SYRIA News, Jan 14, 2012

Qatar Supports Sending Arab Troops to Syria Voice of America Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, heads the Arab League committee on Syria. He has said the Arab League observer mission has made mistakes in Syria, and that UN assistance is needed to improve the monitoring of Assad's ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria defector to form military council AFP The accusations came after Britain sharply criticised Russia for refusing to support UN Security Council moves against President Bashar al-Assad. British Prime Minister David Cameron said during a visit to Saudi Arabia that vetoing a Security Council ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Hezbollah slams Ban, calls on regional powers to help end Syria crisis The Daily Star Damascus and its allies in Lebanon have maintained that “armed groups” are responsible for the violence in Syria, describing the uprising as part of a larger plot aimed at Assad's rule. The UNestimates that over 5000 people, mostly civilians, ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Syrians rally in support of army defectors Khaleej Times Russia's refusal to support UN Security Council moves against President Bashar al-Assad drew harsh words from British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said it amounted to standing by and watching the “appalling bloodshed.” The rallies came after the ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown: US officials AFP "The US government believes Iran has supplied Syria with munitions" for use in the military crackdown, he said. The United States has long suspected that Iran has been aiding Syria's purge against protesters as Assad tries to cling to power and avoid ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

'Neocons, Zionists out to topple Assad' Press TV The heavily-equipped forces known as the Free Syrian Army have taken up positions in the southern Turkish town of Antakya in the border province of Hatay. Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March and the UN said more than 5000 people have ... See all stories on this topic » Press TV

Why won't the UN Security Council intervene in Syria? CNN Western Diplomats admit that Russia has been using its close relationship withSyria to apply pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But their criticism of Churkin's conduct at the Security Council is unequivocal. "Churkin is practicing shoe ... See all stories on this topic »

Qatari emir favors sending Arab troops to Syria Albany Times Union Qatar, which once had close relations with Damascus, has been a harsh critic of the 10-month crackdown by President Bashar Assad's regime. The wealthy and influential Gulf state withdrew its ambassador to Syria in the summer to protest the killings. ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey Sounds the Alarm as Russia, Cyprus Enable Mass Atrocities in Syria Human Rights First “Turkey was right to criticize Russia and Cyprus for compromising the EU embargo as this enables the Syrian government to continue its brutal crackdown on civilians,” said Human Rights First's Sadia Hameed. “SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's crackdown ... See all stories on this topic »

Sayyed Nasrallah on Arbaeen: Our Certainty of this Right Path Is Increasing Al-Manar TV If you were honest in your warnings, and if you were concerned with keeping Syria and our region away from civil and sectarian wars, you have to start by changing this attitude and make united Arab efforts, in cooperation with the Islamic Republic of ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Manar TV

Last day to get out of Syria, Ottawa warns Canadians Globe and Mail Fears of escalating violence, already sharp in a country where theUnited Nations estimates more than 5000 have been killed since March in a crackdown on opposition protestors, are heightened now. President Bashar al-Assad appeared at a rally of ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Effectiveness of sanctions dubious Winnipeg Free Press At the same time, history and current events also teaches us that negotiating with autocrats and dictators is destined to fail, as it did with Hitler, Mussolini, Saadam Hussein and, as it is most recently being played out, with Bashar AlAssad, Syria's ... See all stories on this topic »

US officials say Iran is supplying weapons to Syria; Obama, Erdogan affirm ... Al-Arabiya Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assadafter Friday prayers in Marrat Tahrama, near Adlb. The UN said that the Syrian regime crackdown left more than 5000 people dead since March. (Reuters) By Al Arabiya with agencies The ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

Is Turkey safe for Kurds? Kurdish Globe Recalling the remarks of Erdogan, who said that a government that kills its own people loses its legitimacy with respect to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Demirtas said that "If this massacre had taken place in other countries, he [Erdogan] ... See all stories on this topic »

Fragments, I'm Going Crazy in El-Marg Prison – 25 MidEastYouth.com Notice that all the sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict buy American arms (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey), only Syria is left which would start to buy the American arms after the collapse of Assad regime… Churchill didn't lie when he said that ... See all stories on this topic »

UK Prime Minister meets Saudi king amid grave tension in Gulf Business Recorder (blog) Asked about whether the United Nations would impose a tougher resolution on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over its violent repression of civilians, he said the Security Council needed to take a stronger line. "We've been unable to make ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian troops attack border town Khaleej Times Syrians have kept up a campaign to end four decades of Assad family rule since March despite a crackdown by the authorities that the United Nationssays has killed more than 5000 people. Some, including army deserters, have taken up arms in recent ... See all stories on this topic »

Ban Ki-moon concerned over Hezbollah arms indiablooms Beirut, January 14 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded the disarmament of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah, which had said his visit to Lebanon was not welcome. Ban also urged Syria to halt the killings that have turned a ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia refuses to budge on Syrian sanctions China Daily US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week accused Russia of refusing to negotiate changes to its draft to suit Western nations by placing blame for the 10-month crackdown on Assad. Gatilov said Russia firmly insisted that any UNaction rules out ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance Syrian security forces have maintained their deadly attacks on protesters ...week period of observation by the Arab League, a top United Nations official said. ... (Updates with today's deaths in fourth paragraph, Arab monitor's comments ... then redeployed them after the observers left, he told the Doha- based news channel. ... www.businessweek.com/.../un-says-syria-undeterred-by-monit...

Assad to address Syria on crisis, opposition slams Arab League News, Business, Opinion, Sports, Culture, Technology, Entertainment ...DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Assad will deliver a rare public ... on theUnited Nations to take charge of efforts to end a 10-month crackdown on ....Today's Paper ... www.dailystar.com.lb/.../159344-assad-to-address-syria-on-cri...

U.N. says Syria killings rise after monitors arrive - TODAY News ... BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad derided the efforts of Arab League monitors to halt violence against anti-government activists, and a senior U.N. ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../un-says-syria-killings-rise-after-moni...

Syria's Assad Blames Foreign Conspiracy For Uprising | Top US ... What is new in the US today?TOP US NEWS ... Syria's Assad: 'We Don't Kill Our People' Despite reports from the U.N. and witnesses in Syria, the...Syria's ... www.topusnewstoday.com/syrias-assad-blames-foreign-conspi...

UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance ... UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance. ...BREAKING NEWS: Kodak Said to Be In Talks With Citigroup to Provide Bankruptcy Financing ... in Hama today, while a strike was under way in Idlib over living conditions. ... mobile.bloomberg.com/.../syria-s-arab-monitors-fail-to-preven...

A rare look inside Syria, under Assad's thumb - CBS News CBS Evening News: A rare look inside Syria, under Assad's thumb - CBSNews ... In Syria's first official comment on U.N. human rights reports alleging a brutal ... www.cbsnews.com/.../a-rare-look-inside-syria-under-assads-th...

Opposition calls al-Assad speech defending government 'worthless ... Syrian opposition activists called President Bashar al-Assad's defiant and rare... "hinder" the league's mission, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said.Syrian ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Ja'afari said the Syrian government has had no .... interactive map to see the roots of their unrest and where things stand today. ... www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/world/meast/syria.../index.html

  

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