Voice of America | UN envoy: Syria war threatens region USA TODAY Sponsored Links. UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Syria grabbed the spotlight as world leaders at the United Nations on Monday heard a dire warning from international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the war is getting worse and threatening to spill across the Mideast. UN Envoy: No Plan Yet for Saving Syria At UN, New Syria Envoy Gives Bleak Appraisal Syria War 'Getting Worse,' New Envoy Warns |
TIME | UN Envoy: Syria War Is Threatening The Region NPR UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy assessment to the U.N. Security Council. The new envoy leavened his message, ... Syria, Iran, 'backdrop of widespread violence' likely to dominate UN summit of ... Turtle Bay: Downbeat UN General Assembly opens amid Syria stalemate Debate Likely on Syria and Iran's Nuclear Program at 2012 UN General Assembly |
OregonLive.com | Asked about foreign policy, Syria's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stays in control OregonLive.com On Syria, which has been Iran's Arab ally, he said he supported transitional elections for a new government. Asked if President Bashar al-Assad should be a candidate, he answered this was for Syrians to decide. It was hard to read whether this ... |
Wall Street Journal | Rebels to Use Syrian Territory for Training Wall Street Journal Syrian rebel fighters on the Turkish border are pushing ahead with a plan to turn territory in Idlib province that has been mostly under their control since early summer into a logistics and training base for fighters across the country. The move ... No time for US to back off Syria Syria Shells Aleppo, Daraa as Rebels Vow to Take Capital Syrian rebels meet in capital |
New York Times | Syrian War's Spillover Threatens a Fragile Iraq New York Times BAGHDAD — The civil war in Syria is testing Iraq's fragile society and fledgling democracy, worsening sectarian tensions, pushing Iraq closer to Iran and highlighting security shortcomings just nine months after American forces ended their long and ... |
Syrian warplanes bomb city, kill 3 children Fox News BEIRUT – Syrian warplanes bombed two buildings on Monday in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least five people including three children from the same family, activists said. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ... |
Prophet film diverts gaze from Syria Statesman Journal Images of furious protesters targeting Western diplomatic sites in Libya, Egypt, Pakistan and elsewhere have diverted the world's gaze from the bloodstained streets of Syria, where President Bashar Assad is trying to crush an 18-month-old uprising. The ... |
Examiner.com | Border clash between Syria and Jordan Examiner.com Syrian and Jordanian troops reportedly clashed Saturday in the border town of Nasib, part of the Syrian province of Daraa. The clash began when Syrian troops fired into Jordan during a fierce battle with Syrian rebels, prompting a response by Jordanian ... Syrian spillover: Recipe for another Lebanese civil war? Berri and Siniora keen on preserving civil peace |
BBC News | Save the Children urges UN to log Syria child atrocities BBC News Children in Syria are being subjected to torture, imprisonment and abduction, and these atrocities should be better documented, according to a new report from British charity Save the Children. Drawing on the testimony of Syrian refugee children, the ... Children of Syria badly traumatised Tortured, traumatised, scarred: the children caught up in Syria's war |
Inside Syria: One Hospital's Story PBS NewsHour (blog) ALEPPO, Syria | A father burst through the hospital doors, a blood-drenched son in his arms. A young man followed close behind, his face blown open in the latest spate of government air raids. In the hospital's reception area, a little girl wailed as ... |