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Syria Has Few Friends But UN Punitive Action Is Elusive
Huffington Post
The vote made it clear that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had few friends in the world body and that most expected him to leave -- though how this should be done was unclear as sanctions or other punitive actions are not yet on the horizon....
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Syria's Assad's rule nearing end - Israel Vice PM
Reuters India
"It seems that he is approaching his end as the leader of Syria." The UN General Assembly's human rights committee on Tuesday condemned Syria for its eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in which the body said at least 3500 people have ...
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Analysis: Turkey confronted with possible Syrian civil war
Reuters
Turkey's Kurdish rebellion could be worsened by unrest among Kurds in Iran, Syriaand Iraq. Erdogan's recent invocation of Nazi Germany in describing Assad's Syria, General Kivrikoglu's border visit and President Gul's warnings of ethnic conflagration...
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American Tech Know-How Drives Both Sides of Arab Revolution
Wired News
Photo: Tens of thousands of Syrians wave Syrian flags and posters of SyrianPresident Bashar Assad during a protest held at Sabe Bahrat square in downtown Damascus, Syria. Photo: Youssef Badawi/epa/Corbis. If you've got a good secret,...
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Arab League Threatens Sanctions Against Syria
NPR
It comes as international pressure mounts on President Bashar Assad to stop the brutal crackdown on an uprising against his regime. The UN says has at least 3500 have been killed since mid-March. Syria is the scene of the bloodiest crackdown against ...
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Germany supports Syria on its path to democracy: foreign minister
Al-Arabiya
Moreover the intensified Arab pressure on Assad's regime will eventually have strong repercussions on events and push our ongoing efforts in the United Nations forward,” the minister said. “The German ambassador to Syria is currently present in Berlin ...
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Al-Arabiya
Russian Warships' Cold Messages from Warm Waters
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Conflicts between the Assad regime and dissidents in Syria have continued. On the one hand, dark clouds have not seemed to dissipate in the short term; on the other hand, the methods of the Assad regime based on the use of force to suppress public ...
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Arab League gives Syria 1-day ultimatum to allow in observers or it could face ...
Newser
It comes as international pressure mounts on President Bashar Assad to stop the brutal crackdown on an uprising against his regime. The UN says has at least 3500 have been killed since mid-March. Syria is the scene of the bloodiest crackdown against ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
NECN
Syria's President Bashar Assad ignored the lessons of the Arab Spring and, in fact, insisted in January that his country was immune to a popular uprising because he was in tune with the people. Today, the 46-year-old eye doctor who inherited power 11 ...
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Arab Spring momentum in Middle East, N.Africa
Reuters India
Earlier, Turkish President Abdullah Gul warned that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on an eight-month-old revolt threatened to "drag the whole region into turmoil and bloodshed." A day earlier Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ...
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FM says dialogue holds key to solving Syria crisis
China Daily
"In this sense, world powers should avoid sending a wrong signal to the Syrianopposition that the international community backed their violent bid to oust President Bashar al-Assad." The new UN resolution serves as a reminder of a defeated ...
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Ripple effect: Egypt Islamists' rise boosts Hamas' fortunes
The Seattle Times
Syrian President Bashar Assad was under increasing international pressure to stop the crackdown, but no effects were apparent on the ground. No comments have been posted to this article. For years, the imposing black gate that sealed the border between ...
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The Seattle Times
Egypt protests and Arab Spring: Nov 24
Telegraph.co.uk
President Gul said in a speech to a British foreign policy thinktank that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on opposition could "drag the whole region into turmoil and bloodshed". Violence breeds violence. Now, unfortunately, Syria has come ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Media Cheat Sheet 11/24/2011
Honestreporting.com
In the first overt call for foreign intervention in Syria, France calls for a secure humanitarian zone. Reuters notes a further French twist Assad is sure to find hairy: Foreign Minister Alain Juppe also described Syria's exiled opposition National ...
