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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Syria's civil war rages, as Alawites press on 02/21/2012 23:01 Being an unprotected minority in the Mideast is often a painful reality which the Alawites, Druse, Christians and Kurds know all too well...To this point, Damascus has been unable to...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
China said Tuesday that its stance on Syria remains "consistent and clear." "We've been closely following the developments of the situation, and we are deeply worried about the escalating crisis that has caused civilian casualties and affected peace...
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Fox News
| over 1 year ago
Russia says the United Nations should send a special envoy to Syria to help coordinate security issues and the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Twitter Tuesday that it's proposing that the U.N...Ambassador Vitaly...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
An-Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday that foreign Minister Adnan Minister received an invitation to attend the Friends of Syria conference that will be held in Tunisia, but decided not to participate in it. The Friends of Syria group will meet for...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Russia on Tuesday said it will not attend an international conference in Tunis later in the week aimed at seeking political change in Syria because the meeting only supported the opposition's cause. The meeting was called "for the purpose of...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
International diplomacy showed no sign of finding a solution, as Western powers and the Arab League prepared a meeting of "Friends of Syria" on Friday to pressure Assad to step down, while Russia and China backed Assad's reform plans, derided by...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
Breaking News Iranian ships reach Syria, Assad allies show support Russia, China and Iran showed support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, days before an international meeting likely to pile more pressure on him to step down in the face...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Syrian security forces maintained calm Monday in areas of Damascus rocked by demonstrations over the weekend, as president Bashar al-Assad reiterated that ongoing violence was the result of armed terrorist groups funded by foreign parties. Speaking...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
The official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party has accused the West of provoking a civil war in Syria. In a front page commentary, the People's Daily said that Western support of Syria's opposition would lead to "large-scale civil war". In...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
The state-run People's Daily said in a commentary Monday that foreign military intervention will be needed if civil war erupts in Syria...Security Council resolution that would have endorsed an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was due in Ankara late Monday for a two-day visit focused on trade and regional issues, including the Syrian crisis raging across Turkey's southeastern border. Xi, China's leader-in-waiting, would be meeting...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Western support for Syrian rebels could trigger civil war in the violence-hit nation, an influential Chinese newspaper said Monday, as it defended Beijing's decision to veto a UN resolution. The UN Security Council resolution, which condemned a...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
US and its allies are pushing Syria into civil war by backing the armed opposition, the newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party writes. The article insists Beijing must stick to opposing any attempt to intervene or regime change in Damascus. "...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
A leading Chinese newspaper accused Western countries on Monday of stirring civil war in Syria, where police and militia patrols clamped down on a district of the capital to prevent new demonstrations against President Bashar Assad. After almost a...
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BBC South Asia
| over 1 year ago
Mr Xi reiterated that China will continue to support the EU's effort to address the European debt crisis, report China Daily and People's Daily. "We have offered sincere help to our European friends in line with our means, through increased mutual...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
51 Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a senior Syrian state prosecutor and a judge in the northwest province of Idlib, killing both of them and their driver, state media said. Sunday that Idlib provincial state prosecutor Nidal Ghazal and Judge...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
China's official Xinhua news agency reflected Beijing's view a day after a Chinese envoy met Assad in Damascus while thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the heart of the capital in one of the biggest anti-government rallies there since a nationwide...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
A Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC Syria) picture shows Syrian mourners carrying coffins of protesters said to have been killed by regime forces. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Police and militia patrols have fanned out in Damascus to...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Syrian anti-government rebels staged three assassinations Sunday, killing two legal officials and an aide, state media reported. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said the attorney general of the province of Idlab, a judge and a driver were...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
Opposition members in Syria have started a new political bloc, aiming to topple the country's President Bashar al-Assad. This third anti-Assad group further fragments the Syrian opposition. The new National Bloc for Change, consisting of 80 prominent...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Idlib provincial state prosecutor Nidal Ghazal and judge Mohammed Ziadeh. The agency said the two were killed instantly along with their driver. Syrian rebels control parts of Idlib province, which borders Turkey. It has been one of the regions...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
There is still hope that the Syrian crisis can be resolved peacefully through talks, as any armed intervention will only spread turmoil through the region, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday after a Chinese envoy visited Syria. China...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
53 Syrian activists have called for a "Day of Defiance" after security services fired on mourners in Damascus, killing at least one person, during a funeral that turned into a mass demonstration against President Bashar al-Assad, activists have said.
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Times of Oman
| over 1 year ago
Sprint Cup Series drivers come through the tri-oval during the 34th annual Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. In a thrilling final Holiday Cricket Club (HCC) defeated Sabco by 13 runs and won the CCL MRI Cricket...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer China 's vice foreign minister, Zhai Jun, pleaded Syria to end bloody violence and restore stability after a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad. Zhai, speaking at a press...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Activists say Syrian troops fired on mourners Saturday in Damascus as a funeral turned into a protest against President Bashar Assad. The protest had started as a funeral march to mourn the deaths of three youths shot dead Friday.
