Massive Protests Planned in Syria
Voice of America
Syrian pro-democracy activists are planning massive protests across the country Friday against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, despite his recent attempts to meet their demands. Security forces have been deployed in several cities, including the ...
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Lebanese Muslim movement to hold rally opposing Syria's al-Assad
Monsters and Critics.com
The rally is organized to support 'the Syrian protesters who are calling for their freedom,' a reference to ongoing anti-government unrest in neighbouring Syria. It is scheduled to take place near the mosque. Pro-Syrian groups had earlier planned their ...
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Syria: President Bashir al-Assad has a staunch friend in the Church
Telegraph.co.uk
Across Syria, President Bashir al-Assad is facing huge and angry protests against his rule, but he has a staunch friend in the Church. By Richard Spencer 9:30PM BST 21 Apr 2011 "We are with the government and against these movements that oppose it," ...
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Possible Collapse of Assad and Regional Implications
Huffington Post (blog)
Syria's Bashar Assad pulled almost all the cards out of his sleeves, but in vain. The uprising is just intensifying rather than subsiding. According to his own propaganda machine, his adversaries are "extreme" Muslim elements. ...
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Arab Upheaval 'An Appetizer For What's To Come'
NPR
The primary day of prayer has turned into an organizing tool, and protesters in Syria are calling for massive turnouts this Friday. They may be disappointed — or so successful that they prompt Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to announce new ...
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Syriana - by Robert D. Kaplan
Foreign Policy
Assad's son, Bashar, who succeeded his father as Syria's president a decade ago, has yet to make his bones in such a way. It is unclear whether the son is visionary enough to satisfy today's protesters, or cruel enough like his father to stay in power. ...
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The contradictions of the Arab Spring
Washington Post (blog)
For example: l Hamas is increasingly caught between pressure from the Muslim Brotherhood to back revolution in Syria and its links to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This Hamas-Syria tension is outlined in an analysis prepared by Israel's Meir Amit ...
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Syria's unrest led by Islamists?
Al-Arabiya
A Syrian protester shouts slogans calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down. (File photo) By DINA AL-SHIBEEB Contrary to the Syrian government's claim, unrest in the country was not instigated or led by Islamists, according to analysts ...
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Iran Assists Its Ally Syria
Voice of America
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Syria and Iran are close allies, as is demonstrated once again by Iran's support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the face of anti-government demonstrations that have spread across Syria. ...
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Troubles Mount In Libya, Syria
Investor's Business Daily
... but his forces continued an artillery bombardment of the city. In Syria, more than 20 protesters were killed by gov't forces. Syrian Pres. Bashir Assad signed a law ending emergency rule, but unappeased activists planned massive demonstrations.
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What Will Events in Syria Mean for Lebanon?
Huffington Post (blog)
Friday's flashpoint is one of the varieties of short- and medium-term repercussions that events in Syria have for Lebanon. In addition to the potential for violent clashes between the two sides, the apparent weakness of Assad's regime in Damascus has ...
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Lebanese Maintain Tense Quiet About Syria's Turmoil
The Media Line
Syria has acted both as a welcome protector of Lebanon and an unwanted source of interference in the country's domestic politics. Even today, six years after Syrian forces were forced to withdraw from Lebanon, Damascus continues to plays a major role ...
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Syrian Activist In Hiding Presses Mission From Abroad
NPR
by Deborah Amos In Syria, young social media activists are playing a major role in what began as a demand for reform and now seems to be a call for revolution. They are part of the same Facebook generation that helped topple autocrats in Tunisia and ...
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Syria's Pivotal Role: An Inside Look At The Middle Eastern Nation's Struggles ...
Huffington Post
As Syria gears up for what activists claim will be the largest protests so far, it's worth taking a look back at National Geographic writer Don Belt's inside look at Syria. While Syria recently lifted 48 years of emergency rule, two years ago, ...
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Connecting Talents to Opportunities in the Middle East
Zawya
This concentration of power, say bankers and economists, has made it almost impossible for outsiders to conduct business in Syria without his consent. When the US Treasury levied sanctions against Mr Makhlouf in 2008, forbidding US citizens or entities ...
