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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
As UN observers were greeted by hundreds of anti-regime protesters on the streets of Damascus yesterday (today local time), Washington said their mission was not being given the necessary freedom to properly monitor a halt to hostilities. "We have a...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syria was at a turning point and that Washington would ratchet up pressure on President Bashar Assad if violence continued there. Brussels, where she was asked about action to halt bloodshed in the year-long...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Turkish officials said they will search a German-owned vessel that is suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition bound for Syria. The 'Atlantic Cruiser' ship was stopped in the Mediterranean sea after its owner W. Bockstiegel Reederei was allegedly...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Violence between Syrian opposition forces and government troops appears to be worsening, a rights group claimed Wednesday, further undermining a United Nations -brokered cease-fire. Share This Story The British Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The Atlantic Cruiser, which is owned by a German firm but flies an Antigua and Barbuda flag, has docked at the Turkish port of Iskenderun. The owners received an email claiming the vessel contains weapons destined for Syria, and that it would be...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
But for now, Bashar al-Assad continues to set most of the terms. With more creative international action he will not be able to do so in the medium to long term...The unanimous Security Council resolution that puts UN monitors on the ground in Syria...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Arab League ministers met U.N.-Arab special envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday and pressed Syria to cooperate fully with his peace mission, first by providing unfettered access to ceasefire monitors. A six-day-old truce has held in some areas of Syria but...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
An Italian warplane arrived in Lebanon Wednesday carrying a vehicle to be transported to the U.N. observer mission in Syria tasked with monitoring a cease-fire. The plane, aboard which was a Land Cruiser for the 250-strong mission, landed at Rafik...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syrian forces shelled rebel areas anew on Wednesday, six days into a UN-backed ceasefire, sparking new pressure for unfettered nationwide access for an observer mission intended to oversee it. UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who was due to report to the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Russia on Wednesday accused the armed opposition in Syria of trying to provoke violence that could involve foreign powers and said it saw nothing standing in the way of dialogue. "There are plenty of those who would like to see [Kofi] Annan's plan...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Morocco's foreign minister urged Russia on Wednesday to press the Syrian government to adhere to a ceasefire and withdraw forces from cities in accordance with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan. A six-day-old truce has held in some parts...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem was to begin a two-day visit to China on Wednesday in the first bilateral high-level exchange since the cease-fire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan took effect last week. The Chinese Foreign...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
A United Nations mission to oversee an end to violence in Syria may need to bring in its own aircraft and deploy more troops to ensure that a firm cease-fire takes hold throughout the country, U.N...The six-day-old truce has held in some parts of...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syria is holding up an accord with an advance party of UN ceasefire monitors which threatens approval for the full mission, diplomats said Tuesday. Negotiations have become deadlocked on a memorandum of understanding which would allow the eight UN...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
A group of 50 countries supporting sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime on Tuesday issued a statement denouncing continued arms sales to Damascus. After meeting in Paris, the countries expressed "strong disapproval of any financial or...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the casualties occurred when army tanks shelled the town of Busra al-Harir, a stronghold of the rebel Free Syrian Army in southern Daraa province. The activist group said troops loyal to...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
There are those who want Kofi Annan's plan to fail," Lavrov said in televised remarks. "Today, those who ... from the beginning foretold the failure of Annan's plan are doing a lot to see to it that this prophecy comes true." "They are doing this by...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Diplomats and finance ministry officials from the Arab world, the West and elsewhere are meeting to coordinate sanction measures taken against Syrian President Bashar Assad's repressive regime.
The Arab League and the European Union are...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States is "hoping for the best" but is discussing next steps with other powers if the ceasefire in Syria collapses. "Much of Syria is quieter... We know the ceasefire is not complete...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below Although al-Masri described the atmosphere as "positive" between the UN team and the Syrian authorities, a western diplomatic source in Damascus told DPA "that there are a lot of obstacles and this can delay the deployment of...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The cease-fire in Syria largely took hold last Thursday, but only briefly. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have resumed some shelling of opposition strongholds, and the government's tanks and troops did not pull out of cities and towns, as...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Syria is holding, even though regime forces have been hammering the rebellious city of Homs with artillery for days.
