Day Press News | 7 Killed in Syria as More UN Observers Arrive Voice of America May 12, 2012 7 Killed in Syria as More UN Observers Arrive VOA News At least seven people were killed in anti-government-related unrest across Syria Saturday, as more United Nations observers arrived in the country. The opposition Syrian Observatory ... Syria militants claim responsibility for blasts Syria says US allied to "terrorists" in country Syria says “Escalating Terrorism against Syrians Violates of UN Peace Plan” |
Haaretz | Turkish journalists detained in Syria released CNN By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN Istanbul (CNN) -- Two Turkish journalists were released from a Syrian jail and flew Saturday to Istanbul via Tehran, as part of what appears to be a prisoner swap between Turkey and Iran through intermediaries in ... Two Turkish journalists, missing two months, are freed in Syria Iran wins release of Turkish journalists in Syria Turkish Journalists Detained In Syria Released, Fly To Iran |
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood is gaining influence over anti-Assad revolt Washington Post ISTANBUL — After three decades of persecution that virtually eradicated its presence, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has resurrected itself to become the dominant group in the fragmented opposition movement pursuing a 14-month uprising against ... |
CBS News | Syria opposition: Assad trying to destroy UN peace CBS News (AP) DAMASCUS, Syria - A Syrian opposition leader said Friday that President Bashar Assad's regime is trying to destroy a UN-brokered peace plan for the country. The accusations came as security forces fanned out following twin suicide car bombings ... Suicide bombings in Syria: Cease-fire in shambles, Al Qaeda role is feared Syria Crisis: New Bomb Attack Foiled In Aleppo, Regime Says Mass Protests Across Syria, Bomb Plot Foiled |
Why we're going to the border of Syria and Turkey CNN (blog) The eastern part of Turkey borders Syria. Believe me, we would love to actually go into Syria and report what's happening in the country. However, despite Bashar al-Assad's regime's claims that journalists are free to report from the country, ... Syrian dedicated to clearing landmines injured in blast |
Militant video claims responsibility for deadly Syria blasts The Journal News | LoHud.com A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows burning vehicles at the site of twin blasts in Damascus on Thursday. / AFP/Getty Images BEIRUT (AP) — A video posted online in the name of a shadowy militant group late Friday ... |
PROFILES IN CARTOONING COURAGE: How artists in Syria, Iran and India wield ... Washington Post (blog) If you consider that cause-and-effect, then three editorial cartoonists around the map — in Syria, India and Iran — are presently among the most powerful practitioners in the world. And this week, news involving that trio reminds just how perilous ... |
The Nation, Pakistan | 8 killed in Syria violence The Nation, Pakistan DAMASCUS/BEIRUT - Violence in Syria cost at least eight lives on Saturday even as a UN force to oversee a truce neared half its planned strength, monitors said, while an Islamist group claimed deadly blasts in Damascus. In Idlib province, a stronghold ... |
Christian Science Monitor | With Iran, Syria looming, can Obama save NATO from disaster at Chicago summit? Christian Science Monitor The 2010 NATO Summit in Lisbon produced a bold vision for NATO's future. With one week to the Chicago summit, not nearly enough progress has been made. To avoid the Chicago summit ending up as a total bust, Obama must push NATO leaders to address three ... |
Day Press News | Mood perseveres to help Syrian People & called to exert efforts for Peace Day Press News DAMASCUS- In statements to journalists on Saturday, Head of the UN observer mission in Syria, Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, said that the situation in Syria is calm, adding that the mission has 157 civilian and military monitors distributed in the ... EU To Send 25 Armored Vehicles To UN In Syria-EU Diplomat Mood: We are Working to Help Syrian People |