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'Repeal all emergency laws'
Free Malaysia Today
He made the call in conjunction with developments in Syria where President Basshar al Assad was forced to nullify emergency rules that were used to oppress the people for the past 50 years. Surendran also justified his call for the repeal of these laws ...
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1715 GMT, Apr 21
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AMMAN - President Bashar al-Assad ended Syria's state of emergency, in effect for nearly 50 years, on Thursday in an attempt to defuse mass protests against his authoritarian rule that have gripped Syria for over a month. TOKYO - Japan said on Thursday ...
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The Arab Spring Midterm
The Moderate Voice
Similarly, what we are seeing in Syria is the hardening of the core of Alavi patrons that make up the regime, with the Assad family as their figurehead. The Alavi minority, since coming to power in the mid 1960s, has been the primary power broker in ...
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U.S., allies half-hearted in Libya
Asbury Park Press
Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, Bahrain's al-Khalifa royal family and others have surely been watching events in Libya and taking notes. The NATO-led attempt to dislodge Moammar Gadhafi is going nowhere fast. ...
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Alloush: Syria's ambassador acting as Anjar governor
Ya Libnan
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been facing the biggest challenge to his rule. Popular protests demanding greater freedoms and an end to corruption erupted over a month ago in southern Syria and spread to the capital Damascus and most cities in ...
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Daily News Brief
Syria Today
Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad met with a delegation of 40 civic leaders from Aleppo yesterday, Al-Watan Online reports. The president said the new local administration law will cause a “quantum leap” in living standards in Syria after the ...
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Rights groups slam Arab League endorsement of Syria for UN Human Rights Council
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Syria is seeking a seat on the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and as the death toll climbs in Syria's crackdown on anti-government protests, Syria has said that it assigns the “highest importance” to the promotion and protection of human ...
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CRI Hourly News (updated at 15:00 2011/04/22)
CRIENGLISH.com
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has now approved the cabinet's draft law, which now lifts the 48-year-state of emergency. The state of emergency has been in place since the ruling Baath Party seized power in a 1963 coup. A Chinese university student ...
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Ghassan Abdul-Aal as new Homs Governor
Day Press News
The Grand Mufti affirmed that the people of Syria are in a state of awareness of the need to build the country and restore unity between the leadership and the people, particularly after the speech of President al-Assad at the Cabinet, stressing that ...
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Patrick Cockburn: The regimes are rallying their forces. Is the tide turning ...
The Independent
In Syria protests are continuing across the country despite frequent shootings, but President Bashar al-Assad will take a lot of displacing because of his determination to stay, the strength of his security apparatus and the tight grip on power of the ...
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Inerga-type Rocket Hits Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen
Naharnet
The incident took place on the eve of a demonstration that Hizb Ut-Tahrir is planning to hold in the northern port city against the Assad regime in Syria. The army threw a tight security dragnet in the area of the attack and launched an investigation.
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Syria's Assad faces more demos after ending emergency rule (AFP ...
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Syria's Assad faces more demos after ending emergency rule (AFP). April 22, 2011 . By Yahoo! News: Top Stories · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seen here in 2010, has issued decrees ending AFP – Syria braced for more protests Friday, ...
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Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon -Syria's Assad lifts emergency rule
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued decrees ending nearly five decades of emergency law, abolishing state security courts and allowing citizens to protest peacefully, state television reported. ...
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Friday prayers test Assad's response to protests | Ya Libnan ...
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Ya Libnan features frequently updated breaking news, world news, op-eds and features, live from Beirut, Lebanon. ... Human Right Watch said Assad “has the opportunity to prove his intentions by allowing (Friday's) protests to proceed without violent repression. “The reforms will only be meaningful if Syria's security services stop shooting, detaining, and torturing protesters,” said Joe Stork, ...
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Syrian president lifts emergency rule | APN News
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued decrees ending nearly five decades of emergency law, abolishing state security courts and allowing citizens to protest peacefully, state television reported. ...
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Syria Protests Planned As Biggest Yet
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Assad sacked the Homs governor April 7 in an overture to the mass protests that have threatened his grip on power. Syria's state news agency said Thursday the president appointed Ghassan Abdul-Al as the new governor. ...