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Honestreporting.com
The Axis of No - by Dmitri Trenin
Foreign Policy (blog)
Syria's Assad is different, of course: Damascus used to be Moscow's ally in the Cold War days, and it has kept friendly ties to Russia to this day. Syria's military has been equipped with Russian-made arms since the 1960s, and the Mediterranean port of ...
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Yemen after Saleh: Still a treacherous road
CNN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saleh told him he would be traveling to New York for treatment soon. Another possible reason is that Saleh has seen the violent end of Moammar Gadhafi and growing pressure on Bashar al-Assad inSyria. ...
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Norway - Syria on the UN agenda
ISRIA (registration)
“This resolution is extremely important, given the deadlocked situation in the UNSecurity Council and the increasingly alarming situation in Syria. I would like to urge President Assad once again to step aside, and I expect to see the regime now enter ...
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Egypt has halted the drive to derail the Arab revolution
The Guardian (blog)
But it is also central to the increasingly dangerous conflict in Syria. And it helps explain the very different response to the Assad regime's bloody repression, which has led to about 3500 deaths since March, and that in US and Saudi-backed Yemen, ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Why Putin's return is not good news for Obama
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
In October, Russia (along with China) vetoed a watered-down UNSC resolution that would have imposed international sanctions on the Assad regime in Syria because it has more or less outfitted Syria with all of its weapons and, well, take that for Libya. ...
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Cairo in Turmoil: Obama's Plan B Stumbles, What's Plan C?
TIME (blog)
... Israel kept on building settlements, while the Palestinians ignored Obama's frantic efforts to stop them taking their case to the UN; Iran ignored US-led pressure over its nuclear program; Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has ignored Washington's ...
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Geagea urges Mikati to resign, says government “a catastrophe”
NOW LEBANON
Syria's suspension came after it failed to honor a deal it signed on November 2 to pull its troops off streets and talk to the opposition. The crackdown by Assad'sforces on the pro-democracy movement has left more than 3500 people dead inSyria, ...
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Defectors killed in clashes with Syrian army, activists say
CNN International
The United Nations says more than 3500 people have been killed in the government's eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has resisted mounting calls for his resignation in recent weeks as international outcry ...
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Syrian forces kill four ahead of new talks
Sky News Australia
His comments came after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for Assad to go, branding his onetime personal friend a coward and warning he risked the same fate as dictators who met bloody deaths. But China criticised a UN human ...
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How to Win an Election in Russia
theTrumpet.com
Russia and China have also locked arms to undercut the US dollar, and to block the UN Security Council from condemning Syrian President Bashar Assad'scrackdown on populist uprisings. In response to the news of Putin's return to the Kremlin, ...
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Syrian forces kill four ahead of talks
BigPond News
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which is tasked with investigating human rights violations in Syria, said it would publish its latest findings on Monday. President Bashar al -Assad's forces have gunned down at least four ...
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BigPond News
EU rejects French call for intervention in Syria — RT
By RT
The latest UN General Assembly resolution on Syria is a clear signal to President Bashar Assad to curb violence and launch reforms, the head of Russia's Upper House Committee for International Affairs says. Syria unrest · Syrians wave .... Iran has arrested 12 US Central Intelligence Agency agents, the Iranian news agency reported on Thursday, quoting an influential parliamentarian who said the CIA operatives were intent on damaging Iran “from inside and outside”. The 29th ISS ...
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Syria: European Union Increases Pressure On Assad
By The Huffington Post News Editors
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further ... SyrianPresident Bashar Assad is under increasing international pressure to stop the brutal crackdown on an uprising against his regime that the U.N. says has left more than 3500 people dead since it began in mid-March. The Arab League also ...WGRZ Via USA Today: Arab League threatens sanctions against Syria: The European Union said protecting civilians "is a... http://t.co/GB8pYI99 · 59 minutes ago from ...
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Defectors killed in clashes with Syrian army ... - News Hub Today
By NewsHubToday
Circumventing Syria's cyber warfare. Unrest continues in Syria. The United Nationssays more than 3500 people have been killed in the government's eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ...
