SYRIA News, Sep 04, 2011

Worldview: Stop Syria? It's not as easy as Libya | Philadelphia Inquirer ... Philadelphia Inquirer After all, the justification for NATO's no-fly zone over Libya was to prevent mass slaughter in Benghazi; Syrian leader Assad continues to slaughter civilians who are peacefully calling for reforms in their country. Despite Assad's ban on news coverage ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian Kurds meet in Sweden to push Assad's ouster AFP When the conference concludes Sunday afternoon, organisers will publish a declaration of intent and announce possible future meetings of the conference, Akko said. According to the United Nations, more than 2200 people have been killed in Syriasince ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

France calls for 'accelerated' regime change in Syria Ha'aretz EU publishes new round of sanctions against Syria on Saturday; Russia, China have blocked Western attempts to pass tougher UN Security Council resolutions. By DPA Tags: Syria Bashar Assad Arab Spring French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Saturday ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz

Gilmore calls for Assad to halt violence BreakingNews.ie The Tánaiste also welcomed yesterday's announcement by EU foreign ministers to ban Syrian oil imports, which will have a significant economic impact on the regime. He also pledged Ireland's support for the UN's ongoing efforts to arrive at a new ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia's Middle East ambitions Aljazeera.net Hence, Assad's Syria suddenly became a main regional ally which was epitomised in President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Damascus in 2010 along with a flurry of military and economic agreements. Through its rapprochement with Syria, the Kremlin was also ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.net

Alia Ibrahim / Correspondent's Outtake: The myth of reformist dictators Al-Arabiya More likely, he, like Assad, was never really a reformer. Those who still support theSyrian president today do it in the name of stability and the lack of evident acceptable secular alternative, and not because they believe he could bring reform. ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

Al-Masri, left, says he was imprisoned for two weeks after taking part in anti ... Aljazeera.net In August, at least 190 displaced people returned to Syria, according to the UN refugee agency. Mohammed, a taxi driver from Talkalakh, Syria, who did not want his full name used for fear of reprisal, spent two and a half months in the al-Iman school ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.net

Cameron's Busy Week After Holiday Return Sky News On Syria, Mr Cameron will no doubt repeat his frustration that while the European Union and the United States are imposing tougher sanctions on the Assad regime in Damascus, they are not being supported yet by the Arab League or the United Nations. ... See all stories on this topic » Sky News

September May Be Stormy – or Not Jerusalem Post A year ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad wanted, for various reasons, to get rid of the Hamas leadership in Damascus and had forced Hamas's central figure, Khaled Mashaal, and his colleagues, who reside in Damascus, to act more moderately. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sue Hulett: Has Obama abandoned global leadership? Galesburg Register-Mail In sum, while Libya was victory on the cheap for Obama and may have a “Be Gone” effect on Assadin Syria, the picture of Obama foot dragging, burden shifting, indecision, and obsession with multilateral-only action and approval seems likely to further ... See all stories on this topic »

Douglas Alexander: We helped free Libya, but our job's not over The Independent But just because the military force used against Gaddafi would be unwelcome to Syria's protesters and neighbours does not prevent the type of non-military pressure applied to Gaddafi now from being deployed against President Assad. ... See all stories on this topic »

Newspapers Review: Turkey-Israel Crisis Dominates Dailies' Front Pages WAFA - Palestine News Agency Al-Quds chose to focus on the developments in Syria and Libya, with a picture from Bucharest of Syrians protesting Bashar Al-Assad rule. Al-Ayyam had also highlighted the developments in Syriaand Libya on its front page. Al-Ayyam had a story quoting ... See all stories on this topic »

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