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War News Updates: Bloodbath Between Syria's Various Sects Would ...
By War News Updates Editor
The overthrow of Syrian dictator Basher Assad is not yet imminent, but should it occur, a bloodbath between Syria's various sects would likely follow, leading Israeli experts on Syria told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. ...
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Syrian activists vow largest protests to date - The Ball State ...
By The Associated Press
Assad sacked the Homs governor April 7 in an overture to the mass protests that have threatened his grip on power. Syria's state news agency said Thursday the president appointed Ghassan Abdul-Al as the new governor. ...
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Syrian president lifts emergency rule | Top Stories | BigPond News
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Egypt News By Asfory»Blog Archive » Syria president scraps decades ...
By dina
Posted in Category: Egypt News — dina @ 6:19 pm. Syrian President Bashar al- Assad signed a decree to lift almost five decades of draconian emergency rule on Thursday, as a protest movement which has rocked his regime called for more ...
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Syria Live Blog - April 22 | Al Jazeera Blogs
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Thousands continue to take to the streets across Syria, despite reform pledges by president Bashar al-Assad. We bring you the latest news from our correspondents and other sources. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from ...
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Syria lifts 48-year-long emergency rule - News on Feeds
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ratified a law to end 48 years of emergency rule in an attempt to defuse protests against his 11-year rule by people demanding greater freedoms. msnbc.com: World news ...
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Syria: Assad Officially Cancels Emergency Law « « Eurasia Review ...
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Syria: Assad Officially Cancels Emergency Law. Written by: Al Bawaba News. April 21, 2011. Bookmark and Share. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued decrees ending 48 years of emergency law, abolishing state security ...
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Assad Lifts 48-Year-Old Emergency Decree, Abolishes State Security ...
The measures follow a decree by Assad today in which he named a new governor for ... Syria is an ally of Iran and a power broker in neighboring Lebanon, ...
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Syria's Assad "faces strong challenge without reform"
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should free all political prisoners and allow peaceful rallies to show he is serious ...
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Syria Today | 20 April 2011
The Lebanese President Michel Suleiman spoke to President Assad yesterday, denying that ... 21 April | Daily News Brief: Britons urged to leave Syria; ...
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Scenarios: Stakes high for region as Syria protests unfold
Assad and his father before him have ruled Syria under a tough emergency law in force ... That degree of violence would be harder to get away with today, ...
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Assad says Syria to lift emergency law - TODAY News - TODAY.com
Syria's president says he expects the government to lift the country's decades- old emergency laws next week.
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Syria protests sweep into capital, defying Assad | bdtodaynews.com
Ref: Protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swept into the capital Damascus on Friday for the first time since a growing wave of pro-democracy ...
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Syria's Assad promises to lift emergency laws | euronews, world news
world news - Syria's decades old state of emergency will be lifted by the end of next week. President Bashar Al-Assad made the televised announcement in a ...
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Syria protests continue as Bashar al-Assad promises reform | World ...
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad promises an end to 48 years of emergency law. .... Zeitgeist is an experiment in showing trending news, topics and articles from ... Business Correspondent. Moscow, Russia | Unspecified. RUSSIA TODAY ...
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Syria's Assad issues decree abolishing emergency rule | News.com.au
THE embattled Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, issued a decree today abolishing the ... Return to start of sidebar. make your own news service on igoogle ...
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Syria protesters call for freedom after Assad pledge - Stabroek ...
Stabroek News - Daily Guyana News. Thursday 21st April 2011 ... The scene would have been unthinkable in Syria just a month ago, but residents said ... quoted today as saying the Assad dynasty's history of crushing dissent meant a North ...
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Hague welcomes Assad's call for Syria reforms - Yahoo! News UK
Breaking News. British Journalist Dies In Misratah Attack ... welcome President (Bashar) Assad's acknowledgement in his speech today that reform in Syria is ...
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Syria's Assad says gov't to lift emergency law - USATODAY.com
Syria's president says he expects the government to lift the country's decades- old emergency laws next week.
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