Los Angeles Times | Syria activists don't trust pullback in Homs as observers visit Los Angeles Times This image from amateur video purports to show men carrying an injured man Monday in Homs, Syria. (Shaam News Network / December 27, 2011) By Alexandra Zavis and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times For a few hours Tuesday, it looked as if Syria might be ... Syria Forces Clash as Monitors Visit Syrian Tanks Withdraw as Arab Monitors Arrive to Stem Violence Embattled City in Syria Simmers as Monitors Enter |
National Post | Activists alarmed over Syria mission's Sudanese head Reuters By Peter Graff | LONDON (Reuters) - The choice of a Sudanese general to head an Arab League mission in Syria has alarmed activists, who say Sudan's own defiance of a war crimes tribunal means the monitors are unlikely to recommend strong action against ... Activists alarmed by Sudanese general heading Arab League peace mission in Syria |
PRI's The World | Syrian troops kill 3 Lebanese in border incident Boston.com By Bassem Mroue AP / December 27, 2011 BEIRUT—Lebanese security officials say Syrian troops opened fire at a car that crossed illegally into northern Lebanon, killing three Lebanese men. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with ... The Free Syrian Army in Lebanon Doctors Risk Their Lives To Treat Syrian Protesters |
BBC News | Syria unrest: Protest in Homs as peace monitors arrive BBC News Thousands of demonstrators have rallied in the Syrian city of Homs, activists said, as Arab League peace monitors arrived in the protest flashpoint. The observers are verifying compliance with an Arab League peace plan that requires an end to the ... Syria Observers Urged to Hurry to Homs, Where Death Toll Keeps Rising Arab League monitors arrive in Homs, meet governor, says Syria TV (Reuters) Monitors Reach Roiling Syria |
The Daily Star | Rai: Imposed reforms will destroy Syria The Daily Star BKIRKI, Lebanon: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai warned Tuesday against imposing political reforms on Syria from abroad, recalling that reforms imposed on Iraq from abroad had led to the country's destruction. Addressing a pro-government Syrian ... |
Day Press News | DOLE readies assistance packages for Pinoy repatriates from Syria GMA News The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has readied assistance packages for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), mostly women domestic service workers, who may be repatriated from strife-torn Syria. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz gave the ... DOLE: Jobs await OFWs returning from Syria Gov't agencies join forces to repatriate Pinoys in Syria Yearender: DFA scrambles to save OFWs caught in war, disaster |
The Daily Star | Charbel denies Ghosn's Al-Qaeda accusations The Daily Star The conflicting statements by the two ministers reflected the state of disarray within the six-month-old government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati as Lebanon is reeling under the reverberations of the nine-month turmoil in Syria. ... Lebanese press round-up: December 27, 2011 |
Los Angeles Times | Syria refugees find sanctuary in Libya Los Angeles Times Thousands of Syrians have sought refuge in the Libyan city of Benghazi. They arrive by bus daily in the city, which is still recovering from Libya's civil war. Syrians in Tripoli, Libya's capital, wave Syria's old flag during a demonstration to call ... Syria's story does not have to follow the Libyan script |
Day Press News | Syria state news agency: terrorists hit pipeline near Homs Reuters (Adds amount of gas leaked, pipeline halted) BEIRUT Dec 27 (Reuters) - Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday that terrorists had blown up a section of a gas pipeline near the protest hotbed city of Homs. "An armed terrorist group targeted ... Gas pipeline in Syria's Homs blown up Syria state news agency: Terrorists hit pipeline near Homs Armed groups blow up pipeline in Syria |
Ynetnews | Balad MK indicted over Syria trip Ynetnews More than four years after visiting Syria, Balad MK Said Naffaa has been indicted for a line of offences including contact with a foreign agent. "This is proof of the government's racist and discriminatory policy," Naffaa told Ynet. ... Balad MK indicted for alleged terrorist meeting Israeli Druze MK indicted for meeting with PFLP leader in Syria Arab MK Indicted Over PFLP Meetings in Syria |