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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
30 March 2012 Syria has been ordered to announce an immediate ceasefire as fears mount that it will not honour an earlier promise to do so...A spokesman for the UN-Arab League envoy today told the Assad regime: 'The deadline is now.' His demands came...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
The Syrian military pressed ahead with its shelling of dissident areas across the country, as armed opposition rebels targeted an air force base on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, opposition activists said Friday. "The attack targeted the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Fresh clashes between Syrian soldiers and rebels erupted across many parts of Syria Friday as UN envoy Kofi Annan urged the government to lay down its weapons first to immediately end the nation's yearlong crisis. Syrian President Bashar Assad...
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China News
| 1 year ago
China on Friday called on Syria's opposition to respond to the six-point peace plan proposed by UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan as soon as possible. "China welcomes the positive response from the Syrian government to Annan's proposal. At the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The international envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, expects President Bashar al-Assad to implement his peace plan immediately, the former UN chief's spokesman said on Friday. "We expect him to implement this plan immediately. Clearly we have not seen a...
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Boston.com
| 1 year ago
This image made from amateur video and released by the Syria media center Friday, March 23, 2012, purports to show Syrians pulling out the body of a man under the rubble of a building that was bombed in Homs, Syria. Associated Press / March 30, 2012...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
But he warned the success of international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan would not work without securing an end to foreign aid and arming of rebels opposing him.
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Britain will provide a further 500,000 to support Syria's political opposition in the face of president Bashar Assad's regime, the Foreign Secretary said. William Hague is expected to announce the extra funding tonight during his annual speech at the...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Syrian rights activists say forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 16 civilians in assaults on opposition hubs in central Syria and the northern province of Idlib on Thursday. The activists say rebels killed two soldiers in an...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The United States on Thursday described Bashar al-Assad's remarks on a peace plan as "discouraging" after the Syrian leader called for an end to "terrorist acts" by foreign powers. "It's not surprising, but it's discouraging and disappointing," State...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Russia, as saying "countries which support the armed groups with money and weapons must be persuaded to stop this immediately". At the same time, Britain said it was doubling non-military aid to opponents of Assad and expanding its scope to equipment,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The agency added Assad had underlined that he would "spare no effort" to make the six-point plan work. It said Assad's remarks were made in a message to the world's emerging powers meeting Thursday in New Delhi. Assad in his message expressed hope...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
The agency added that Assad had underlined that he would "spare no effort" to make the six-point plan work. It said Assad's remarks were made in a message to the world's emerging powers meeting Thursday in New Delhi.
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Russia wasted no time congratulating the Assad regime's acceptance of Kofi Annan's six-point proposal, while the Arab ministers taking part in the summit in Baghdad also seized the opportunity to welcome this step, while also rejecting foreign...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
THE US has accused Syria's President Bashar al-Assad of failing to respect a UN-Arab League peace plan as Syrian forces continued their assault on rebel bastions. And UN rights chief Navi Pillay has told the BBC that enough evidence has been gathered...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
The White House says Syria's acceptance of a United Nations-backed plan to end violence in the country does not change the U.S. view that Syrian President Bashar Assad must leave power. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the U.S. has heard...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Syrian forces yesterday stormed a rebel bastion as UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar Assad to "immediately" implement a six-point UN peace plan he reportedly accepted. And in Bagdhdad, Arab foreign ministers yesterday called for the UN-...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Hong said China hopes the Syrian government and all parties concerned would seize this important opportunity, support and cooperate with Annan's mediation efforts, and, therefore, help ensure the effective implementation of the plan and promote a...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Activists reported continuing violence in Syria on Wednesday, with heavy fighting in the central province of Hama, as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged the government to implement proposed measures to end the conflict. Intense clashes broke out as Syrian...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below Mr Annan's plan, which calls for an immediate, two-hour halt in fighting every day to allow help and medical evacuations, and aims to work towards a complete ceasefire and a UN-supervised monitoring mission, was unanimously...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad tried to storm the central town of Rastan, triggering a battle with rebels that killed three soldiers. The group says Syrian government...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad said during a visit to the Baba Amr neighborhood that order must be restored for the sake of the homeland. Assad visited the restive neighborhood in Homs province after security forces recaptured the district.
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Mr Assad visiting Baba Amr There was unbridled enthusiasm in the Chinese press following Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's apparent acceptance of the peace plan proposed by the UN and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan...Commentators spoke of "hope"...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Syrian government forces kept up heavy weapons fire and siege tactics against opposition strongholds on Wednesday despite President Bashar al-Assad's acceptance of a peace plan calling for the army to withdraw to its barracks, activists said. The...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
The gathering in the Iraqi capital comes as monitors reported that Syrian forces stormed the central Syria town of Qalaat al-Madiq, and as China urged Syria's government and opposition to honour commitments to halt armed conflict. The Syrian subject...
