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Hundreds flee Syria crackdown - Daily Star - Lebanon Mon, 16 May 2011 23:02:18 GMT+00:00

The Guardian

Hundreds flee Syria crackdown
Daily Star - Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri Saturday ordered various Lebanese authorities to “coordinate efforts relating to the assistance of refugees from Syria.” A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 17, 2011, ...
Syria 'tightens security grip' in border areaAljazeera.net
Brotherhood Raises Syria ProfileWall Street Journal
Syrian soldiers who defected to Lebanon are arrestedThe Guardian
Day Press News -Boston Globe -USA Today
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Mass grave reportedly discovered in Syria - Los Angeles Times Tue, 17 May 2011 00:16:32 GMT+00:00

Mass grave reportedly discovered in Syria
Los Angeles Times
The grave, which may contain the bodies of as many as 40 antigovernment protesters, is found near the city of Dara, where Syria's unrest began. Activists also say security forces continue to attack the city of Tall Kalakh. ...
Mass Grave for Protesters Discovered in Syria, Activist Ammar Qurabi SaysBloomberg
'Mass grave' found in Syrian protest hubHerald Sun
Open grave found in southern Syria, as protests continueMonsters and Critics.com
Australia Network News -Telegraph.co.uk
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Israeli envoy to UN sends letters decrying border violence - Jerusalem Post Tue, 17 May 2011 00:22:51 GMT+00:00

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Israeli envoy to UN sends letters decrying border violence
Jerusalem Post
Reuben wrote that on Sunday, a group of “hundreds of individuals” in Syria tore down the Alpha Fence, “in breach of the agreed disengagement line between Israel and Syria.” In Majdal Shams, the demonstrators carried out “a violent demonstration against ...
IDF unprepared for Syria border breach, despite intelligence tipsHa'aretz
The Cable: State Department accuses Syria of fomenting Israel violenceForeign Policy
Editorial Board OpinionWashington Post
Ynetnews -NPR (blog) -AFP
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For Golan Druse, ties to Syria are nonnegotiable - Jerusalem Post Tue, 17 May 2011 01:52:17 GMT+00:00

DefenceWeb (press release)

For Golan Druse, ties to Syria are nonnegotiable
Jerusalem Post
A smattering of TV crews clustered at Shouting Hill, where for decades relatives gathered on either side of the Syria-Israel disengagement line to communicate by megaphone. On Monday the spectacle was new: A few dozen Israeli troops repairing the fence ...
Obama's dilemma: Why Libya and not Syria?Washington Examiner
US accuses Syria of inciting protests against IsraelMonsters and Critics.com
Assad 10 years onThe Guardian
Financial Times -DefenceWeb (press release) -Deccan Herald
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Reporters' group wants answers from Iran on missing journalist - CNN Tue, 17 May 2011 01:23:37 GMT+00:00

Reporters' group wants answers from Iran on missing journalist
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Press freedom advocates Reporters Without Borders expressed concern Monday about the fate of an Al Jazeera reporter arrested in Syria and reportedly deported to Iran, after Iran said it was unaware of her whereabouts. ...
Journalists group 'very concerned' over fate of missing former PI reporterSeattle Post Intelligencer
Another reporter can relate to what missing journalist likely going throughSacramento Bee

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Libyan government asks why ICC isn't also seeking to prosecute Syria - The Guardian Mon, 16 May 2011 20:02:38 GMT+00:00

Reuters

Libyan government asks why ICC isn't also seeking to prosecute Syria
The Guardian
By any standard, what is happening in Syria is just as bad as the situation was in Libya when the [UN] security council referred that country to the ICC. "Real international justice has to be for everyone in the Middle East and North Africa. ...
LIBYA: Rights groups praise arrest-warrant request for Kadafi, call for action ...Los Angeles Times
North Africa War Crimes Prosecutors Seek Gadhafi's ArrestVoice of America
Pursuing GaddafiBBC News
Globe and Mail -Pajamas Media -Adnkronos International English
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Turkey Should Wield Its Power in Syria - Huffington Post (blog) Mon, 16 May 2011 17:05:34 GMT+00:00

The Guardian

Turkey Should Wield Its Power in Syria
Huffington Post (blog)
The stakes are especially high in Syria, which sits at the center of the Arab world and has been a source of much of the region's unrest for decades. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has launched a brutal crackdown, arresting protesters, ...
Analysis: The markets of Syrian city, Aleppo, speak TurkishAhram Online
Syria as Turkey's domestic issueHurriyet Daily News
Turkey's changing tunes on SyriaAljazeera.net
Dar Al-Hayat -Today's Zaman
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Western Powers Seek IAEA Action Against Syria - Global Security Newswire Mon, 16 May 2011 13:53:04 GMT+00:00

Western Powers Seek IAEA Action Against Syria
Global Security Newswire
The United States and other Western governments are pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency to officially charge Syria with constructing an undisclosed nuclear reactor at a facility bombed by Israel in 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
U.S. Presses Nuclear Case Against SyriaWall Street Journal
U.S., EU prod nuclear agency over SyriaUPI.com

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Flint couple concerned about 11-year-old daughter in Syria: "I want to see her ... - The Flint Journal - MLive.com Mon, 16 May 2011 22:31:32 GMT+00:00

The Flint Journal - MLive.com

Flint couple concerned about 11-year-old daughter in Syria: "I want to see her ...
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
By Roberto Acosta | Flint Journal FLINT, Michigan — Ahmad Alouh moved to the United States 12 years ago in hopes of gaining basic freedoms he said were few and far between in Syria. While Ahmad and his wife Wisam are now in Flint, they are worried for ...
Flint parents say 11-year-old daughter stranded in SyriaThe Detroit News

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Syria Death Toll Reportedly Up to 850 - Voice of America Mon, 16 May 2011 16:55:37 GMT+00:00

Syria Death Toll Reportedly Up to 850
Voice of America
Syria deployed more tanks on Monday around villages near the Lebanese border and the flashpoint city of Daraa, as activists say the death toll from the crackdown on anti-government protesters has risen to at least 850. The National Organization for ...

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