Los Angeles Times | Syria Killed at Least 12, Opposition Says, Despite Deal to End Violence New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian forces killed at least 12 people in the restive city of Homs on Thursday, opposition activists said, a day after the Arab League brokered a plan to halt violence and convene talks between the government and ... Syria crackdown continues, opposition says Syria Forces Press On With Crackdown After Arab League Accord Syrian Tanks Fire Despite Arab League Deal; 4 Dead |
Syria Crackdown Gets Italy Firm's Aid With US-Europe Spy Gear BusinessWeek 4 (Bloomberg) -- As Syria's crackdown on protests has claimed more than 3000 lives since March, Italian technicians in telecom offices from Damascus to Aleppo have been busy equipping President Bashar al-Assad's regime with the power to intercept, ... Syria Crackdown Gets Italy Firm's Aid With US-Europe Spy Gear |
Al-Manar TV | Mikati tells BBC Nasrallah hasn't ruled out funding STL The Daily Star The US has urged Lebanon to meet international obligations to protect Syrian refugees, including opposition members, fleeing to Lebanon from unrest in Syria. Several hundred Syrians have fled into Lebanon since protests began there in mid-March, ... Nasrallah Walks a Tight Rope Mikati: Nasrallah did not say 'no' to STL Berri to Re-launch Dialogue: Do Not Interfere in Syria |
Reuters | Syria says reaches deal with Arab League on unrest Reuters Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad march through the streets in Homs October 30, 2011. By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Tuesday it had reached agreement with an Arab League committee tasked with finding ... Syria Agrees to Arab League Plan to End Crackdown Syria reaches deal with Arab League Syrian response to Arabs lacks clarity |
Business Insider | Turkey's bold about-face on Syria Christian Science Monitor Turkey's support for Syrian insurgents reverses detente with Damascus. Its about-face can reinforce an Arab League agreement with Syria to end violence, and reassure the West of its commitment to NATO values. But is the break an exception, ... How Iran really sees Turkey Turkey's rising clout leaves Iran fuming on sidelines of Arab Spring Turkey hardens stance against Syria |
Syria cancels fuel export tender, sanctions deter buyers The Daily Star LONDON: Syria's state-owned oil firm Sytrol has cancelled a tender to sell fuels, traders said Thursday, in a sign that oil firms are becoming more wary after Western governments imposed sanctions due to a bloody military crackdown. ... |
Globe and Mail | 3 reasons why the Libyan war model won't work in Syria Globe and Mail Syrian pro-democracy activists facing the regime's ruthless use of violence have called for western warplanes to help them. In Libya, thousands of air strikes destroyed Libya's tanks, gave an out-gunned, rag-tag, rebel army a chance to fight and helped ... After Libya, US to target Syria, Iran: CPI (M) And Now for Syria The Real Signal Sent by NATO's Libyan Intervention |
Yeshiva World News | Syria refutes UN nuclear chief's reactor claim msnbc.com UNITED NATIONS — Syria's United Nations ambassador on Wednesday refuted a claim by the head of the UN nuclear agency that a building destroyed by Israeli warplanes in the Syrian desert in 2007 was very likely the covert site of a ... Another Nuclear Facility In Syria Israel hit complex that 'should have been declared' |
ICRC seeks Syrian prison access on its terms Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross is pressing Syrian authorities for wider access to thousands of detainees arrested in pro-democracy protests, while insisting that its own strict terms be met, its president said Wednesday. ... |
Bumper olive crop expected in Syria AHN | All Headline News With an all-time record of more than 200000 tons of oil projected to be produced from olive trees this year, Syria has the potential of becoming a Middle East oil power of a sort even as its economy has been paralyzed by months of unrest. ... |