Christian Science Monitor | At Least 32 Killed in Syria as Monitors Conduct Visits Voice of America December 30, 2011 At Least 32 Killed in Syria as Monitors Conduct Visits VOA News Activists say Syrian forces killed at least 32 people on Friday, as Arab League monitors visited more sites to check the government's compliance with a pledge to end its ... Thousands Rally in Syria to Prove Their Discontent to Arab Monitors Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests The Arab League observer mission in Syria is likely to fail |
The Daily Star | Homs in grief after 'eye of truth' dies CNN Since the anti-regime uprising began percolating in March, they've gotten the message out of Syria about the government's crackdown every day with graphic videos. The videos contain sights of violence and piercing voice-overs from narrators. ... Syria: Second Citizen Journalist Killed In Homs Leading Syrian citizen journalist killed Basil al-Sayed, Syria Journalist, Dead At Age 24 |
Fars News Agency | Syrian Opposition Leader Urges Officials to Take Rigid Action to Free Abducted ... Fars News Agency "We demand Homs officials to use all their possibilities to set the Iranian engineers free because they have come to Syria to aid our country with progress and development," Syrian Parliament Member and Leader of the 'Third Movement' Opposition Party ... Details released on identity of Iranian engineers abducted in Syria 'Abducting Iranian engineers, inhumane' As AL monitors continue their mission, Iran calls on Syria to obtain release ... |
Monitors in Syria spur rally Albany Times Union 28, 2011, purports to show a dead child being placed on the bonnet of an Arab League vehicle as monitors visit Homs in Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) TV OUT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, ... |
Syrians gather to show solidarity with govt China Daily DAMASCUS - Syrians gathered in the main squares across the country on Friday in an effort to show solidarity with the government and express opposition to foreign intervention in their own national affairs. According to the official SANA news agency, ... |
Financial Times | Syrian rebels raise a flag from the past Financial Times By Borzou Daragahi Syrian protesters not only want a new regime in Damascus, they also want a new flag – and one that bluntly rejects the political and ideological order established by Arab nationalist leaders decades ago. ... Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria Damascus deadlock The less Israel says about Syria, the better... |
The Guardian | Iran and the Islamist Spring Ahram Online Certainly, too, the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen have had a direct impact on the bilateral relations between Tehran and each of these countries and even countries with diplomatic relations with the revolutionary ... 2012: The Year of Counter-Revolution? Times of discontent in the region Calls for change |
New York Daily News | Syria's brave people are uncowed by bloody dictator Assad New York Daily News Inspired by a dream of freedom from the tyranny of Bashar Assad, a half million and more Syrians reportedly protested Friday across that suffering country. At least 22 of them paid for their bravery with their lives. And still they come. ... |
Syrians fire on protesters near observers Washington Post Amateur video has surfaced out of Syria showing Arab league observers apparently running from gunfire. (Dec. 29) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about Washington area ... |
Leading article: Alarming signs of a whitewash in Syria The Independent The Arab League monitoring mission in Syria is in danger of descending into bloody farce. The 60-strong delegation is there to oversee a peace plan, to which the regime has nominally agreed, requiring troops and heavy weapons to be withdrawn from ... |