories on this topic » Jewish Chronicle

Sarkozy Warns Iran of Potential Pre-Emptive Attack Al-Manar TV Tackling the Syrian crisis, the French President said that the actions of President Bashar Al-Assad had caused "irreparable" damage to his legitimacy and vowed to support his overthrow. He went on to claim that France will do whatever is "legally" ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Manar TV

Take 5: Thursday thejournal.ie The delayed cooperation – coming on top of increasing international on President Bashar Assad over human rights abuses in the counrty - will likely add to concerns that Syria is in the early stages of a secret programme that could be harnessed to ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian judge defects in protest Sydney Morning Herald If confirmed, Bakour's resignation would be the first high-profile defection since the Syrian uprising started in mid-March. The United Nations says more than 2000 civilians have been killed since then.Assad has repeatedly blamed the unrest in his ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain, US call for tougher stance on Syria Mainichi Daily News Everyone who lives in Syria today must be part of the new Syria that should be developed in the months ahead," Clinton said. The US officials said that Clinton also met in Paris with ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now the special representative ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria Reportedly Stonewalling IAEA TIME 01, 2011 A Syrian opposition demonstrator living in Turkey kicks a poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in central Istanbul August 28, 2011. (VIENNA) — Diplomats saySyria has reneged on a promise to quickly cooperate with a UN ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain, US call for tougher stance on Syria Newsday (subscription) ... on President Bashar Assad and his regime. In a round of talks on the sidelines of a Paris summit on Libya, the US, Britain and France discussed plans to escalate international action aimed at halting violence which the United Nations estimates... See all stories on this topic » Newsday (subscription)

Duly Noted - When “It” Does Not Work, The Management Must Be Changed. Intellectual Conservative Could moral outrage be wearing colored spectacles? Currently, the case of Syriacannot be contained under the lid. Assad has massacred enough of his subjects to make even the UN want to take action. Russia and China are blocking the world body.... See all stories on this topic » Intellectual Conservative

As Regime Crumbles, Al-Qaddafi Clan Cracks The Media Line No defections have been reported in Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's family. Although most analysts think the Al-Qaddafi era is over, the leader retains unknown but possibly significant support among Libyans, particularly in his birthplace and ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists - Yahoo! News Read 'Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists' on Yahoo! News. ... said, and the United Nations said the death toll from President Bashar al-Assad's ... "As of today, over 2200 people have been killed since mass protests began in ... news.yahoo.com/dont-meddle-syria-assad-tells-west-0202409...

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