The Associated Press | Syria-linked sectarian clashes rage in Tripoli, Lebanon Los Angeles Times BEIRUT -- Deadly sectarian street battles again engulfed Lebanon's northern coastal city of Tripoli on Saturday as supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad clashed in fierce gunfights in the country's latest Syria-linked unrest. Peacemaker Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad US To Russia: Syria Needs Transition Strategy Latin America too bland on Syria massacre |
CBS News | Pro- and anti-Syrian groups clash in north Lebanon San Jose Mercury News By BASSEM MROUE AP A Sunni gunman takes aim during clashes that erupted on Syria Street, which divides the areas between Sunnis and Alawites, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday June 2, 2012. BEIRUT—Gunbattles between pro- and ... In Syria, 12 slain in latest reported massacre Syria forces may face prosecution for attacks: UN Russia backs Syria amid global condemnation |
Boston.com | Russia not supplying arms for Syria civil war: Putin Chicago Tribune BERLIN (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin denied on Friday that Russia was supplying arms to the Syrian government to crush rebels, brushing off US criticism of a "reprehensible" arms shipment to Damascus. Putin, speaking after talks with German ... Putin visits Berlin, Paris amid divide over Syria French president says Syria's Assad has to go France fails to shift Russia's Syria sanctions veto |
Hezbollah chief calls for release of Lebanese hostages in Syria Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — New developments have emerged in the murky case of the 11 abducted Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in northern Syria. A previously unknown rebel group calling itself the “Syrian Revolutionaries-Aleppo province” has claimed responsibility for the ... |
Obama's atrocities board keeps low profile on Syria crisis Chicago Tribune But six weeks later and just days after a massacre of civilians in Syria, there is little sign that Obama's Atrocities Prevention Board is making a mark on US efforts to craft a response amid international outrage over the mounting carnage. |
The Age | Syria's menace in our backyard The Age If there is a collective human threshold when it comes to the tolerance of evil in our world, then Syria's murderous leader Bashar al-Assad exceeded it long ago. If you could point to the very moment when the ordinary citizens of the world stopped and ... |
AFP | Syrian Rebel Group Says It Kidnapped 11 Lebanese ABC News A previously unknown Syrian rebel group says it's holding 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria. The pilgrims were abducted on May 22, after crossing into Syria from Turkey on their way to Lebanon. The group calling itself Syrian Rebels in ... Nasrallah demands release of Lebanese held in Syria New 'mass killing' in Syria ahead of UN meeting |
U.S. Military Intervention in Syria Poses Risks, Kissinger Says Bloomberg Using US military force to help overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may threaten democratic and humanitarian goals, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in an opinion piece in the Washington Post. Before deciding to send forces, ... |
Turkey reports further influx of Syrian refugees Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Another 400 Syrian refugees have crossed into Turkey to escape escalating fighting in Syria, state-run Anatolia new agency said on Saturday, raising the total to more than 24500. Anatolia said 396 refugees from Syria's Idlib ... |
French warming to armed intervention in Syria : poll Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - A widening majority of French people favor military intervention in Syria and more believe France should participate, according to the first poll on the issue since a recent massacre in the country. The Ifop poll on Saturday showed ... |