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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Jesuit Priest Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, a Christian who has fought for unity between Muslims and Christians in Syria and was expelled about a month and a half ago, provided some new insight into the situation on the ground in the embattled Arab...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
That is the only way to help the West pull back from a sectarian war On July 15, an estimated 7,000 rebel fighters owing allegiance to the Free Syrian Army invaded Damascus, the capital of Syria. In a Sturm und Drang operation, captured on amateur...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
A July 2007 photo of Italian Father Paolo Dall'Oglio standing in a courtyard at the historic Monastery of Mar Moussa near a summit on the Qalamun massif,north of Damascus, Syria. A Roman Catholic priest who was expelled from Syria in June after...
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Inter Press Service
| 10 months ago
IPS Articles Fighting has also broken out in and around the Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, where shells likely fired by the regime killed at least 20 Palestinians, and in Al-Abbasyieen, an area in the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
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DAWN
| 10 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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United Press International
| 10 months ago
A group of Turkish and Saudi officers who may have been aiding rebel Syrian forces have been arrested in Aleppo. The arrests were reported Monday by Syrian state television as clashes continued in the city, Iran's state-run Press TV reported.
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
As the Syrian Army expelled rebel forces out of the capital of Damascus, soldiers discovered a mass grave of 20 corpses buried under rocks and other debris. The mass grave was uncovered in the Yelda district of Damascus, which had been under rebel...
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Indian Express
| 10 months ago
Syrian state TV said Hijab had been fired, but an official source in Amman said the dismissal followed his defection to neighbouring Jordan with his family. I announce today my defection from the killing and terrorist regime and I announce that I...
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Pak Tribune
| 10 months ago
It is evident that the Syrian president Bashar-al-Assad has not learnt any lesson from the ignominious and tragic end of the former ruler of Libya, Col...Patently, he refuses to acknowledge that the authoritarian regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen...
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Canadian Free Press
| 10 months ago
The resolution said nothing about al Qaeda and other Islamist jihadists who are hijacking the armed opposition and committing their own atrocities. The final draft resolution passed on August 3rd, with 133 in favor, 31 abstaining and 12 against. In...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
A bomb blast hit the Damascus headquarters of Syria's state broadcaster on Monday as troops backed by fighter jets kept up an offensive against the last rebel bastion in the capital. The bomb exploded on the third floor of the state television and...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said "No" to the West so many times over Syria that he may come to rival a Cold War predecessor for the title of "Mr Nyet". The chain-smoking, battle-hardened diplomat is proving every bit as formidable as...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Story Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Aug. 2, 2012. AP video Food and cooking gas were in short supply...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
United Nations Secretary general Ban Ki-Moon Foreign powers have been urged to take action to prevent Syria turning into a bloodbath on a scale seen in notorious conflicts in Bosnia or Rwanda. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon drew a comparison...
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The Guardian
| 10 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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War In Context
| 10 months ago
But it also raises questions as to what extent the United States ever believed the peace process would succeed and whether it misplayed its hand in attempting to convince Syria's longstanding Russian ally to back a cessation of violence and Assad's...
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Canada.com
| 10 months ago
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs after a Syrian Army tank shell exploded in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012. Syrian army tanks shelled Aleppo on Sunday and a helicopter gunship strafed rebel positions with heavy...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the situation in Syria as "bleak" and said that a peaceful solution to the 17-month-long crisis was now unlikely, according to the Telegraph. Hague said it had proved impossible to persuade Russia...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 10 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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The Daily Telegraph
| 10 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to travel to Turkey for talks on the conflict in Syria. Clinton was scheduled to travel to Istanbul on Saturday for bilateral consultations with the Turkish government on Syria "as well as to cover other...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
Larijani accused the United States and regional countries he did not name of providing military support to rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, a key Arab ally of Iran. Syria has accused Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of backing...
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The Observer
| 10 months ago
Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images The leader of Syria 's main political opposition group has said he is ready to negotiate with government officials whose hands are not "stained with blood" once the president, Bashar al-Assad, and his associates leave...
