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Syria crisis: top defection as 'Friends of Syria' meet - Friday 6July 2012
The Guardian
Follow live updates as the Friends of Syria meeting in Paris has been buoyed by the reported defection of Manaf Tlass.
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The Guardian
US, allies press Assad as top Syrian general flees
Knoxville News Sentinel
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday hailed an accelerating wave of defections in President Bashar Assad's inner circle as the United States and its...
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Friend of Assad deserts Syria for France
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Manaf Tlas, a family friend of President Bashar al-Assad and head of a unit of his elite Republican Guard, has fled Syria for France and has information about the regime that could help. ... BEIRUT | Fri Jul 6, 201212:24pm EDT ...
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UAE checks for Syrian funds after econ sanctions-paper
Reuters
DUBAI, July 6 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' centralbank has asked lenders and financial institutions in the GulfArab state to start an investigation into any funds orinvestments by top Syrian.
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Diplomats pressure Syria as top general defects
NECN
143-a-11-(Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at meeting of "Friends of Syria" group)-"ending this regime"-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. and its European and Arab partners must keep working toward change at the top in Syria. (6 Jul ...
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Friend flees Assad as US pressures Russia |
Reuters
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - One of President Bashar al-Assad's personal friends has defected and was headed for exile in France on Friday, as theSyrian crisis took on a Cold War tone when Washington threatened. ...Vehicles destroyed during clashes ...
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Syria death toll rises as Clinton presses Russia, China
Washington Post
Anti-regime activists say Syrian forces have killed at least 25 people, arrested scores more and torched dozens of homes while seizing a northern city from rebels. ... 59 Seconds: Thursday, July 5, 2012 · 59 Seconds: Tuesday, July 3,2012 · 59 Seconds: ...
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Thousands flee Syria fighting, face food shortage
Reuters
Syrians flee fighting in Douma, Deir al-Zor* Wheat harvest delayed by diesel shortageBy Stephanie NebehayGENEVA, July 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of families in Syriahave fled their homes in the past.
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UN urges Syria mission focus on political solution
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon recommended to the U.N. Security Council on Friday that its Syria monitoring mission shift focus from observing a non-existent ceasefire to securing a. ... UNITED NATIONS | Fri Jul 6, 2012 1:44pm EDT ...
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UAE checks for Syrian funds after economic sanctions: paper
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' central bank has asked lenders and financial institutions in the Gulf Arab state to start an investigation into any funds or investments by top Syrian officials, ... World » · Syria ». DUBAI | FriJul 6, 2012 ...
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Russia hits back at US over Syria stance
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hit back at U.S. criticism of its stance on the conflict in Syria on Friday, saying Washington's suggestion that Moscow should pay a price for helping keep President Bashar al-Assad. ... MOSCOW | Fri Jul 6, 2012 11:08am EDT ...
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Clinton urges pressure on Russia, China over Syria
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged world powers on Friday to show Russia and China they would pay a price for impeding progress toward a democratic transition in Syria.It. ... PARIS | Fri Jul 6, 20126:18am EDT. PARIS ...
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Syria activists: 25 killed as army takes city
Kitsap Sun
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces killed at least 25 people, arrested scores of others and torched more than 100 homes while seizing a northern city from rebels, activists said Friday.
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Army takes rebel stronghold; battle in Damascus
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's army took control of the rebel stronghold of Khan Sheikhoun in northern Idlib province on Friday after an assault on the town backed by helicopters, an insurgent spokesman said.Fighting. ... BEIRUT | FriJul 6, 2012 8:40am ...
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Canada blasts "disgraceful" UN conduct on Syria
Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has behaved disgracefully over the Syria crisis and the United Nations as a whole is becoming irrelevant, Canada's foreign minister said Friday in one of the. ... OTTAWA | Fri Jul 6,2012 1:07pm EDT. OTTAWA ...
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Syria defectors are voting with their feet -Clinton
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday an increasing stream of defectors from the Syrian army, including a Syriangeneral who had been close to President Bashar al-Assad, showed. ... PARIS | Fri Jul 6, 2012 10:56am EDT ...
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Pentagon cheers defection of Syrian general
Las Vegas Sun
Friday, July 6, 2012 | 8:47 a.m. - Pentagon calls defection of Syrian general a "crack" in Assad's inner circle.
