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The Independent
| 1 year ago
Suggested Topics Hopes for a Syrian ceasefire faded dramatically yesterday as rebels rejected a last-minute demand from the regime for "written guarantees" that they will lay down their arms after government troops withdraw. The 11th-hour request...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
The Assad regime's Foreign Ministry was completely right when it announced yesterday that the tyrant of Damascus would not withdraw his forces from cities in accordance with UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's deadline on the 10th of April, and that...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Bashar Assad's regime in Syria gets written guarantees from the armed terrorist groups to surrender, announced the Syrian Foreign Ministry on April 8, it will comply with its promise to withdraw its tanks and artillery from rebellious Syrian cities...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
The foreign ministry's request came as a weekend escalation in violence claimed almost 180 lives, most of them civilians, ahead of the UN deadline of Tuesday for regime forces to cease fire. The surge in bloodshed prompted harsh words from Mr Annan...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 1 year ago
Lebanon Contradicting reports from the United Nations last week that Syria's government had agreed to a cease fire that would have gone into effect on Thursday, the Syrian government said Sunday it would not withdraw troops from restive areas unless...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
The government said it would not pull back troops from flashpoints without written guarantees from rebels that they would stop fighting. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Hopes for a peaceful end to the Syrian crisis were fading rapidly on Sunday after...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
The leader of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Sunday a peace plan put forward by international mediator Kofi Annan was bound to fail because Syria's government would not implement it. Riad al-Asaad added his group had not been asked to...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Syria's president Bashar al Assad had reportedly given assurances to UN special envoy Kofi Annan that his regime had already begun pulling its forces and tanks off the streets. But now the Syrian leader says he wants written guarantees from the...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
08 Syria's government appears to be pulling back from a United Nations peace plan, saying it wants "written guarantees" that opposition fighters will lay down arms before it implements a troop pullback agreed by President Bashar al-Assad, a demand...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
The Syrian government said it wants written guarantees from opposition groups that they will halt violence before it pulls back troops as part of a U.N. plan. A statement from Syria's Foreign Ministry said U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan had "not yet...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
A UN-brokered peace deal for Syria appeared to collapse Sunday as the government made a new demand that its opponents provide written guarantees to lay down their weapons before regime forces withdraw from cities, a call swiftly rejected by the...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Syrian officials called on Sunday for a written statement guaranteeing that armed rebels against the government will lay down their arms, before security forces withdraw from towns, jeopardizing hopes that a U.N.-brokered peace plan could halt...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The Syrian government says it wants iron-clad assurances that insurgents will stop fighting before it implements a troop pullback agreed to by President Bashar al-Assad. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Sunday earlier reports that...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, seeking to end the conflict that has killed more than 9,000 people in the past year, said the latest bloodshed violated the guarantees he had been given and urged Damascus to keep its promises. The deal Annan brokered...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The Syrian government will not withdraw its forces from Syrian protest hubs without "written guarantees" that the opposition will also lay down its arms, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. "To say that Syria will pull back its forces...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Syria said on Sunday it wants "written guarantees" that insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under a peace plan agreed by President Bashar al-Assad, casting fresh doubt over a truce that is due to happen this week. The plan,...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
Syria's Foreign Ministry says the government will not withdraw its troops from cities without written guarantees from armed groups that they will also lay down their weapons. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi says earlier statements that...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
21 The US has asked Syria to abide by a ceasefire agreement that is due to take effect this week as activists report the army is intensifying attacks against opposition fighters. The warning came as government forces pounded more opposition...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Thousands of people have taken into the streets of Damascus in a massive pro-government rally. Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the opposition for the recent spate of violence ahead of the ceasefire deadline. ...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
About 70 people were killed in violence in Syria over a 24-hour span, sources told the BBC Saturday, days before the deadline for a U.N.-backed cease-fire. More than 30 people died in Latamneh, a suburb of the city of Hama, in government shelling,...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
The United States released satellite images on Friday that it said showed Syria has artillery poised to hit residential areas and has moved some forces from one town to another despite calls for a withdrawal. Robert Ford, the US ambassador to Syria,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Each side has accused the other of intensifying assaults in the run-up to the truce due to take effect early on Thursday. The truce can only be implemented if government forces begin pulling back from towns 48 hours earlier in line with UN-Arab...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
At least 80 people were reported killed across Syria on Saturday, 52 of them civilians, as regime forces pressed a protest crackdown three days ahead of a deadline to cease fire and pull back. Monitors reported the latest deaths despite UN chief Ban...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) said it had met a delegation from peace envoy Kofi Annan this week and confirmed its fighters would stop shooting if Assad withdraws his tanks and troops to barracks before a ceasefire deadline next Thursday. Talks were...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The UN Security Council on Thursday formally approved an April 10 deadline for the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to cease military operations and for opposition rebels to do the same over the following 48 hours. And Damascus has demanded...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
At least 24 Syrians were killed in violence on Friday, opposition activists said, only four days before a troop pullback agreed by President Bashar Assad as part of a peace plan proposed by mediator Kofi Annan. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) met a delegation from peace envoy Kofi Annan this week and confirmed that their fighters will stop shooting if President Bashar al-Assad withdraws his tanks and troops to barracks before a ceasefire deadline next Thursday.
