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| Activists: Syrian Troops Kill 27 Civilians Voice of America April 25, 2012 Activists: Syrian Troops Kill 27 Civilians VOA News Syrianactivists say security forces have killed at least 27 civilians in attacks acrossSyria, as France called for a small UN truce-monitoring team in the country to be expanded ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria blames rebels for massive blast in Hama Fox News BEIRUT – Syria's state news agency says a massive explosion that tore through a residential area and killed at least 16 people in the city of Hama was caused by anti-regime bomb-makers who mishandled explosives. TheSyrian Observatory for Human Rights, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria blames rebel bomb makers for accidentally setting off blast that killed ... Washington Post BEIRUT — Syrian state media said Thursday that anti-regime bomb-makers accidentally set off blasts a day earlier that flattened parts of a residential area in the central city of Hama and killed at least 16 people. Syrian activists gave a different ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria blames rebels for blast that killed 16 The Associated Press By KARIN LAUB, AP – 1 minute ago BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media said Thursday that anti-regime bomb-makers accidentally set off blasts a day earlier that flattened parts of a residential area in the central city of Hama and killed at least 16 people. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arab League calls emergency meeting as Syria's truce waivers CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The Arab League called an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo where its ministers will take up discussion ofSyria's fragile truce that shows signs of unraveling amid reports of renewed violence in flashpoint cities. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria violence rages, France tells UN to hurry Reuters By Oliver Holmes | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead four civilians on a bus on Wednesday and fighting raged near Damascus, dissidents said, as international pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad to honor UN-backed ceasefire pledges to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Opposition Wants Tougher Steps as Syria Cease-Fire Fails BusinessWeek By Donna Abu-Nasr on April 26, 2012 Syria's opposition is pushing for tougher United Nations measures against the government of President Bashar al-Assad as a cease-fire brokered by UN envoy Kofi Annan crumbles. At least 100 people, including women and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian Expatriates Organization Asks the United Nations to Consider a ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) In the light of the recent soaring retaliation by Assad military forces against civilians in areas visited by delegation of UN monitors, seemingly, in a pattern of massive punishment; Syrian Expatriates Organization urges the United Nation to consider ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian activists say attacks continue despite monitors [Video] Los Angeles Times Syrian activists are lamenting that the presence of a small team of United Nations monitors has not helped stop the shelling and shooting in the embattled country, saying that government forces were attacking before the observers showed up, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Truce Observers Work to “De-Escalate” Syrian Violence Voice of America (blog) A spokesman for the United Nations truce-monitoring team in Syria says it found a need to “de-escalate” the situation in a Damascus suburb, while France calls for a rapid expansion of the mission. A group of observers on Wednesday visited Douma, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian regime shells Damascus suburb despite UN monitors' visit Washington Post BEIRUT — Heavy artillery shells continued to fall on cities in Syria on Wednesday, despite the presence of UN observers charged with monitoring a nominal cease-fire in the country, residents said. In the central city of Hama, where two monitors are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian Truce Shows Signs Of Unraveling WCVB-TV By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A small group of observers resumed the United Nations' mission to monitor a truce in Syria that was tenuous from the start and showed signs Wednesday of unraveling as opposition activists again reported widespread ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Where UN monitors go in Syria, killings follow Washington Post SO FAR, a UN monitoring mission in Syria has had one tangible effect: It has gotten people killed. On Sunday and Monday, monitors toured neighborhoods in the city of Homs and in the Damascus suburbs of Doura and Zabadani. When they left, the areas they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| France raises prospect of military action in Syria San Francisco Chronicle Beirut -- France raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria on Wednesday, saying the United Nations should consider harsher measures if an international peace plan that has been shaken by violence ultimately collapses. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Vogue's flattering article on Syria's first lady is scrubbed from Web Washington Post “Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic — the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies,” writer Joan Juliet Buck began her profile ofSyria's first lady in Vogue last year. Amid descriptions of Assad's “energetic grace” and Christian ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Next Step for Syria Should Be Military, France Says Wall Street Journal AP France wants the United Nations Security Council to consider allowing military action in Syria if an international peace plan fails to stop the violence under Bashar al-Assad's regime, the French foreign minister said Wednesday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| France wants 300 UN observers in Syria in 2 weeks Reuters By John Irish | PARIS (Reuters) - France wants to see 300 UN observers inSyria within two weeks and will push for a "Chapter 7" resolution at the United Nations unless Damascus complies with the terms of a peace plan by early May, Foreign Minister ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian forces resume shelling, activists claim Fox News BEIRUT – Activists said Syrian troops on Wednesday fired mortar shells and machine-guns at a Damascus suburb that was visited repeatedly by UN observers, prompting calls for the international mission to stay on in flashpoints to prevent regime attacks. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Monitors Fail To Halt Violence In Syria NPR Members of the Syrian opposition walk with a UN observer during a visit by monitors to the restive city of Homs, Syria, on April 21. Opposition activists say observers appear to help bring calm if they stay in an area. Two monitors have been deployed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| France: Push for Syria Observers New York Times In a sign of increasing frustration with Syria's violations of a cease-fire agreement, France will push to have 300 United Nations cease-fire observers in Syria within two weeks instead of several months, Foreign Minister Alain Juppé said Wednesday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lebanon assassination attempts revive suspicions about Syria | Ya ... By Ya Libnan Lebanon, which is only decades past a brutal civil war, remains sharply divided over Syria as increasingly heated rhetoric about the regime in Damascus dominates political discourse. The assassination attempt against Mr. Geagea, a critic of ... Ya Libnan |
