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War In Context
| 10 months ago
I know for certain that not a single serving intelligence official was harmed during that explosion, as the whole office had been evacuated 15 minutes beforehand, he said...All these major explosions have been have been perpetrated by al-Qaeda...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
With the dust of the Tremseh Massacre only beginning to settle and Damascus reportedly experiencing the fiercest fighting yet since the start of the long uprising in Syria, former Syrian ambassador Nawaf al-Fares is calling for military intervention.
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The Age
| 10 months ago
AFP THE most senior Syrian official to defect from President Bashar al-Assad's regime has told how the ''tragic and unbelievable'' destruction of his country moved him to flee Damascus and join the growing opposition movement. Nawaf Fares, a former...
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Arab News
| 10 months ago
Tariq Alhomayed Saturday 30 June 2012 What was said in Geneva by the majority of international forces that have taken a decisive position toward the crimes being committed by Bashar Assad was beautiful, and this includes what was said Kofi Annan...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Syrian regime determined to win at any cost' Damascus: Syria's most senior officer, who defected to Qatar from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, has said the regime is determined to be ''victorious'' in the country at whatever cost. In an exclusive...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Syria's former ambassador in Baghdad, Nawaf Fares, criticised Iraqi premier in an interview broadcast Saturday, saying Nuri al-Maliki's stance towards Damascus was "contradictory" to the truth. "I personally reproach the (Iraqi) prime minister on his...
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Arab News
| 10 months ago
A world meeting on Syria urged the UN yesterday to use the threat of sanctions to force change in Syria as President Bashar Assad was rocked by the defection of one of his most senior generals. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also rounded on...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 10 months ago
Tlass family defect from regime Businessman Firas Tlass 14/07/2012 Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat The eldest son of former Syrian Defense Minister General Mustafa Tlass, Firas Tlass, informed Asharq Al-Awsat that a total of 45 members of the Tlass family...
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The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
| 10 months ago
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also condemned what his monitors on the ground had seen as an "indiscriminate" bombardment that included rocket-firing helicopters of the town of Tremseh in rebellious Hama province, and he questioned...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
I had to get everyone out, he said as he sat surrounded by many of the 15 family members who fled with him last month to the picturesque town of Altinozu in southern Turkey, including his pregnant wife. If you want to defect, you have to plan it...
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Arab News
| 10 months ago
Tariq Alhomayed Saturday 14 July 2012 IT is clear that the Syrian revolution has embroiled Kofi Annan along with his initiatives and plan in Syrian affairs. It is as if Annan today is trying to steal Walid Muallam's job, for what he is doing to save...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Nawaf Fares, Syria's former ambassador to Iraq, is the most prominent politician to defect since the uprising began more than 16 months ago. For him to have been sent to Baghdad in 2008 after more than 30 years of bad relations between the...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
Troops shot at protesters yesterday in Damascus and Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reporting at least 63 deaths across the country, including 17 civilians, 24 soldiers and 22 rebels. Protesters had taken to the streets to renew...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Syria's armed rebels on Friday criticized high-profile defector Manaf Tlass and his father while setting an end of July deadline for regime figures to defect or face the risk of assassination. "We don't consider the departure [from Syria] of Mustafa...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Kofi Annan - is planning new talks on the country's crisis in the wake of reports of another massacre which has killed as many as 200 people. If those numbers are confirmed, the massacre would be the deadliest incident since the start of the uprising...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Two Syrian brigadier generals and a score of other soldiers crossed into Turkey, bringing the total number of high-ranking defectors to 17 amid escalating violence, Anatolia news agency said Friday. A total of 227 Syrians fled to Turkey from...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 10 months ago
Free Syrian Army preparing for final battle for Damascus 13/07/2012 Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat In light of the noticeable development in the Free Syrian Army [FSA]s military operations, not to mention the escalated pace of defections from the regular...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
At least 200 people were massacred by government soldiers and militia fighters in the village of Tremseh in western Syria on Thursday, the highest death toll from a single attack since the country's uprising began in March 2011, according to...
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Kuwait News Top Stories
| 10 months ago
More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships and tanks and then stormed by militiamen who carried out execution-style killings, opposition activists...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Syria's former ambassador to Iraq urged soldiers in Bashar al-Assad's army to turn their weapons on the regime and "join the ranks of the revolution". As Western efforts to threaten Assad with sanctions were again rebuffed by Russia, Nawaf Fares, who...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Syria witnesses 'worst massacre', over 200 killed Zeenews Bureau London: Helicopter gunships and tanks of the Syrian government are believed to have killed as many as 200 villagers in the country's Hama province, making it the worst massacre' that...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
More than 200 people, mostly civilians, were massacred when Syrian government forces shelled and stormed a village on Thursday in the restive central area of Hama, opposition activists said. Abu Omar, a military official of the Free Syrian Army in...
