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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The Daily Star Demonstrators rally against Assad's rule in Kafranbel, near Idlib. Accounts differed Friday on how up to 220 people were killed in the village of Tremseh near central Hama, but the latest reported atrocity at the hands of Syrian...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
FoxNews.com The United States intercepted several streams of signals intelligence about a week ago suggesting that elements within the Syrian regime transferred some amount of chemical agents, possibly including sarin nerve gas, to the Homs region, a...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Russia urged U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan on Friday to work more closely with the Syrian opposition and a Foreign Ministry source said it would push the idea at talks with Annan in Moscow on Monday. Russia has repeatedly defended President Bashar al-...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-07-13 11:13 AM Syria n opposition activists said more than 200 people were killed in a Sunni village on Thursday by government forces using tanks and...
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Al Ahram
| 11 months ago
It's a lonely sojourn, writes Graham Usher at the United Nations In what may be the last throw of the dice for his diplomacy, on 9 July UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan said he had agreed with President Bashar Al-Assad "to build an...
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Al Ahram
| 11 months ago
Iraq's balancing act on the Syrian crisis seems more confused than confusing, writes Salah Nasrawi Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari surprised delegates at a conference of the Syrian opposition groups in Cairo recently by describing the uprising...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
The United States says military and diplomatic defections in Syria show a continuing "momentum building" against President Bashar al-Assad. The White House said Thursday that desperation is growing within Assad's government. Secretary of State...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, smoke leaps the air from purported forces shelling in Homs, Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced mounting pressure yesterday after a senior diplomat...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
Nawaf Fares, who has close ties to the Syrian security services, is the first senior diplomat to abandon the Assad government and his 'escape' was being seen last night by diplomats in the region of a clear sign of 'wavering support' even among those...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Syria and the Australian embassy's bureaucratic response to him are among more than 2 million Syrian emails obtained by WikiLeaks. ''Please help me I want humanitarian asylum or political asylum the Syrian intelligence would kill me,'' reads an email...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Speaking just days before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Jerusalem , Ya'alon said Iran appeared to believe it was safe from military attack or from further sanctions before November's US presidential election. "As long they perceive...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
In highest level of regularly scheduled bilateral meetings, Israeli, US delegations warn Syria violence could spread. Photo: Thinkstock/Imagebank In their semi-annual bilateral Strategic Dialogue meeting Thursday, Israel and the United States...
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Canadian Free Press
| 11 months ago
It is clear to Putin that Obama is in over his head in foreign affairs...Yes, Russia actually had colonies in what is today America as far back as 1733. They had colonized territory reaching from Alaska to California and named in Russian America or...
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The Independent
| 11 months ago
News in pictures From the blogs Unparalleled levels of imprudent lending; corrupt banking practices; soaring inflation and rising un... Stewart Lee is widely regarded by many in the comedy world and the fans who worship them as a comedy... My...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected on Wednesday in protest over President Bashar Assad's violent suppression of a 16-month uprising as the UN Security Council remained deadlocked over the next steps in the crisis. I declare that I have joined, from...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Western nations on the UN Security Council on Wednesday proposed a resolution demanding sanctions against Syria over the worsening conflict, envoys said. The draft resolution lays the ground for a new Security Council battle over Syria in coming days...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country, as proposed by an international conference in Geneva last month, envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday. Mr. Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
Associated Press Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country as proposed by an international conference in Geneva last month, envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday. Annan, the U.N.-Arab...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Nawaf al-Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq, said Wednesday he could no longer tolerate his government's violence against the Syrian people and had defected. Al-Fares urged others in Syria to join him in abandoning the regime of President Bashar Assad,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
Syria's Bashar al-Assad as Western powers submitted a 10-day sanctions ultimatum and a first senior diplomat, his ambassador in Baghdad, defected. At the United Nations on Wednesday, Britain, France, Germany and the United States submitted a draft...
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Scoop
| 11 months ago
The Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan, today reaffirmed the importance of implementing a six-point plan to halt the violence in the Middle Eastern country, and stressed that the...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies A Russian warship, one of many vessels, is seen in Turkish waters as it heads to Syria to boost presence in Tartous. Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected Wednesday in protest over President Bashar Assad's military crackdown on a 16-month...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
A White House spokesman Wednesday reiterated the U.S. position that Iran shows no sign it could play a "constructive" role in ending the violence in Syria...Secretary-General Kofi Annan, backed by Russia and China, that Iran should join diplomatic...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected and is on his way to Turkey, the most senior diplomat to abandon President Bashar Assad during the 16-month-old uprising, a Syrian opposition figure said Wednesday. Nawaf Fares, a former provincial governor,...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Annan has repeatedly said that regional heavyweight Iran should be involved in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Syria crisis despite the West's firm rejection of any role. "In both Iran and Iraq the governments committed to supporting the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Share This Story Annan said that he expects the Security Council to choose what its next steps will be with respect to Syria within the next few days. It is not clear who Syrian President Bashar al Assad will choose to represent Syria in any...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
UN and Arab League peace Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the UN Security Council was discussing what action it could take next to address the Syria conflict. Annan spoke after addressing the 15-member council by video conference from Geneva and...
