Telegraph.co.uk | Activists: 28 Killed in Syria as UN Monitors Check Cease-Fire Voice of America April 23, 2012 Activists: 28 Killed in Syria as UN Monitors Check Cease-Fire VOA News Syrian activists say government forces have killed at least 28 people in the city of Hama, one day after residents of the opposition hub welcomed several United ... US, EU impose new sanctions on Syria EU imposes new sanctions on Syrian regime Syrian forces kill dozens after UN monitors' visit |
The Associated Press | Obama's new sanctions against Syria, Iran take aim at digital harassment Kansas City Star By LESLEY CLARK WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama took aim Monday at Syria and Iran, imposing new sanctions on the two regimes as well as the "digital guns for hire" that develop technology enabling the two governments to monitor, track and harass ... Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists US puts sanctions on telecom firms in Syria, Iran Obama levies new tech sanctions on Syria, Iran |
Euro crisis, Syria diplomacy, NATO's future: What's at stake in French ... Washington Post Sarkozy also has championed diplomatic efforts to stop the Syrian regime's crackdown on anti-government forces. Hollande has virtually no diplomatic experience and experts predict that, if elected, he would initially focus more on European affairs than ... |
Deutsche Welle | EU Suspends Burma Sanctions, Slaps New Ones on Syria Voice of America April 23, 2012 EU Suspends Burma Sanctions, Slaps New Ones on Syria Lisa Bryant | Paris The European Union suspended for a year most sanctions against Burma on Monday, while also adopting new ones against the Syrian government. EU Suspends Myanmar Sanctions, Extends Syria Measures EU rewards Myanmar, punishes Syria 23.04.2012 |
The Daily Star | In Syria, Lebanon's Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up TIME (blog) But when the chief bomb-maker of the country's most notorious terror group self detonates while helping rebels fight in Syria, it is cause for concern. TIME has learned that Abdel Ghani Jawhar, one of the leaders of the Sunni fundamentalist terror ... Fatah al-Islam militants killed in Syria |
Kansas City Star | Rare inside view of Syria's rebels finds a force vowing to fight on Kansas City Star By David Enders Mohamed Idris, shown in Qusayr, Syria, was the leader in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs of the Katiba Farouq, the largest group operating under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army. QUSAYR, Syria -- After more than six months of ... Syria's rebels vow to keep fighting |
Wall Street Journal | U.N. team tours Syrian town; another is shelled Philadelphia Inquirer By Zeina Karam AP BEIRUT - UN cease-fire monitors toured a rebel-held town in central Syria on Sunday with army defectors, while government troops stormed and shelled a Damascus suburb, activists said. The shelling in Douma highlighted the need for ... Syria hotspot enjoys lull with UN monitors present Opposition: While Syria awaits more UN monitors, cities under fire again Attacks stop where UN monitors are, but Syria's Assad keeps shelling elsewhere |
Press TV | Bloodshed in Syria — Today's Q's for O's WH — 4/23/2012 ABC News (blog) TAPPER: On Syria, there have been reports that the opposition is running out of ammunition while, of course, the Syrian government, enjoying relationships with Iran and Russia, does not have that problem. Is it time, finally, for the international ... Annan Welcomes UNSC Vote On Syria Observer Mission Syria says fully 'committed' to Annan plan Syria Undergoing 'Pivotal' Moment For Its Stabilization |
Syria's Field Hospitals: Al Jazeera Reports From Northern Syria (VIDEO) Huffington Post By Eline Gordts Posted: 04/23/2012 3:05 pm Updated: 04/23/2012 3:11 pm With public hospitals inaccessible to anyone suspected of participating in Syria's uprising, field hospitals are many Syrians' only hope of medical care. Reporting for Al Jazeera ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Syria? Iran? Kony? Let's face down atrocities before they occur. Christian Science Monitor The diplomat in that case, former UN chief Kofi Annan, is now trying to prevent ongoing slaughter in Syria where more than 9000 have already died. The US could be setting a model for the UN and for other countries by institutionalizing its own focus on ... Obama tackles mass atrocities; spotlights Syria, Kony Krauthammer castigates Obama on 'embarrassing' Syria policy: 'Be quiet' |