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Obama team: Russia sending attack helicopters to Syria - USA TODAY Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:55:37 GMT

USA TODAY

Obama team: Russia sending attack helicopters to Syria
USA TODAY
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The Obama administration expressed concern today about reports that Russia plans to send attack helicopters to aid the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad as it battles rebel forces. "We are concerned about the latest ...
Clinton says Russia is sending gunships to Syria, could escalate conflict ...msnbc.com (blog)
Peacekeepers attacked in Syria as US accuses Russia of supporting regimeChristian Science Monitor
Syria Called Civil War as Russia Ships Attack ChoppersBusinessWeek
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Syria tips toward civil war - Globe and Mail Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:32:49 GMT

Globe and Mail

Syria tips toward civil war
Globe and Mail
As a recent flurry of reports from Syria – shipments of Russian helicopter gunships, assaults on children, UN observers under fire – suggest a desperate regime, the UN is confirming that Damascus is losing its grip on its own land.
UN peacekeeping chief calls Syria conflict a civil warFox News
Syria conflict now a civil war, UN peacekeeping chief saysReuters
Syria Is in a Civil War, Says UN; Clinton Says Solution Must Be PoliticalABC News (blog)
Canada.com -Huffington Post
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Syrian crowds attack UN observers - USA TODAY Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:34:53 GMT

USA TODAY

Syrian crowds attack UN observers
USA TODAY
BEIRUT (AP) – The United Nations says members of its observer team in Syria were attacked by angry crowds as they tried to reach an embattled mountain village near President Bashar Assad's hometown. The vehicles also were later shot at.
UN Observers in Syria Attacked Near Besieged TownTIME
UN concerned over Syria violence escalationNew York Daily News
UN observers in Syria shot at, attacked by crowdsSan Jose Mercury News
Huffington Post -Atlanta Journal Constitution
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UN adds Syria to list of countries killing children - Reuters Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:01:21 GMT

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UN adds Syria to list of countries killing children
Reuters
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and allied militia have killed, maimed, tortured and detained children as young as 9 years old, the United Nations said on Tuesday as Syria debuted on its ...
UN: Syria using children as human shieldsCBS News
Syria Troops Used Children As Human Shields, UN Report SaysHuffington Post
Syrian children used as shields: UNThe Australian
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Britain Warns Syria Follows Path of Balkans - Voice of America Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:06:33 GMT

Voice of America

Britain Warns Syria Follows Path of Balkans
Voice of America
LONDON - Britain has warned that Syria risks becoming "the next Bosnia." British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Syrian government's use of heavy weapons against the population, and the lack of intervention by the outside world, risks a civil ...
Hague is focused on 'peaceful transition' in SyriaHerald Scotland

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Syria firestorm proving too fierce for Annan's cooling touch - Reuters Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:01:38 GMT

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Syria firestorm proving too fierce for Annan's cooling touch
Reuters
By Matthew Tostevin | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Scarred by his failure to stop Rwanda's genocide nearly two decades ago, Kofi Annan faces another bloody debacle on his watch as his mediation efforts founder in Syria. Steeped in a culture of seeking ...
Annan wants powers to 'twist arms' over SyriaFox News
Syrian crowds attack UN observersJournal and Courier
Monitors Turn Back From Besieged Syrian EnclavePittsburgh Post Gazette

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Heavy Fighting Kills 34 in Syria, UN Monitors Blocked - Voice of America Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:41:09 GMT

Voice of America

Heavy Fighting Kills 34 in Syria, UN Monitors Blocked
Voice of America
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the US is concerned about reports Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syria. She also said Russia's claims that its arms shipments to Syria are unrelated to the conflict are "patently untrue.
Syria Now Embroiled in Civil War According to U.N. OfficialsAlaska Native News

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US: Syria plotting more massacres, but intervening would make it worse - Christian Science Monitor Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:37:17 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

US: Syria plotting more massacres, but intervening would make it worse
Christian Science Monitor
By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer / June 12, 2012 This video image taken from amateur video and broadcast by Bambuser/Homslive shows a series of devastating explosions rocking the central Syrian city of Homs, Syria, Monday, June 11.
Angry crowd blocks UN observer team in SyriaLos Angeles Times
Syrian rebels smuggle civilians from battered HaffehChicago Tribune
Angry crowds block Syria monitors in Haffeh, shots firedReuters
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Syrian national Olympic committee chief faces London 2012 ban - The Guardian Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:21:16 GMT

The Guardian

Syrian national Olympic committee chief faces London 2012 ban
The Guardian
Britain is poised to ban the head of Syria's national Olympic committee (NOC) from attending the London games next month but allow a young showjumper with close family ties to the regime of Bashar al-Assad to compete as planned.
Syria general 'faces Olympic ban'The Press Association

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In Syrian countryside, residents fear growing sectarian violence - Kansas City Star Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:02:56 GMT

In Syrian countryside, residents fear growing sectarian violence
Kansas City Star
By DAVID ENDERS QUBEIR, Syria -- The lone family that had returned to Syria's devastated village of Qubeir wasn't planning to stay long. "We will abandon this place," said a middle-aged man, who said he was one of the handful of survivors of a mass ...
SYRIA WITNESS: Traveling to the Dark Side of the NationMiddle East Voices

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