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Telegram & Gazette
| 1 year ago
AL QAA, Lebanon Despite reports of a breakthrough in international efforts to end Syrias bloodletting, heavy fighting broke out in this border region Tuesday between Syrian government troops and rebels who have taken refuge in the area, according...
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Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Drought and uprisings are threatening to undermine the Middle East's economy, Arab officials said Tuesday as they discussed plans to boost the region's stability at the start of a key summit in Baghdad. For the first time in a generation, leaders...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly defended his record on Tuesday as he made a surprise visit to Baba Amr, the district of Homs devastated by the bloodiest government offensive of the year-long uprising against his rule. Surrounded by a small...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syrian President Bashar Assad must prove he is committed to U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan 's peace plan. Annan, a former U.N. secretary-general, said Tuesday he had received a letter in which Assad agreed...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can demonstrate the seriousness with which he has accepted a U.N. peace plan by withdrawing troops from civilian areas of Syria. President Assad on Tuesday agreed to the plan...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
There is no doubt that Fulham should have been awarded a penalty against Manchester United last nigh... Like the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side...Suggested Topics Fears of the conflict in Syria spilling over into...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Western powers have reacted sceptically to Syria's acceptance of the peace plan put forward by UN envoy Kofi Annan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Bashar al-Assad would be judged by events. "Given Assad's history of over-...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Premier backs calls for positive response to UN envoy's mediation The Syrian government and parties involved should respond positively to mediation by Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, and Beijing will strengthen its efforts...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
The United States said Tuesday that Syria's reported acceptance of a peace plan by envoy Kofi Annan is an "important step," but the proof will be in the actions the Assad regime takes. "We certainly view the fact that Kofi Annan reports that he's had...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Bashar al-Assad's acceptance of Kofi Annan's peace plan has been received with scepticism as the Syrian president visits Baba Amr in Homs, the suburb where over 9,000 people have been killed in the last year. Photograph: Ay Collection/Sipa/Rex Syria '...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Incursions have been reported in the past months without triggering Lebanese protests. The United Nations estimates more than 9,000 people have been killed in Syria's upheaval over the past year, UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry told the Security...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
27 March 2012 Kofi Annan today claimed a major breakthrough in the Syrian conflict which he hopes will lead to a ceasefire from its brutal government troops. The United Nations' envoy said he had received regime backing for a six-point plan which...
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B92
| 1 year ago
UN Special Rapporteur for Syria Kofi Annan has announced that official Damascus had agreed to his plan for ending the crisis and violence in that country. Kofi Annan (file) The plan assumes that all parties will end violence in Syria, allow...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Syria has accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan that aims to end bloodshed in the strife-hit country, but the United Nations-Arab League envoy has cautioned implementation is key to peace. Over 9,100 people have been killed in Syria over the past...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Syria's government has accepted a United Nations plan to halt the bloody uprising engulfing the country and forge a political solution, U.N. special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan said Tuesday. The announcement was made in Beijing, where Annan held...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, is greeted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during their meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, March 27, 2012. China says it supports the efforts of international peace envoy Kofi Annan, who is in Beijing to...
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Daily Mail & Guardian
| 1 year ago
Syria has accepted a ceasefire and peace plan drawn up by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, his spokesperson said on Tuesday, even as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels who had taken refuge there. Annan conceded he faced a "...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
UN special envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday Syria's acceptance of his plan to end violence in the strife-torn country was "positive" but implementation was key to its success, his spokesperson said. "He does of course view it as a positive development...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
International peace envoy Kofi Annan is meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing as he tries to secure further support for his proposal to end violence in Syria, after winning the full backing of Russia. The U.N. and Arab League envoy visited China'...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to rally support in helping end the bloodshed in Syria. Annan's visit to China comes after a stop in Russia, the other country that has stymied U.N...During his two-day trip to...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
As I read the news that Prime Minister David Cameron was available for dinner with donors in return ... As warnings of antibiotics losing their effectiveness are circulated, Tony Lobl argues the power of ... Suggested Topics United Nations and Arab...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The UN and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, has arrived in Beijing to seek support for his initiative to end the violence in Syria. Speaking in Moscow before leaving, he said the crisis could not be allowed to "drag on", but said any timetable required...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles A rival to the SNC boycotted the meeting, while other opposition groups complained that hosts Turkey and Qatar were undermining the U.N.-Arab League effort to end the crisis...Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has moved on a separate track from...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Kofi Annan arrives in Beijing today to try to boost flagging diplomatic efforts to force President Bashar al-Assad to end his bloody crackdown, hoping to get China's endorsement of his blueprint for a negotiated end to Syria's deadlocked conflict. Mr...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 1 year ago
Kofi Annan will visit China to secure further support for his proposal to end violence in strife-torn Syria, after winning the full backing of Russia. Mr Annan, the United Nations-Arab League envoy on Syria, is due in China today to brief the Chinese...
