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Arabs to discuss Syria escalation

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Feb. 12 (News Report) - Basic supplies are said to be running low in Homs Arab foreign ministers are meeting in Cairo on Sunday to decide their next move after a resolution on Syria failed in the UN Security Council last week.

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Western anger at UN Syria vetoes

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 05 (News Report) - Western nations have lamented China and Russia's vetoes of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on anti-government protests. France said it was a "sad day" for Syria, while the US ambassador to the UN expressed "outrage". The resolution had been watered down to try to avoid the vetoes, dropping a direct reference to sanctions. Meanwhile, Syrian TV has broadcast images of a woman it said Amnesty International had declared dead.

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In Cheney’s memoir, it’s clear Iraq’s lessons didn’t sink in

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Bob Woodward - Sep. 12 (Special Report) - A key lesson of the 9/11 decade for presidents and other national security decision makers is the importance of rigorously testing intelligence evidence: poking holes in it, setting out contradictions, figuring out what may have been overlooked or left out. It is essential to distinguish between hard facts and what is an assessment or judgment.

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West pushes for Syria sanctions

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:58:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 24 (News Report) - President Assad says his security forces are tackling "armed criminal gangs" The US and several European nations have called for the UN to impose sanctions against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling

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Syrian Tanks Attack Eastern City of Deir al-Zour

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Lina Sinjab - Aug. 07 (News) - Scores of tanks and armoured vehicles launch an assault on the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, human rights activists say.

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Syria Sends In Tanks to Storm Center of a Rebellious City

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Nada Bakri, Rick Gladstone - Aug. 03 (News) - Ignoring global condemnation, Syria ordered its military to storm through the rebellious city of Hama on Wednesday after three days of shelling.

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Mubarak on trial: Egypt, Syria, Libya and Middle East live blog

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Haroon Siddique, Paul Owen - Aug. 03 (Breaking News) - It is a historic day in Egypt where Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, goes on trial to face charges of corruption and unlawful killing.

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Assad Loyalists Storm US Embassy in Syria

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Voice of America - Jul. 11 (News) - Crowds of Syrians loyal to President Bashar al-Assad surged into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus on Monday and caused damage.

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Syria accused of 'crimes against humanity'

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Richard Spencer - Jul. 06 (News) - The international community is facing increasing pressure to act. The French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, has already said the "point of no return" for the regime has been crossed.

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Seeking Safety in Turkey: Syrian Refugees Describe Horrors of Assad Crackdown

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Hasnain Kazim - Jun. 18 (News Report) - Syrian President Bashar Assad is driving away his own people, say refugees who have fled into Turkey. Eyewitnesses describe executions, random violence and bodies in the streets. But despite the exiles' suffering, many Turks are suspicious of their motives for crossing the border.

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Deaths as fresh protests rock Syria

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 17 (News) - Anti-government protests have begun in several towns and cities across Syria, with the army reportedly entering a town in the rebellious northwest. Rallies started in Homs, Hama, Deraa, Jableh and other cities after Friday prayers.

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Syria's humanitarian crisis intensifies

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Elizabeth Whitman - Jun. 16 (News Report) - The humanitarian crisis in Syria worsens as the UN Security Council remains unwilling - or unable - to act.

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Syrian troops 'widening' crackdown

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 14 (News) - Syrian security forces are reportedly widening an operation in the north of the country aimed at cracking down on anti-government protests.

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‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ comes clean

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Melissa Bell, Elizabeth Flock - Jun. 13 (News Report) - The persona Tom MacMaster built and cultivated for years — a lesbian who was half Syrian and half American — was a tantalizing Internet-era fiction, one that he used to bring attention to the human rights record of a country where media restrictions make traditional reporting almost impossible.

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EU presses Syria to allow aid agencies in

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 12 (News Report) - The European Union foreign policy chief has called on Syria to allow international aid agencies in to help civilians caught up in the increasing violence. In a statement denouncing Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, Catherine Ashton echoed US concerns about the humanitarian crisis the conflict had created and repeated her calls for the regime to change course. "I deplore the escalating use of brutal force against protestors in Syria in recent days," Ashton said on Saturday. "I reiterate my repeated calls on the Syrian authorities to change course. "This includes releasing all those arrested in connection with protests, as well as other political prisoners who remain under detention despite the recent amnesty announced by President Assad. "Those responsible for the violence and killings must be held accountable," said Ashton, calling for Damascus to comply with UN requests to cooperate with its human rights officials. Ashton also called for Syria to lift its siege of cities where protests had taken place.

