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SYRIA News, Jan 26, 2012

Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council
Voice of America
Speaking Thursday in Cairo, Elaraby said he and the Qatari leader will ask the Security Council to endorse the plan, which calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a deputy and form a national unity government to prepare for ...
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Why Russia protects Assad
CNN (blog)
On Tuesday, the US, UK and French ambassadors to the United Nationssharply criticized "irresponsible" arms sales to the Syrian regime. This was a thinly veiled reference to Moscow's close defense-industrial cooperation with Damascus.
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Canada pushing to remove Syria from UN board
National Post
By Lee Berthiaume OTTAWA • Canada is working with key allies behind closed doors to have Syria expelled from a UNcommittee charged with investigating human-rights abuses. While seen as a positive development, a Syrian opposition leader in Canada says ...
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National Post
As Syria Heats Up,...
Talk Radio News Service
More than 5400 people who have died since mid-March, when SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad began the crackdown on anti-government protesters, the United Nations said this month. However, activist groups, such as Avaaz and LCC, have put the toll at more ...
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Red Crescent official, priest killed
CNN
Russia, a Syrian ally, has been seen as an obstacle in developing a toughUN resolution toward the al-Assad regime because it has veto power as a permanent council member. On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Turkish Foreign ...
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Ashkenazi: No Sunni Government in Syria will go with Hizbullah, Iran like Assad
Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk 26 January 2012, 18:46 Former IDF chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Thursday that, no Sunni government will ever go as far with Iran and Hizbullah as SyrianPresident Bashar Assad did. During the conference, which was...
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Naharnet
Red Crescent official, priest killed in Syria
Local 10
Russia, a Syrian ally, has been seen as an obstacle in developing a toughUN resolution toward the al-Assad regime because it has veto power as a permanent council member. On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Turkish Foreign ...
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Geagea Hails Syrian Opposition Call for Better Ties, Says Lebanon Should Seek ...
Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk 26 January 2012, 12:15 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hoped on Thursday that a statement issued by the Syrian National Council would put Lebanese-Syrian relations on the right path and called for UNSecurity Council action if ...
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Naharnet
Russia to promote its own Syria resolution at UN
WHNT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will continue to promote its own draft resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday. The remarks indicated that a Western-Arab draft resolution supporting a ...
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Canada unveils new Syria sanctions
AFP
OTTAWA — Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Wednesday new sanctions against four banks, three oil companies and 22 people linked with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. "We want to make sure we are doing everything we can ...
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AFP
Beyond the Prism: The Arab League should sanction Iran
Jerusalem Post
This understanding led the League to more active involvement in Libya andSyria. In February 2011, the Arab League suspended Libya and subsequently asked the United Nations Security Council to endorse a no-fly zone over the country.
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Turkish foreign policy Problems with the neighbours
The Economist
Mr Erdogan frequently met Syria's president, Bashar Assad, and his wife. Turkey helped to get Mr Assad off the hook for his alleged role in the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. In 2008 it almost pulled off a peace ...
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UN Chief to visit Israel, Palestine to encourage peace talks
Firstpost
On Syria, the UN Chief said he was “encouraged” by the Arab League's initiative to seek a political solution to the crisis but reiterated his call to President Bashar Al Assad to stop all violence and ensure protection of human rights.
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Firstpost
Media Cheat Sheet 01/26/2012
Honestreporting.com
A senior Syrian defector told the Times of London that Bashar Assad is paying “thousands” snipers from Hezbollah and Iran to kill protesters. The salaries of the marksmen are paid through a slush fund replenished with US dollars flown in from Iran, ...
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Honestreporting.com
Syria Unrest claims a Christian priest in Hama & more Casualties
Day Press News
The LCC said 24 people were killed nationwide on Wednesday, including six from the Free Syrian Army, a group of defectors from the country's armed forces who have taken up arms against the al-Assad regime. At least four died in Hama, another four in ...
