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DAWN
| 11 months ago
The White House said on Monday the defection of Syria's prime minister showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was crumbling from within and it repeated its call for him to step aside and end the violence gripping the country...If he...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Free Syrian Army soldiers in Aleppo take a break from the fighting. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters When the history of Syria 's catastrophic civil war comes to be written, 30 June 2012 will surely be recognised as the only true moment of hope.
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The Daily Telegraph
| 11 months ago
S defence minister has again ruled out military intervention in Syria, warning it should not be considered a knee-jerk response to the failure of diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed. Thomas de Maiziere told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that Kofi...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News August 05, 2012 Iranian media said Sunday Tehran has asked Turkey and Qatar to help secure the release of 48 Iranian national kidnapped Saturday in Damascus. Iran has described the victims as religious pilgrims. However, al-Arabiya...
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Times of India
| 11 months ago
Syria for the situation prevailing in the country, but finally abstained from voting after the draft could not be rid of reference to the July 22nd League of Arab States resolution that called upon Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down. The...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
A man runs for cover during clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and Syrian government soldiers in Aleppo. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Kofi Annan , who has resigned as the United Nations and Arab League special envoy on Syria , has had a...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Three large Russian warships, carrying over 260 marines, are heading for the Syrian port of Tartus, a day after UN envoy to Syria Kofi Annan quit his role as mediator and called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Paris will use its presidency of the UN Security Council to push for humanitarian aid for the Syrian people while the political impasse persists, France's ambassador to the UN said Saturday, warning that Russian and Chinese intransigence could lead...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
There must be a clear modification to this plan now because the issue of the six points is finished," says Qatar's FM. Qatar said on Saturday that any successor to Kofi Annan as international envoy for Syria must pursue a new strategy because of what...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Friday hailed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution slamming the Security Council's failure to act on Syria and said Paris had fought to get it passed. The measure "reaffirms the international...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
The vote on the resolution, which had strong support from the United States and other Western governments, came a day after Kofi Annan , the special Syria envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League, resigned in frustration over his inability to...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 11 months ago
UN General Assembly resolution on Syria, calling it "blatant" support for rebel groups battling President Bashar al-Assad. Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said the main backers of the resolution, overwhelmingly passed by the UN assembly, were...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
With UN peace envoy Kofi Annan walking out of his mission yesterday, hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Syria may have been dashed, but the unfortunate turn of events has raised India's stock at the UN. New Delhi's vote in the...
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The Hindustan Times
| 11 months ago
While the US and its allies reacted with anger to United Nations negotiator Kofi Annan's resignation, India on Thursday urged the international community to remain engaged in Syria. India would have liked Annan to "persevere", but if he is giving up,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia expressed serious concern Friday over attempts by Syrian rebels to gain control of Aleppo and condemned foreign nations for providing the armed opposition with military supplies. The foreign ministry said the latest evidence from Syria's...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Assembly approves non-binding resolution expressing "grave concern" at escalation; Syrian forces storm last rebel stronghold in Damascus, blast Aleppo with helicopters; Ban: Potential war crimes being committed. The UN General Assembly on Friday...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
THE UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the country's civil war. Before the vote on Friday, Secretary-...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Washington blamed the envoy's resignation on Russia and China. Annan announced his resignation in Geneva Thursday, and said he would stay as special envoy only till the end of this month. "Annan's six-point plan was acceptable to Syria and key...
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CNN Blog
| 11 months ago
General Assembly resolution approved Friday stresses "grave concern" over the deteriorating conflict in Syria and slams the government for its actions and the Security Council for its "failure" to counter the crisis. The assembly adopted the Saudi-...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
He cited the Syrian government's ''intransigence'' and the opposition's ''escalating military campaign'' as major impediments to his peace efforts, along with a lack of unity in the international community on how to deal with the crisis. The conflict...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
A long-expected Syrian army onslaught to drive rebel forces out of Aleppo is imminent, following a military build-up around the country's biggest city, a senior United Nations official said. President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed more than 80...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The United Nations General Assembly convenes Friday to consider the situation in Syria amid reports a major battle is shaping up in the commercial hub of Aleppo. The meeting comes after special U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan resigned after months...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The resignation of UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, "opens the gates" for those backing a military intervention into the country to force out the ruling authorities, a Russian minister has said. Annan, who assumed his post in February...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia said Friday that major powers should "urgently" replace former Syria mediator Kofi Annan, who quit his post after blaming a lack of international support for his peace efforts. "A worthy candidate to succeed Kofi Annan should be urgently found,...
