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SYRIA News, Sep 17, 2011


Russia backs Syrian regime
ABC Online
The Arab Spring has cost Moscow crucial allies in the Middle East and it is determined to hold onto influence in president Bashar al-Assad's Syria. ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: The Syrian regime is estimated by the UN to have killed 2500 of its own people ...
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ABC Online
Turkish PM: Syria's Oppression Will Not Survive
Voice of America
September 16, 2011 Turkish PM: Syria's Oppression Will Not Survive VOA News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Friday, saying the era of oppressive dictators is over. ...
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EU's Syria Sanctions Likely to Be Delayed
Wall Street Journal
In Syria Friday, troops killed at least 17 people in raids on antigovernment protesters, activists said, but failed to stop thousands from nationwide demonstrations against President Bashar Assad'sautocratic rule. Earlier this week, EU diplomats said ...
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New Syrian Initiative Offers Facebook Users A 'Purpose-Driven Status'
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Assad has governed Syria for 10 years after taking over from his father, whose Ba'ath Party took power in a 1963 coup. The United Nationsestimates that 2600 people have so far been killed in Assad's crackdown. Local activists on September 16 say ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Syria army defector Hussein Harmoush in TV 'confession'
BBC News
Syria has been racked by more than five months of protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, with the UN reporting more than 2200 deaths. There have been reports of fresh clashes in a number of towns and cities on Friday, which has become ...
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BBC News
Obama to discuss Israel with Turkey's Erdogan
Reuters
"Turkey has been a close partner of ours on issues related to the Arab spring and I anticipate the two leaders will talk about events in Syria, where we share great concerns with the Turks about the actions of (Syrian) President (Bashar al-) Assad," ...
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The Global Note: Rogue Trader…Africa Famine…Afghan Rock Show…The “Sleepbox”
ABC News (blog)
Meanwhile a group of Syrian opposition activists in Turkey have announced the creation of a single body designed to present a united front against President Bashar Assad's regime. The new “SyrianNational Council” is aid to b made up of 140 members ...
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Turkey warns Iran over Syria unrest: Hurriyet
Al-Arabiya
Turkey has expressed frustration with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his ironfisted regime for failing to listen to the people, whose almost daily demonstrations for democracy have been met with violent repression, at a cost of more than 2600 ...
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Al-Arabiya
Parliament calls for Assad's immediate resignation
IEWY News
President Assad must step down immediately, MEPs said in a four-hour debate on Wednesday stressing that the Syrian regime lost its legitimacy. MEPs also demanded rapid EU assistance for Libya, to help build democratic institutions, restore public ...
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UN chief accuses Syria of breaking promises
Review seeker (press release)
UN chief accuses Syria's Assad of breaking promises and says its time for international action By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) ' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for international action against Syria on Thursday, saying President ...
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Losers in Libya
TIME
Although they sent a delegation to Damascus in the naive hope it might persuade President BasharAssad to stop murdering his people, they remain opposed to sanctions by the Security Council and, together with Russia, have tied the UN's hands on Syria. ...
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This Week: Europe on the Edge, US Incomes Decline
Wall Street Journal
The Palestinians will request full UN membership, making a US veto likelier and posing a possible legal threat to Israel's military. And the US and its European allies are planning for a protracted confrontation with Syrian President Assad, ...
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Wall Street Journal
UN - Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations ...
ISRIA (registration)
Time is not our friend. On Syria: for six months, we have seen escalating violence and repression. The international community has repeatedly appealed to President [Bashar al-]Assad to stop — most recently the Foreign Ministers of the Arab League. ...
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How would-be Labor leaders divided and conquered themselves
Ha'aretz
Four years and 10 days ago, on September 6, Israeli F-16 aircraft reportedly enteredSyrian air space and bombed the atomic reactor Syrian President Bashar Assad had built, according to foreign news sources. They returned home unscathed. ...
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Ha'aretz
Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution ...
Tripoli Post
At the UN we will announce our final decision on Syria.” That appeared to be a reference to whether Turkey would break completely with the Assad government and call explicitly for Mr. Assad to step down. Rod Nordland reported from Tripoli. ...
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Mikati warns against involving Lebanon in “regional axes”
NOW LEBANON
A heated debate has erupted in Lebanon over controversial remarks by the Patriarch, who has warned an end to Syria's regime threatens Christians across the Middle East. Rai urged that SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad be given a chance to implement ...
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Sleiman discusses Lebanon's UN Security Council
NOW LEBANON
Thousands of Syrians have poured into North Lebanon since the beginning of the unrest in their country. Rights groups estimate more than 2600 people have been killed since protests against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad erupted mid-March.
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Cantor's Zionism and Bachmann's Dominionism: Joined at the Hip
Hawaii News Daily
Syria's Assad is desperately holding on to power against the Sunni majority and is certainly capable of making a diversionary attack on Israel to maintain his control. Finally, when the millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in the West Bank, ...
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Hawaii News Daily
Three Big Challenges Threatening the Arab Uprisings
CounterPunch
In Syria, Bashar Al-Assad has been struggling for more than six months to contain his people's daily discontent and maintain his grip on power to save his increasingly isolated and weakened regime. However, the popular uprisings sweeping much of the ...
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This week in war
California Independent Voter Network
The influx of refugees into Turkey from Syria's northern border has prompted the former to demand an end to crackdowns on protestors by the Assad government. The situation has deteriorated enough to have some Turkish officials contemplating an invasion ...
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Syrian Forces Kill 32 as UN's Ban Urges Assad to 'Listen'
Saudi News Today - Other News. MOST POPULAR SNT NEWS ... Syrian Forces Kill 32 as UN'sBan Urges Assad to 'Listen'. 16 Sep 2011 02:09pm. Syrian ...
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