New York Times | Syria Unleashes Assault to Take an Unbowed City New York Times A protester faced the riot police on Friday in Khalidia, just outside of Homs, a rebellious Syrian city. By ANTHONY SHADID BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian government has launched a bloody assault to retake Homs, the country's third-largest city, ... Syrian forces occupy Homs district after shelling Syria Army Seizes Zone, in Spite of Arab Truce Syrian opposition declares 'disaster' in embattled city |
Reuters | Syrian refugees find little cheer on Muslim feast Reuters A Syrian refugee girl carries a doll that she received from a women's non-profit charity organization on the first day of Eid al-Adha, at an abandoned school in Wadi Khaled area, northern Lebanon, November 6, 2011. By Erika Solomon WADI KHALED, ... |
AFP | Syria may try to evade US, EU sanctions-US Treasury Reuters WASHINGTON Nov 7 (Reuters) - A top US Treasury official will travel to Jordan and Lebanon to meet with officials to discuss the impact of economic sanctions against Syria, the Treasury Department said on Monday. Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's ... US to press Syria sanctions in Middle East US official to visit Lebanon, Jordan over Syria's attempts to evade sanctions |
Reuters | US to work with Arab Spring's Islamist parties Fox News It also demanded that leaders in Syria and Yemen leave power, without any real means to make them do so. "There will be times when not all of our interests align," Clinton said. "That is just reality." Still, she moved to counter an increasingly common ... Clinton: US interests sometimes clash with Mideast reform Dispatches from the Arab Spring: Veteran Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich on ... |
Day Press News | Syrian capital flight intensifies Financial Times Money has been streaming out of Syria as fears for the unstable economy lead Syrians to seek a safer place for their assets, according to members of the country's business community. Cash is being smuggled over the ... Syrian Artists call for Building Modern Syria |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey's policy on Iran to continue despite Syria tension Hurriyet Daily News The Arab Spring would show, it if has not already, that Turkey and its neighbors, Iran and Syria, stand worlds apart when it comes to the establishment of democratic regimes in the region. While the AKP has burned most of the bridges with the Bashar ... Israel's new regime of caution and restraint Thinking the unthinkable on Iran Our World: Waiting out Obama |
Report from inside Syria documents voices of opposition Free Speech Radio News Syrian opposition leaders are calling for international intervention after activists said at least 17 people were killed on Sunday in Homs by security forces. The attacks on Homs began last week violating an agreement with the The Arab League to stop ... FRONTLINE "Syria Undercover": Inside an Activist Safe House 'Syria Undercover': On the edge of danger |
ABC News | At Least 15 Are Killed, Activists Say, as Syria's Stance on Talks Is Tested New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian forces killed at least 15 people on Friday, opposition groups reported, in a spate of bloodshed that activists and some Western officials said called into question the Syrian government's commitment to a plan ... Violence in Syria as Arab League Warns of Disaster Fresh Violence in Syria as Peace Plan Unravels New Violence in Syria as Tanks Shell Homes |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Daalder: We're not even thinking about intervening in Syria Foreign Policy (blog) The top US official at NATO said Monday that there is zero planning -- or even thinking -- going on about a military intervention in Syria. "There has been no planning, no thought, and no discussion about any intervention into Syria. ... NATO's success in Libya unlikely to be repeated |
RT | Syrian spin: 'Secret nuclear plant' is just a factory RT A facility in Syria, which the UN's nuclear watchdog suspected to be a uranium-enrichment site masked to look as a yarn-spinning factory, is and has always been a yarn spinning factory, a journalistic investigation revealed. ... Oops, the Syrian nuclear factory that Israel bombed in 2007 was a textile plant |