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Has Syria's peaceful uprising turned into an insurrection?

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Nicholas Blanford - Jun. 09 (Special Report) - the violence..has intensified the debate over who is resisting - whether syria's uprising has turned into an insurrection, or whether the regime's own forces have turned on each other.

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Tortured and killed: Hamza al-Khateeb, age 13

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Hugh Macleod, Annasofie Flamand - May. 31 (News Report) - "He would often ask his parents for money to give to the poor. I remember once he wanted to give someone 100 Syrian Pounds ($2), and his family said it was too much. But Hamza said, 'I have a bed and food while that guy has nothing.' And so he persuaded his parents to give the poor man the 100." In the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's security forces, however, Hamza found no such compassion, his humanity degraded to nothing more than a lump of flesh to beat, burn, torture and defile, until the screaming stopped at last. Arrested during a protest in Saida, 10km east of Daraa, on April 29, Hamza's body was returned to his family on Tuesday 24th May, horribly mutilated.

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Syrian forces 'fire on Homs protesters'

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 20 (News Report) - Witnesses say at least 23 killed, including two boys, in latest protests against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

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Barack Obama's Middle East speech – live coverage

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Richard Adams - May. 19 (Breaking News) - Follow live updates as President Obama makes a key speech on the 'Arab spring' and the US's role in the Middle East

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Nakba protests bring Arab spring to Israel's doorstep

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Ariel Zirulnick - May. 16 (News) - The unprecedented Arab protests on Israel's borders, pegged to the 63rd anniversary of Israel's declaration of statehood, resulted in at least 10 dead and hundreds wounded. Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags during a rally marking the 63rd anniversary

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Syria, Libya, Yemen and Middle East unrest

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Matthew Weaver - May. 13 (Breaking News) - • Syrian regime deploys tanks to crush Friday prayer protests • Bashar al-Assad expected to be sanctioned by EU • Father of missing AJ journalist Dorothy Parvaz speaks out • North African migrant row prompts changes to EU travel 9.25am: Gaddafi, Assad or Saleh: who will go first? , asks the Guardian's Middle East expert Brian Whitaker. Following the comparatively swift exits of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt, we now have three Arab leaders who face serious challenges to their power but are proving more much difficult to dislodge: Gaddafi in Libya, Saleh in Yemen and Assad in Syria. Which of them, I wonder will be the next to go – and when? The Syrian uprising is the most recent – it began in the middle of March – and my gut feeling is that it will not succeed quickly. The Assad regime could easily survive into next year, if not for longer, though it is unlikely ever to recover from the blow to its authority. "The regime will dig in its heels and fight to the end," Syria ...

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Al Jazeera Says Syria Sent Missing Journalist to Iran

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By J. David Goodman - May. 11 (Breaking News) - A reporter for Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel who disappeared while covering the uprising in Syria almost two weeks ago has been transferred to Iran, the network said Wednesday. Al Jazeera has sought information from the Syrian government on the whereabouts and condition of the reporter, Dorothy Parvaz, since losing contact with her on April 29, shortly after she arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, from Qatar. It was five days before Syrian officials confirmed she was being held in the capital. The network said the officials told them that she would be released.

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Assad's brother tops Syria sanctions list

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:04:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 10 (News Report) - The European Union has listed 13 Syrian officials on the bloc's sanctions list, including a brother and a wealthy and influential cousin of Bashar al-Assad, the president, and intelligence chiefs. Maher al-Assad commands Syria's Republican Guard and is c

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Iran helping Syrian regime crack down on protesters, say diplomats

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Simon Tisdall - May. 08 (News Report) - Iran is playing an increasingly active role in helping the Syrian regime crack down on pro-democracy protesters, according to western diplomatic sources in Damascus.

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Syrian Troops Reportedly Enter Restive Coastal City

Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - May. 07 (News) - Hundreds of troops backed by at least seven tanks stormed a city on Syria’s Mediterranean coast before dawn on Saturday, cutting electricity and phone lines and besieging neighborhoods in a locale that has emerged as one of the most restive in the seven-week uprising, opposition groups and human rights activists said.

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