ABC News | EU sanctions to drain Syria, benefit Israel: FM Xinhua DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem said in an interview aired late Monday by the state-run TV that "the European sanctions aim to drain Syria, and the first beneficiary is Israel." The European Union (EU) on Monday ... Syria hits back at EU sanctions EU imposes sanctions on Syria's Assad Syria denounces EU sanctions move |
Judicial source: Lebanese deny knowledge of arms sent to Syria Daily Star - Lebanon BEIRUT: Following the broadcast of confessions made by two Syrians allegedly involved in arms smuggling, Lebanese officials denied having any knowledge of weapons being sent from Lebanon to Syria, a senior judicial source told The Daily ... Syria acknowledges sanctions will hurt Syria acknowledges sanctions will hurt |
The Hindu | Notable & Quotable Wall Street Journal The New Republic's Martin Peretz on the significance of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporting the continued rule of Syria's Bashar Assad. Syria is where the new paradigms of Arab history will be made. The brutality of the Assad dictatorship is ... Clinton: More NATO nations must join Libya mission Clinton and Hague hail US-UK bond Remarks With British Foreign Secretary William Hague |
Tough diplomacy: US forces Syrian retreat at UN San Francisco Chronicle The Obama administration claimed a quiet diplomatic victory after a frantic but largely invisible campaign to keep Syria from winning a seat on the United Nations body charged with policing international human rights. ... |
The Guardian | Syria and Iran American Conservative Magazine This contradicts years of “expert analysis” by the Middle East editor of the BBC and others, and suggests President Bush and the neo-cons were right in their analysis that the people of Syria are less interested in opposing Israel and the United States ... Let's call Russia's bluff on Syria Scenes From Syria's Forestalled Uprising Why Does Syria Matter for Russia? |
Syria adopts two-faced strategy with social media Jerusalem Post Syria blocks service in some areas while allowing it elsewhere. It hacks opposition websites and monitors their activity. In some cases, it's resorting to pre-Internet tactics, arresting and torturing protesters to force them to divulge their passwords ... Seeking to Disrupt Protesters, Syria Cracks Down on Social Media Authoritarian regimes take fight into cyberspace Autocratic regimes fight Web-savvy opponents with their own tools |
CBC.ca | Journalism at risk Los Angeles Times Arrests such as that of Dorothy Parvaz, who was covering the unrest in Syria, have a chilling effect. Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz, center, is greeted by her stepmother, left, and her sister Sheila, right, on arriving at Vancouver International ... Released journalist Dorothy Parvaz plans to go back to Syria Detained journalist Dorothy Parvaz ready to go back to Middle East Detained journalist reunites with family in Canada |
Syrian Arab News Agency | EU Council condemns Syria's 'ongoing repression' CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The Council of the European Union condemned Monday "in the strongest terms the ongoing repression in Syria" and the violence meted out by military and security forces to peaceful protesters, which have led to hundreds of ... Official Source: EU Conclusions against Syria an Attempt at Destabilizing it Council of the EU - Council conclusions on Syria |
Syria faces pressure at U.N. atomic agency: diplomats Reuters VIENNA (Reuters) - UN inspectors are likely to increase international pressure on Syria this week with a report about suspected illicit nuclear activities that could lead to a referral of Damascus to the UN Security Council. ... |
Reuters Africa | Protests in Syria Not over yet The Economist (blog) THIS weekend in Syria was one of the bloodiest since protests began in March. Forty-four people were shot dead on Friday. On Saturday a further eleven were killed in the central city of Homs while attending funerals of those who died there the day ... SYRIA: Activists raise death toll to 76 in three days of violence [Video] Syrian death toll mounts as funeral attendees killed |