Fox News | UN Talks on Syria Stall Again Voice of America February 02, 2012 UN Talks on Syria Stall Again VOA News Ambassadors to the United Nations Security Council have failed to reach agreement on a draft European-Arab resolution to end the bloodshed in Syria, after a third straight session of talks. Diplomats fail to reach UN resolution on Syria as Russia vows to reject call ... Russia to veto UN Syria resolution if put to Friday vote UN Diplomats Stalled on Syria as Russia Balks at Arab Proposal |
Deseret News | 1982 Hama massacre looms over Syria revolt Deseret News By Zeina Karam, AP BEIRUT — Thirty years ago Thursday, Syria's regime launched a withering assault on the rebellious city of Hama, leveling entire neighborhoods and killing thousands in one of the most notorious massacres in the modern Middle East. Defiant Syrians Speaking Out About 1982 Killings |
Newsday | Syria Fight Grows as UN Negotiates With Russia Wall Street Journal By NOUR MALAS and JOE LAURIA Syrian troops on Wednesday continued to push back dissident soldiers in the Damascus suburbs, while negotiators at the United Nations Security Council appeared to potentially bridge some differences with Russia after Moscow ... Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs Britain in Suez in 1956 = Russia in Syria in 2012? UN Security Council ambassadors claim progress in talks on Syria resolution |
Press TV | Why We Shouldn't Attack Syria (Yet) New York Times Chicago AS the death toll in Syria has climbed to perhaps 7000, proponents of humanitarian intervention are asking, quite reasonably, why the West does not intervene as it did in Libya last year. Not only was Libya's dictator, Col. Who indeed are the sides? Al Jazeera plots regime change in Syria |
Russia threatens to veto Syria resolution at UN Montreal Gazette UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russia shot down suggestions from some UN Security Council members of an imminent deal on a draft resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval, warning it would veto the current text if it were put to a vote on ... |
Press TV | What's Behind Iranian Abductions in Syria? New York Times (blog) By HARVEY MORRIS | February 2, 2012, 6:45 am Al Jazeera examines conflicting claims about the capture of five alleged Iranian soldiers in Syria. Tehran said their videoed confessions were faked. LONDON — Each year thousands of Iranians make the ... Fate of 11 Iranian pilgrims nabbed in Syria remains unknown Canada withdraws staff from embassy in Syria Gunmen kidnap 11 Iranians on pilgrimage in western Syria |
The Daily Star | Syria lists names of 'smugglers' on border The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Syrian authorities have given their Lebanese counterparts lists of Lebanese and Syrians they say are engaged in smuggling and destructive acts along the two countries' borders. Two meetings bringing together army, intelligence and customs ... |
Syria marks 30th anniversary of Hama massacre Seattle Post Intelligencer ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, AP Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with the Syrian government forces, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops crushed pockets ... |
Free Speech Radio News | At least 59 killed in Syria fighting: activists Hindustan Times At least 59 people, the majority of them civilians, were killed in fighting across Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Homs while 24 were killed in fighting in the Damascus region, among them a three-year-old child and a ... As attacks in Syria continue, UN Security Counsel considers plan to end violence 23 killed in Homs: Syria activists |
USA TODAY | Syrian Refugees Struggle in Squalid Conditions on Lebanese Border Voice of America February 01, 2012 Syrian Refugees Struggle in Squalid Conditions on Lebanese Border Henry Ridgwell | Wadi Khaled, Lebanon A report from the United Nations says there has been a spike in the number of Syrian refugees registering in Lebanon. Hezbollah's muted response to Syria uprising divides Arabs March 14 bloc lauds SNC letter on Syrian-Lebanese relations March 14 to Syrian People: Democracy in Syria Will Guarantee Lebanon's ... |