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The Hindustan Times
| over 1 year ago
Thousands of protesters on Saturday flooded the streets of Syrian cities and towns, including the capital, calling for the downfall of president Bashar al-Assad's regime, monitors said. The protesters emerged from mosques after the main weekly Muslim...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Syrian security forces fired live ammunition to break up a protest against President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Saturday, killing at least one person, opposition activists said. A Chinese envoy met the Syrian leader and urged all sides to end 11...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
China's "No" vote on a proposed Syria resolution at the UN General Assembly shows it can assume greater responsibility in international affairs, an expert says. It (casting a "No" vote) conforms to China's foreign policy of maintaining world peace...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Activists say Syrian security forces have opened fire on protesters taking part in a funeral procession in the capital, Damascus. Witnesses says the shooting broke out Saturday at the funeral of three people killed by security forces during a protest...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Assad made the comments as Syrian security forces fired live ammunition to break up a anti-regime protest in Damascus on Saturday, killing at least one person, opposition activists said. The shooting broke out at the funerals of three youths killed...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
The shooting broke out at the funeral of three youths killed in earlier protests against Syria's president Bashar al-Assad on Friday. "They started firing at the crowd right after burial," said a witness, a resident of the capital's Mezze district,...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
Syrian security forces fired on a huge crowd gathered for the funerals Saturday of demonstrators killed in rare protests in the capital after a senior Chinese envoy issued a plea for the bloodshed to end. Following Damascus talks with President...
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Tulsa World
| over 1 year ago
Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching Saturday in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, activists said. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the capital since the 11-month-...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
06 Zhai Jun, China's vice foreign minister, has called on all sides in Syria to stop the violence and for elections to go ahead peacefully after talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria's state media has said.
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
In the meantime, activists say Syrian troops have fired on mourners taking part in a massive funeral procession in the capital. They say several people were wounded by gunfire in the Damascus neighbourhood of Mazzeh. Tear gas was also fired on the...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
The Very Hungry Frenchman', the BBC's current television series following che... Suggested Topics A Chinese envoy visiting Damascus has called on all sides in Syria to stop the violence. Vice-foreign minister Zhai Jun was in the Syrian capital for a...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun spoke in the Syrian capital following a meeting with President Bashar Assad on Saturday. He said China was "extremely concerned" about the escalation of the crisis in Syria. China along with Russia has refused...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
China urged the Syrian government and various political factions in the country to end all acts of violence against civilians, visiting Chinese vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told a press conference here on Saturday after meeting with Syrian...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
China backs President Bashar al-Assad's plans for a referendum leading to parliamentary elections as a way to resolve the Syrian crisis, Syrian TV quoted Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun as saying on Saturday. "We hope that the referendum on...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
China urges all sides to end Syria violence China's visiting envoy to Syria has called on all sides in the country to end violence, after holding talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Syrian TV quoted Zhai Jun as saying he backed the...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
A Chinese envoy is in Syria to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad. Fierce protests and violence are ongoing in the country, and the fresh UN resolution urges for the transition of power, accusing the regime of human rights abuse. Chinese Vice...
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SF Gate
| over 1 year ago
China says it was courageous in voting against a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria. The Global Times newspaper, published by the ruling Communist Party, said in an editorial Saturday that the response was an...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
Middle East Chinese diplomat in Syria for talks on unrest Vice foreign minister in Damascus to meet Syrian president, as violent crackdown on protests continues. Last Modified: 18 Feb 2012 02:07 Syrian government forces have continued a crackdown on...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Syrians demonstrate against the regime in the northern city of Idlib. Britain and France urged the Syrian opposition Friday to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the government crackdown. Meanwhile, President Bashar Assad's...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
China's negative vote on a draft resolution on Syria at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday was consistent with China's independent foreign policy of peace and in the best interests of the Syrian situation, officials and experts said.
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Miami Herald
| over 1 year ago
The Senate has approved a resolution condemning the Syrian government for violence against its people. The Senate backed the non-binding measure Friday on a voice vote. The resolution also expresses disappointment with China and Russia for vetoing a...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has called for referendum on a new constitution that would effectively end nearly five decades of single party rule, it was announced today. Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The international community sent a strong signal to Syria...
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Sofia Echo
| over 1 year ago
Fri, Feb 17 2012 Syrian people must feel real support' of international community, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:40 CET 146 Views 1 of 1 The Syrian people must feel the real support of the international community and be given...
