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Syrian air strike kills at least 54: activists - Reuters Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:27:44 GMT

ABC News

Syrian air strike kills at least 54: activists
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 54 people were killed when a jet fighter blew up a fuel station amid heavy fighting between government and rebel forces in northern Syria on Thursday, a British-based monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human ...
Syrian Activists: Airstrikes Kill at Least 30ABC News
Syria activist: Hundreds feared dead as Assad escalates airstrikesNBCNews.com (blog)

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Western powers accuse Iran of shipping arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions - Washington Post Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:13:41 GMT

Voice of America

Western powers accuse Iran of shipping arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions
Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — The four Western powers trying to rein in Iran's nuclear program accused Tehran on Thursday of shipping arms to Syria in violation of U.N. sanctions and ignoring demands to open key nuclear facilities to U.N. inspectors. The United ...
US, Allies Slam Iran Over Military Aid to SyriaVoice of America
Iran attacked at UN Security Council over Syria aidReuters

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Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria - Washington Post Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:19:07 GMT

Philadelphia Inquirer

Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria
Washington Post
IT'S BEEN MORE than a year since the Obama administration began describing the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad as a matter of time. He's defied White House predictions in part because of his ruthlessness — more than 20,000 Syrians, most of ...
Syria Fuel Station Blast Kills At Least 54Huffington Post
Not the time for Obama to back off on SyriaPhiladelphia Inquirer
Assad says rebels will not win, calls for dialogueReuters
Foreign Policy (blog) -Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Protect the most innocent in Syria – children - Christian Science Monitor Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:22:29 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Protect the most innocent in Syria – children
Christian Science Monitor
A book is left on the ground at a Syrian school destroyed in a government airstrike in Tel Rifaat, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Sept. 16. Many schools have been destroyed or are home to refugees. Some parents are too afraid to send their children to ...
U.N.: Children Tortured in SyriaDaily Beast

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Syrian rebels seize border crossing with Turkey - Northwest Herald Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:25:46 GMT

AFP

Syrian rebels seize border crossing with Turkey
Northwest Herald
AKCAKALE, Turkey – Syrian rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey on Wednesday, ripping down the Syrian flag as the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad expand their control of the country's north. Assad ...
As Syrian conflict worsens, concerns soar in TurkeyJerusalem Post
SYRIA WAR SPILLS OVER TURKISH BORDERSan Jose Mercury News
Syria Twin Blasts Strike DamascusHuffington Post
AFP -The Daily Star
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Report: Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraqi airspace - NBCNews.com Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:18:19 GMT

The Associated Press

Report: Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraqi airspace
NBCNews.com
UNITED NATIONS — Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar al-Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government ...
Iraq denies airspace used by Iran to ship arms to SyriaChicago Tribune
US lawmaker warns Iraq: Do not ignore Iran's arms shipments to SyriaCNN International
Scores killed, injured in Syria's Raqa blastThe Guardian Nigeria
New York Times -Wired (blog)
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Kurdish violence undermines Turkey's stance on Syria - Chicago Tribune Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:36:47 GMT

Haaretz

Kurdish violence undermines Turkey's stance on Syria
Chicago Tribune
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's harshest critics, accusing him of creating a "terrorist state", allowing the Syrian opposition to organize on Turkish soil, and pushing for a foreign-protected safe zone ...
Turkey Hit by Wave of Attacks as Syria Fallout Emboldens PKKBusinessweek
Syria's Kurds: Missing the chance?Alliance for Kurdish Rights

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Syria's Dark Horses, With Lathes: Makeshift Arms Production in Aleppo ... - New York Times (blog) Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:39:03 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Syria's Dark Horses, With Lathes: Makeshift Arms Production in Aleppo ...
New York Times (blog)
On Wednesday, At War dove deeper into the underground industry in one part of Syria that this year has been producing improvised weapons for fighting groups seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. That post focused on a machine-gun turrets ...


Trade and Syria Top Agenda at European Union-China Talks - New York Times Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:21:40 GMT

Trade and Syria Top Agenda at European Union-China Talks
New York Times
Published: September 19, 2012. BRUSSELS — China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, is expected to meet with top officials of the European Union on Thursday amid rising trade tensions and diverging views on how to quell the conflict in Syria. World Twitter ...

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Residents in Syria's capital 'stuck in the middle' as civil war closes in - CNN International Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:03:51 GMT

Residents in Syria's capital 'stuck in the middle' as civil war closes in
CNN International
Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- After 18 months of violent unrest, clouds of black smoke suggest conflict is closing in on Syria's capital. On the streets of Damascus, no one flinches when artillery shells explode just a few miles away. Residents who support ...

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