The Hindu | Chicago protesters compare Syria's leader to Hitler Chicago Tribune A crowd of about 500 gathered in a downtown Chicago parking lot this afternoon to support anti-government protesters in Syria, just as worldwide media reported that military action in a western city stoked fears of more ... Syria police shoot dead two protesters in Damascus suburb Syria Braces for Renewed Crackdown Syria deploys troops and tanks in Hama |
Gulf Times | A Turkish Buffer Zone Inside Syria? Hurriyet Daily News Growing unrest in Syria is increasingly spilling over the border into Turkey. So far 12000 Syrian refugees have crossed into Turkey, and with a crackdown on the way in Idlib near the border, thousands more could be heading that way. ... Some 5000 refugees return voluntarily to Syria Turkish foreign policy: Where to next? Five thousand Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned home |
Sky News | Mass Funerals In Syria For Protester Deaths Sky News The funerals have been taking place of those who died during some of the biggest anti-government protests yet seen in Syria since the uprising began 16 weeks ago. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. ... |
Sky News | Syria: Protesters Undeterred By Deadlock Sky News The government disputes those figures, claiming soldiers were defending themselves from armed gangs and religious extremists, who want to depose the government and establish an Islamic state in Syria. We need to make some reforms…but not change (Syria ... Dialogue Sessions for Youth on Reform at Syrian Universities |
The Guardian | Syria: Man appears to film himself being shot by sniper The Guardian Syria has seen a violent crackdown on protests aimed at the president, Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Ho/AP Shocking video footage has emerged from the Syrian city of Homs in which a young man filming gunfire in the streets appears to be shot dead in ... |
Day Press News | Iran & Arab Spring Day Press News According to this news item from Iran's state-run Kayhan, Iran's leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has made the unlikely claim that while most of the Muslim uprisings are against the US and Israel - the uprising in Syria is a plot instigated by the ... US, Israel fomenting unrest in Syria: Leader Iran's Supreme Leader calls Syrian protests a Western conspiracy Protests in Syria are a “deviation”: mullahs' Supreme Leader |
500000 anti-gov`t protesters clash with police in Syria 동아일보 Syria has seen its biggest demonstration since anti-government protests broke out on March 15. AFP says more than 500000 people took to the streets Friday and clashed with police in Hama, Syria`s third-biggest city. Syrian human rights activists said ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Assad might attack Syrian Kurds, opposition claims Hurriyet Daily News A Kurdish opposition leader in Syria has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wanted to launch an assault on Syrian Kurds living in the northern part of Syria in a bid to quell uprisings in the country, but that he refrained because he feared Turkey's ... Analyst Özel says Turkey has to support opposition in Syria, elsewhere |
The Daily Star | The many flowers in an Arab spring Hindu Business Line The spring, challenging autocracies of various hues, began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, Bahrain, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Syria and Yemen — and now Saudi Arabia. Spring is a beautiful word. Spring is a season that evokes a lot of new beginnings. ... Political victory in Morocco is only a first step |
Al-Arabiya | Switzerland blocks Syrian assets belonging to Assad & Co Al-Arabiya Pro-democracy protests in Syria began in mid-March. Human rights groups estimate that more than 1360 civilians have been killed and thousands more arrested in the Syrian regime's crackdown against the protestors. Seeking to allay any remaining ... |