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Syria: Hama hospitals 'closed after army attacks' - BBC News Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:12:50 GMT+00:00

Globe and Mail
Syria: Hama hospitals 'closed after army attacks'
BBC News
Syria is facing growing international condemnation of the violence against its civilians, with the US calling for it to be politically and economically isolated. On Saturday, US President Barack Obama held phone conversations with Saudi King Abdullah ...
Assad orders tanks into rebel towns as Syria's brutal crackdown intensifiesThe Guardian
Splendid Isolation of SyriaForeign Policy Journal
'Iran to fund multi-million dollar army base in Syria'Jerusalem Post
Al-Arabiya -The National -Telegraph.co.uk
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US, Saudi Arabia demand end to Syria violence - ABC Online Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:40:34 GMT+00:00

USA Today
US, Saudi Arabia demand end to Syria violence
ABC Online
... in villages towards the Lebanese border in the west and at funerals for some of the many peope who died on Friday. The UN Security Council is due to hold a special meeting on Thursday to discuss human rights and the humanitarian emergency in Syria.
Obama Confers with Abdullah, Cameron on Syria; Dozens Killed in Past WeekBloomberg
Obama confers with Saudi Arabia, Britain on Syria violenceLos Angeles Times
Obama speaks to leaders about SyriaUSA Today
AFP -Reuters -Arab News
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Canada expands sanctions on Syria - AFP Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:30:00 GMT+00:00

CTV.ca
Canada expands sanctions on Syria
AFP
OTTAWA — Canada said Saturday it had expanded sanctions on Syria, including blacklisting a commercial bank and a mobile phone provider, to protest the government's brutal crackdown on protests. The new sanctions include travel bans on four officials, ...
Canada extends sanctions against SyriaThe Associated Press
Canada to extend sanctions on SyriaToronto Sun
THE SYRIAN REVOLUTIONSaudi Gazette
Empowered News -CFJC TV Kamloops -iPolitics.ca (subscription)
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Israel army plants new mines along Syria border - The Associated Press Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT+00:00

Updated News
Israel army plants new mines along Syria border
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's army is planting new land mines along its border with Syria in an attempt to dissuade protesters from rushing into the Golan Heights, according to a report in an Israeli military magazine. The preparations come as part of ...
Israel Re-Mining Border Areas Close To SyriaEurasia Review
Combat engineering forces augment existing minefields on Israel-Syria borderdefpro
IDF Plants Mines Along Syrian BorderArutz Sheva
Ma'an News Agency -Press TV -Forbes
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Iraqi Leader Backs Syria, With a Nudge From Iran - New York Times Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:42:22 GMT+00:00

Sydney Morning Herald
Iraqi Leader Backs Syria, With a Nudge From Iran
New York Times
BAGHDAD — As leaders in the Arab world and other countries condemn President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on demonstrators in Syria, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq has struck a far friendlier ...
Clinton: Syria's Assad Facing 'Crescendo of Condemnation'Voice of America
US urges states to cut Syria tiesBBC News
In Syria, cycle of protest and crackdown persistsWashington Post
Sydney Morning Herald -Ha'aretz -Aljazeera.net
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Turkey may intervene in Syria - UPI.com Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:34:25 GMT+00:00

Ha'aretz
Turkey may intervene in Syria
UPI.com
13 (UPI) -- Turkish officials say an international intervention in Syria has not been ruled out, should Syrian government violence against its own citizens continue. Turkish President Abdullah Gul sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar Assad Tuesday ...
Turkey threatens to join international military action in SyriaHa'aretz
Turkey gives Syria ultimatum to stop violenceYnetnews
More Turkish troops sent to Syria borderPress TV
Today's Zaman -Al-Manar TV -Oye! Times
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Deaths reported in Syria military assaults - Aljazeera.net Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:23:25 GMT+00:00

Aljazeera.net
Deaths reported in Syria military assaults
Aljazeera.net
Five civilians have reportedly been killed in Syria, as troops backed by tanks and armoured vehicles entered several cities. Activists said the heaviest assault on Saturday was on the coastal city of Latakia. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...

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Financial and Political Pressure on Syria - Day Press News Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:13:02 GMT+00:00

Day Press News
Financial and Political Pressure on Syria
Day Press News
"At the same time, we and others are reaching out to members of the opposition inside and outside of Syria to encourage them to create a unified vision of what an inclusive, participatory, democratic system in Syria could look like. ...
Clinton Cautious on SyriaTIME
Remarks With Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere After Their MeetingUS Department of State (press release)

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OIC offers to play role in Syria dialogue - Oman Daily Observer Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:39:31 GMT+00:00

Al-Arabiya
OIC offers to play role in Syria dialogue
Oman Daily Observer
It called on Damascus “to engage in dialogue with all parties in Syria in order to agree on acceptable reform measures and to expedite their implementation.” Ihsanoglu “expressed the readiness of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to play a role ...
OIC calls for restraint in Syriagulfnews.com
OIC/Syria: OIC announces its willingness to play a role in resolving the ...International Islamic News Agency
OIC Chief "Deeply concerned" About Violence in SyriaBahrain News Agency

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More protestors die in Syria - Daily News Engine Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:33:01 GMT+00:00

New Yorker (blog)
More protestors die in Syria
Daily News Engine
Activists and witnesses from Syria announced that the government has once again used deadly force against the protesters that gathered across the country in order to attend the Friday prayers and demand the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule. ...
Hama's GhostsNew Yorker (blog)
Philip Hensher: Faraway places mean more to us nowThe Independent

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