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Voice of America
| 10 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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NewKerala
| 10 months ago
N New Delhi, Aug 2 (UNI) India has refused to suppport the UN General Assembly Resolution on Syria brought in by the Arab League as it has found that it was highly biased against the Assad regime and based on unfair promises. According to official...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
A Reuters correspondent in Aleppo witnessed fierce street fighting in the Salaheddine district, a gateway into the city of 2.5 million people. Tanks pounded alleyways where rebels sought cover and one shell hit a building next to the reporter,...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Secretary State of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Istanbul next week to hold talks with the Turkish government on the crisis in Syria, a State Department spokeswoman said on Sunday. "Secretary Clinton goes to Istanbul for bilateral...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Reuters President Bashar al-Assad's forces have intensified their attack on the rebel stronghold Aleppo. Helicopter gunships, planes and tanks are engaged in lethal pounding of opposition groups in the ongoing bloody battle which may even seal the...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
There is one helicopter and we're hearing two explosions every minute," said a Reuters witness in Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub. Syrian forces struck at Aleppo's Salaheddine district, a gateway into the city of 2.5 million people that has become the...
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Salem News
| 10 months ago
The sudden resignation of UN peace envoy Kofi Annan from the peace efforts circle in Syria which evidently materialized under duress from the US government has caused extreme joy in Washington officials who now see this as a sign that the...
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Times of India
| 10 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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Arab News
| 10 months ago
The Syrian army said on Saturday it has seized the last rebel-held district of the capital as insurgents in the strategic northern city of Aleppo came under heavy bombardment by regime forces. The army said it had retaken the hold-out rebel district...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
ments Syrian Army pushes to break rebel frontlines in battle for Aleppo The Syrian Army deployed planes and a helicopter gunship as it targeted rebel positions in Aleppo, a key city in Syria's civil war. Fighting also intensified in Damascus Saturday.
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The Guardian
| 10 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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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
Arab states will not accept a new international envoy to Syria after Kofi Annan's resignation unless his or her mandate is to clearly negotiate a transfer of power, Qatar's prime minister said on Saturday. "Arab nations will not accept a new envoy...
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Al Ahram
| 10 months ago
Two weeks ago a Russian and Chinese veto denied the UN Security Council even the threat of financial sanctions against his government. Yet, despite this, the United States, Turkey and others are pressing ahead with a political transition without Al-...
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Zee News
| 10 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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Sky News
| 10 months ago
Syrian forces backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships have clashed with rebels in the northern city of Aleppo, as fighting continues in the capital Damascus. And as the violence rumbles on, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has said the...
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China News
| 10 months ago
Putting pressure only on one party won't help resolve the Syrian issue, instead, it will only derail the issue from the track of political settlement, Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, said Friday after the UN General...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Fresh fighting has been reported around Syria's capital, Damascus, and in the northern city of Aleppo, where rebels are trying to secure their positions. Most areas of Aleppo where rebels are entrenched have been bombarded by government forces and...
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Denver Post
| 10 months ago
The Syrian government and opposition activists exchanged accusations Friday after a mortar attack killed at least 20 people in Damascus' sprawling Yarmouk district, home to tens of thousands of Palestinians. Graphic video said to be from the scene...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 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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GMA News
| 10 months ago
OFWs arrive from Syria; 32 more arriving Monday August 4, 2012 2:34pm At least 10 more overseas Filipino workers arrived home from strife-torn Syria Friday night, while another batch of 32 is set to arrive on Monday, the Overseas Workers Welfare...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 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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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, speaks during a press briefing at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Aug. 2, 2012. AP watch watch Food and cooking gas were in short supply...
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Khaleej Times
| 10 months ago
U.N. member states on Friday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Syrian government at a special session of the General Assembly that Western diplomats said highlighted the isolation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assads supporters Russia and China.
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The New York Times
| 10 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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GMA News
| 10 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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NOW Lebanon
| 10 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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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
UN's Arab League mediator Kofi Annan announces resignation, expresses frustration at UN Security Council's inability to agree on action; expects plan to resolve crisis to continue in his absence. Khaled al-Hariri Former UN Secretary-General Kofi...
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
50 Annan's resignation is the latest sign that the outlook for a diplomatic solution in Syria remains bleak [Reuters] Kofi Annan is quitting as UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, UN leader Ban Ki-moon has announced, as the 17-month-old civil war...
