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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
These latest losses to the Syrian dictator are of course not decisive in themselves. But they add to the general picture in which the regime, while still defiant, is visibly running out of ideas. It is doubling down on the only strategy available to...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
A wounded Syrian man is lifted off the back of a pickup truck following shelling by Syrian government forces close to the restive city of Homs yesterday. Turkey said yesterday Syrian forces had fired towards a Turkish military transport plane...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks with the media during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, June 25, 2012. VOA News June 25, 2012 The European Union is warning against a military escalation in Syria, even as it...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Eight Syrian army officers including a general fled to Turkey overnight to join the swelling ranks of rebels based near the border, a Turkish diplomat said Monday as tensions escalated between the two neighbours. One general, two colonels and five...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story video A general, several colonels, and a couple of majors accompanied by nearly three dozen soldiers slipped across the Turkish border last night, the latest in a growing stream of defectors. According to a Turkish news agency, the fleeing...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Six senior Syrian military officers, including a general, have defected to Turkey, amid worries that Ankara may retaliate for the shooting down of one of its F-4 warplanes by Syria over the weekend, according to reports. Share This Story Other...
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The Independent
| 11 months ago
Suggested Topics Foreign Secretary William Hague today welcomed a further strengthening of EU sanctions on Syria, intensifying the pressure on the regime of president Bashar Assad. Mr Hague said EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg had agreed a series...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
25 The EU is adding another Syrian official and six companies and government institutions to its sanctions list [AFP] Turkey's state-run news agency says 33 more members of the Syrian military have defected to Turkey with their families at a time of...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
25 June 2012 A host of top Syrian army officers have defected from brutal President Bashar Assad's forces and arrived in Turkey. A general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have turned up, with their families, Turkish state...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Another general has fled to Turkey from neighboring Syria and joined the swelling ranks of rebel soldiers based close to the border, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. The defection brought to 13 the number of generals seeking refuge in...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
June 25, 2012 Residents in countries near Syria are largely critical of President Bashar Assad, as the 15-month-old uprising and crackdown on dissent only looks to worsen, according to a recent survey. The vast majority of Jordanians, Egyptians,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Australia Monday announced fresh sanctions against Syria restricting or prohibiting trade across entire sectors as Foreign Minister Bob Carr urged Russia to take a lead role in regime change. The new measures affect trade between Australia and Syria...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
Foreign Minister Bob Carr says Australia is stepping up sanctions on Syria in an effort to push the regime to agree to a ceasefire. Australia already has an arms embargo in place, as well as travel and financial restrictions for individuals in Bashar...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network yesterday, shows Syrians carrying the coffin of a person killed during the Syrian army offensive of the restive city of Homs on June 20, 2012. Violence in Syria killed at least 34...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Members of disparate Syrian groups opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad are meeting in Brussels to hash out their differences and plan for a democratic transition. The opposition groups are divided over whether outside military...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
Protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad took place mainly in suburbs of Damascus. Forces loyal to Assad opened fire on protesters, killing dozens. Earlier Saturday, Assad named a new government, in the hope of quelling some of the...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Ambassador to Syria Edward Djerejian says the West will just have to wait out events in Syria. (Courtesy Rice University) Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Edward Djerejian says perhaps the most telling symbol of the so-called Arab Spring was a placard...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
Turkey was weighing its response Saturday to the shooting down by Syria of one of its planes, an incident that sent tensions soaring between two neighbors already at odds over the uprising against President Bashar Assad 's rule. The deliberations...
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Zaman.com
| 11 months ago
The decision of the United Nations observers to suspend operations in Syria due to the escalating violence has led the international community to consider alternative steps, including the Yemeni model, to solve the Syrian crisis that began last March.
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Novinite
| 11 months ago
Turkish fighter jet downed by Syria, in Damascus, Syria, 23 June 2012. Turkish President Abdullah Gul stated his country will do "whatever is needed" in response to the incident, in which a Turkish military fighter jet was downed by the Syrian army.
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Gallery Turkish President Abdullah Gul was quoted by Turkish media as saying that the government was trying to ascertain where the plane at the time, suggesting it was looking for ways to ease the crisis...It is not possible to cover over a thing...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are paying salaries to rebel forces fighting in the Syrian revolt against President Bashar Assad, an Arab diplomat said on Saturday. "The payment has been going on for months and the agreement was made on April 2 by Saudi...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Pew data shows Lebanon sole Arab country in ME that did not strongly endorse Syrian president's departure; not many support Arab-led action to intervention, even less support Western-led action against Assad. Overwhelming majorities in the Arab...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Tariq Alhomayed Friday 22 June 2012 The reported shooting down of a Turkish warplane by the Assad's air defense is an important message to everybody in Ankara, as well as the international community, namely that the Assad regime and those backing it...