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size Four days before a ceasefire is supposed to begin, Syrian forces have stepped up their campaign to crush dissidents, sending more tanks, snipers and gunship helicopters into opposition towns and cities. Share This Story Related Articles "...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Syria will not abide by a U.N.-backed cease-fire plan unless outside countries pledge in writing to stop aiding rebel fighters, Syria's U.N. ambassador said. Bashar Jaafari told reporters at the United Nations that Syrian police were not covered by...
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MarketWatch
| 1 year ago
Syria on Friday continued to be wracked by fighting between government loyalists and opposition protesters, with reports describing shooting and confrontations in a number of cities. Night raids in Afghanistan U.S. and Afghan officials are close to a...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Syrian claims to have begun withdrawing troops from restive cities in accordance with a UN-backed ceasefire plan have been called into question after it mounted one of its biggest offensives in months against rebel strongholds. More than 30 people...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
AP Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 5, 2012 Syrian opposition groups reported fresh violence in several areas of Syria on...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syria's UN envoy on Thursday demanded that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Western nations not undermine Kofi Annan's peace mission by paying and supporting opposition groups. As President Bashar al-Assad's government faced growing international...
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Toronto Star
| 1 year ago
Syria's capital, were reported on Thursday, and the leader of the United Nations said the conflict was getting worse contradicting assurances by the Syrian government that it was complying with a ceasefire plan. The violence came as the Security...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
01 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Syria's conflict is deepening and attacks on civilian areas show no sign of abating, though President Bashar Assad's government insists it is withdrawing troops ahead of April 10 UN...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
Syria launched a blistering assault Thursday on the outskirts of its capital, shelling residential areas and deploying snipers on rooftops as international envoy Kofi Annan demanded every fighter lay down arms in time for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire.
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The United States on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to respect a UN-backed April 10 deadline to end his "horrible" crackdown or face further international pressure. Echoing assessments made at the United Nations, State Department...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
The first and second floor of building in Damascus hit by shelling after a raid by army troops reportedly killed several rebels and civilians on Thursday. Photograph: AP Syria has been urged by the UN to implement "urgently and visibly" an...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
The violence in Syria cannot be averted by means of traditional observers, believes UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Therefore the UN is preparing a peace-keeping mission with a broad and flexible mandate to ensure the conflict ends April 12. ...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Security Council demanded Thursday that Syria immediately and verifiably halt its attacks on opposition targets as special emissary Kofi Annan told the U.N. General Assembly that Syrian military operations in civilian population centers have not...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told U.N. member states Thursday that April 12 remains a firm deadline for an end to violence in Syria. But he added that although the Syrian government has committed to halting its military action against rebels and...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 1 year ago
Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:20 am (0) Comments Font Size: The U.N. Security Council is calling on Syria "to urgently and visibly" fulfill its pledge to halt the use of troops and heavy weapons in cities and towns by the April 10 deadline.
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
A team led by a Norwegian major general arrived in Damascus on Thursday to negotiate the possible deployment of a U.N. team that would monitor a cease-fire agreement between Syrian government troops and rebel forces, a spokesman for the U.N...His...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said Syrian authorities "told us that they have begun withdrawing troops from certain areas", namely the cities of Deraa, Idlib and Zabadani. Speaking in Geneva, he said this was being verified, but did not say how. "...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
A spokesman for Kofi Annan says Syria told the U.N.-Arab League envoy that it has begun withdrawing troops from three areas as part of a cease-fire plan it agreed to implement by April 10. The plan calls for all other parties to halt violence within...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
35 General Mood will assess the implementation of a troop pullout pledged by President Assad [EPA] Fierce clashes have been reported between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters in Douma, near the capital Damascus, and in other parts of...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
The United Nations expects a cease-fire between Syrian troops and opposition forces to be in place no later than April 12, a spokesman for the U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Thursday, as activists reported a fierce attack by government troops...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Russia on Thursday warned the West against using threats and ultimatums in its approach to Syria's regime as the United Nations prepared a statement on the protracted conflict. "Russia proceeds from a deep conviction that any steps around Syria...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The United States on Wednesday voiced doubts that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would comply with a peace plan deadline, criticizing an "intensification" of violence against opponents. Syrian activists said government forces pressed a crackdown on...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Syrian activists prepare signs for protests at a house in a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. United Nations monitors are headed to Syria in a mission aimed at decreasing violence in the country. Their arrival comes as Syrian forces are launching...
