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SYRIA News, Nov 12, 2011


Arab League faces pressure to oust Syria at Cairo summit
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS Protesters call on Arab FMs to suspend Damascus's membership after 20 more protesters killed; Saudis lead Gulf states ready to increase pressure on Assad, while Yemen, Lebanon and Algeria oppose further measures. ...
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13 dead amid defections, clashes in northwest Syria
AFP
In Homs, which is at the forefront of protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, two people were killed by gunfire in Deir Balaa and Souk Al-Hal neighbourhoods, the watchdog added. Security forces carried out raids and arrests in the ...
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AFP
Raising the issue of Iran to cover up the issue of Syria
Al-Arabiya
Furthermore, the timing of such threats and hints at an Israeli military operation against the Iranian nuclear reactor nearly represents a gift to Iran's primary ally in the Arab region – ie Bashar al-Assad's regime inSyria. If such an Israeli attack ...
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Al-Arabiya
Assad Opponents Urge Arab League to Act on Syria's Membership
BusinessWeek
More than 3500 protesters have been killed in Syria, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a Nov. 8 statement. Assad has blamed the fighting on Islamic militants and foreign provocateurs. ...
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Syria Suspended From Arab League as Bloc Plans Opposition Talks
BusinessWeek
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has continued to crack down on dissenters since agreeing to a Nov. 2 Arab League plan for ending the violence, according to opposition and human rights groups. More than 3500 protesters have beenkilled in ...
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Russia “ready to assist Syrian dialogue”
Day Press News
Assad has lost his legitimacy to rule and he should step down.” According to UN estimates, more than 3500 people have been killed in Syria since mid-March, when first protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime began. Russia and China vetoed in ...
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Day Press News
Calls For Lebanon To End Syria Support
Eurasia Review
By Salam Hafez The political movement representing protesters in Syria has called on the Lebanese government and political parties to stop supporting President Bashar al-Assad's regime and instead back the protest movement that has swept the country. ...
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Nasrallah warns of regional war if Iran, Syria attacked
Ynetnews
More than 3500 people have been killed in Syria's crackdown on protesters, the United Nations said this week, as the military pressed its campaign to put down resistance in the city of Homs against Assad's rule. "The brutal government crackdown on ...
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Parts of Syria's Homs turn normal, others seem lifeless
Xinhua
It said 12 of them were killed in Homs alone. But al-Jazeera's toll could not be independently verified as it is based on tallies by witnesses and broad-based activists who oppose President Assad. Syria has overtly charged that some countries are ...
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Xinhua
Obama, Erdogan find shared interests
Washington Post
Cooperation has been especially deep toward Syria. Turkey has emerged as the region's key opponent of the Assad regime's brutal crackdown on demonstrators, which is just fine for Obama, who is focusing on domestic issues ahead of the 2012 elections. ...
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Suleiman defends Syrian violations calling them unintentional
Ya Libnan
Days later, a Syrian national was killed on Lebanese soil near Arsal. Since then there have been further incursions reported elsewhere along the border. The Arab League voted today to suspend Syria's membership , but as expected Lebanon voted against ...
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Ya Libnan
FOREIGN POLICY DOSSIER: Rick Santorum
National Journal
He's talked up his sponsorship of both the 2003 Syria Accountability Act, which led to economic sanctions against Damascus, and the Iran Freedom Support Act, authorizing funds for opposition groups in Iran. And he has plenty of words for what he calls ...
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Damascus suburb sees week of violent crackdown
Storyful
The Syrian capital Damascus witnessed one of its bloodiest days in eight months of unrest when security forces opened fire on a funeral procession on Wednesday. Eight civilians were killed in the northern suburb of Barzeh as they marched in the funeral ...
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“Save us from the tyrant”, Syrian pilgrim yells
Emirates 24/7
A Syrian man on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia used a rope to climb up a balcony in the Grand Mosque in Makkah and began screaming slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad before he was seized by security men. “Oh, Arabs…Muslims… save us from the ...
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Feel Good Story of the Day
The Mark
Al-Assad caught with his pants down as the league votes to sanction his regime. At its meeting in Cairo, the Arab League has sanctioned Syria and suspended its membership following Bashar al-Assad's continued violent crackdown on protestors and ...