It's a sign of the leeway the international community seems willing to give President Bashar Assad in hopes of forcing...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
The first batch of unarmed military observers has arrived in Damascus to monitor compliance with the fragile, four-day-old ceasefire negotiated by special envoy Kofi Annan. But some reports on the ground suggest continuing violence. The team, drawn...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon requested the Syrian government to grant full access to the international observers who arrived in Syria Monday. "We are not considering options such as military security for our envoys at present, since we trust that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
A German shipping firm on Monday dismissed reports one of its vessels was carrying Iranian arms bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Respected news weekly Der Spiegel reported at the weekend...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Tough though it has been, getting agreement on the ceasefire in Syria is the easy bit compared with what comes next. The truce itself has been shaky, and has more or less completely collapsed in some areas, especially those, mainly Sunni, quarters of...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
An advance team of six United Nations observers will begin monitoring a shaky cease-fire in Syria, as activists said government troops continue to shell rebel neighborhoods in the opposition stronghold, Homs, and clashes persisted elsewhere. The...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The Local Coordination Committees and the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said two people were killed in Hama in central Syria on Monday when security forces opened fire on their car. The weekend pounding of Homs along with...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
UN peace monitors in Syria set to begin mission APP 13 mins ago US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses members of the media at UN headquarters after the United Nations Security Council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Six United Nations observers arrived in the capital of Syria on Sunday night to begin monitoring a cease-fire even as violence continued in parts of the country, further fraying the peace plan. "They've arrived and they will start work tomorrow...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
41 Iran and Russia have reportedly made a series of arms shipments to Syria during the crackdown on protests [EPA] A German-owned ship that is suspected of trying to transport Iranian weapons to Syria has been diverted to an unspecified port for...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A German freighter allegedly loaded with Iranian weapons and ammunition for Syria was prevented from docking at a Syrian port, an official said. "We stopped the ship after getting information on the weapons cargo," Torsten Luddkee a shipping agent of...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
56 Activists say Syrian government forces heavily shelled residential neighbourhoods dominated by opposition fighters in the central city of Homs, just hours before the arrival in Damascus of an advance team of UN observers.
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Syrian forces heavily shelled rebel-held areas in the flashpoint city of Homs Sunday, hours before a small advance team of unarmed U.N. observers is set to arrive in the war-torn country. Activists in the Khalidiya neighborhood of Homs, one of...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syrian regime forces shelled rebel areas and clashed with gunmen on Sunday in a new test to a shaky UN-backed ceasefire as international monitors prepared to arrive in the unrest-hit country. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad subjected the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The resolution called upon "all parties, including the opposition, immediately to cease all armed violence in all its forms". The resolution also contained intention to establish a full mission in Syria once the ceasefire has been...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 1 year ago
The resolution calls on Syrian government forces to withdraw from towns and cities, a key element in the six-point peace plan of joint U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Damascus agreed to the cease-fire at Thursday's deadline but has not fulfilled...
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Zaman.com
| 1 year ago
With the death toll in the 13-month-old Syrian uprising having exceeded the 10,000 mark last week, Russia and China have signaled that they may change their position with respect to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, unlocking the key to...
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Telegraph India
| 1 year ago
It is the first resolution the 15-nation council approved since the anti-government uprising in Syria began 13 months ago. Moscow and Beijing twice vetoed council resolutions condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's assault on protesters opposed...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
U.N. team monitoring the ceasefire between the government and rebels in Syria, India underlined the importance of the mission observing the principles of integrity by being impartial and independent. Hardeep Puri said it was important that the U.N.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
It is the council's first ever resolution on the Syrian crisis, which began more than 13 months ago. The resolution approved sending the first 30 unarmed military monitors, who left for Syria immediately, arriving on Sunday (local time). It also...
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News 24
| 1 year ago
The UN Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously in favour of a Western-drafted resolution to send observers to monitor a shaky truce in Syria, where the latest reports claim sporadic violence has killed 12 people. Russia, a staunch ally of the...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
In an unfailingly mischievous manner, Sarah Maple uses narrative artwork to challenge traditional no... As we watch 'part two' of Jason Russell's explosive film campaign to expose the heinous crimes commi... Suggested Topics Foreign Secretary William...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to authorize an observer mission to monitor the cease-fire in Syria. The vote came after two days of intense negotiations over the wording of the draft resolution, with Russia raising...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to send up to 30 U.N. blue berets to Syria as the spearhead of a U.N. monitoring mission charged with reinforcing a shaky two-day cease-fire between the Syrian government and armed insurgents. The vote...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved sending up to 30 unarmed monitors to Syria to help maintain what at best can be described as a fragile cease-fire. The vote came as activists reported almost 20 deaths across Syria, including nine in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously passed its first resolution on the Syrian crisis, allowing an advance party of ceasefire monitors to go to the country on the brink of civil war. UN Resolution 2042 approved the first 30 unarmed...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
Opposition activists said at least six people were killed in Syria on Saturday as the UN Security Council tentatively was scheduled to vote to authorize an advance team to monitor a fragile, three-day-old ceasefire. Activists also reported the first...
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Twin Boro News
| 1 year ago
Syrian troops and rebel gunmen carried out attacks across Syria on Saturday, killing at least nine people in a surge of violence that threatened a U.N.-brokered cease-fire...Security Council considered whether to send the first wave of military...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
South Africa said it supported a Western-drafted UN Security Council resolution allowing a ceasefire observer mission in Syria as the body prepared to vote on Saturday. The country, which is a non-permanent member of the Security Council, called on "...
