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Zee News
| 12 months ago
A suicide bomb car tore through a roundabout in Syria's northern Idlib province on Monday, leaving a number of injuries, including a child, pro-government al-Ekhbaria TV said. It said that the blast occurred just 500 meters away from a hotel where...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
VOA News June 05, 2012 Fierce clashes between government troops and opposition forces in Syria's western Latakia province are further dimming hopes that diplomats can salvage a cease-fire and end the bloodshed. The London-based Syrian Observatory for...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Russia and China Tuesday to be "part of the solution" to the crisis in Syria and warned that any hope for peace depended on a political transition. "We believe there is a way forward and we are ready to...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
VOA News June 05, 2012 China says it remains united with Russia in opposing foreign intervention in Syria's conflict, as Syria barred a number of U.S. and European diplomats on Tuesday. With the Russian president visiting Beijing, Chinese Foreign...
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The Courier-Mail
| 12 months ago
US and European diplomats today, saying they were "no longer welcome" as the country plunged into its most profound international isolation in decades. Last week, Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats in a coordinated move over the Houla massacre,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Syria's rebels said on Monday that they had killed as many as 100 government soldiers in the most ferocious opposition offensive of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad as they announced a formal repudiation of the UN-backed ceasefire. The...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 12 months ago
Syrian government troops fought deadly battles with armed rebels as the European Union pushed for an end to a split with Russia over how to end the 15-month bloodshed. In talks in Saint Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin, EU President...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
Beijing said Tuesday China and Russia oppose foreign intervention and forced regime change in Syria, as Russian President Vladimir Putin began a trip aimed at bolstering ties between the two neighbors. Beijing and Moscow have walked in lockstep on...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
China's UN envoy said Monday that efforts to end the Syria crisis are at a "crossroads" and that government and opposition forces must halt violence. The Houla massacre has dealt a huge blow to the mediation mission of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan,...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Heavy Clashes Reported Published: June 5, 2012 A Syrian activist group reported that at least 80 soldiers were killed over the weekend in clashes with rebels, which would be one of the largest losses for government forces since the uprising began in...
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Arab News
| 12 months ago
Monday 4 June 2012 The Council of Ministers yesterday expressed deep concern over the worsening security situation in Syria and called for an immediate UN Security Council intervention to stop the bloodbath, violence and crimes in the war-torn...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
The Daily Star Anti-regime Syrians examine a tank that was damaged during clashes in the northern town of Ariha, in Idlib province. Syrian opposition fighters poured cold water on efforts to revive a fledgling U.N.-backed peace plan Monday, with Free...
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Canada.com
| 12 months ago
Syrian rebels are no longer committed to a UN-backed peace plan that has failed to end the violence and have launched attacks on government forces to "defend our people," a spokesman said on Monday. "We have decided to end our commitment to this (...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
International envoy Kofi Annan will hold talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on Friday as the international community gropes for a way to end the bloodshed in Syria, a US official said. "There's actually quite a lot going...
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Fox News
| 12 months ago
China's U.N. ambassador says his government is not trying to protect Syrian President Bashar Assad and will respect the will of the Syrian people on the country's future. Li Baodong told reporters Monday that China is urging all parties to...
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War In Context
| 12 months ago
My impression is that Annan is resolute, and is just now nearing the make-or-break point of his difficult mission. He has sketched out a path of critical steps including local, regional and global actors needed to avert all-out war and instead...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi will head to the U.N. on Thursday for talks with Ban Ki-moon about the deteriorating situation in Syria. On Saturday, the Arab League called on the U.N. to subject special envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan for...
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Fox News
| 12 months ago
FoxNews.com Faced with failed efforts to end the political violence in Syria, United Nations envoy Kofi Annan is turning to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for help. Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, is scheduled to travel to...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
Petersburg Monday underscored the differences between the two parties with respect to the sources of violence in Syria and the role of President Bashar al-Assad 's regime. "The European Union and Russia might have some diverging assessments, but we...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
Rebels apparently follow through on threat to attack Assad's troops if ceasefire not recognized by gov't, 80 soldiers killed. Syrian rebels killed at least 80 army soldiers at the weekend, an opposition watchdog said on Monday, in a surge of attacks...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Russia n Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to be pressured on the Syrian crisis when he meets with European leaders in St...Share This Story Russia has been opposed to outside intervention in Syria for the duration of President Bashar al-...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Yerevan Monday for talks with Armenian leaders as she pushed diplomatically for a political transition in Syria amid fears of a full-blown civil war. Clinton spoke by telephone earlier with UN and Arab...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
China's top state newspaper on Monday warned against foreign action in Syria and said the abandonment of special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan could plunge the country "into the abyss of full-scale war." The commentary in the People's Daily comes as...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has demanded a "serious review" of deadlocked efforts to end the Syria bloodshed, signaling that even his Nobel Peace prize-winning patience is wearing thin. Diplomats said Annan, a former UN secretary general, was...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
The talks between EU officials and Putin are expected to take place today during the summit here. As part of the discussion, EU wants Russia to talk to Syria to ensure implementation of Kofi Annan's peace plan. Russia and China reportedly are...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
EU officials are expected to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a stronger line on Syria during a summit in St Petersburg. EU nations want Russia to put pressure on its ally to withdraw heavy weapons from cities and comply fully with...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad condemned Sunday the abominable massacre of over 100 people in Houla, saying even monsters could not carry out such acts, and promised that the 15-month-old crisis in the country would end soon if Syrians pulled together.