News Hub Today
Assad's forces shell Syria villages for hours
France called on the U.N. Security Council to act against Syria, as its forces used sustained ... Today · News. Latest show; Most popular; Our faves. Loading. ...
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Assad's forces shell Syria villages for hours - TODAY News - TODAY ...
AMMAN, Jordan — French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Friday called on theU.N. Security Council to act against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, ...
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../assads-forces-shell-syria-villages-hou...
BBC News - Syria crisis: Erdogan steps up Turkey pressure on Assad
Turkey increases pressure on Syria over the crackdown on protests, with PM Erdogan ... The UN says more than 3500 people have died since the start of the protests ... "Turkey's comments today further point to the fact that PresidentAssad is ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15745199
UN and Turkey Increase Pressure on Syria's Assad
Arab diplomats say the UN resolution could provide further momentum against Mr.Assad at the Arab League. Syria missed its second deadline on Saturday to ...
online.wsj.com/.../SB10001424052970204443404577054412...
War News Updates: Unrest In Syria -- News Updates November 22 ...
Erdogan Says Assad Must Quit to End Syria 'Persecution' -- Bloomberg Businessweek Turkish premier urges Syrian leader to step down -- USA Today/ AP ... News/AFP U.N. draft is a "declaration of war" on Syria: envoy -- YahooNews/Reuters ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../unrest-in-syria-news-updates...
UN chief urges al-Assad to stop civilian killings in Syria
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people and abide by the agreement ...
www.saudinewstoday.com/.../89092__UN+chief+urges+al-Ass...
The UN intensifies pressure on Syria as Turkey compares Bashar al ...
The United Nations intensified international pressure on Syria when it voted overwhelmingly to ... Issuing his first outright call for Mr Assad to step down, he said: "For the welfare of your own ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ middleeast/syria/8908043/The-UN-intensifies- ... TODAY; PAST WEEK; PAST MONTH ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../The-UN-intensifies-pressure-on-Syria...
U.N. And Turkey Increase Pressure On Syria's Assad | Fox News
Syria's violent repression of political dissent was blasted by the United NationsGeneral Assembly in a resolution condemning continued grave and systematic ...
www.foxnews.com/.../un-and-turkey-increase-pressure-on-syri...
Syria Opposition to Seek UN Help If Assad Won't ... - One News Page
Syria Opposition to Seek UN Help If Assad Won't Stop Killing.. Business on OneNews Page[US] on Sunday, 20 November 2011.
www.onenewspage.us/.../Syria-Opposition-to-Seek-UN-Help-I...
Syria Reacts Angrily To Planned UN Resolution Condemning Assad ...
Syria has accused European nations of declaring a political and diplomatic war.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16115021
Raids in Syria as pressure mounts on Assad regime - USA Today
Also Thursday, Russian and European Union officials were holding talks on Syriaand other issues in Moscow. The U.N. estimates Assad's crackdown has killed ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-11-16/arab.../1
UN condemns Syria's crackdown on protesters - Channel 4 News
Russia and China did not supprt the vote and the Syrian U.N. Ambassador dismissed the ... Earlier on Tuesday, Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down for the sake of peace ... Today's latest articles ...
www.channel4.com/.../turkeys-pm-calls-on-syrias-assad-to-resi...
Turkey tells Syria's Assad to step down | Otago Daily Times Online ...
Turkey has bluntly told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down for the sake of his ... condemned Syria's violent crackdown on protests in a vote at theUnited Nations. ... Online Edition | Wednesday, 23 November 2011 | 14:33:12.News ... Activists said Syrian forces killed 21 civilians and five army deserterstoday. ...
www.odt.co.nz/source/.../turkey-tells-syrias-assad-step-down
Breaking News Today: Mr Assad - Un Human Rights Committee ...
Mr Assad - Un Human Rights Committee Condemns Crackdown - Bbc News -Syria. Share that page. Digg. Continue reading through the key story ...
breakingnewsblog-32.blogspot.com/.../mr-assad-un-human-ri...
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