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Euractiv
| 11 months ago
Syria can still be saved, says Kofi Annan Published 03 August 2012 Writing in the Opinion pages of the Financial Times today (3 August), Annan offered some departing advice on handling the situation in Syria , while underlining the gravity of the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
A Saudi Arabia-drafted resolution on Syria, which is set to be voted upon in the UN General Assembly, has dropped its demand for President Bashar al-Assad to step down and sanctions be imposed against the country after some member states, including...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
India has said it would have liked UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who resigned from his post, to persevere in his efforts to broker peace in Syria, asserting that the international community cannot walk away from its obligations in the troubled...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
EPA The British government intends to step up help to the Syrian opposition, William Hague has revealed. As diplomatic efforts falter, underlined by the resignation of the UN envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday , the foreign secretary disclosed that Britain...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Moscow and its allies must persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, departing U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan wrote in an op-ed piece. At the same time, Washington and allies must press Syrian rebels to negotiate with people...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The UK is to increase the assistance it is giving to Syrian opposition forces in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. The UK would be offering a "great deal" of "practical" help to forces opposed to the regime of Bashar-al-...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Annan resigned as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria complaining the international community had not done enough to support his bid to persuade Bashar al-Assad to accept a peace plan. World powers traded blame on Friday after Kofi Annan quit as...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
The UN and Arab League have begun their search for a replacement.
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Reuters The US holds Russia and China responsible for UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan's resignation. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice pointed the finger at the two members of the UN Security Council who blocked resolutions paving the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Arab nations have dropped an explicit demand for President Bashar al-Assad to quit from a resolution on the Syria conflict to be voted at the UN General Assembly on Friday. With the international community reeling from the resignation of UN-Arab...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Former UN chief Kofi Annan on Thursday called on Russia and the United States to shoulder responsibility for saving Syria from catastrophic civil war as he announced he was quitting as international envoy. Writing in the Financial Times , Annan...
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The Sun UK
| 11 months ago
United Nations chief Kofi Annan quit his job as Syrian peace envoy yesterday as the bloodshed intensified. A frustrated Mr Annan said the Syrian people desperately need action as he blasted the finger pointing and name calling on the UN Security...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan has decided that his Mission Impossible in Syria was exactly that. The former United Nations secretary general announced Thursday he is relinquishing at month's end his role as special envoy to Syria admitting the failure of six months of...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-08-03 09:57 AM Frustrated by the failed attempts to end Syria n conflict, special peace envoy Kofi Annan announced his resignation on Thursday as diplomatic...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies Annan leaves after announcing his resignation at the United Nations in Geneva...Secretary-General Kofi Annan has quit his post as international peace envoy to Syria, shooting down hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the increasingly bloody...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
as an envoy, I can't want peace more than the protagonists, more than the Security Council or the international community for that matter." Annan said "continuous finger-pointing and name-calling" in the Security Council had hindered his attempts to...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
UN chief Ban ki-Moon said discussions were on to appoint his successor. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Annan cited finger-pointing, name-calling in the 15-nation Security Council as one of the reasons for his decision to step down. There may be...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan announcing his resignation as joint special envoy of the UN and the Arab League to Syria. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Kofi Annan's resignation as the United Nations and Arab League special envoy to Syria is only surprising in that...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Michael Lipin August 02, 2012 After months of shuttle diplomacy, international envoy Kofi Annan is giving up his bid to resolve Syria's 17-month-long conflict. Annan said Thursday that he will end his peace mission on August 31, when his mandate...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Annan's decision to abandon the role comes amidst a report by Reuters that the US is secretly helping the rebels. Anonymous US officials told Reuters that US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing support for rebels seeking to...
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, frustrated by "finger-pointing" at the United Nations while the armed rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad becomes increasingly bloody. As battles raged on...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
At an impromptu news conference in Geneva, Annan said the international community and U.N. Security Council had failed to back his efforts to enforce a cease-fire and bring about a transition of power. When the Syrian people desperately need action,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The United States on Thursday blamed the resignation of UN peace envoy Kofi Annan on the refusal of Russia and China to back resolutions targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. White House spokesperson Jay Carney, speaking aboard Air Force One,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria. (AFP) Kofi Annan resigned as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria on Thursday, complaining the international community had not done enough to support his bid to...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
38 Zeenews Bureau United Nations: Kofi Annan has resigned from his post as the UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria, the United Nations announced on Thursday. "Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
Annan said he has quit as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, complaining of a lack of support and the increasing militarisation of the conflict. "I did not receive all the support that the cause deserved," Mr Annan, speaking in French, told a hastily...
