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SYRIA News, Sep 30, 2011


Syrian crowd stones US envoy's convoy
Reuters
The United Nations says Assad's crackdown has killed at least 2700 Syrians, including more than 100 children. Syrian authorities blame the violence on "armed terrorist gangs," which they say have killed 700 members of the security forces. ...
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Reuters
UN to only send Syria an angry letter?
Catholic Online
Instead, a compromise proposal is being promoted that does not include sanctions and asks theSyrian government to stop killing people. The UN Security Council is unlikely to adopt any stringent measures to stop Syria from killing off Assad's ...
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Why Europe is pushing for sanctions on Syria – not intervention
Christian Science Monitor
European powers are looking to boost the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime but are struggling to overcome Russian resistance at the United Nations Security Council, where a new draft resolution is under review today. ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Syria refugees say they are trapped, unsafe in Lebanon
Reuters
More than 3800 displaced Syrian refugees have registered with the United Nationsrefugee agency (UNHCR) in north Lebanon, which borders Syria's Homs province, a particularly bloody center of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. ...
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Reuters
Lebanon Premier Sees Risks From Damascus
Wall Street Journal
Syria has long influenced Lebanon's politics and security, often acting as a power broker between various Lebanese factions. Analysts say that the removal of President Bashar al-Assad could create a power vacuum in Lebanese politics, and that any civil...
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Wall Street Journal
Syria: “Completely Baseless” News!
Day Press News
Meanwhile, US ambassador Robert Ford eluded stones and tomatoes thrown his way by supporters of Syrian President al-Assad on Thursday. US spokesman Toner said Ford and his staff returned unharmed to the embassy, but added that several embassy vehicles ...
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Day Press News
Remarks With Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru After Their Meeting
US Department of State (press release)
Ambassador Ford has shown admirable courage putting himself on the line to bear witness to the situation on the ground in Syria. He is a vital advocate for the legitimate aspirations of the Syrianpeople now under siege by the Asad regime. ...
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Libya inspired world, but tough road ahead: McCain
AFP
Kirk said Libya's revolution would stand as an example to other regimes, in particular to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, where the United Nations says a crackdown on opposition protesters has killed more than 2700 people. ...
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AFP
The World Next Week: Will the Security Council Intervene in Syria?
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
The Assad government's bloody crackdown has yet to break the opposition movement, which is now calling for the imposition of a no-fly zone. Prospects for quick action at the UN Security Council continue to look bleak, however. ...
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News Wrap: Survey Finds CEOs Cutting Back on Hiring
PBS NewsHour
The American ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was attacked in Damascus today. Supporters of President Bashar al-Assad stoned an embassy convoy and threw tomatoes and eggs as Ford arrived for a meeting with a Syrian opposition leader. ...
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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 ...
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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 inNew York. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.
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British FM meets Syrian opposition members
NOW LEBANON
Following the meeting, Hague said “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step aside so that credible reform can begin.” “Syrians from all walks of life and all religious communities have been united in their opposition to the regime's attempts to ...
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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 ...
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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's regime. ...
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AP Top News at 3:20 am EDT
KMPH Fox 26
Seven months later — and after at least 2700 deaths in Syria — Iran is tweaking its big brother role for Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Iranian leaders are now urging him to consider talks with protesters or risk heading down a path with few ...
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Suspect Held Over Plot to Attack Pentagon, Capitol
PBS NewsHour
The government of President Bashar al-Assad has accused Ford and other State Department officials of encouraging the protest movement and meeting with opposition figures. During the last six months, the Syrian government has come under increasing...
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PBS NewsHour
Al-Rahi Meets Suleiman on Eve of US Visit
Naharnet
Al-Rahi's statements on Hizbullah's arms and the Syrian situation have drawn criticism. He has linked the fate of the Shiite party's weapons to the liberation of Israeli occupied Lebanese territories and said Syrian President Bashar Assad should be ...
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Naharnet
AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT
Newsday (subscription)
___ Syria regime supporters pelt US ambassador with eggs, US condemns intimidation campaignBEIRUT (AP) -- Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the US ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office ...
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Angry Syrian mob hurls eggs and tomatoes at US ambassador
Ottawa Citizen
A pro-regime mob pelted the American ambassador to Damascus with eggs on Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad's followers stepped up a campaign of intimidation against Western envoys. As anti-government protests raged across Syria, Damascus accused ...
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Making nice with Myanmar, and remembering Burma's Saffron Revolution
Crosscut (blog)
I can't help recalling similar hopeful buzz about Syria after the supposedly kinder-and-gentler BasharAssad succeeded his brutal father. You know how that's gone. Don't throw away your vigil candle just yet. Eric Scigliano is a Seattle-based writer ...
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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 ...
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