BBC News | Violence in Syria on eve of constitution vote CBS News 24, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, anti-Syrian regime hold a banner during a demonstration, in Kafranbel near Idlib, north Syria. Syria set for constitution referendum amid unrest Death toll mounts as Syria holds referendum Syrian Conflict Poses the Risk of Wider Strife |
Observer | Syria to hold constitutional referendum amid raging violence CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A constitutional referendum will be held in Syria on Sunday, one day after aid workers failed to negotiate a temporary cease-fire in the besieged city of Homs and at least 100 people were reported killed. As violence rages, Syria holds referendum | Syria: more killed in shelling of Homs as bid to evacuate journalists fails Syria crisis: Red Cross Baba Amr evacuation stalls |
The Guardian | Journalist Marie Colvin likely to be buried in Syria, mother says CNN New York (CNN) -- The body of Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for The Sunday Times of London who was killed in a shelling attack in the Syrian city of Homs, will likely be buried inside Syria, her mother said Saturday. Rosemarie Colvin said aid ... Shoot the journalists: Syria's lesson from the Arab spring Brit snapper stranded as Syria rescue attempt fails Deaths in Syria highlight dangers of foreign reporting |
Death toll mounts as Syria holds referendum Chicago Tribune BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government kept up its onslaught on Homs and other towns, with at least 100 killed according to human rights campaigners, as the country prepared to hold a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution. |
The National | Analysis: Syria and Hamas: End of a honeymoon Jerusalem Post By KHALED ABU TOAMEH 02/25/2012 19:21 Now that Hamas has left Syria, its leaders are finally able to voice their true feelings about Assad. By Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters The honeymoon between Hamas and the Syrian regime is now officially over. Cairo speech a symbol of Hamas's split with Syria Gaza's Hamas PM voices support for Syria protests Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syria revolt |
Newsday | Violence across Syria on eve of constitution vote Newsday Click here Violence across Syria on eve of constitution vote Originally published: February 25, 2012 6:24 AM Updated: February 25, 2012 7:29 PM By The Associated Press (AP) -- Syria defied international calls to halt attacks on rebel enclaves as at ... |
MarketWatch | Syria criticizes Saudis; new president in Yemen MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Syria criticized Saudi Arabia on Saturday after the kingdom's foreign minister supported arming the rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Yemen swore in a new president to replace Ali Abdullah Saleh, ... |
Is Syria the new Bosnia? Herald Scotland Today similar scenes are being enacted in the Syrian industrial city of Homs as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad attempt to snuff out opposition to his increasingly despotic regime by using tanks and heavy artillery. |
In Syria, aid agencies unable to evacuate wounded Sacramento Bee By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL BEIRUT -- Aid agencies were unable to evacuate any people Saturday from a battled-scarred neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs, one day after the United States and other nations demanded that President Bashar Assad ... |
Financial Times | Report: US warns Syria's neighbors of rogue WMDs after Assad ouster Haaretz By Haaretz Tags: Syria Bashar Assad Arab Spring The United States is coordinating with Syria's neighbors to safeguard Syrian President Bashar Assad's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction in the event Assad is ousted by popular unrest, ... The Cable: Exclusive: State Department quietly warning region on Syrian WMDs Syrian WMD: Counter-proliferation Contingency Planning Needed Fears grow for protracted war in Syria |