| Syrian Forces Kill 17 as Europe, Russia Near UN Resolution Pressing Assad Bloomberg The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was stranded in the office of opposition lawyer Hasan Abdul-Azim in Damascus today when government supporters surrounded it, Merhi said. Ford, contacted by Bloomberg News by telephone as the incident was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria Opposition Seeks No-Fly Zone Wall Street Journal "The number one thing that we can do to help them is to get international monitors in there," Ms. Nuland said. "We need witnesses so that we can hold Assad to account." The UN Security Council is set to resume discussions on Syria this week. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pro-Assad Protesters Pelt US Ambassador with Eggs, Tomatoes Voice of America President Assad has repeatedly sent out troops to quell anti-government protests. TheUnited Nations says the crackdown has killed at least 2700 people since mass protests started in March. Syria says the death toll is lower and includes members of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Prime Minister of Lebanon's delicate balancing act CNN (blog) But as a Sunni from Tripoli, he also needs to have credibility among his Sunni population, which is aghast at Assad's crackdown against Sunnis in Syria. Some say Mikati's political fate will be tied to Assad's, which is why the Prime Minister said he ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Libyan lessons Financial Times For instance, Britain's ambassador to Syria this week published a distinctly undiplomatic blog condemning Bashar al-Assad's crackdown. The new-found robustness was also evident in David Cameron's recent speech to the UN, which he used to speak out in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Turkey a Growing Menace to Middle East Peace NewsMax.com Turkey's efforts with Syria backfired after a massive crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, leading Erdoğan to condemn Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and predict his downfall. Turkey's relations with Iran have also been on display, with Erdoğan... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| R2P and the Libya mission Bellingham Herald Each crisis is unique. But a warning to President Bashar Assad of Syria: We are watching and learning. Simon Adams is executive director of the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect in New York. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Today In History WJTV 1973 - Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel as it observes Yom Kippur. 1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he is received by US President Jimmy Carter. 1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SANA: Syrian authorities seize arms coming from Lebanon NOW LEBANON Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops have cracked down on protests against almost five decades of Baath Party rule which broke out mid-March, killing over 2700 people, according to the United Nations. The regime has blamed “armed gangs” for the... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| FM Davutoğlu says Palestine state should be recognized Today's Zaman The foreign ministers also discussed the situation in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad faces widespread protests against his rule. In addition, Davutoğlu and his Ukrainian counterpart Kostyantyn Gryshchenko discussed preparations for an upcoming... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Security Council tries again on Syria resolution Review seeker (press release) ... By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) ' The UN Security Council is trying again to reach agreement on a resolution condemning the violence in Syria, but members remain deeply divided over sanctions against President Bashar Assad'sregime. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Christians have no interest in suppoting the Syrian regime, Soueid Ya Libnan Assad's regime has cracked down on a string of unprecedented protests across his country, killing more than 2700 civilian protesters since the uprising began in March, according to the United Nations. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Oil, Palestine and a Pathan cabbie DAWN.com Leaders of Iraq, Libya, Syria and (yes) Kuwait boycotted the gathering, which met to consider an eight-point Fahd Plan to broker peace in the Middle East. The plan contained a clause that for the first time required Arab governments to accept the state... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Chancellor Bruno rodríguez Meets with His Syrian peer in New York Cuba Headlines Rodriguez told Walid Moallen all agreements signed between both countries during the historical visit of President Bashar al-Assad to Cuba last year have been fulfilled, the Official News Agency of Syrian and the national newspapers in Arab language ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| For safety's sake, don't text while driving The National The ambassadors of the US, France and Britain to Syria have, for some time now, been publicly expressing their opinions of Bashar Al Assad's regime and declaring their support for the protestors. The American ambassador Robert Ford expressly defied the... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ARABICA - A Daily Shot Of What the Arab World is Saying/Hearing/Sharing Worldcrunch A statement from the president's office said that Assad is “concerned about the safety of the Syrian people.” The UN estimates that at least 2700 Syrians have died in the uprising since the middle of March. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Angry Syrians trap US envoy in office for hours Forbes Washington and the European Union have imposed sanctions on some Syrian officials, including Assad, because of Assad's crackdown that has left some 2700 people, according to the United Nations. A trip in July by the US and French ambassadors to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian opposition groups call for no-fly zone ABC Online It was the General Riad Assad, who is now in Turkey, with a number of other officers and that was his request that there be a buffer zone and that Turkey take part in that. I think it's unlikely but we still have defections taking place. Today we've ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Thick as BRICS China Daily And now, on the European and American attempt to impose UN-mandated sanctions onSyria's President Bashar al-Assad, the BRICS have gone from bad to worse. First, they dispatched a three-country mission (Brazil, India, and South Africa) to Damascus to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria: Europe dilutes UN sanctions against Assad - Telegraph The UN Security Council began deliberations on a draft Syria resolution drawn up by its four European members, Britain, France, Germany and Portugal today. ...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8794444/Syria- ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Syria-Europe-dilutes-UN-sanctions-ag... |
| Syrian Forces Kill 17 as Europe, Russia Near UN Resolution ... The protests in Syria are part of the wave of unrest across the Middle East and North Africa that unseated governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Assad's ... www.bloomberg.com/.../syrian-forces-kill-17-as-europe-russia... |
| Syria forces storm refuge for army defectors - TODAY News - TODAY ... Syrian forces backed by tanks and helicopters stormed into the central town of ... of mostly peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said. ... TheUnited Nations says more than 2700 Syrians, including 100 children, have ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../syria-bans-imports-save-foreign-curr... |
| timestranscript.com - Syrian tanks shell anti-Assad fighters | Reuters ... Tanks pounded a Syrian town that has become a refuge for army deserters for a second... since a six-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began. ... More than 3580 Syrians have registered as refugees with the United Nations in ... The officialSyrian news agency said Aous Abdelkarim, an engineer whom it ... timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/1443844 |
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