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Fire in Syrian refugee camp in Turkey kills two
Reuters
YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a refugee camp for Syrianrefugees in southern Turkey on Friday, killing two Syrian children and injuring six, a Turkish foreign ministry official said.The. ... YAYLADAGI, Turkey | Fri Jul6, 2012 10 ...
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Diplomats pressure Syria as top general defects
KTVL
143-a-11-(Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at meeting of "Friends of Syria" group)-"ending this regime"-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. and its European and Arab partners must keep working toward change at the top in Syria. (6 Jul ...
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Syria's Assad defies UN calls for cease-fire
San Francisco Chronicle
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, purports to show FreeSyrian Army soldiers standing near a Syrian military tank in Idlib, north Syria. The head of Syria's U.N. observer mission says ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
"Friends of Syria" urge more sanctions, UN action
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - A group of Western and Arab states pressing for an end to President Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria urged stronger U.N. Security Council action on the crisis on Friday and called for. ... PARIS | Fri Jul 6, 20127:44am EDT. PARIS ...
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Diplomats press Assad, top Syrian general defects
Austin American-Statesman
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before their meeting in Paris, Friday July 6, 2012. Syrian opposition leaders are pressing diplomats at an international conference for a no-fly zone over ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Refusing sanctions akin to allowing Syria killings: Hague
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Countries that do not impose sanctions on SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's government are effectively allowing killings to continue, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on. ... PARIS | Fri Jul6, 2012 5:49am EDT. PARIS ...
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UN to recommend fewer Syria monitors, same mandate: envoys
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will recommend that the Security Council keep the mandate of its Syriamonitoring mission unchanged while temporarily reducing the number of. ...UNITED NATIONS | Thu Jul 5, 2012 9:21pm EDT ...
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Finmeccanica sold radio equipment to Syria - report
Reuters
(Adds Finmeccanica comment)ROME, July 5 (Reuters) - A unit of Italian defencetechnology group Finmeccanica sold sophisticated communicationsequipment to Syrian police as recently as February, an Italianweekly.
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Paris - Top General's Defection Confirmed as Syria Opposition ...
By admin
Published on: Today 08:48 AM. News Source: AP ... Media reports on 05 July 2012 state that Republican Guards Brigadier General Manaf Tlass, a childhood friend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, had defected. French Foreign Minister ...
Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?)
Wikileaks starts publishing two million emails from Syrian political ...
By news
Wikileaks starts publishing two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. 6 Jul2012. Wikileaks started today to publish Syria Files – more than two million ...
ArabCrunch
High-ranking general defects from Syrian military - This Just In - CNN
By lendonsan
Previous. Another lukewarm month for jobs · Romney backers grumble over 'tax' question · General defects from Syrian military · Facebook likes could send Pitbull to ... where? Scottish soccer giant kicked out of league. Next. July6th, 2012 ...
This Just In
For one top Syrian defector, a path less traveled — War in Context
By News Sources
For one top Syrian defector, a path less traveled. by News Sources on July 6,2012. The Wall Street Journal reports: On his final day at Syria's oil ministry in Damascus, Abdo Husameddin tried to avoid raising suspicions: He stayed to sign off ...
War in Context
WikiLeaks posting data from 2.4 million Syrian emails | National ...
The secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said Thursday it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails - many of which it said came from official government accounts. ... boy at Wendy's was off the grid (Video). By Thom Jensen KATU News, The Associated Press and KATU.com Staff Published: Jul 4, 2012 at 1:31 PM MDT Last Updated: Jul 4, 2012 at 1:31 PM MDT. The problem of finding Adam Lee Brown stemmed from the vast area that needed to be searched.
KBCI - News - National & World News
HALIFAX ANTI-WAR PROTEST — HANDS OFF IRAN & SYRIA! NO ...
By Amir
05 July 2012 British Terror Paranoia; al-Assad On Foreign-Backed Terrorists: More QE For UK · 03 July 2012 7/7 London Bombings, 7 Years On: Tom Secker On ResistRadio.com · 26 June 2012 News Headlines: Syria Jet Shootdown; MI5 ...
PN
Syrian violence drags on, 'Friends of Syria' waving with more ...