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Aisamy daughter hits back at MP's remarks
The Daily Star
Aisamy, who fled Syria in 1966 over political differences with then-President HafezAssad, was abducted in May in Aley, minutes after leaving his daughter's home for a walk. Sharafeddine said that she was confident of a September report by police chief ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Arab League called an emergency meeting and diplomats said they would take up possible economic sanctions against Syria Friday. Diplomats also said they would consider Arab League-suspension of Syria, ...
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Unrest in Syria Divides a Region as a Border Never Did
New York Times
Rostom and his family fled their home in the northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shoughour in June, escaping an advancing government crackdown on the increasingly violent uprising against four decades of rule by the family of President Bashar al-Assad. ...
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New York Times
Arab League suspends Syria, demands end to killing
Chicago Tribune
But Assad has pressed ahead with the crackdown on protesters against his rule despite an Arab peace plan brokered on November 2. The United Nations says more than 3500 people have been killed in seven months of violence. "We are calling all Syrian ...
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Chatter: What we're hearing
GlobalPost
The Arab League is finally turning up the heat on President Bashar al-Assad. The 18-country organization voted to suspend Syria in four days. They also asked its members to recall their ambassadors in protest of Assad's violent crackdown on protests. ...
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Arab League suspends Syria, demands end to killing
swissinfo.ch
It was clear that "orders were issued to them from the United States and Europe to hasten a decision against Syria," Ahmed told Syrian state TV.Syrian TV reported a demonstration outside the Qatar embassy inDamascus, while Assad's opponents hailed ...
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Obama starts 9-day diplomatic tour
Detroit Free Press
Human Rights Watch on Friday accused the Syrian government of crimes against humanity during its crackdown on opponents in the central region of Homs, a focal point of the rebellion against the government of President Bashar Assad. ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Arab League called an emergency meeting and diplomats said they would take up possible economic sanctions against Syria Friday. Diplomats also said they would consider Arab League-suspension of Syria, ...
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Bakshi: Interview with Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan
CNN (blog)
Salih will not call for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down because he does not “want to interfere in the domestic affairs of Syria,” but he insists that Kurds are playing an important role in pushing for reform in Syria. ...
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Lebanese press round-up: November 12, 2011
NOW LEBANON
On the regional level, Sayyed Nasrallah noticeably linked Syria and Iran to one another, saying: “The war on Syria and Iran will not remain confined to Iran or Syria; rather, this war will escalate throughout the region.” Sayyed Nasrallah told those ...
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Arabs to hold emergency session on Syria
Egyptian Gazette
The UN estimates some 3500 people have been killed in the Syrian crackdown since the uprising against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar Assad began eight months ago, inspired by the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. Although the crackdown has ...
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Syrian forces kill 16 protesters during raids
Newsday
The Arab League is to meet at its Cairo headquarters on Saturday to discuss the failure by President Bashar Assad's regime to abide by a deal to stop the violence. Damascus agreed to the Arab League-brokered plan last week, but the violence only ...
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Newsday
Obama's 'Arab Problem'
Aljazeera.com
And though there is no love lost between them; the US, along with Israel and Saudi Arabia, seem to prefer the certainty provided by the Assadregime in Syria to the unpredictability of a democratic government in a key strategic area of the Middle East. ...
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Aljazeera.com
FOREIGN POLICY DOSSIER: Ron Paul
National Journal
Paul refused to answer a question asking whether he would support ousting Syria'sBashar Assad because it was his “personal” opinion. GET UNBIASED ON ISRAEL. On Israel, Paul is sharply removed from the rest of the candidate pool, which often advocates...
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Arab League to Syria: You're Suspended
The Mark
by The Mark Newsroom Al-Assad caught with his pants down as the league votes to sanction his regime. At its meeting in Cairo, the Arab League has sanctioned Syria and suspended its membership following Bashar al-Assad's continued violent crackdown on...
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Follow From the Wires
Salon
Damascus' web of allegiances extends to Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement and Iran's Shiite theocracy. And although Syria sees Israel as the enemy, the countries have held up a fragile truce for years. Assad already has warned the region will burn ...
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Follow From the Wires
Salon
The UN estimates some 3500 people have been killed in the Syriancrackdown since the uprising against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar Assad began eight months ago, inspired by the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. Although the crackdown has ...
