New York Times | Dozens killed as Syria cease-fire ends within hours Los Angeles Times The four-day truce, which began Friday with the Muslim holiday, was brokered by the international envoy to Syria and was intended to provide at least a brief respite from the bloody violence, as well as possibly begin a long-term cessation of fighting ... Syrian Protesters Emerge Amid Clashes and Bombing During a Holiday Cease ... Damascus car bomb shatters Syria truce Syria Truce Dawns With Protests, Ends in Clashes |
Christian Science Monitor | In Aleppo, Syria cease-fire was short-lived Christian Science Monitor United Nations special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi brokered the deal, timed to coincide with the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, in hopes that a temporary cessation of violence would provide a window for work to begin on negotiations. Rebel forces said ... Holiday cease-fire imperfect, but slows Syria violence Battle mars Syria holiday cease-fire Syria: rain-soaked lull in fighting |
Kansas City Star | Requiem for a Middle East spymaster Washington Post After I traveled to Syria myself in early October, I sought Hassan's view. He phoned me on Oct. 16 from France. The key in Syria was to create a unified command structure for the Free Syrian Army, Hassan insisted. “Every dollar and every single bullet ... Syria-like violence seen as unlikely in a Lebanon that's stable in its instability Washington Post: Syria spreads its war Middle East Matters This Week: Significant Developments in Syria, Iran, Israel ... |
Toronto Star | Bushr Al Tawashi, Syria Toddler, Thought Dead Reunited With Parents In Cyprus Huffington Post NICOSIA, Cyprus — No one knows how long little Bushr Al Tawashi wandered alone in the rubble of his home in the Syrian capital before rebel fighters found the toddler and handed him over to another family to look after. Now, the 2-year-old is back ... Toddler left for dead in rubble of family home in Syria reunited with parents ... Back in his mother's arms: Boy left home alone 3 months ago in Syria Two-year-old boy left for dead as family fled shelling in Syria is reunited ... |
CBC.ca | schooling Syria's refugee children BBC News Syrian refugees, trying to bring some normality to their new life in Turkey, are setting up schools for their children. But this is not always with the blessing of their host, as the BBC's James Reynolds finds out. "We are from Syria, we are from Syria ... Syria: Fund-Raising Schoolboy On Refugee Trip |
Trying to buy peace with Syria's tyrant Washington Post Did Syria and Israel conduct secret talks in 2010 about a possible peace treaty involving a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights? Recent news items — aimed at influencing Israel's January elections — assert as much. But such discussions ... |
Car bomb explodes in Syrian capital despite truce Fox News BEIRUT – A car bomb exploded in a Damascus neighborhood Friday, killing at least five people on the first day of a truce for a major Muslim holiday, activists said. Scattered violence elsewhere in Syria also marred the tentative cease-fire. The state ... |
Wired (blog) | Exclusive: US Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile Wired (blog) The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is actively working to enlarge its arsenal of chemical weapons, U.S. officials tell Danger Room. Assad's operatives have tried repeatedly in recent months to buy up the precursor chemicals for deadly ... Del Ponte promises to hunt Syria war criminals Syria Trying to Increase Chemical Weapons Arsenal UN rights probe into Syria abuses seeks unconditional talks with Assad |
Saudi cleric calls for "urgent" action to stop Syria bloodshed Reuters MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque called on Arabs and Muslims on Friday to take "practical and urgent" steps to stop bloodshed in Syria that has killed some 30,000 people, and urged world states to assume their moral ... |
Syrian: Damascus car bomb killed kids near playground CNN The blast seemed a mockery of the truce that the Syrian government and rebels agreed to abide by earlier this week. The truce, negotiated by the United Nations' special envoy to Syria, was supposed to last during Eid al-Adha, the four-day Muslim ... |