Voice of America | US, Turkey to study Syria no-fly zone Reuters ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of ... Turkey, US to Work Closely on Syria US and Turkey to Tighten Coordination on Syria Arab Foreign Ministers Call 'Urgent' Meeting to Discuss Syria Crisis |
BBC News | Arab League calls emergency talks BBC News Mr Annan resigned from his position as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria earlier this month, after his proposed six-point peace plan failed to come into effect and violence escalated. On the agenda for foreign ministers attending Sunday's emergency meeting ... Arab Ministers to meet Sunday on Syria New envoy on Syria faces long odds Expected Annan replacement urges powers to unite on Syria |
Telegraph.co.uk | Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria Washington Post AZAZ, Syria — Residents of this north Syrian border town like to snap photos of their children atop the tank parked downtown, one of more than a dozen captured or destroyed by rebels in the battles last month that “liberated” the area from President ... Rebels strike inside Syria's capital |
Haaretz | US and Turkey weigh no-fly zones for Syria Reuters Overnight Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border in an incident that highlighted international concerns that the civil war in Syria could ignite a wider regional conflict. The clashes also emphasised the urgent need for planning on what ... Report: No proof Syria behind downing of Turkish jet Turkey alarmed by Kurdish control of northern Syria |
Student Operated Press | Canada's FM calls Syria situation 'tremendously horrifying' on visit to ... Minneapolis Star Tribune AMMAN, Jordan - Canada's foreign minister pledged $6.5 million in additional aid to Jordan in its efforts to help displaced Syrians after seeing a refugee tent city and calling the worsening situation in neighboring Syria "tremendously horrifying ... UN: Multitudes Fleeing Violence In Syria Roth: Syria 'needs the international community' 11.08.2012 Baird 'horrified' by Syria violence, pledges more aid |
Lebanese ally of Syria's Assad to be indicted Reuters The sources said Judge Sami Sader, the Lebanese deputy commissioner of the Military Tribunal, will indict Michel Samaha for charges including transporting explosives from Syria for use in north Lebanon. Samaha's supporters said his detention was ... |
Examiner.com | Syria's Assad uses Kurds as part of 'Plan B' Examiner.com As part of his "Plan B" President Bashar al-Assad will try to tear Syria apart by playing ethnic and sectarian groups against one another -- including Kurds, Sunnis and Alawites -- expert Joshua Landis claimed on Friday in his blog Syria Comment ... |
Former talks Syria and the chess game of diplomacy Houston Chronicle There is no shortage of pundits and foreign policy experts who have offered opinions on the Syrian civil war, but few have spent as many years watching this geopolitical crossroads as closely as Edward Djerejian, a former ambassador to Syria and Israel ... Syria after Assad |
Damascus rattled by Syrian rebel attacks, adding to pressure on Assad Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar Assad's ... |
Iran diplomacy for Syria 'exacerbates divisions': West Pakistan Daily Times AS Syria's conflict grinds bloodily on, Iran threw its diplomatic muscle this week into trying to save its Damascus ally - but Western observers said the effort was likely to worsen the crisis. “Distrust between Iran and the West means Iran's attempt ... |