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Sky News
| 11 months ago
Syria's Ambassador to Iraq has reportedly defected in protest at President Bashar al Assad's military crackdown on the 16-month popular uprising. Syrian opposition sources said Nawaf al Fares was closely linked to the security establishment. If the...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected on Wednesday in protest at the military crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against a 16-month uprising, Syrian opposition sources said. Nawaf al-Fares, who has close ties to Syrian security, would be...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Western powers on the UN Security Council are poised to present a draft resolution on Syria seeking to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, envoys said Wednesday. The United States, Britain and France were waiting to hear a briefing from...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
China threw its weight behind U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Wednesday, backing his call to include Iran in internationally-brokered talks to resolve Syria's crisis, in the face of strong Western opposition. "China believes that the appropriate resolution...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
A delegation of Syrian opposition figures is visiting Moscow to discuss international efforts to find a political solution to the violence. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding talks with Abdulbaset Sayda, head of the Syrian National...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia on Tuesday proposed a UN Security Council resolution on Syria that would extend the UN mission in the conflict-stricken country without any threat of sanctions, diplomats said. The resolution was sent to the council's other 14 members ahead of...
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The Hindustan Times
| 11 months ago
Russia will host a top opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday hoping to find common ground with one of the most scathing critics of its refusal to turn against the Damascus regime. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will hold...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-07-11 11:03 AM The U.N.'s special envoy on the Syria n crisis sought to build support for his peace efforts Tuesday with the leaders of Iran and Iraq, saying...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies Annan meets with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Tehran. U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan waded into big power politics Tuesday, insisting regional heavyweight Iran should be involved in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Washington criticizes Iranian participation in cease-fire talks Syrian mortars kill 3 in northern Lebanon; Russia sends Black Sea warship to Syria, says source. Syrian President Bashar Assad has suggested ending Syria's conflict on a step-by-step...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Washington insisted Tuesday that it sees no role for Iran in resolving the conflict in Syria, in an implicit rebuff to UN envoy Kofi Annan's outreach to Tehran. Annan left Tehran on Tuesday after a visit to drum up support for his UN and Arab League...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
The voyage and naval maneuvers seemed designed to convey a message that Russian leaders would protect their interests in Syria , Russia's most important relationship in the Middle East, even as they restrict new shipments of weapons to President...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Russia has a key role to play in ensuring political transition takes place in Syria in an effort to end the crisis, an opposition leader said from Moscow. Bassma Kodmani, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council, addressed reporters in...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
This is Annan's second visit to Iran as the UN-Arab League joint special envoy on Syria. Annan has repeatedly emphasized that Iran should be part of the solution' to the Syrian crisis. Syria, July 10 (UPI) -- U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan met...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan met top Iranian officials Tuesday before flying to Iraq, as he sought the help of key regional players in shoring up his tattered peace plan for Syria after meeting President Bashar al-Assad. THE UN and Arab League peace envoy underlined...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed to a new U.N. -brokered peace plan focusing on containing the most violent areas of the country, then expanding to the entire nation, international envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday. At a news conference in Iran,...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
A little more than a week after accusing Iran of supplying arms for Syria's bloody crackdown on democracy-minded rebels, the UN has given Tehran a key seat at negotiations for a global arms treaty. The stunning appointment by member states attending...
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Novinite
| 11 months ago
Annan said that he and Assad agreed on a peace plan , which the UN envoy will go ahead and present to the forces of rebels trying to oust the Syrian President. The UN envoy did not give much details about the new plan, but said it will first target...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Baghdad for talks on the Syrian crisis with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. Earlier Mr Annan held talks in Iran, saying Tehran could play a "positive role" in ending the bloodshed. The...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
He declined to give details, saying the plan needed to be discussed with the Syrian opposition. Annan reiterated his view that Iran could play a positive role in a political solution in Syria.
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
I have received encouragement and cooperation from the minister and the government and am looking forward to continue working together to resolve this conflict, Annan said...We want all sides to stop the violence ...W e are opposed to any further...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Iran on Tuesday reaffirmed its full support for international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan aimed at ending the Syria crisis, saying that the plan should be fully implemented to restore stability. "We expect that Mr. Annan will continue his efforts...
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Canadian Free Press
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood Project, which was presented as evidence in the Holy Land Foundation trial, which is the largest terrorism trial ever in the history of the United States, where the United States took to court the Holy Land Foundation, where...