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Eurasianet
| 11 months ago
For the last few months, Turkey has been executing a rather complicated dance with regards to troubled next door neighbor Syria. While supporting and housing elements of the Syrian opposition, Ankara has continued to insist it only providing aid for "...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Osman Orsal/Reuters A Turkish military jet has crashed in the eastern Mediterranean, amid claims that Syria shot the plane down and then apologised for the incident. Turkish and Syrian vessels were searching for the F-4 jet, which went down in the...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Turkey lost a warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday, but its prime minister said he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot it down and had apologized. If the Syrians did indeed bring down the Turkish F-4 jet, a new crisis could erupt...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Amid reports that Russian Navy ships are preparing to steam to Syria, Russia intensified its diplomacy Friday on Syria...Petersburg in an effort to keep Syria from falling into a full-fledged civil war. After the two hour meeting, Sergei Lavrov, the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Share This Story He told the Haberturk newspaper: "Syria immediately offered a very serious apology for the incident and admitted it was a mistake." Erdogan is also quoted as claiming that both the F-4 Phantom's pilot and navigator survived the crash.
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Idlib has been under the control of the Syrian army and the feared Shabiha militia for most of the uprising. Photograph: John Densky It is hard to miss the tension in the smoke stained room of the former police station in Altima; a stone's throw...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Turkey loses warplane off southeast coast; Ankara denies reports that Syria admitted shooting down plane and apologized. Turkey lost a warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday, but its prime minister said he could not confirm reports that Syria had...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
Syrian troops clashed with rebels in the third-largest city Homs on Friday, scuppering a new bid to rescue trapped civilians as the United Nations said up to 1.5 million people were now in need of aid. The fresh bombardment of the central, Orontes...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Free Syria Army fighters are to be paid by Saudi Arabia in an attempt to encourage pro-Assad troops to defect. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Story continues below At least 114 people were reported killed in Syria on Thursday, Red Cross access to a troubled area was blocked and a Syrian air force pilot defected in the course of what activists called ''a bloody day'' as heavy shelling...
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Mail and Guardian
| 11 months ago
The violence, which followed a day of bloodshed across Syria in which 125 deaths were reported, is further evidence of a slide towards sectarian-tinged civil war in a country where majority Sunni Muslims are spearheading an anti-Assad revolt. Russia,...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Xinhua said armed terrorist groups abducted a number of citizens and massacred them in Darat Ezzeh suburb of Aleppo...Syria has witnessed a number of high profile massacres that has brought international condemnation for President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Hindustan Times
| 11 months ago
At least 25 men were found killed in northern Syria's Aleppo province on Friday and Syrian state media said they were victims of a massacre by anti-government "terrorists". A pro-opposition monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Moscow defied Western pressure over Syria on Thursday, announcing that a cargo ship would deliver weapons to the country under the Russian national flag despite being forced to abandon its voyage when Britain withdrew insurance cover. The MV Alaed...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Britain and the US are believed to have offered Syria's President Bashar al-Assad clemency in exchange for agreeing to a transfer of power. The plan would also see Assad offered safe passage to Geneva to take part in peace talks aimed at shaping a...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Top Assad regime advisers have secret plans to defect, U.S. officials said as Jordan granted asylum to a Syrian fighter pilot who landed a warplane near Amman. Senior military figures who are part of President Bashar Assad's inner circle are among...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Escalating violence in Syria is hampering U.N. efforts to expand aid operations and help more than 1 million people caught up in 15 months of turmoil, a U.N. official said...Development Program representative in neighboring Lebanon, said the United...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
Battalion activists have posted a video clip on the Internet featuring a woman speaking on behalf of ten women, whose faces are covered. The woman says, "The mission of this battalion is to use different types of weapons to defend ourselves against...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The United States said Thursday there was no truth to reports it was ready, along with Britain, to offer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad safe passage to travel to Geneva to meet opposition leaders. Washington said it was not its role to decide Assad'...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel next week to Israel and Jordan for talks set to be framed by the worsening crisis in Syria that risks sending shockwaves across the entire Middle East. The centerpieces of the trip are a visit to the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Lavrov told Echo Moskvy radio on Thursday that the comments were "inappropriate for a politician at such a high level. Cameron, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, told reporters on Tuesday that "it...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
The United Nations says at least 10,000 Syrians are dead and 1 million are in need of assistance in a conflict that appears to be spiraling towards civil war. The escalating violence is prompting some to call for Western military intervention, as...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Over half of the Lebanese hold unfavorable views of Syrian President Bashar Assad and believe he should step down, according to results of a poll conducted by U.S.-based PEW Research Center released Thursday. Fifty-three percent of Lebanese polled...
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Palestine Chronicle
| 11 months ago
26 06/21/2012 What started as an extension to the Arab Spring is pushing Syria to the verge of a civil war. Bashar Al Assad must stop deluding himself by blaming the frustration of the Syrian people on a foreign conspiracy. Indulging in self-denial...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The Daily Star The ordeal of Syria has been a rebuttal of what the diplomacy of Barack Obama once promised and stood for. It is largely forgotten now that Syria and Iran were the two regimes in the Greater Middle East that Obama had promised to...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Washington Robert Ford , the US ambassador to Syria , spent much of his time taking America's support for Syria's pro-democracy opposition directly to the streets before he was pulled out of the country in February out of concern for his safety.
