SYRIA News, Sep 16, 2011

UN chief accuses Syria's Assad of breaking promises and says its time for ... Washington Post By AP, UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for international action againstSyria on Thursday, saying President Bashar Assad has repeatedly broken promises to reform. Using unusually strong language, Ban accused Assad of “escalating ... See all stories on this topic »

In Syrian Town, Uprising Turns Into Grim Standoff New York Times The revolt against President Bashar al-Assad turned six months old on Thursday, and in that time protesters and security forces have learned techniques to cope with each other. The stalemate that has ensued is too kind a word to describe a toll that ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

SYRIA: Momentum builds as uprising reaches six-month mark [VIDEO] Los Angeles Times The uprising stands as the biggest challenge to the four-decade-long rule of Syrian President BasharAssad's family. The United Nations estimates that more than 2600 have died over the last six months. In the video above, protesters in Zamalka, ... See all stories on this topic »

UN chief urges Palestinians to return to peace talks, calls for int'l action ... Al-Arabiya Ban, meanwhile, called for “coherent” new international action over the deadly crackdown on opposition protests by Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. “When he has not been keeping his promises, enough is enough and the international community should ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

[1000 character limit, no HTML, URLs auto-linked] Link TV By Mosaic News On the six month anniversary of Syria's uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, members of the Syrian opposition met in Istanbul today to form a united Syrian National Council. The council is made up of 140 members, ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran's 'damaged' president heads for UN spotlight The Associated Press It adds to the increasing difficulties for Western officials to interpret Iran's moves with international talks stalled over Tehran's nuclear program and key Middle East ally Bashar Assad in Syria locked in a battle for survival against Arab Spring ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

SANA says to air confession of spy linked to Mughniyeh hit The Daily Star Thursday marks six months since unrest shook the Arab country, which has seen continuous protests calling for reforms and an end to the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad. International pressure has intensified against Assad in recent days, ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Remarks on the United Nations General Assembly US Department of State (press release) I welcome today's opportunity to outline the Administration's goals and priorities for this year'sUnited Nations General Assembly as an opportunity to reemphasize the US commitment to constructive engagement across the UN system. ... See all stories on this topic »

Kabbara calls for protecting Syrian people NOW LEBANON Didn't [former President Hafez] Assad's army target it in 1978?” Assad's troops have cracked down on protests against almost five decades of Baath Party rule which broke out mid-March, killing over 2600 people according to the UN Human Rights Committee ... See all stories on this topic »

Cameron, Sarkozy Visit Libya Wall Street Journal In Tripoli, Mr. Sarkozy also ratcheted up the rhetoric against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. "I dream that one day young Syrians will be as lucky as the young Libyanstoday, that one day they will also be able to say: 'Democracy and a peaceful ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Saudi Arabia's Hypocritical U.S. Threat Daily Beast Next to wild-cards like former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and soon-to-be-formerSyrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad, King Abdullah seems positively stable and moderate. He is anything but. One great lesson from the Arab Spring is that the “stability” of ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Turkey's Neo-Ottoman Foreign Policy RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (What better way to minimize the Islamists than to appoint a secular French sociologist chairman of a transitional body, as the Syrian National Council voted last month?) Erdogan did happy business with Bashar al-Assad while he could, but he now wants ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

British Government confirms withdrawal from Durban III Jerusalem Post “It will be interesting, for instance to see what this year's conference has to say about SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's ethnic cleansing of Lattakia,” he added. On Wednesday Prime Minister David Cameron said that he did not want the UK to engage ... See all stories on this topic »

Dinner with Ahmadinejad National Review Online Tehran provides material and moral support for Bashar Assad's murderous regime in Syria, which has mowed down protesters by the thousands in the past few months. The Iranian regime is also guilty of fetid anti-Semitism, and has the blood of many ... See all stories on this topic »

A view from Israel: Ibn Khaldoun's theory Jerusalem Post Today, Egypt, Syria and Bahrain face division along religious sectarian lines while Yemen and Libya face division across tribal lines. Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose family belongs to the minority Alawite sect, continues to brutally murder his ... See all stories on this topic »

The Battlefield of the Future The National Interest Online (blog) Things are certainly still hot in Syria at the moment. Ambassador Robert Ford, along with other Western diplomats, joined Syrians mourning the death of Ghiath Matar, a rights campaigner. Shortly after Ford left the gathering, Bashar al-Assad's forces ... See all stories on this topic »

Anglo-Russian relations The Economist Reporting back on foreign-policy talks, Mr Hague conceded that there was “no meeting of minds” onSyria; Russia opposes calls for UN sanctions against the Assad regime. Even Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president and usually a friendlier host than Mr ... See all stories on this topic »

Libya seeks urgent release of $160bn The National Syria is the target of European and US sanctions aimed at isolating the government of Bashar Al Assad, the president, because of violence against protesters. But Tayseer Erbini, the deputy governor of the Syrian central bank, said he was not worried ... See all stories on this topic » The National

Urging new tactics to solve Mideast conflict Cleveland Jewish News In February, for the first time, two Iranian warships traveled through the Suez Canal, anchoring inSyria; they are now able to patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, Guiora said. By turning a blind eye toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's massacre of ... See all stories on this topic »

One Dissenting Voice J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service I do not think the oppressed people of Syria are concerned about what is happening with the BDS right now as they try to overthrow the Assad regime. The real solution will come through peace, negotiation and reconciliation. That is exactly what the BDS ... See all stories on this topic »

Mikati meeting with Rai comes with full plate of discussion topics Zawya (subscription) Political sources said that Mikati would also seek clarification from Rai over the patriarch's recent remarks on the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. During a visit to Paris last week, Rai warned that ifSyrian President Bashar Assad's regime is replaced ... See all stories on this topic »

Armored Syrian forces storm towns near Turkey border - TODAY News Assad faces Western outrage and tougher rhetoric from Turkey but no U.N. Security ... Support from Russia and China, which have oil concessions in Syria and ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../russia-resists-syria-sanctions-assad-fo...

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