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SYRIA News, Sep 21, 2011


Obama, Erdogan Agree To 'Increase Pressure' On Syrian Regime
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The US and Turkish leaders discussed Syria in a meeting on September 20 on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly in New York. The United States has previously called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assadto step down, while the Turkish ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Syria & Human Rights
Day Press News
Video uploaded to social media websites shows ongoing protests in Syria. "As oftoday, 2700 people, including at least 100 children, have been killed by military and security forces since mass protests erupted in mid-March," Kyung-wha Kang, deputyUN ...
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Day Press News
Yemen and Syria: Are the Civilians' Rights Not a UN Security Council Priority?
IBTimes
UN figures suggest that at least 2700 people have died in Syria's crackdown on protests since February and despite embargos and sanctions set up by thy the UN, analysts have warned the regime could subsist in power for much longer. "As of today...
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IBTimes
Ahmadinejad, the Twelfth Imam and trouble in Tehran
CNN (blog)
Today the picture is hazier. Publicly Ahmadinejad has distanced himself from Syria's beleaguered President, Bashar al Assad. Ahmadinejad told the Washington Post last week: "Some people are against him. They should be respected. ...
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WORLD - News of the Day From Across the Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
1 New critic: After months of striking a far friendlier tone toward the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Iraqi government has joined a chorus of other nations calling on him to step down. An adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri ...
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Arab League body wants to suspend Syria, Yemen membership
Reuters Africa
13 had called for "immediate change" in Syria and an end to a crackdown on protesters demanding that President Bashar al-Assad step down. The latest figures released by the United Nations human rights office on Monday indicated that security forces ...
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Syrian opposition backs Russian stand in UN
The Voice of Russia
A delegation of Russian senators spent three days in Syria to collect the most comprehensive and reliable information about the state of affairs in that country. The politicians met with President Bashar al-Assad and opposition members, ...
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The Voice of Russia
U.S. Emphasizes Common Ground With Turkey
Wall Street Journal
The leaders agreed on the need to increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said Liz Sherwood-Randall, senior director for European affairs at the National Security Council. "It is notable that we are in alignment in our assessments of the ...
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Syria Official reports Ambushes & Killings by Armed Groups
Day Press News
Syria has been rocked by protests against President al-Assad's regime that began in Daraa on March 15 and triggered a brutal crackdown in which the United Nations says 2600 people have been killed. Officially, Syrian government claims its security ...
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Day Press News
Perry slams Obama on Israel policy; the Obama rebuttal
Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
Meanwhille, members of Congress are weighing whether to continue funding for the Palestinian Authority if the UN Palestinian bid is successful. Excerpts from Perry press conference: "Today, neither adversaries nor allies know where America stands. ...
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Obama standing up for Israel at the United Nations
Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
US leadership has led to two Special Sessions on the situation in Syria, sending President Assad a clear message that the world is watching what he does and that atrocities and human rights violations would not go unnoticed. At the most recent special ...
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Obama's Defining Moment on Israel
Huffington Post (blog)
But not even Israel's strongest critics can proclaim with a straight face that these Israeli actions are remotely comparable to the anti-Arab violence perpetuated by the likes of Gaddafi and Assad. Yet in the ongoing cycle of anti-Zionist ...
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A Man With A Mission: Ban Speaks To The World
Big Think
Week after week, often when attention was elsewhere, Ban has continued to shine the spotlight on the Assad regime in Syria. Ban's overarching theme will be “together, nothing is impossible”. This is not hyperbole, but practical commonsense born out of ...
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Israel, Assad fuel instability, says Jordan's king
NOW LEBANON
Washington has already said it will use its veto if the UN Security Council votes on the issue, while Netanyahu on Monday urged Abbas to hold direct talks in New York ahead of the showdown. In the interview, King Abdullah also said the regime of Syrian ...
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Syrian economy to shrink by 2 percent amid turmoil: IMF
The Daily Star
Syria's current account deficit will also widen from 3.9 percent of GDP in 2010 to 6.1 percent this year, the Fund said. In April, less than a month after protests began against the regime of President Bashar Assad, the IMF had forecast 3 percent ...
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Web users divided over the creation of a Palestinian state
FRANCE 24
What can be done in Syria to put an end to the brutal crackdown on protesters exercised by the Bashar al-Assad regime? Six months into the Syrian uprising and the repression continues. For Robin Yassin-Kassab there are only two possible outcomes: ...
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When They Were Kings - by Colum Lynch
Foreign Policy (blog)
In the months leading up to this year's UN General Assembly which kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 21, Ban has openly encouraged NATO's military efforts to topple the likes of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, and accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...
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Iran Will Participate in Durban III
The Weekly Standard (blog)
... the UN world—to focus on places like Sudan where 400000 are dead and millions displaced since 2008, or Sri Lanka where there have been 10000 dead and injured since 2009, or Syria where hundreds are dying at the hands of a tyrant, Bashar al-Assad. ...
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Daybreak: Last Exit Before the UN?
Tablet Magazine
[NYT] • It is conventional wisdom among administration hands that Bashar Assad is not long for ruling Syria. They are looking to Iraq as a model for the ethnically fractured country, and the American occupation thereof as what not to let happen. ...
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Tablet Magazine
Russian Federation Council delegation visits Syria‎
Press TV
If there is one stance the Russians seem unequivocal about with regards to Syria it is their staunch opposition to any UN-sanctioned resolution against the Regime of Bashar al-Assad. And they warn that any military intervention in Syria would transform ...
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Press TV
Why is Yemen different from Libya and Syria?
The Voice of Russia
In Syria, the West has been much too vocal in its demands for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Be it not for the stalemate in Libya and the firm opposition by Russia and China in the UN Security Council, a new war in the Middle East wouldn't ...
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The Voice of Russia
Venezuela Stresses Support to Syria against Destabilization Attempts
Syrian Arab News Agency
... of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly. Minister Moros hailed the reform steps taken by the Syrian government under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, stressing his country's faith that Syria will emerge from the crisis stronger. ...
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Syrian forces kill two as U.S. 'readies for Assad fall'
Canada.com
Assad has deployed tanks and troops in an increasingly violent response to anti-government protests inspired by the Arab Spring, with at least 2600 people, mostly civilians, killed since March 15, according to UN figures. ...
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Qabalan commends patriarch's “national stances”
NOW LEBANON
He also urged that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be given a chance to implement reforms.Assad's regime has cracked down on a string of unprecedented protests across his country, killing more than 2600 civilian protesters since the uprising began in ...
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Global Women's Group Makes a Move
Daily Beast
But they've also had to endure countless acts of rape and violence, especially in the brutal regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. There's a little sign in my office that says 'The best man for the job is a woman.' Tarja Halonen, the president of Finland ...
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Daily Beast
UN - Secretary-General's remarks at G8 Meeting on the Deauville Partnership
ISRIA (registration)
We are especially concerned about the ongoing violence in Syria. President Assad has repeatedly assured the international community ?and me ? that he will listen to the demands of his people and halt the campaign of repression against them. ...
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Russian Delegation: Syrian People Possess Big Potentials to Overcome the ...
Syrian Arab News Agency
He stressed that during the delegation meeting with President Bashar al-Assad "we were sure that there is a true determination to carry out the reforms proposed by theSyrian leadership." "We are aware since we came to Syria that the western media is...
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Syrian Arab News Agency
Syria Toll Mounts as Uprising Against Assad ... - Saudi News Logo
Saudi News Today - Other News ... uprising against President Bashar al-Assad entered its seventh month and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...
www.saudinewstoday.com/.../80040__Syria+Toll+Mounts+as+...

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