Fox News | Syria hands over bodies of 2 foreign journalists Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – The bodies of two foreign journalists who were killed in shelling while trapped inside a besieged district in the central Syrian city of Homs have left Syria late Saturday on board a French plane to Paris, the Polish Foreign Ministry ... Turkey steps up rhetoric on Syrian 'massacre' China offers plan on Syria but nixes intervention Syrian forces pound Homs, tanks deploy in east |
Telegraph.co.uk | Bearing Witness in Syria: A War Reporter's Last Days New York Times It was damp and cold as Anthony Shadid and I crossed in darkness over the barbed-wire fence that separated Turkey from Syria last month. We were also crossing from peace into war, into the bloodiest conflict of the Arab Spring, exploding just up the ... Syria's desperate rebels flee new northern offensive by Assad's army Turkey Compares Syrian Conflict to 1990s Balkans Syria executes 47 soldiers for defection attempt |
Rebels in Syrian city are surrounded, braced for assault Kansas City Star QUSAYR, Syria — This city of 35000 is largely empty. Seven miles from the Lebanese border, it is the last rebel stronghold in this part of Syria. Residents and rebel fighters spoke in hushed tones about the shelling they expect to begin any day. |
Tanks deploy in main city in eastern Syria Jerusalem Post By REUTERS 03/04/2012 02:36 Army tanks deploy in Deir al-Zor; opposition sources say Free Syrian Army rebels in city have been arming over last 2 months. By REUTERS AMMAN - Syrian army tanks deployed in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday to ... Assad's forces kill three protesters in eastern Syria |
Day Press News | Syria splits along sectarian lines, shaking Mideast The Seattle Times Syria has become the latest battleground in the centuries-old feud between Islam's main branches, with the violence threatening to evolve into a proxy conflict between the branches' rival standard-bearers, Saudi Arabia and Iran. New: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:Syria: A Way Out? Syria`s Foreign Ministry: Arming Opposition Started Long ago West tries to repeat Benghazi scenario in Syria' |
New York Times (blog) | Recounting a Journey Into Syria New York Times (blog) By THE NEW YORK TIMES An article in Sunday's New York Times, written by Tyler Hicks, a staff photographer, recounts the journey he and Anthony Shadid, a Times reporter, made to Syria last month. Mr. Shadid, 43, died during the assignment after ... Shadid remembered as a funny, modest perfectionist Tyler Hicks Recounts a War Reporter's Last Days in Syria |
The West Australian | China demands end to Syria violence The West Australian China has called for an end to violence in Syria after the regime of Bashar al-Assad sparked international outrage by blocking aid from reaching a battered neighbourhood in the flashpoint city of Homs. As more bloodshed was reported across Syria, ... |
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Blast in south Syria, Red Cross blocked Indian Express AP : Beirut, Sun Mar 04 2012, 00:23 hrs A suicide car bomb exploded Saturday in a southern Syrian city known as the birthplace of the country's uprising, and casualties were reported, the state-run news agency said. The blast came as Syria continued to ... Syrian state media report suicide blast in south State-run news agency: Suicide bomber detonates car in southern Syria ... Red Cross makes new bid to aid Syria's battered Baba Amr |
Globe and Mail | A cold-war chill? US-Russia relations falter over Libya and Syria. Christian Science Monitor Progress on issues like missile defense and NATO-Russia relations could suffer serious setbacks if the Syria and Iran crises deteriorate further. By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer / March 3, 2012 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with ... Putin defends Russian stance on Syria Stormy days ahead for US-Russia relations over Libya, Syria? Putin's softer stand on Syria greeted with skepticism |
ABC News | After Syria Escape, French Reporters Leave Beirut ABC News Two French journalists who had been smuggled out of Syria flew to France Friday, a week after one of them suffered injuries in the restive central Syrian city of Homs, airport and French embassy officials said. Edith Bouvier and William Daniels were ... Syrian capital is a city changed in a year Syrian foes brace for protracted civil war ICRC aid convoy reaches Syria's Homs |