SYRIA News, Oct 02, 2011

Turkey May Freeze Assets of Syria's Assad; Libya's Qaddafi Still At Large Bloomberg Turkey, which has imposed an air, land and sea blockade on its neighbor, would freeze all of Assad'sassets, including his bank accounts, if the United Nations enacts an embargo on Syria, Milliyet reported. The Turkish Finance Ministry's criminal ... See all stories on this topic »

Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian town: agency Reuters Rami Abdel-Rahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said a force of 250 tanks was sent to Rastan. The United Nations says Assad'scrackdown has killed 2700 people since the mostly peaceful protests erupted in March,... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Chavez backs his 'brothers' Kadhafi, Assad AFP CARACAS — Venezuela's firebrand President Hugo Chavez reiterated his support for ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, calling them "brothers." "I ask God for the life of our brother Kadhafi. ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Syria: We said “expel” the ambassador, not throw eggs at him! Al-Arabiya By Tariq Alhomayed Last Wednesday, I wrote an editorial entitled “Syria: Too weak to expel the envoys”, commenting on the criticisms being made by the American and British ambassadors to Syria against the al-Assad regime, in what represents a clear... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

Syria dissidents meet as crackdown claims more lives Frontier Post Thousands of protesters had taken to the streets on the Muslim weekly day of prayer, a lightning rod in the protests against President Assad in which the United Nations says 2700 people have been killed.The protests were held under the slogan “victory ... See all stories on this topic »

Fighting in Homs, Syria, points to long struggle San Francisco Chronicle Homs is a microcosm of Syria, with a Sunni Muslim majority and minorities of Christians and Alawites, a heterodox Muslim sect from which President Bashar Assad draws much of his leadership. Six months of protests and crackdown have frayed ties among ... See all stories on this topic »

Key US Accomplishments at the UN Human Rights Council 18th Session US Department of State (press release) The United States called on the Asad regime to step aside, and to stop killing and torturing theSyrian people immediately. Israeli/Palestinian Issues: The United States continues to believe the disproportionate focus on Israel diminishes the ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: 13 killed in Syrian protests UPI.com The United Nations estimates more than 2700 people have been killed in the unrest and thousands more have been detained and tortured by the government of President Bashar Assad. The Times said the number of protesters has become "noticeably smaller," ... See all stories on this topic »

Nobel season kicks off with Medicine Prize AFP In June, Adonis, whose real name is Ali Ahmed Said and who lives in France, published an open letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a Lebanese newspaper urging him to end the bloody repression. Online betting site Ladbrokes tipped Adonis as the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Newspapers Review: Papers Continue to Focus on UN Bid WAFA - Palestine News Agency Al-Quds' main headline reported on the death of 32 Syrian civilians and dozens of wounded by theSyrian army during the demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Quds dailies printed pictures of a local ... See all stories on this topic »

Geopolitics at play as Cyprus gets ready to develop offshore natural gas deposits Kathimerini Next came Syria, a small oil and gas producer by Middle Eastern standards, but long viewed as one of the most stable countries in the region despite ongoing regional conflicts. A fully fledged revolt is currently in progress in several parts of the ... See all stories on this topic »

US-Saudi ties strong: White House AFP Donilon also hailed statements by the monarch and the Gulf Cooperation Council urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to put an end to the bloodshed that has accompanied anti-regime protests in which the United Nations says 2700 people have been ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

SANA: Official Sources dismantled Explosive Devices on Friday Day Press News The government says that the movement against President al-Assad`s regime does not have popular support and blames violence on "armed terrorist groups". It says that more than 700 soldiers and police have been killed in the uprising. Syria Sep . 2011. See all stories on this topic » Day Press News

Yemeni Revolution: the Two Facets of the Coin Yemen Post But as it did it progressively unlike Bashar al-Assad in Syria or Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, no one seemed to mind. More preoccupied with other bloodsheds taking place in the region, foreign nations turned a blind eye, leaving Yemenis to their miserable ... See all stories on this topic »

Seven Syrian troops die as armed resistance emerges - TODAY News Syria's army and security forces have remained mostly loyal to Assad during the six months of protests demanding his overthrow in which the United Nations ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../seven-syrian-troops-die-armed-resist...

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