Globe and Mail | Syria violence at 'unprecedented level,' UN monitor says Los Angeles Times Gen. Robert Mood, head of the U.N. observer team, says dialogue is impossible amid the violence. Meanwhile, the highest-profile defection yet is reported. Syria Sanctions Proposed By United States, European And Arab States Confidant of Syria's President Is Said to Have Defected and Fled to Turkey Will global sanctions succeed in Syria? |
Christian Science Monitor | French FM: Friends of Syria Talks to Bring Practical Support to Syrian People Voice of America (blog) French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the Friends of Syria meeting in Paris will not be just abstract talks but are aimed at bringing practical support to the Syrian people. Delegates from about 100 countries and 100 members of the opposition ... WikiLeaks sharing Syria emails with paper accused of Assad bias WikiLeaks targets Syria with 'embarrassing' trove (+video) Syria-gate? WikiLeaks' latest drop of secret files |
BBC News | UN Monitor Chief in Syria Says Violence 'Unprecedented' Voice of America (blog) The head of the United Nations monitoring mission in Syria says violence there has reached “unprecedented” levels, and that a cease-fire must be implemented in order for his unarmed observer teams to resume their mission, which was suspended last ... UN Commander Says Syria Violence Is 'Unprecedented' June was bloodiest month of Syrian uprising, with 3000 killed Syria troops and helicopters advance on northern town |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq warns al-Qaida flowing into Syria Huffington Post BEIRUT — Iraq asserted Thursday that al-Qaida insurgents are streaming out of the country to carry out attacks in Syria, an ominous development as the Syrian conflict enflames an already hostile region. Extremists have been making inroads as the ... Iraq says al-Qaida fighters flowing into Syria, dangerous new element in fight ... Al Qaeda moving from Iraq into Syria, Iraqi foreign minister says Iraq says Al Qaeda fighters crossing from Iraq to Syria and carrying out attacks |
msnbc.com | DYER: This version of Syria also drowned in blood North County Times Kofi Annan does the best he can. At least he's back in harness, doing what he does best: trying to make peace where there is no hope of peace. The rest of them do the best they can, too, give or take the odd Russian. Well, not exactly the best they can ... Syria pummels rebels as battered city collects bodies Facing diplomatic isolation, Syria's Assad says he's willing to step aside China joins Russia in staying away from Syria talks |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Recovers Bodies of Pilots Downed by Syria Wall Street Journal The bodies of two pilots shot down by Syria were recovered Thursday from the seabed and will be buried in a military funeral on Friday. Bodies of two Turkish pilots shot down by Syria recovered from ocean floor Pilots of Turkish plane downed by Syria found by Titanic explorer Bodies of 2 Turkish jet pilots Syria downed found |
Haaretz | Clinton off to France for Syria meeting, then to Asia and Mideast to deal with ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has escaped sweltering Washington but she won't be getting much of a respite from the heat as she crisscrosses Europe, Asia and the Mideast to deal with some of the world's most inflamed crises. Clinton heads to France for Syria talks, then Asia |
UN to recommend fewer Syria monitors, same mandate: envoys Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will recommend that the Security Council keep the mandate of its Syria monitoring mission unchanged while temporarily reducing the number of. |
Jagran Post | Syria WikiLeaks: Italy's Finmeccanica Reportedly Sold Radio Equipment To Syria Huffington Post ROME, July 5 (Reuters) - A unit of Italian defence technology group Finmeccanica sold sophisticated communications equipment to Syrian police as recently as February, an Italian weekly reported on Thursday, quoting emails published by Wikileaks. Finmeccanica sold radio equipment to Syria: report Finmeccanica Says Radios to Syria Ended as Revolt Began Wikileaks: Italian firm sold Syria secure radios as crackdown raged |
International Business Times | Report: Jordan biased over Palestinians from Syria Boston.com Jordan is discriminating against Palestinians seeking refuge from violence in Syria by forcibly returning new arrivals and threatening others with deportation, a rights group said Wednesday, Jordan Discriminating Against Palestinian Refugees Fleeing Syria Mass influx of Syria refugees reaches Jordan |