Voice of America | Clashes Continue Across Syria As Rebels Move Command Center Voice of America Syrian activists say government and rebel forces continue to clash across the country, a day after the rebel Free Syrian Army announced it was moving its command center from Turkey to Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that most of ... Rebels to Use Syrian Territory for Training Syrian Opposition Figures Meet in Damascus Syria Shells Aleppo, Daraa as Rebels Vow to Take Capital |
Voice of America | At United Nations, Renewed Focus on Syria, if Not New Ideas New York Times Syria will have to share the stage at the weeklong United Nations General Debate with other intractable diplomatic problems, of course. They include the spread of Al Qaeda across the Western Sahara; the snail's pace of negotiations over Iran's nuclear ... UN's Ban Says Syria to Top Agenda at General Assembly UN Stalemate on Damascus Clouds Meeting Syria conflict to dominate UN session |
ABC News | Egypt's Mursi says Iran is vital to ending Syria's crisis Chicago Tribune CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President said on Saturday that having a strong relationship with Iran is important for Egypt at this time to be able to work out a way to end the bloodshed in Syria. Speaking in a televised interview, his first to ... Egypt President Stresses Syria Resolve |
UN News Centre | Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Israeli threats, nuclear program and Syria Washington Post (blog) NEW YORK. Iran may be on the firing line, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was as calmly combative as ever Sunday, dismissing Israel's military threats and predicting that nothing will happen in the nuclear talks until after the U.S. presidential ... UN Chief discusses situation in Syria and Middle East with Iranian leader Syria, Iran nuclear fears, Muslim protests cloud UN summit UN chief warns Iran's Ahmadinejad on fiery rhetoric |
Christian Science Monitor | Is Lebanon becoming Syria's Western front? Christian Science Monitor Anti-Assad politicians in Lebanon are calling for the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers along the country's volatile northern border with Syria to curb Syrian troop incursions and artillery shelling as some locals pack up their bags. Skip to ... |
Syrian opposition figures meet in Damascus Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian opposition figures called Sunday for the overthrow of President Bashar Assad at a rare meeting of anti-regime groups held in the government-controlled capital Damascus, a possible attempt by the gathering to position itself as ... |
Syria's opposition parties call for halting violence Xinhua DAMASCUS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Around 20 Syrian opposition parties called for halting the violence on Sunday from all parties in Syria as the country's Prime Minister Wael al-Halki said the Syrian crisis is in its "final stages" due to the "Syrian ... |
The Associated Press | Iraq blocks Syria-bound North Korean plane, suspects weapons cargo Chicago Tribune BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Friday it has denied permission to a North Korean plane bound for Syria to pass through Iraqi airspace on suspicion it could be carrying weapons, and the United States stressed the need to prevent any such arms transfers. Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms Iraq bars passage of N. Korean flight to Syria |
ABC News | Iran N-fears, Syria, protests cloud UN summit The Nation UNITED NATIONS - War in Syria, mounting tensions over Iran's nuclear drive and anti-Western protests across the Muslim world will cast a shadow over the annual UN gathering of world leaders starting Tuesday.Words of warning and defiance are expected ... West Accuses Iran of Shipping Arms to Syria |
Syria: Is the Proposed Cure Worse than the Status Quo? The Jewish Press The Syrian civil war has crossed a red line. Some people may think this happened a few weeks or months ago but at any rate it is clearly true now. The prospects for an Islamist (Muslim Brotherhood, Salafist, and Jihadist) takeover have risen high ... |