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Calls in Syria for weapons, NATO intervention - Washington Post Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:09:28 GMT+00:00

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Calls in Syria for weapons, NATO intervention
Washington Post
Protesters in recent days have carried banners calling for a no-fly zone over Syria akin to the one that facilitated the Libyan revolt. “We want any [intervention] that stops the killing, whether Arab or foreign,” said one banner held by protesters in ...
Turkish Leader Says He Has Lost Confidence in AssadNew York Times
Arab League proposes Syria peace planTelegraph.co.uk
Fresh deaths in Syria crackdownAljazeera.net
Deutsche Welle -San Francisco Chronicle -The Guardian
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Oil Explorer Presses On in Syria - Wall Street Journal Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:58:32 GMT+00:00

Wall Street Journal

Oil Explorer Presses On in Syria
Wall Street Journal
With the sanctions noose tightening around Syria, one small UK-based oil company has been touting its exploration success there and vowing to press on with an ambitious drilling program regardless of the rising international pressure on ...
Walid Khadduri: The impact of boycotting Syrian oilAl-Arabiya
Gulfsands to drill in Syria despite threat of sanctionsGulf Times
Has the EU forgotten Syria?Malta Independent Online
Telegraph.co.uk
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Syria profile - Leaders - BBC News Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:13:31 GMT+00:00

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Syria profile - Leaders
BBC News
Bashar al-Assad would probably have been working as an optician had his brother not died in a car accident in 1994. The death of Basil - groomed to succeed his father, President Hafez al-Assad - catapulted the younger brother into politics, ...
Assad to implement media reform as Syrian protesters vow to continue struggleHa'aretz
Syria's Assad issues decree on media law: SANAThe Daily Star
Al-Assad endorses new media law in SyriaMonsters and Critics.com
The Nation, Pakistan -Press TV -Xinhua
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The case for Israeli intervention in Syria - Jerusalem Post Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:51:35 GMT+00:00

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The case for Israeli intervention in Syria
Jerusalem Post
There is no question Israel will have to deal with a post-Assad Syria, so why not start that process now? For those who support Israel, perhaps the most ironclad principle of our diplomatic posture is non-intervention in the Arab ...
Syrian unrest raises fears about chemical arsenalWashington Post
Syria: Where is the Outrage?American Thinker
Report: Concern for Fate of Assad's WMDsArutz Sheva
AFP
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Syria would be a quagmire for NATO, Iran says - Tehran Times Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:13:53 GMT+00:00

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Syria would be a quagmire for NATO, Iran says
Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that NATO will get bogged down in a quagmire if it launches a military campaign against Syria. Salehi made the remarks during an interview with IRNA published on Sunday in reference to the ...
Syria must heed its people, says IranSydney Morning Herald
Iran warns against "change in Syria's government": FMXinhua
Iran Calls On Syria To Recognize Its People's DemandsCare2.com (blog)
The Independent -Press TV -MEMRI (blog)
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DILG enlists barangays in search for Syria OFWs - Inquirer.net Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:53:51 GMT+00:00

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DILG enlists barangays in search for Syria OFWs
Inquirer.net
By Dona Z. Pazzibugan The government is turning to the 42000 barangay chairmen throughout the country to help locate the thousands of overseas Filipino workers trapped in strife-torn Syria. Over the weekend, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo ordered all ...
Exit visas of 108 Filipinos from Syria processedSun.Star
Barangays urged: Identify Syria-based PinoysManila Bulletin
6 OFWs from Region 12 stranded in SyriaMinda News
The Philippine Online Chronicles -ISRIA (registration)
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Syria denies gatherings at two main squares in Damascus: report - Xinhua Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:42:07 GMT+00:00

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Syria denies gatherings at two main squares in Damascus: report
Xinhua
27 (Xinhua) -- Syria's state media on Saturday denied that there are any protests or any kind of gatherings at al- Abasseen and Ummayyad squares in Damascus, in contrast to what some "provocative" satellite channels had broadcasted earlier in the day. ...
Syria dismisses reports of protests in DamascusPress TV
Security forces kill two in Syria's HarastaNOW LEBANON

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Will Hezbollah desert Assad before the end? - The Guardian Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:00:26 GMT+00:00

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Will Hezbollah desert Assad before the end?
The Guardian
Posters pairing Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appear in a shop window August 30, 2006 in Damascus, Syria. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images External pressure is building on President Bashar al-Assad. ...
Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah reaffirms Support for SyriaDay Press News
Mashnouq slams Nasrallah's statement about reform in SyriaNOW LEBANON
Nasrallah urges Arabs to end unrest in SyriaThe Daily Star
Xinhua -Tehran Times -Al-Arabiya
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Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod. By Yilma Bekele - Abugidainfo Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:08:45 GMT+00:00

Aljazeera.net

Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod. By Yilma Bekele
Abugidainfo
The people of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria showed us sometimes it is necessary. It has to be done to cleanse the country from of years of accumulated spiritual dirt. We in Ethiopia have a lot of cleaning to do. ...
Gilbert Achcar: The Revolution Has Just Begunallvoices
Libya should not be example Syria must avoid violenceArab Times Kuwait English Daily
The Arab AwakeningMiddle East Online
Daily News Egypt -Jerusalem Post -Commodity Online
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Jordanians Pay Price as Syria Roils - The Media Line Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:50:31 GMT+00:00

Jordanians Pay Price as Syria Roils
The Media Line
RAMTHA, Jordan -- A melting pot for refugees from around the world, Jordan has recently welcomed the latest batch of asylum seekers from neighboring Syria, but officials in Amman fear this bite is more than they can chew. ...
Syrian security forces deploy on borders with Jordan, says eyewitnessNOW LEBANON
Syrian security forces deploy on borders with JordanYa Libnan

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