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Syrian refugees fleeing to Lebanon say they feared they would be slaughtered ... - Washington Post Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:46:20 GMT

Washington Times

Syrian refugees fleeing to Lebanon say they feared they would be slaughtered ...
Washington Post
QAA, Lebanon — Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring Lebanon on Monday said they feared they would be slaughtered in their own homes as government forces hunted down opponents in a brutal offensive against the opposition stronghold of Homs.
International Aid Workers and Diplomats Press Syria on CrisisVoice of America
Syrians fearing retribution pour into LebanonWashington Times
Syria at risk of civil war, Cameron warnsBBC News
Albany Times Union -Reuters
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Canada to 'tighten the vice' on Syria - National Post Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:32:05 GMT

CBC.ca

Canada to 'tighten the vice' on Syria
National Post
As more reports emerged from Syria of people being massacred and tortured, Canada announced that it has closed its embassy in the country. John Baird, the Foreign Affairs Minister, also said Canada was widening economic sanctions against Syria, ...
Canada closes embassy in SyriaCBC.ca
Canada sanctions Syria, McCain calls for strikesJerusalem Post
Australians in Syria lose Canadian helpSydney Morning Herald

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Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses - Reuters Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:37:28 GMT

UN News Centre

Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses
Reuters
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi | AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad faces growing pressure for blocking humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, with the UN humanitarian chief set to visit the country this week and the broadcast of harrowing ...
UN relief chief and Joint Special Envoy Annan to visit Syria this weekUN News Centre
UN humanitarian chief says Syria will allow visit after ignoring repeated requestsWashington Post
UN humanitarian chief says to visit Syria this weekChicago Tribune

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Syria Permits UN Visits, but Escalates Its Attacks - New York Times Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:06:39 GMT

Bloomberg

Syria Permits UN Visits, but Escalates Its Attacks
New York Times
Syria's government made diplomatic gestures on Monday toward seeking an end to the uprising that has convulsed the country, agreeing for the first time to allow visits by the top United Nations relief official and by the newly designated envoy who ...
Syria's Assad May Lose Key Backers as McCain Calls for U.S.-Led AirstrikesBloomberg
McCain seeks airstrikes on Syria; US presses PutinBoston.com
US Senator McCain urges air strikes on SyriaReuters
Washington Post -CNN
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Syria Says It Will Admit Diplomats, Even as Aid Is Blocked - Wall Street Journal Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:42:51 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Syria Says It Will Admit Diplomats, Even as Aid Is Blocked
Wall Street Journal
By JOE LAURIA and COREY BOLES Syria granted two top international diplomats permission to enter the country after days of delay, an offer that came even as Damascus bore new scrutiny for blocking a humanitarian mission from accessing the site of a ...
UN-Arab League envoy Annan to Syria on March 10Reuters
Annan To Visit Syria on March 10RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Syria Agrees to UN VisitThe Epoch Times
Monsters and Critics.com -Irish Times -Al-Arabiya
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Gulf jabs at Syrian regime also aimed at Iran - San Jose Mercury News Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:37:54 GMT

Gulf jabs at Syrian regime also aimed at Iran
San Jose Mercury News
Around a gold-draped hall in Saudi Arabia, Gulf envoys listened to their host declare the Syrian regime an enemy of its people and the region. What they really heard were fresh salvos in the Arab Spring's wider war: Saudi leaders and their Gulf ...

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Bearing witness in Syria: A war reporter's last days - Indian Express Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:30:33 GMT

Bearing witness in Syria: A war reporter's last days
Indian Express
It was damp and cold as Anthony Shadid and I crossed in darkness over the barbed-wire fence that separated Turkey from Syria. We were crossing from peace into war, into the bloodiest conflict of the Arab Spring. The smugglers waiting for us had horses.

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Germany hopes for Russian rethink on Syria after election, but Moscow appears ... - Washington Post Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:18:29 GMT

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Germany hopes for Russian rethink on Syria after election, but Moscow appears ...
Washington Post
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister said Monday that he hopes Russia will recognize that it is on “the wrong side of history” and rethink its stance on Syria now its presidential election is over, but his Russian counterpart gave no indication of an ...
Syria's Assad congratulates Putin on election victoryVanguard
Syria lauds return of Putin to Russian presidencyAtlanta Journal Constitution

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Venezuela to ship more fuel to Syria as crackdown spreads - Reuters Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:01:30 GMT

Venezuela to ship more fuel to Syria as crackdown spreads
Reuters
By Marianna Parraga | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is readying a third shipment of diesel to the government of Syria even as President Bashar al-Assad intensifies a crackdown against protesters, said a Venezuelan lawmaker on Monday.

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US to renew efforts to press post-election Russia on Syria issue - Washington Post Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:54:40 GMT

US to renew efforts to press post-election Russia on Syria issue
Washington Post
In the aftermath of Russia's weekend election, the Obama administration said Monday that it would renew efforts to persuade Moscow to cooperate with international efforts against Syria. “It is something that we expect to take up virtually immediately ...
United States Hopes For Russia's New Stance on SyriaRIA Novosti
US hopes Russia puts "fresh attention" on SyriaKuwait News Agency
US hopes Russia will turn attention to Syria crisisNOW LEBANON

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