 Washington Post Assad assured Ban in a telephone conversation Wednesday that all police and military operations had stopped. On Friday, Syria's UN envoy, Bashar al-Jafari, repeated the assertion. Amidst calls to step down from the White House, Syrian President Bashar ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN body urges Syria to halt deadly crackdown The Bostwana Gazette DAMASCUS (AFP) - The UN rights body on Monday urged Syria to halt a deadly crackdown on dissent that has cost more than 2200 lives, after its defiant President Bashar al-Assad scoffed at Western calls to step down. Activists, meanwhile, said at least ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rebels claim control of Tripoli ...UN chief criticizes Assad of Syria ... 9&10 News UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (bahn kee-moon) is criticizingSyrian President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) for failing to halt a military crackdown on dissent that has killed nearly 2000 people. Ban says Assad pledged to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria: two anti-government protesters shot in Homs as army 'shoot-to-kill' Telegraph.co.uk By Alastair Good A United Nations mission arrived in the western city of Homs yesterday to assess the humanitarian situation after five months of protests in Syria. Video posted online appears to show protesters against President Assad's rule being ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian forces kill three during U.N. visit UPI.com The team visited Syria's third-largest city -- a hotbed of anti-regime dissent 100 miles north of Damascus -- after a UN human rights panel said Assad regime forces may have committed crimes against humanity by carrying out summary executions, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IBSA Opposes Measures Against Syria Inter Press Service Speaking on Syrian state television on Sunday, Assad rejected calls to step aside, while announcing multi-party elections for parliament would be held in February. A UN humanitarian mission finally on the ground in Syria was greeted by protesters ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dissent in Syria Emerges as Front Line of Arab Uprisings New York Times On Sunday, Mr. Assad dismissed Western calls for his resignation as meaningless and signaled that a crackdown the United Nations now estimates has killed 2200 people, 350 this month alone, would go on. That was the case Monday, when security forces ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mideast Expert: Syria's WMD Could Fall to Islamists NewsMax.com On the other hand, If the United States or NATO starts to bomb Syria, Assad could fire SCUD missiles into Israel. “It's an extremely dangerous time, mostly characterized by uncertainty . . . a level of which hasn't been seen for years. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Russian foreign minister rules out military intervention in Syria RIA Novosti Syria has been rocked by mass protests demanding reforms and the resignation of Assad for almost six months. Pressure from international powers has mounted to end the crackdown. According to UNinvestigators, about 2200 civilians are thought to have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria in the dock at top UN rights body Times of India GENEVA: Syria was in the dock at an urgent session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which began on Monday and which the US envoy said underscored the increasing international isolation of president Bashar al-Assad . ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What's News— Wall Street Journal Arab nations demanded Syria allow an international probe on whether crimes against humanity have been committed during the crackdown. Thousands rallied in Syria, calling for Assad to resign. TheUN said hundreds have been killed in recent tribal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| "Isolated" Syria in the dock at top UN rights body Reuters Africa US envoy Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe said the urgent session, the Geneva forum's second on Syriasince April, underscored the growing international isolation of President Bashar al-Assad. Syria'sambassador Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui rejected UN allegations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Pentagon's Salvador Option: Death Squads in Iraq & Syria Scoop.co.nz In chorus they have described recent events in Syria as a "peaceful protest movement" directed against the government of Bashar Al Assad, when the evidence amply confirms that Islamic paramilitary groups have infiltrated the rallies. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN body urges Syria to halt crackdown Ninemsn The UN rights body has urged Syria to halt a deadly crackdown on dissent that has cost more than 2200 lives, after its defiant President Bashar al-Assad scoffed at Western calls to step down. The Human Rights Council meeting on Syria was prompted by a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| LIBYAN WAVE REACHES SYRIA, "ASSAD AFTER GADDAFI" Agenzia Giornalistica Italia People took to the streets and cried out "Assad after Gaddafi", but the president's militia immediately opened fire on the crowd, a few hours before the arrival of a UN humanitarian mission, which had to wait a good five months before landing in Syria. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Libya is Liberated! OnMilwaukee.com (blog) So far, Syrian armed forces are united behind President Bashar Assad, and there is no sign of a rebel force that NATO or the US can effectively support. Unless the Syrian military cracks, theAssad clan rules. (2) Obama predicted it would take "days, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lebanon Safer Than Dubai on Loaded Local Lenders: Arab Credit Bloomberg Syria, Lebanon's only land link with the Arab World, has been gripped since March by protests against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule. Assad backs the Hezbollah-dominated government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, formed on June 13. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian forces kills three during UN team's visit Pakistan Daily Times “As of today, over 2200 people have been killed since mass protests began in mid-March, with more than 350 people reportedly killed across Syria since the beginning of Ramazan,” Pillay told the UNHuman Rights Council. Assad stepped up his military ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More long-serving dictators in Arab world on way out Financial Express Bangladesh This in fine are the stories of Col Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and Bashar al-Asad of Syria. The era of family rule with endemic corruption, clinging on to power without any accountability, widespread repression, blatant violation of civil rights, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Reuters World News Highlights 0600 GMT, Aug 23 TrustLaw (blog) SYRIA - Syrian forces shot dead three people in Homs during a visit by a UN humanitarian team on Monday, activists said, and the United Nations said the death toll from President Bashar al-Assad'scrackdown on protests had reached 2200. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| EDITORIAL: AU can redeem itself in Libya Business Day Nor does it justify SA's petulant refusal to support any UN resolution condemning Syria'sincreasingly brutal response to prodemocracy demonstrations. There is no logic to this stance, just emotion. And foreign policy and emotion don't mix well. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The World Hates The Weekly Standard New Republic (blog) There are a lot of people in Syria right now praying that the Standard uses its next issue to castigate Obama for having failed to depose Assad. I would feel some pity for them were it not scientifically provable that they have no souls. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Analysis: Is this Cameron's Falklands? Politics.co.uk Instead of being frightened of attacking their own people, leaders like Bashar al-Assad of Syria, could act freely, safe in the knowledge the west could not intervene while it was occupied in Libya. Reports of the rebel forces showed them to be an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Russia, China pressure EU to water down UN text on Syria UN Watch (press release) Ms. Atass, from the Syrian city of Homs, heads the Paris-based pro-democracy group France Syrie Démocratie. Lama ATASS, née en Syrie en 1967, militante et activiste syrienne contre le RégimeAssad, fille d'un opposant syrien exilé depuis 1976, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Turkey Raises the Ante on Flotilla Standoff Commentary At a time when Turkey has to be worried about instability in Syria, perhaps Erdogan thinks he can wean Hamas away from Iranian influence because it reportedly cut back on its aid to Gaza due to Hamas' lack of support for the Assad regime in Damascus. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Don't Let Russia Use Iran as a Bargaining Chip National Review Online (blog) And Russia remains uncomfortable with even the feeble pressure that the Obama administration has placed on Bashar al-Assad's regime for its brutal repression of protesters in Syria. Mutual support forAssad has provided Moscow with another incentive to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrians say Assad rule will crumble The Age Also Monday, a UN human rights expert says Arab nations agreed to demand that Syria allow an international probe within its borders to see whether crimes against humanity have been committed. Jean Ziegler, a member of the UN Human Rights Council's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| End to Gadhafi's 42-year rule 동아일보 The world is closely observing Syria and North Korea. These countries maintain dictatorship via hereditary passing of power. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has had more than 2000 of his own people killed to suppress the democratic movement but cannot ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World digest: Mass graves across Kashmir region STLtoday.com Eight people were killed Monday in Syria, according to activists, after President Bashar Assadrepeated his promises on reform and said that the security situation in Syria had improved. Six people were killed in the central city of Homs when security ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Photos of the Day, Aug. 22, 2011 National Post (blog) ... the United Nations Human Rights Council on August 22, 2011 in Geneva to examine the crackdown in Syria after investigators found evidence of crimes against humanity committed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime in its repression of demonstrators. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN Team Ordered Out Of Syrian Protest City -Spokesman Zawya (subscription) The UN team was in the city as part of a mission to assess Syria's humanitarian needs as President Bashar al-Assad pursues a deadly crackdown on protests. "The mission proceeded to Homs todayas planned. A protest situation developed and the mission ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| U.N.: Syria Death Toll Reached 2200, Assad Hasn't Kept His Word ... By Carol Maher The U.N. rights body held an emergency meeting on Monday to press Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end a deadly crackdown on dissent, a day after he scoffed at Western calls to quit. More than 2200 people have died in the Syrian ... Radio Sawt Beirut International... |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon: Syria's Assad did not fulfill his promise ... UN chief Ban Ki-moon: Syria's Assad did not fulfill his promise regarding the halt of military and police operations - @AlArabiya_Eng. Breaking news |
| Syrian protesters greet UN delegation with SOS signs | Ya Libnan ... By syh Syria's state news agency Sana said that Assad formed a committee to approve the formation of rivals to the ruling Ba'ath party in the runup to parliamentary elections early next year. Human rights groups say more than 2000 people have ... Ya Libnan |
| Syrians say Assad rule will crumble | Emerald News | Local News in ... On Monday, Syria's state-run news agency said Assad formed a committee to pave the way for the formation of political groups other than his Baath party, which has held a monopoly in Syria for decades. The opposition rejected Assad's ... cqnews.com.au: World News |
| Al-Assad rejects calls for ouster as U.N. team ... - Flash News Today Speaking on Syrian state TV a day after a U.N. mission arrived in the country, al-Assad was asked about calls from European leaders for him to step down. ... flashnewstoday.com/.../al-assad-rejects-calls-for-ouster-as-u-n-... |
| Syrian forces kill more; execute Assad, crowd chants - TODAY News ... Syrian forces kill more; crowd calls for Assad's execution ... The United Nations says 2000 civilians have been killed. Authorities blame "armed terrorist ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../syrian-forces-kill-more-crowd-calls-... |
| Syria unrest: Obama urges Assad to step down - Nine News Today ... Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (BBC News) – US President Barack Obama has ... The investigators said the UN Security Council should refer the issue to the ... www.ninenewstoday.com/syria-unrest-obama-urges-assad-to-s... |
