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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Michael Lipin July 19, 2012 After months of shuttle diplomacy, international envoy Kofi Annan has failed to produce a breakthrough in Syria's 16-month-long crisis The U.N. Security Council remained deadlocked on a solution Thursday, with Russia and...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Security Council resolution that could permit sanctions against Syria unless the government of President Bashar Assad stops using weapons against civilians. This is the third time China and Russia have rebuffed measures pushed by the United States...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 11 months ago
Friday Jul 20, 2012 For most of the past 18 months, it has appeared that the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria stood only a limited chance of success. There was little prospect of Western military intervention, as occurred in Libya,...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The video shows Assad attending the swearing-in of new Defence Minister General Fahd Jassem al-Freij. Earlier, reports said Assad was injured in Wednesday's attack and had left the capital. A brief state TV report, which showed Assad dressed in a...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
International envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday expressed disappointment at the UN Security Council failure to unite and take concerted action to stop the escalating violence in Syria after a resolution on the crisis was vetoed by permanent members Russia...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
The bombing, close to Mr. Assad's own residence, called into question the ability of a government that depends on an insular group of loyalists to function effectively as it battles a strengthening opposition. The outlook for a peaceful outcome in...
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The Independent
| 11 months ago
Suggested Topics Britain today condemned the decision of Russia and China to veto a United Nations' resolution to step up sanctions against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The UK's ambassador to the UN, Sir Mark Lyall Grant said he was "appalled" at...
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Times of India
| 11 months ago
Russia and China vetoed a new UN Security Council resolution that would have slapped new sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad's regime, while India was among the 11 countries that voted in favour on Thursday. Reacting to the outcome of the...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad 's government if it didn't stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
In a Security Council session broadcast live on the United Nations Web site, the Russian and Chinese delegates exercised their veto power as permanent members of the council to derail the resolution, which was offered by Britain and was backed by 10...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Syria's embattled president Bashar al-Assad is his home village near the Mediterranean resort of Latakia directing a response to the assassination of several of his top associates in Wednesday's bomb attack in the capital, daily al-Raid reports. The...
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The Sun UK
| 11 months ago
Stories The Prime Minister also demanded Syrian president Bashar Assad give up power to avert more chaos and bloodshed. Speaking during a visit to Afghanistan, Mr Cameron said: I have a very clear message for President Assad it is time for him to...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Ban and Annan's concern over the growing violence in Syria came as the 15-nation Council is scheduled to vote today on a Syrian resolution, which seeks non-military sanctions under Chapter 7 against President Bashar Al Assad's regime. Ban urged the...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and international envoy Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council to take strong action on the Syria conflict ahead of a vote Thursday on a western-backed resolution calling for sanctions. Russia and China are expected to veto...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
Annan has pressed the world body for months to act decisively to end 16-months of bloddletting in Syria as president Bashar al-Assad continues a brutal crackdown on the popular uprising turned civil war that erupted in March 2012.
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies This image made from Syrian State TV video purports to show Syrian troops fighting against Syrian rebels in the Al-Midan area of Damascus, Syria on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The White House insisted President Bashar Assad was losing control...
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The Tribune
| 11 months ago
Security Council delayed Wednesday's scheduled vote on a resolution that would pave the way for U.N. sanctions against the Syrian leadership. The vote was postponed to Thursday, but Russia, an ally of Assad's, has vowed to veto the resolution, which...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Sana / Reuters I must express my profound outrage regarding the behavior of the Western powers, Turkey, the Arab League and Kofi Annan, all of whom are still debating the likelihood of finding a political solution to end the merciless butchering of...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The UN and Arab League peace envoy on Syria Kofi Annan has urged UN Security Council members to take "strong and concerted action" to end the violence in Syria, a statement said Wednesday. In talks with a number of governments on Tuesday, Annan "...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
48 Lavrov says Western powers are unwilling to compromise on a solution to the Syrian conflict [EPA] The United Nations Security Council has postponed until Thursday a vote on a Western-backed resolution that threatens Syrian authorities with...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Iran condemned the suicide bombing in Damascus on Wednesday that killed the Syrian defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law, and said foreign backing for "terrorist acts" would not succeed in destabilising Syria. "The Islamic...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Tehran is the mail regional ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, advocating dialogue between the government and opposition to end a 16-month uprising that has killed thousands of people. Salehi called for "an immediate end... to foreign...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
UN envoy Kofi Annan has asked for a vote on Syrian resolution to be delayed in the wake of intense fighting in the capital Damascus, Al Jazeera has reported...Major Western nations have already draft a resolution that vows to implement non-military...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan asked the UN Security Council to delay a vote scheduled for Wednesday on a Western-drafted resolution calling for sanctions against Syria, British diplomats said. "Joint Special Envoy Annan has asked to delay today's...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News Putin pledges support for Annan's mission in Syria Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria. Putin pledged to "do everything" to support...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday said Moscow is ready to seek consensus in the U.N. Security Council on a new resolution aimed at ending Syria's civil war, but gave no indication how it would resolve a disagreement over a Britain-sponsored...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
31 Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to do everything to support Kofi Annan's plan for ending the violence in Syria that the UN-Arab League envoy said had reached "unacceptable" proportions. Annan arrived on Tuesday for his first meeting with...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Russia's Putin assures Kofi Annan over Syria Zeenews Bureau Moscow: Assuring the UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan over Syria, Russia on Tuesday said that it will do anything to support his efforts to establish peace in the strife-ridden nation.