| RealClearWorld - Syria Faces Neo-Mujahedeen Struggle By Victor Kotsev, Asia Times If a regime such as Syria's is too strong militarily to be defeated from the outside, it can be torn apart from the inside - such as a foreign-sponsored insurgency that has been termed a "neo-mujahideen strategy". This game requires great skill ... RealClearWorld |
| Where is Atrocity Prevention on Syria? « Commentary Magazine By Max Boot The latest attempt to save the Syrian people has come courtesy of the UN, which is introducing monitors to Syria. Not surprisingly, the Syrian regime has not been cowed by the presence of these unarmed observers; Syriansecurity forces have ... Commentary Magazine |
| Rubio Calls for War on Iran, Syria-- as Israeli Army Rejects Strike ... By Juan GOP Vice-Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Wednesday called for unilateral US military action against Syria and Iran and blamed President Barack Obama for declining to send troops to Syria in the absence of a UN Security Council ... Informed Comment |
| Annan tells U.N. Syria hasn't withdrawn heavy weapons - RP Defense 25 April 2012 defenceWeb(Reuters)Syria has failed to comply with a pledge to withdraw weapons from population centres, and towns where citizens met with U.N. truce monitors may have been attacked, int… Hébergé par OverBlog. RP Defense |
| Arab League calls emergency meeting as Syria's truce waivers ... By etpayne The Arab League called an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo where its ministers will take up discussion of Syria's fragile truce that shows signs of unraveling amid reports of renewed violence in flashpoint cities. Hope for a peace plan ... This Just In |
| Viva Palestina's Gaza aid route - through Syria | The Jewish Chronicle By Jessica Elgot Pro-Palestinian activists Viva Palestina are to send a convoy of trucks through Syria to Gaza – despite protests and withdrawals from their own members. The charity, co-founded by Respect MP George Galloway, launched the convoy which ... JC articles |
| EA WorldView - Home - Bahrain, Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage ... By Scott Lucas The Candidates for Parliamentary Elections in Syria have been published – They reveal that Bashar al-Assad's supposed reforms are the ruse that most thought they would be. The candidates from Latakia are sprinkled liberally with the names ... EA WorldView |
| Lieberman: U.S. To Supply Weapons To Syria Opposition At Some ... By Staff Following Marco Rubio's speechat the Brookings Institute Wednesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) stated that although there should be “no boots on the ground” in Syria, the U.S. must supply the Syrian opposition groups with the weapons ... The Talk Radio News Service |
| 100 Martyrs in Syria 25-4-2012 | Local coordination committees of ... By abeer Local Coordination Committees in Syria The number of martyrs of Syria is 100 far, including women and children and a martyrs under torture. 70 martyrs in Hama, 7 martyrs in Idlib, 7 martyrs in Daraa, 5 martyrs in Damascus Suburbs (Douma, ... Local coordination committees of Syria |
| BBC News - Syria crisis: France raises use of force France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force inSyria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17847584 |
| Violence in Syria's Capital Even With a Cease-Fire - NYTimes.com Three members of the Syrian security services were killed in and around Damascus on Tuesday, one of several indications that the cease-fire arranged under ... www.nytimes.com/.../violence-in-syrias-capital-even-with-a-ce... |
| More UN Observers Arrive as Syrian Cease-fire Continues ... Activists say Syrian forces killed at least seven people on Wednesday as a small group of U.N. observers resumed their mission to monitor a shaky truce in the ... www.voanews.com/.../7-Killed-in-Syria-as-More-UN-Monitor... |
| Gunfire gives U.N. mission taste of Syria challenge - World news ... Gunfire erupted on Wednesday close to an advance team of U.N. observers who had been swarmed by protesters, giving a taste of the challenge facing a ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../gunfire-gives-un-mission-taste-syria-... |
| Syria violence rages, France tells U.N. to hurry - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead four civilians on a bus on Wednesday and fighting raged near Damascus, dissidents said, ... news.yahoo.com/syrian-forces-shoot-bus-u-n-derided-124930... |
| Annan: Syria resuming violence as monitors leave - CNN.com The Syrian military is halting violence in areas entered by U.N. observers but resumes attacking once the monitors leave, the U.N. special envoy said Tuesday. www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/world/meast/syria.../index.html |
| Observers in Syria having an impact, but only 11 on the ground so ... Another 100 are slated to come in a month. 'Are they coming on horses?' asks an exasperated activist. www.csmonitor.com/.../Observers-in-Syria-having-an-impact-... |
| Annan says Syria violence 'unacceptable' - Middle East - Al Jazeera ... Peace envoy alarmed by reports that government targeted people in areas where UN monitors met civilians. www.aljazeera.com/news/.../04/201242422832721994.html |
| Syria government foes criticize U.N. monitoring mission - latimes.com France demands swifter deployment of monitors and raises the prospect of military intervention. Some Syrians say the U.N. presence has worsened the... www.latimes.com/.../la-fg-syria-violence-20120426,0,150753.... |
| Cautious hope for Syria | Marc Lynch Few diplomatic initiatives have faced more skepticism than Kofi Annan's plan for Syria, and for good reason. Annan's six point plan may have been the only ... lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/.../cautious_hope_for_syr... |
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