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| Billions of Dollars of Russian Business Suffers Along With Syria The Moscow Times Sovintervod has been working in Syria for more than 50 years. Grishenko added that Assad was a "decent man" and compared today's protests to the 1980s civil unrest in Syria, which was successfully crushed by the government at the cost of up to 25000 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Houston Chronicle 30, 2011, protesters chant anti Bashar Assad slogans in the town of Horan, Syria. Syrian security forces killed at least seven people, including a 13-year-old boy, as thousands of protesters poured out of mosques and marched through cemeteries Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Santa Cruz Sentinel By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY AP Syrian attorney general for the central Hama province of Syria, Adnan Bakkour appears on a video posted online, Thursday Sept. 1, 2011, declaring his resignation to protest at what he said was President Bashar Assad's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Will Syria follow Libya? CNN (blog) In Syria, the government has not used that kind of incendiary language. The government of President Bashar al-Assad claims they're fighting terrorists or foreign enemies. Does that make it harder for theUN to do what it was able to do in Libya? ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| EU lifts sanctions on Libyan firms Irish Times In a separate manoeuvre expected today, the EU will impose a ban on oil imports from Syria and issue new sanctions against supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian financial institutions. As the uprising against Col Gadafy took hold, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The World Next Week: What Next for Libya? Council on Foreign Relations (blog) The Wall Street Journal covers the European Union's new deal to expand the sanctions on Syria to include new measures like an oil embargo, and my colleague Elliott Abrams considers different ways that the Assad regime might crumble. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arab Reactions to Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi's Downfall – Joy Mixed with Concern Middle East Media Research Institute [President 'Ali] Saleh of Yemen and [Bashar] Al-Assad of Syria are still in place, of course, [but] both are bound to fall... because few [leaders] in our region [ever] learn a lesson... "The world will be a better place without General [Al-Qadhafi], ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CrisisWatch N°97 International Crisis Group Anti-regime protests continued across Syria despite increased crackdowns on the major flashpoint cities. Security forces, including tanks, snipers and navy gunboats were mobilised against protests in Latakia, Daraa, Damascus, Homs, Deir el-Zour and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nations discuss response to Syria's crackdown Forbes ... 09:25 AM EDT PARIS -- A British official says the United States and European leaders are holding talks in the margins of the Paris summit on Libya aimed at toughening the international community's stance against Syria's President Bashar Assad. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| For Russia, New Mideast Will Be a Tough Arms Market The Media Line Russia has fewer qualms about selling weapons to violators, such as Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and Muamar Al-Qaddafi's Libya. “Russia has much thicker skin over the perceived violations of human rights. They conduct a realpolitik arms sales policy. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Libya proves Obama right Khaleej Times Success in Libya doesn't make the ongoing challenges in Syria and Yemen any easier. But it certainly lifts the spirits of the remarkable protest movements in these countries that want the same opportunity Tunisians, Egyptians, and now Libyans have. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Take 5: Thursday thejournal.ie The delayed cooperation – coming on top of increasing international on President Bashar Assad over human rights abuses in the counrty - will likely add to concerns that Syria is in the early stages of a secret programme that could be harnessed to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian judge defects in protest Sydney Morning Herald If confirmed, Bakour's resignation would be the first high-profile defection since the Syrian uprising started in mid-March. The United Nations says more than 2000 civilians have been killed since then.Assad has repeatedly blamed the unrest in his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Britain, US call for tougher stance on Syria Mainichi Daily News Everyone who lives in Syria today must be part of the new Syria that should be developed in the months ahead," Clinton said. The US officials said that Clinton also met in Paris with ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now the special representative ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria Reportedly Stonewalling IAEA TIME 01, 2011 A Syrian opposition demonstrator living in Turkey kicks a poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in central Istanbul August 28, 2011. (VIENNA) — Diplomats saySyria has reneged on a promise to quickly cooperate with a UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| As Regime Crumbles, Al-Qaddafi Clan Cracks The Media Line No defections have been reported in Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's family. Although most analysts think the Al-Qaddafi era is over, the leader retains unknown but possibly significant support among Libyans, particularly in his birthplace and ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists - Yahoo! News Read 'Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists' on Yahoo! News. ... said, and the United Nations said the death toll from President Bashar al-Assad's ... "As of today, over 2200 people have been killed since mass protests began in ... news.yahoo.com/dont-meddle-syria-assad-tells-west-0202409... |
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