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with United Nations envoy Kofi Annan during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow July 17, 2012...Syrian envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he hoped...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia sees no reason why the UN Security Council cannot find a consensus for a resolution on the Syria crisis, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting between peace envoy Kofi Annan and President Vladimir Putin. "I see no reason why we...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Syria peace mediator Kofi Annan on Tuesday that he would "do everything" to support the UN-Arab League envoy's plan to end the conflict. "From the very start, from the first steps, we supported and...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Syrian government forces backed by armored vehicles and helicopter gunships fought pitched battles with rebels Tuesday in Damascus as the 16-month-old Syrian uprising crept closer to the core of President Bashar al-Assad's rule...The Britain-based...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Russia is calling for an immediate ceasefire between government forces and rebels in Syria. Speaking before scheduled talks with Kofi Annan, the special United Nations -Arab League envoy to Syria, Russia n Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua Press/Corbis At international platforms, leaders of the Islamic republic have shown unwavering support for the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. But at home, they have not been able to portray a country united over the crisis.
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Morocco has ordered Syria's ambassador to leave the country as president Bashar al-Assad's government troops and rebels battle in the streets of the capital Damascus. Share This Story Meanwhile, Russia 's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has accused...
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Denver Post
| 11 months ago
Monday accused the West of effectively trying to use blackmail to secure a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize the use of force in Syria. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comments came ahead of a meeting with Kofi Annan, the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia on Monday accused Western powers of using "blackmail" to get its backing for possible UN Security Council sanctions against Syria over the regime's crackdown on an armed opposition. "To our great regret, we are witnessing elements of blackmail,...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
According to activists, opposition fighters are clashing with Syrian government forces in the capital Damascus for a second day. The fighting in several neighbourhoods is reported to be among the heaviest since the uprising against President Bashar...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
The deadly attack on the Syrian village of Tremseh last Thursday appeared to have singled out defectors from the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad and anti-government activists, United Nations observers have said. "On the basis of some of the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
This would be the second visit to Moscow by the special envoy in four months. The conflict, which began in March last year, has left between 13,000 and 17,000 people dead, according to Syrian rights activists quoted by the UN. Russia has repeatedly...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Turkey Residents of a Syrian town that was the site of a disputed massacre told United Nations investigators that Syrian forces first shelled the community and then occupied it, apparently executing suspected rebels after checking their...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies Clashes briefly closed the southern airport road in Damascus. Intense fighting broke out in the capital Damascus Sunday on the eve of a visit by international peace envoy Kofi Annan to Russia where he hopes to lobby support for tougher...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
As continued fighting was reported in locations across Syria , the International Committee of the Red Cross said in Geneva on Sunday that it now considered the conflict a civil war. Jihad Makdissi, a spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry, said...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Edlib News Network/AP The International Committee of the Red Cross says Syria is now in a state of civil war, a definition it suggests could change rules of engagement in the violence-ravaged country and help lay the ground for war crimes...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon head for Russia and China on Monday to press the two UN Security Council doubters to back tougher action against President Bashar al-Assad to halt the slaughter in Syria. The visits by the UN-Arab League envoy and the UN...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Hicham Hassan said. "International humanitarian law applies to all areas where hostilities are taking place," he added. Homs, Hama and Idlib and termed them as localised civil wars between government forces and armed opposition. But later as the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Syria denies UN's claims over Tremseh killings Damascus (Syria): Syrian foreign ministry spokesman denied the use of helicopter gunships and tanks in the Army operation on the carnage-hit town of Tremseh last week, saying what happened was not a...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Iranian foreign minister statement appears to indicate a shift in the Iranian leadership's approach to Assad. Iran is ready to host talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News Iran is ready to host talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying on Sunday, in an effort to bring an end to the conflict in the country. "The Islamic...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Any such initiative would likely need to come from world powers as part of a broader diplomatic thrust to defuse the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, leaving the investigation by the U.N. atomic agency dependent on how those talks develop.