Violent acts have been reported across Syria on Friday with the occurrence of clashes and protests in a number of areas, as the international community held the so- called "Friends of Syria" meeting, repeating previous statements about how the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is good to the situation in Syria. ... You are at: Home > Other Sections > Breaking News · FriJul 06, 2012 11:01 PM | Forex: $1: 41.680 | Text size » ... READ OTHERNEWS. SHARE ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Top Syrian General Defects to Turkey -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
Top Syrian General Defects to Turkey. Long-Time Assad Friend the Biggest Defection Yet. by Jason Ditz, July 05, 2012. Print This | Share This. General Manaf Tlas, one of the top leaders of Syria's Republican Guard and a childhood friend of ...
News From Antiwar.com
WikiLeaks debate rolls on with Syria Files | Crikey
By Matthew Knott
WikiLeaks has now teamed with a bankrupt Spanish publisher, a French web upstart and a newspaper accused of bias towards the Assad regime as media partners for the release of 2.4 million Syrian government emails. ...Crikey. now with extra source. Saturday, 7 July 2012 ... This suggests there will be plenty of juicy stories for rival news outlets — and, indeed, citizen journalists — to uncover when WikiLeaks releases the full suite of emails. TheSyria Files are estimated to be 10 ...
Crikey » Politics
Syrian general headed to Paris after defection: France - Expatica
A high-profile general close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is headed to Paris after defecting, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Fr... ...French News. archive ... 06/07/2012Syrian general headed to Paris after defection: France ... What's on in Europe for July · HR European newsroundup - June 2012 · Fiat's Iveco to close five European plants by year's end · Vueling Steps into New Territories (sponsored contribution) · Europe's Airbus to build planes in US ...
Expatica - French Local Headlines
Syria shot at second Turkish jet, Ankara claims | World news | The ...
Turkey claims Syria also shot at one of its search and rescue planes, as diplomats ... The Guardian, Tuesday 26 June 2012 .... News Round Up (2 July 2012) ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-shooting-second-turkish-plane-cl...
Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital | Reuters
Syrian rebels appear to shoot at helicopter Wed, Jul 4 2012 ... in Damascus in this handout photo distributed by Syrian News Agency (SANA) June 26, 2012.
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE85D0IS20120626
Syria Comment » Archives » News Round Up (2 July 2012)
News Round Up (2 July 2012). Monday, July 2nd, 2012. When Bashar al-Assad goes, his regime, in all probability, will go with him. His remaining followers will ...
www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=15196
BBC News - Syria files: Wikileaks releases 2m 'embarrassing' emails
5 July 2012 Last updated at 08:11 ET ... "Ground-breaking" news stories derived from the "Syria files" will be published over the next two months, Wikileaks said.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18724328
NATO Secretary General urges international engagement on Syria
NATO Secretary General urges international engagement on Syria, Afghanistan ... Monthly press briefing by the NATO Secretary General 02. Jul. 2012 NATO ...
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_88841.htm
Syria official says Damascus did not know downed warplane was ...
Thursday, July 05, 2012 Tammuz 15, 5772 .... The Syria official's comments came after, earlier Monday, Turkey's state-run news agency says 33 more members ...
www.haaretz.com/.../syria-official-says-damascus-did-not-kno...
War News Updates: Civil War In Syria -- News Updates July 5, 2012
CAIRO — The head of the U.N. observer team in Syria, Major General Robert Mood, is calling levels of violence in the country "unprecedented" and is urging...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../civil-war-in-syria-news-upda...
Assad regrets downing Turkish jet: paper - Yahoo! News Canada
Reuters Videos 1:26 | 0 views. A handout photo distributed by Syrian NewsAgency (SANA) on July 3, 2012, shows Syria's … Article: Syria running torture center ...
ca.news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-says-wishes-turkish-jet-not-do...
Syria News On 4th july, 2012
Written by SANA News Agency. Posted: 04 July 2012 17:13. President al-Assad to Cumhuriyet Newspaper: Base of Syrian-Turkish Relations is the Relation ...
www.just-international.org/index.php?...id...
Syria: How the news gets out | The Economist
Syria. How the news gets out. Jul 2nd 2012, 13:07 by The Economist online | BEIRUT. Tweet. NEWS reports on Syria come with a routine disclaimer: "This...
www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/07/syria
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