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Salon
Follow From the Wires
Salon
Although the crackdown has led to broad international isolation, PresidentAssad appears to have a firm grip on power. Assad, and his father who ruled Syria before him, stacked key security and military posts with members of their minority Alawite sect ...
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Salon
Syria Takes Bloody Turn; 250 Killed in 11 Days - Black Christian News
... 250 Killed in 11 Days. Tags: bashar assad, homs, protests, syria ... More than 250Syrian civilians have been killed in the past 11 days as the regime besieges the renegade city of Homs and the conflict takes a dangerous turn, stoking fears of civil war. The U.N. estimates some ... Amateur video released Friday by the Shams NewsNetwork showed government troops dragging a man's body in the streets of Damascusas fighting raged in the capital a day earlier. Human Rights Watch ...
BCNN1 - Black Christian News
Syria takes bloody turn; 250 killed in 11 days
Assad, and his father who ruled Syria before him, stacked key security and ... session on Syria after chiding Damascus for its failure to end the bloodshed. ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-11-11/16.../1
Syria crackdown toll rises despite Arab peace deal: UN
Syria's representative to the Arab League, said Damascus had "gone a long ... has been at the forefront of seven months of protests against Assad's rule, ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7A62Z5201111...
30 civilians, 26 troops killed in Syria violence - News Today
Thousands marched Thursday at funerals for 24 civilians killed by pro-Assad forces the day before, activists said, including eight in Damascus in one of the ...
www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details...
Violence in Syria as Arab League Warns of Disaster
Security Forces Kill 6 in Syria on Muslim Holiday. ... Syrian security forces have killedat least six people in central Syria on the first day of ... protest and reprisal during the 7-month uprising against President Bashar Assad. ... plan brokered by the Arab League was unraveling only days after Damascus .... Today in ABC News ...
abcnews.go.com/.../arab-league-disaster-syria-peace-plan-fails-...
26 soldiers killed as Syria protesters fight back - TODAY News ...
At least 30 civilians and 26 soldiers were killed in Syria, activists said, as a ... pro-Assad forces the day before, activists said, including eight in Damascus in one ...
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../civilians-soldiers-killed-syria-protest...
UN: Assad's crackdown killed more than 3500 Syrians - Haaretz ...
Syria regime continues campaign to repress protests against Assad, despite agreement with Arab League to end assault. ... More Breaking News > ... Syria's representative to the Arab League, said Damascus had "gone a long away" toward implementing the ... "I sneaked in to see my father today, who was hit by shrapnel. ...
www.haaretz.com/.../un-assad-s-crackdown-killed-more-than-...
Syrian forces kill 20, protesters urge Arab action | WORLD News
Syrian security forces killed 20 people today and protesters called on the ... a Syrianflag during a demonstration in Zabadani, near Damascus - Source: Reuters ...newspaper in remarks published on Friday that "everyone loves" Assad and ...
tvnz.co.nz/.../syrian-forces-kill-20-arab-league-action-urged-4...
Eight-year-old killed in fresh Syrian violence as Arab states offer ...
MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories ... An eight-year-old girl is believed to be among 15 killed in Syria today amid fresh violence. ... to show an anti-Assad supporter lying dead next to a car in Damascus yesterday ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Eight-year-old-killed-fresh-Syrian-vi...
Syria, Iran and Middle East unrest- Tuesday 8 November 2011 ...
In Damascus, the Assad regime has offered its own interpretation of events in Bab ....Activists have told AP that fresh attacks by Syrian troops in Homs have killed two ....Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a news conference today: ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-iran-middle-east-unrest-live
Syrian Assad warns of earthquake if West intervenes - Xfm News ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned of an. ... More InternationalNews. Agencies warn of acute Pakistan floods relief shortfallposted Today at 08:20 ... More than 50 civilians and members of the security forces were killed on ... Sike said he had warned Syria on his recent visit to Damascus about the "danger of the ...
www.xfmnewscenter.com/news/news.php?cat...of...
Gulf Times – Qatar's top-selling English daily newspaper - 25 killed ...
At least 25 people were killed in Syria yesterday, including 14 civilians shot in a ... by pro-Assad forces the day before, said activists, including eight in Damascus in one ...today to demand the Arab League suspend Syria's membership in the ...
gulf-times.com/site/topics/printArticle.asp?...
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