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Day Press News
Iran says 11 of its citizens kidnapped in Syria
Reuters AlertNet
Tehran has tempered its rhetoric on Syria as the uprising has dragged on. At first it wholeheartedly supported Assad's stance against public opposition, but now it is encouraging reforms to take account of popular grievances. TheUnited Nations says ...
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François Hollande: "Ally Does Not Mean Aligned"
Huffington Post
10. Do you think we should now consider a similar intervention in Syria? The Security Council must act, and quickly. The massacres carried out by the regime of Bashar al-Assad must stop. It's a terrible tragedy that revolts me.
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Morabito Urges Lebanon to Continue Respecting International Resolutions
Naharnet
Concerning the Syrian crisis, the ambassador stressed that the Lebanese leaders should safeguard Lebanon from any repercussions. “We support the efforts exerted by the Arab League, but Syrian President Bashar Assad should stop killing people.
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Naharnet
AP Debate: Democracy this century struggles to keep up; new media keeps ...
Washington Post
He singled out Pakistan, which he said never votes at the United Nations to condemn repression — “unless of course it's about Israel.” “Imagine yourself a pro-democracy protester, sitting in Homs or Hama (Syria), seeing President Assad's military ...
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Talks moving towards UNSC vote on Syria draft text next Wednesday - diplomat
Kuwait News Agency
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (KUNA) -- Talks are moving positively here between western and Arab Ambassadors on a draft resolution to support the Arab League initiative adopted in Cairo last Sunday, and a vote in the Security Council may take place as soon ...
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Near East: Daily Press Briefing - January 25, 2012
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The President said yesterday that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria will realize in a short order – I mean, that's not the exact word, but will realize shortly that the forces of change cannot be reversed. Is this some sort of a euphemism, ...
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David Cameron's Davos speech in full
Politics.co.uk
We meet today at a perilous moment for economies right across Europe. Growth has stalled. Unemployment is rising. The prospect of Europe getting left behind is all too apparent. While China grows at 8%, India at 7% and Africa at 5.5%, the European ...
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No military action against Syria‎, says David Cameron
The Independent
David Cameron expressed hope today that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad would leave office this year. But, in an interview with American news network CNN, the Prime Minister admitted he did not know whether that would happen. Asked whether he expected ...
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Will New Oil Sanctions Be the Game-Changer in Iran?
National Review Online (blog)
Since that time, despotic regimes have fallen in Tunisia and Egypt, and others — like Bashar Assad's dictatorship in Syria — are on the ropes, but the Iranians have had no such luck. The unprecedented US and European sanctions will not work overnight.
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NYMEX-Oil extends gains as Fed sees low interest rates
Reuters
Arab League monitors said the withdrawal of colleagues by Gulf Arab states would not hinder their work in Syria while France and Britain on Wednesday joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
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Obama Highlights Foreign Policy Achievements in State of Union Address
The Lincoln Tribune
"And in Syria, I have no doubt that the [Bashar al-] Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change can't be reversed, and that human dignity can't be denied," the president said. Absent from the State of the Union Address was any mention of ...
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UN gets involved: Arab League gives up on Syrian crisis? — RT
By RT
The UN Security Council is expected to vote over the next few days on the Western-Arab draft resolution aimed at making President Assad cede power, paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition. ...breakingnews. Go to main page News UN gets involved: Arab League gives up on Syrian crisis? Follow RT on. facebook twitter YouTube Google+ ....Egyptian riot police stand guard as people protest against the ruling military council and the government Today: 06:31 ...
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Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council – General ...
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Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council – General News. admin | January 26, 2012 | General News | 0 Comments. Arab League ...Speaking Thursday in Cairo, Elaraby said he and the Qatari leader will ask the Security Council to endorse the plan, which calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a deputy and form a national unity government to prepare for national elections. Elaraby said he will depart for the U.N.'s New York headquarters on ...
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Arab League observers resume work amid Syria violence | Ya ...
