<< Back

---

UN Envoy Seeks Pause in Syria for Holiday - New York Times Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:28:34 GMT

New York Times

UN Envoy Seeks Pause in Syria for Holiday New York Times The new Syria peace envoy from the United Nations and Arab League enlisted Iran's help on Monday in an effort to negotiate a cease-fire in observance of a three-day holiday dear to all Muslims, hoping that such a religious reprieve could become the ... UN envoy for Syria shops a cease-fire idea. Will there be any takers?Christian Science Monitor Peace envoy seeks Iranian help for Syria ceasefireReuters Syria: UN-Arab League envoy calls for ceasefire during upcoming Islamic holidayUN News Centre Fox News -Boston.com all 378 news articles »

---

Syria Denies Cluster Bomb Allegations - Voice of America Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:42:29 GMT

Voice of America

Syria Denies Cluster Bomb Allegations Voice of America ​​“Cluster munitions are prohibited around the world through a cluster-munitions treaty, but Syria appears to be using them," said David Mepham, an analyst at Human Rights Watch. "The evidence that we have suggests that these cluster munitions came ... Syria denies using cluster bombsCNN Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil warWashington Post Syria: New Evidence Military Dropped Cluster BombseNews Park Forest all 735 news articles »

---

Obama and Romney's empty talk on Syria - Washington Post Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:20:21 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Obama and Romney's empty talk on Syria Washington Post In the frantic search for bipartisan agreement in Washington, I can report something of a breakthrough. Although they will not admit it, both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama agree on what to do about the Syrian civil war: Let the killing continue. So far ... Syria's children: A damaged generationThe Hill (blog) UPDATE 3-Armenian plane en route to Syria searched in TurkeyReuters NATO must offer Turkey military support in Syria crisisChristian Science Monitor Businessweek -Los Angeles Times -CNN all 5,623 news articles »

---

Fighting continues in Syria - Washington Post Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:36:30 GMT

CBS News

Fighting continues in Syria Washington Post Fighting continues in Syria. The ongoing battles between rebel and government forces are taking their toll on cities in the country. 1 / 11. Rate this Photo: 1 2 3 4 5. Buy this Photo; Thumbs; Autoplay; Full Screen. 5 Seconds. 00:00. 00:00. 1 · 2 · 3 ... Historic mosque in Syria's ancient city of Aleppo is burned; Assad orders repairsFox News SYRIA: Slip Sliding AwayStrategy Page Latest Syria NewsStars and Stripes CBS News -The Guardian Nigeria all 983 news articles »

---

US says Hezbollah is increasing support for Syria's Assad and is now part of ... - Washington Post Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:29:46 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

US says Hezbollah is increasing support for Syria's Assad and is now part of ... Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — The United States said Monday that Lebanon's Hezbollah militia is stepping up support for the Syrian government and has become part of President Bashar Assad's “killing machine.” U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told the U.N. Security ... Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in SyriaChristian Science Monitor 'Syria's air defenses a joke': defectorUPI.com all 295 news articles »

---

The new Middle East coverup: Biden caught in Syria debate falsehood - Washington Post Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:48:44 GMT

Al-Arabiya

The new Middle East coverup: Biden caught in Syria debate falsehood Washington Post First there was the Libya coverup. Now, we have the Syria coverup. In last week's vice presidential debate, Joe Biden asserted that the United States was working to isolate al-Qaeda in Syria by ensuring that aid was directed to moderate elements of the ... Has US missed chance in Syria rebellion?CBS News EU Widens Sanctions on Syria as Divisions With Russia PersistBloomberg Syria remains defiant despite new EU sanctionsXinhua Antiwar.com (blog) -Pittsburgh Post Gazette all 135 news articles »

---

EU Approves New Sanctions on Iran, Syria - Wall Street Journal (blog) Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:31:03 GMT

AFP

EU Approves New Sanctions on Iran, Syria Wall Street Journal (blog) By Samuel Rubenfeld. The European Union approved a new round of sanctions on Iran on Monday, imposing its harshest measures against Tehran since an oil embargo that went into effect in July. EU foreign ministers said in a statement they reiterate ... EU tightens sanctions on Iran, SyriaNewsday EU steps up sanctions against Syria, IranIrish Times New EU sanctions for Syria, IranDeutsche Welle ABC Online -Business Recorder (blog) -AFP all 749 news articles »

---

Video From Syria Alerts Activist To His Father's Death - NPR Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:39:41 GMT

Video From Syria Alerts Activist To His Father's Death NPR The numbers coming out of Syria these days are staggering: hundreds of thousands of refugees, tens of thousands dead. The struggle, and the death, is being captured regularly on social media. The documentation not only serves as a bulletin for ... and more »

---

Heat-Seeking Missiles in Syria: The SA-7 in Action with Rebels - New York Times (blog) Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:46:17 GMT

Heat-Seeking Missiles in Syria: The SA-7 in Action with Rebels New York Times (blog) Throughout this year, as fighting intensified in Syria and antigovernment fighters grew in numbers and in strength, it had seemed inevitable that they would acquire heat-seeking shoulder-fired missiles and turn them against the Syrian military aircraft ...

---

Netanyahu Again Offers the Golan Heights to Syria? - Algemeiner Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:58:53 GMT

Netanyahu Again Offers the Golan Heights to Syria? Algemeiner Shimon Shiffer reports in Yedioth Ahronoth that in secret talks in 2010 via U.S. government mediator Frederic C. Hof, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed in principle to a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the June 4, 1967, lines ... and more »