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Al Ahram
| 10 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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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was blasted by helicopters and tanks and then stormed by Assad regime militia, opposition activists said Thursday night. Share This Story If...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Evidence emerged yesterday that President Bashar al-Assad may be using cluster bombs against his own people. The weapons kill and maim indiscriminately and can remain lethal for decades after a conflict. Videos posted online and purportedly filmed in...
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Cliffside Park Citizen
| 10 months ago
Syrian activists reported a new massacre late Thursday in the central Homs province, saying regime forces killed more than 100 people in shelling and other attacks. There were few details on the attack, which was reported by the Local Coordination...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
The potential defector has not only to hide his intentions but also make sure his family is out of harm's way. All this has to be arranged under the noses of the security apparatus. Prominent Sunnis are, as a consequence, constantly being pulled in...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
July 12, 2012 The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected and joined the growing opposition amid more than 16 months of violence that has left thousands dead. Ambassador Nawaf Fares's decision is another blow to the regime of Bashar al-Assad after...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
Mark Snowiss July 12, 2012 In the last week, Syria's ambassador to neighboring Iraq and the commander of an elite Syrian Republican Guard unit have defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government. The two join a growing number of high-ranking...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Syria's high-level defection rocks Assad regime but raises questions Manaf Tlass, once Bashar al-Assad's confidant, has escaped to France, but the full story of how he got away has yet to emerge Brigadier-General Manaf Tlass in Damascus last year.
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
A Syrian army general who defected last week is reportedly in contact with opposition forces, France's foreign minister announced Thursday. Brigadier-General Manaf Tlas's current whereabouts are unknown, though French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius...
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Voice of America
| 10 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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The Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
Washington Recent defections of high-profile officials from the inner circle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are boosting an idea for change in Syria that until now has received little attention: focus on removing Assad but not the entire Syrian...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 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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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Fares, who was Syria's ambassador to Iraq, said in an interview to a Qatar-based channel al-Jazeera, that no peace plan other than Assad's exit was acceptable in Syria. He further added that President Bashar al-Assad could be ousted only by force. "...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
The defection of a senior Syrian diplomat to the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad was a sign that the strongman's regime is weakening, the White House declared on Thursday. "I can confirm that the Syrian ambassador to Iraq defected," said...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Syria says it will punish its former envoy to Iraq who fled to Qatar and denounced the regime of Bashar al-Assad, then called on other ambassadors to do the same. The defection of Nawaf al-Fares , who was until Wednesday a leading member of Syria's...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Syria's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the country's former ambassador to Iraq should be punished after his defection to the opposition seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad. In a statement reported by Syria's state news agency, the...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 10 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq fled Baghdad several days ago and is in the Gulf state of Qatar, Iraqi officials said on Thursday, a day after the diplomat announced his resignation and became the first serving ambassador to defect from President Bashar...
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USA Today
| 10 months ago
The news agency says Nawaf Fares was "relieved of his duties" and "has no longer any relation with the Syrian Embassy in Baghdad or with the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry." The statement says Fares, who fled to Qatar, "made press statements that...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Syria's envoy to Baghdad has defected to the opposition and, according to Iraqi officials, is in Qatar. Nawaf Fares, the first senior Syrian diplomat to abandon President Bashar al-Assad, has urged other politicians and military figures to follow...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Speaking to reporters in the French capital Paris, Zebari said the defection by al-Fares came as a surprise. Earlier, Khaled Khoja, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council, had said that al-Fares was heading to Turkey. Al-Fares is the most...
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United Press International
| 10 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 12 (UPI) -- Syrian officials announced the country's...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Syrian Ambassador to Iraq Nawaf Fares, who announced his defection to the opposition, is now in Qatar, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Thursday. "The ambassador to Iraq left the country and is now in Qatar," Zebari said in remarks...
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AKI
| 10 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq has defected to the opposition and called on politicians and the military to do the same. "I announce that from this moment I abandon the Syrian regime and end my membership in the Baath party to go over to the opposition,"...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 10 months ago
Breaking News Syria said on Thursday its ambassador to Iraq had left without prior warning, after Nawaf al Fares said he had defected. "The Syrian foreign ministry declares that Nawaf al-Fares has been relieved of his duties and he no longer has...
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News 24
| 10 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq Nawaf Fares has defected to the opposition and urged the army to turn its guns on the regime, becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon President Bashar Assad. "I announce my defection from my post as representative of...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-07-12 11:05 AM Syria 's ambassador to Iraq was reported to have defected Wednesday, which if confirmed would be the second prominent defection from President...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
Defection of Nawaf al-Fares, formerly Syria's ambassador to Iraq, marks first senior diplomat to quit embattled government; Fares calls on Syrian soldiers to turn guns on "criminal" Damascus leadership. Syria's ambassador to Iraq Nawaf al-Fares said...
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
24 Syria's ambassador to Iraq has defected in protest at the military crackdown by Assad's forces against a 16-month uprising. In exclusive statement to Al Jazeera, Nawaf al-Fares said that his decision came in the wake of what described as horrible...