By syh
France and Britain have joined efforts at the United Nations to end Assad's11-year rule, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country remained opposed to sanctions on Syria and reiterated its opposition to military intervention. “ The U.N. Security Council must ... The state newsagency SANA said 14 members of the security forces were buried on Wednesday, describing them as martyrs killed by “armed terrorist groups” across the country. It also said five security men ...
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Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria - TODAY ...
Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it ...Bashar al-Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call forU.N. help in ... is the last step of internationalization," he told a newsconference in Damascus.
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../arab-league-turns-un-gulf-observers-...
BBC News - Syria crisis: Assad 'gives amnesty for uprising crimes'
Japan Today U.N. chief tells Assad: 'Stop killing your people' 12 hrs ago ...ONE News Stop the killing, UN chief tells Syria's Assad 24 hrs ago. About these ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16565567
Stop the killing, UN chief tells Syria's Assad | WORLD News
"Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: stop the violence, stop killing your people. The path of repression is a dead end," UN Secretary-General Ban ...
tvnz.co.nz/.../stop-killing-un-chief-tells-syria-s-assad-4688906
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule | News ...
The Arab League says the withdrawal of monitors from Gulf Arab states will not hinder its work in Syria as France, Britain and Germany joined efforts at the ...
www.voanews.com/.../Russia-Opposes-UN-Sanctions-on-Syria...
Video: Syria: UN Secretary General calls for President Assadto 'stop ...
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon urges Syria'spresident to halt violence against ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Syria-UN-Secretary-General-calls-for-...
France, Britain join Syria peace push at UN
"The UN Security Council must support the Arab League's courageous decisions which are trying to end the repression and violence in Syria and find a ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE8041A82012012...
Assad must stop killing in Syria, says UN chief - video | Worldnews ...
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon urgesSyria's president to halt violence ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/.../assad-syria-un-vide...
Syria's Assad offers amnesty as UN condemns violence
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad announced an amnesty for crimes committed ... "Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. ... /dispatch/ news/regions/middle-east/120115/syria-un-amnesty-bashar-assad-ban-ki-moon ...
www.globalpost.com/.../syria-un-amnesty-bashar-assad-ban-ki...
Arab League turns to UN as Gulf observers quit Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on... al-Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call for U.N.help in ... left is the last step of internationalization," he told a newsconference in Damascus.
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE8041A82012012...
UN chief tells Syria's Assad to stop the killing | euronews, world news
The UN says his crackdown has claimed more than 5000… ... 'Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing ... Latest world news ...
www.euronews.net/.../un-chief-tells-syria-s-assad-to-stop-the-k...
U.N. head demands Syria's Assad stop violence - CBS News
BEIRUT — The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his ... "Today, I say again to President (Bashar) Assad of Syria: Stop the violence.
www.cbsnews.com/.../u.n-head-demands-syrias-assad-stop-vio...
Syria's President Assad Grants Amnesty For Crimes ... - Fox News
Assad's action comes after the U.N. Secretary General demanded Sunday that he ... "Today, I say again to President (Bashar) Assad of Syria: Stop the violence.
www.foxnews.com/.../un-chief-demands-syrias-president-assa...
Stop the killing, U.N. chief tells Syria's Assad - Yahoo! News
News: BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.N. chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to ... " Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: stop the violence, stop killing ...
news.yahoo.com/qatar-emir-suggests-sending-arab-troops-syri...
Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed on Monday in Syria, where a peace plan ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE8041A82012011...
Russia vows to Block UN move on Syria's al-Assad | English | NEWS ...
Russia vowed to block any United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power. ... Alexander Lukashevich, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said by telephone from Moscowtoday.
www.dp-news.com/en/detail.aspx?articleid=109735
Stop the killing, UN chief tells Syria's Assad | Al-Masry Al-Youm ...
"Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: stop the violence, stop killing your people. The path of repression is a dead end," UN Secretary General Ban ...
www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/601841
  
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