USA TODAY | Arab League calls for UN peacekeepers in Syria USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) – The Arab League called Sunday for the UN Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria and urged Arab states to sever all diplomatic contact with President Bashar Assad's regime, the League's latest effort to bring an end ... Arab leaders call for new effort on Syria Arabs back Syria opposition; Homs bombardment resumes Arab League Steps Up Pressure on Syria and Calls for UN Help |
Los Angeles Times | Historic tales unfolding in Syria Los Angeles Times Syrians watch a broadcast of Syrian President Bashar Assad at a coffee shop in Damascus last month. (Muzaffar Salman, Associated Press / January 10, 2012) By Alexandra Zavis and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times As the evening call to prayer sounded ... Historic tales are unfolding in Syria |
BBC News | Syria: 'the regime put in our lives a system of killing people' The Guardian Now the town is a stronghold of armed resistance in Syria's west. The Free Syria Army has a stronger presence here than in most other towns and villages stretching south to Lebanon, or north to the Turkish border. The insurgents' ranks swelled further ... Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting Syria TV: 25 killed, 175 wounded in Aleppo blasts Syria draft resolution heads to UN General Assembly |
RT | For Iraqis, Aid to Rebels in Syria Repays a Debt New York Times FALLUJA, Iraq — Not so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict; suddenly, it is the other way around. A belated celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday on the outskirts of ... Up in arms: 'Iraqi Jihadists and weapons flow to Syria' Iraqi official says jihadists, weapons on the move to Syria Jihadists, arms to Syria Gunmen assassinate general in Damascus |
Syria's rebels "disillusioned" with America CBS News In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, a Syrian girl holds her doll as a killed child with a slogan against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, in the suburb ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | After the flight, Syrian refugees prepare to fight Sydney Morning Herald Hundreds gather at a funeral in Aleppo for some of the 28 people killed in double car bombings, while al-Qaeda urges Syrian dissidents to continue fighting. AT A school in a small mountain village near the Syrian border, now home to seven families of ... Syrian rebel with a cause, but will he live? |
Syrian forces launch new round of deadly attacks (1:59) Washington Post In Syria, government forces have launched a new round of deadly attacks on protesters across the country. The violence is not only getting worse, but also spreading. (Feb. 12) (/CBS News) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently ... |
Newsweek | Why Obama Should Go Slow in Syria Newsweek Violence in Syria escalates by the day. The drumbeat for war in Washington mounts. Why Obama should go slow. Faced with evil, Americans always want to be on the side of the angels. So American interventionists, hawks, and human-rights types are banding ... |
Should the West intervene in Syria? CNN (blog) The violence in Syria escalated this week. Hundreds and hundreds of civilians have been killed. The question is, in light of Russia and China's veto of a UN Security Council resolution to condemn and try to stem the violence, what options are left for ... |
Haaretz | Haaretz exclusive: Syria documents show Iran helping Assad to sidestep sanctions Haaretz By Barak Ravid Tags: Syria Iran Bashar Assad Iran has been helping Syria bypass the international sanctions imposed on it for massacring civilians, according to documents from the Syrian president's office obtained by Haaretz. Iran helping Syria bypass sanctions Report: Iran helping Syria to cope with sanctions Swampyville's - The Middle East has never been about Democracy! |