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
Assad says Houla killings monstrous '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Reuters : Beirut, Amman, Mon Jun 04 2012, 01:11 hrs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad condemned on Sunday the abominable massacre of more than 100 people in Houla,...
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Leader Post Online
| 12 months ago
President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday dismissed allegations that his government had a hand in the Houla massacre and accused foreign-backed forces of plotting to destroy Syria. On the ground troops clashed with rebels and at least seven people were...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging Russia to help start a political transition in Syria, the outcome of which she says will be President Bashar al-Assad's ouster. When Secretary Clinton spoke Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Russia Sunday to get behind a political transition in Syria, saying President Bashar al-Assad's departure was not a precondition but should be "an outcome." Clinton spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
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The Courier-Mail
| 12 months ago
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for broad international talks on the rising Syrian crisis, urging Security Council members to consider Arab League demands for stronger UN action in the strife-torn country. "Our priority at this time is to help the Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal accused Syria's President Bashar al-Assad of "maneuvering" to gain time, at a joint news conference Sunday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon. "Every initiative has been accepted by the Syrian regime and was not...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
V Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, meets Kofi Annan, the United Nations special envoy to Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will deliver a speech to parliament later on Sunday, state television reported, a day after international envoy...
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Arab News
| 12 months ago
Tariq Alhomayed Saturday 2 June 2012 UN envoy Kofi Annan expressed his frustration at the situation in Syria, saying we have run out of patience, we are not grateful to the killings. I'm the first to condemn these operations and I want the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
There can be no solution to crisis in Syria without President Bashar Assad quitting power, Hollande told journalists. There can be no solution to the crisis in Syria without President Bashar Assad quitting power, French President Francois Hollande...
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Canada.com
| 12 months ago
International peace envoy Kofi Annan accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of atrocities and arbitrary arrests, and said on Saturday he had delivered a blunt message to Assad to act now to implement all points of a peace plan. Annan,...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 12 months ago
Annan himself warned of sectarian warfare, singling out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime as the key to resolving the conflict. Washington and Moscow agreed on the need to work together on Syria, a US official said following a phone...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
VOA News June 02, 2012 Arab League leaders are trying to increase the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while the international envoy on Syria warned "the specter of all-out war" in the country grows by the day. Arab League members met...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Nabil Mounzer/EPA At least 10 people have been killed and 30 wounded in northern Lebanon amid fears that the continuing crisis in Syria could spill over into all-out sectarian war in the region. The gun battle in the town of Tripoli is the worst non-...
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Mail and Guardian
| 12 months ago
Spectre of an all-out war growing by the day in Syria Kofi Annan has warned that an all-out war looms in Syria, holding President Bashar al-Assad as the first responsible to act to end the conflict. International envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday...
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Al Jazeera
| 12 months ago
41 Activists reported the deaths of 13 people across Syria on Saturday [Reuters] International peace envoy Kofi Annan has warned that Syria is slipping into "all-out" war, as activists on the ground reported the deaths of 13 people across the country.
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News 24
| 12 months ago
Clashes broke out between Syrian troops and rebels outside Damascus on Saturday as world powers warned of the country descending into civil war. And Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said he had asked the UN Security Council to take strong...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
Qatar on Saturday urged UN envoy Kofi Annan to set a timeframe for his Syria peace mission, and asked the UN Security Council to apply Chapter VII which permits military intervention. And the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi went...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
says int'l peace envoy should set time limit for his mission; Syrian rebels kill 14 soldiers in Deraa, Damascus. International peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war, and a Syrian opposition figure said...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
The head of Syria 's largest exile opposition group says he would welcome Arab military action aimed at ending attacks by Bashar Assad's regime against Syria n rebel forces and civilians. Burhan Ghalioun, head of the Syria n National Council, made...
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NOW Lebanon
| 12 months ago
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said on Saturday he has asked the UN Security Council to take strong action in order to protect civilians in Syria. "I sent a letter to the UN Security Council asking it to undertake all necessary measures...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Russia n President Vladimir Putin maintained his position on Syrian crisis on Friday and supported the Assad regime while resisting any tough sanction proposed by the western powers. Share This Story Putin was of the opinion that the peace plan...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 12 months ago
Evidence of a new massacre, the third in a week, surfaced Friday in Syria as a U.N. human rights panel called for an "international, transparent, independent and prompt investigation" into mass killings last week in the township of Houla that left...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
Mr. Annan is a very experienced and respectable person and we must do everything for his mission to succeed. I think it is counterproductive to announce his mission as a failure in advance," Putin told a news conference in Paris. "Sanctions don't...
