ABC News | Demonstrators storm U.S. embassy in Damascus Washington Post (STR/ AP ) - The damaged front side of the US embassy is seen after pro-government protesters attacked the embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 11, 2011. The damage caused when a mob breached the wall of the compound before being dispersed ... Despite many activists' boycott, Syria's 'national dialogue' extended US says Assad "not indispensable" to Syria Syria: Assad loyalists besiege US and French embassies in Damascus |
CTV.ca | Cyprus munitions explosion kills 12 Los Angeles Times The munitions, seized in 2009 from an Iranian shipment to Syria, apparently exploded when a wildfire reached a military base. The explosion leads to the resignations of Cyprus' defense minister and the commander of the Greek Cypriot National Guard. ... Seized gunpowder explodes killing 12 at Cypriot naval base Cyprus Navy Chief Dies in Blast at Arms Depot Cyprus: Navy chief killed by base munitions blast |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Thoughts on Syria & Its Ambassador The Atlantic Eli Lake wrote a thoughtful piece today in the Washington Times following up on the State Department calling Syria Ambassador to the US Imad Moustapha in for consultations given reports that Embassy staff may be video taping ... US raps Syria over claim of photographing DC demonstrations State Dept. calls in Syrian envoy for harassing protesters US investigates Syrian diplomats for spying on protesters |
BBC News | Suspect in control order appeal BBC News A terror suspect appealing against a control order was trained in Syria from where he plotted a terror attack on the UK, the High Court has heard. The home secretary is asking the judge to uphold her decision ... May appeal in terror suspect case |
Latest developments in Arab world's unrest The Associated Press ___ SYRIA Syrian government supporters smash windows at the US Embassy in Damascus, raise a Syrian flag and scrawl graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit to an opposition stronghold. Also, French Embassy guards ... |
AFP | Syria, Iran, and Turkey are members of one family: Salehi Tehran Times TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a meeting in Tehran late on Sunday, in which they discussed the latest developments in the region, notably the unrest in Syria. During the three-hour ... Iran, Turkey Discuss Conditions in Syria Turkish FM: Syria, Turkey, Iran are one family Iran, Turkey favor resolving Syria's problems: Salehi |
Al-Arabiya | Syria and Libya: Lessons in how and how not to support people power Al-Arabiya (GETTU Photo) By JAMES M. DORSEY If Syria is emerging as a model for US and European support of the Arab revolt, Libya is becoming an example of how not to respond. With a rebel victory uncertain four months into NATO's bombing campaign designed to ... Whatever happened to the war in Libya? |
Evening markets: China, Italy, Syria encourage crop sellers Agrimoney.com A plethora of negative news, from rising Chinese inflation to attacks on French and US embassies in Syria to fears for the eurozone debt crisis spreading to Italy, kept the likes of shares and commodities on the defensive. And even bonds, if they were ... |
AFP | Iraqis who fled to Syria for safety now returning AFP BAGHDAD — When his six-year-old son was killed in a 2006 Baghdad gun battle, Seif Rashid decided to flee with his family to Syria, but the deadly unrest there forced him to return to Iraq last month. "When I saw the lifeless body of my little Abdel ... |
Nanaimo Daily News | Sham Dialogue in Syria, Sham Policy in Washington The American (blog) Sunday marked the first day of the Assad regime's two-day “national dialogue” with the domestic opposition. Little was expected, as much of the opposition boycotted the talks. And why wouldn't they? In its typical retro, quasi-Soviet ... Mob storms US embassy in Syria Syria rocked by night protests over dialogue |