Globe and Mail | Syrian tanks overrun Hama, kill scores Reuters Electricity and communications have been cut off and as many as 130 people have been killed in a five-day military assault since Assad, from Syria's minority Alawite sect, sent troops into the city on Sunday, residents and activists said. ... EXCLUSIVE: As Security Council Demands End to Syria Violence, UN Positions ... Clinton: Syria Death Toll Exceeds 2000 US says Syria dead 'exceed 2000' |
USA Today | U.N. response to Syria blasted USA Today Mohamed Alabdullah, the US spokesman for the Local Coordination Committees, a coalition of grass-roots activists in Syria, told Voice of America he is disappointed with the international community's response. The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to ... Hague hits out at Syria following UN condemnation Syria: The butcher mass murderer Assad will be in cage like Mubarak PR firm worked with Syria on controversial photo shoot |
Boston Globe | Weekly Standard: Syria Hearing Worth Listening To NPR In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for foreign diplomats and the media, US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford covers his nose from the smell of the dead bodies during his visit with other foreign diplomats to a mass ... U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford Calls Crackdown in Hama "Grotesque" and ... With India at helm, UNSC to push for Libya, Syria peace Russia welcomes UN stand against foreign involvement in Syria |
Technorati | Inaction by West Increases the Danger in Libya and Syria: View Bloomberg For Bashar Assad in Syria and Muammar Qaddafi in Libya, the sight of Egypt's disgraced former President Hosni Mubarak on a gurney inside a cage in a Cairo courtroom, with his sons in prison clothes seated behind him, is now embedded deep in their ... Ups and Downs of tourism in the Levant Souring Arab spring High food prices cast pall over Ramadan for many in the Middle East region |
Globe and Mail | Clinton & Baird on Keystone, Syria and Somalia Macleans.ca On Syria, Clinton said the US government believes some 2000 people have been killed by the Syrian regime and expressed some frustration with the difficulty of raising international outrage at the sight of the Syrian regime killing its own citizens. ... Baird talks oil and Mideast with Clinton US to decide on Canadian oil pipeline by year's end Baird, Clinton oppose Somalia intervention |
The Daily Star | Lebanon's UN vote on Syria ignites debate The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon's top officials and lawmakers meeting Thursday at Parliament disputed Lebanon's decision to disassociate itself from a UN Security Council statement condemning violence in Syria. Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najbi Mikati ... Lebanon abstains from UN vote on Syria MP Qadiri calls Lebanon's stance at UN over Syria's crackdown: Shameful Geagea: Lebanese are not proud of Lebanon's stance in the UN Security Council |
Ha'aretz | Report Says Turkey Stops Suspected Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria Voice of America August 04, 2011 Report Says Turkey Stops Suspected Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria VOA News A German report says Turkey has again intercepted an arms shipment from Iran that was destined for Syria. The Munich-based Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quotes ... Report: Turkey foils Iranian arms shipment to Syria Report: Turkey foils Iranian arms shipment to Syria Project syndicate |
Church Times | 7 people killed during overnight rallies across Syria: activist Xinhua 4 (Xinhua) -- A human rights activist said Thursday that around seven people were killed overnight across Syria as thousands of anti-government protestors throng to streets for rallies. Abdul-Karim al-Rihawi, head of the Syrian League for Human Rights, ... Activists: Syria security forces kill six anti-Assad protesters overnight Priest forced to leave All Saints', Damascus Syria: Military kills 'seven protesters overnight' |
Medvedev: Syria's Assad risks sad fate Ynetnews Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to carry out reforms and reconcile with his opponents, saying he risked a "sad fate" if he failed to do so. "He (Assad) needs to urgently carry out reforms, ... |
Daily Mail | 5 Key Op-eds: US debt, Iran's bomb, Syria's regime and Egypt's trial CNN (blog) “Why Obama must be cautious on Syria.” Blake Hounshell, CNN. “Thus far, the Obama administration has been rightly cautious. For one thing, it's not up to the United States whether al-Assad stays or goes - that's a choice only the Syrian people can make ... All options considered: dealing with Iran and its nuclear program |