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Russia Today
| 6 months ago
French President Francois Hollande (R) speaks with Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (2ndL) and opposition members Riad Seif (3rdL) and Suhair al-Atassi (L) at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 17, 2012 (AFP Photo / Kenzo Triboullard)...
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The Boston Globe
| 6 months ago
France on Saturday welcomed a member of the Syrian opposition as the country's ambassador, a bold bid to confer legitimacy on the week-old opposition coalition and encourage other Western nations to follow suit. The new envoy, Mounzir Makhous,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 6 months ago
President Francois Hollande and the new Syrian opposition leader have announced plans to install an ambassador to represent Syria in France. The surprise move came after talks at France's presidential palace between Hollande and Moaz al-Khatib, head...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
58 Activists say that at least 106 people were killed in violence across Syria on Friday [Al Jazeera] French President Francois Hollande and the new Syrian opposition leader have announced plans to install a new ambassador to represent Syria in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
Syria's new opposition coalition signaled Saturday that it intends to move quickly to establish a broad-based alternative government to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. After talks with French President Francois Hollande, coalition leader...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
William Hague signalled yesterday (Friday) that Britain is prepared to recognise a new Syrian rebel coalition, and refused to rule out offering them weapons to hasten the removal of the Bashar al-Assad regime. After meeting delegates from the Syrian...
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The New York Times
| 6 months ago
Officials said the meetings explored a range of options for increasing pressure on the government of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad , including easing the European arms embargo, which the rebels say has left them and civilians exposed to Mr.
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
European nations are discussing whether to overturn an arms embargo on Syria and seeking to press Arab countries and the United States for a new impetus to end the deadly 20-month conflict, Britain's foreign policy chief said Friday. As Syrian...
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Arab News
| 6 months ago
British Foreign Secretary William Hague indicated yesterday that he would decide within days whether to officially recognize the new Syrian opposition after encouraging talks with its leaders in London. Hague said he had pressed Ahmed Moaz Al-Khatib...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
Vice President Suheir Atassi, Riad Seif, President Sheikh Ahmed Mu'az Al-Khatb, and Foreign Secretary William Hague look on during a meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria, at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in Whitehall central London on...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 6 months ago
European nations are discussing whether to overturn an arms embargo on Syria and seeking to press Arab countries and the United States for a new impetus to end the deadly 20-month conflict, Britain's foreign policy chief said Friday. British Foreign...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
Foreign Secretary William Hague today hailed a potential turning point for Syria as he met the leaders of a coalition opposed to president Bashar Assad. After initial talks in London, he said he was "encouraged" by what he heard from them and that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
Britain welcomed the new Syrian opposition to London on Friday but said it needed to know more about their plans before joining France in recognizing them as the main voice against Bashar al-Assad's regime. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the...
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The Independent
| 6 months ago
Syrian opposition figures will push at a donor conference in London today for the provision of anti-aircraft missile systems to repel President Bashar al-Assad's devastating airstrikes, as momentum builds to adjust a European Union arms embargo.
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
French President Francois Hollande is set to meet with the new head of Syria's opposition, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, in Paris to discuss sending arms to Syria. The meeting, scheduled for Saturday, came after France officially recognized the Syrian...
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SF Gate
| 6 months ago
France raised the possibility Thursday of sending "defensive weapons" to Syria's rebels, but Russia warned that such a move would violate international law. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country will ask the European Union to...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
William Hague will meet his French counterpart next week after planned meetings with the Syrian opposition...Benett/Getty Foreign secretary William Hague is to brief the Commons next week on plans to step up support for the newly united Syrian...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 6 months ago
The civil war in Syria, which began as an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, has killed more than 36,000 Syrians since March 2011, according to anti-Assad activists. The fighting and floods of refugees seeking safety have also spilled...
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The Economist
| 6 months ago
In his acceptance speech Mr Khatib set out a vision for Syria to include all of its minorities, including the Alawite community from which Mr Assad hails. Though the new coalition is short of women, it includes a clutch of Kurdish figures, members of...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
59 Ahmad Mouaz al-Khatib is leading a new opposition bloc backed by the Arab League and the West [EPA] The Turkish foreign minister has called on Muslim countries to recognise a new Syrian opposition coalition and said that Turkey has both the will...
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National Public Radio
| 6 months ago
Facebook is the bulletin board for the Syrian revolt. When a newly formed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition , got some 18,000 "likes" within 48 hours, it was a sign that support is building for a group formed Sunday after a week of...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
France raised the prospect on Thursday of providing Syria's rebels with defensive weapons in a conflict now said to have cost more than 39,000 lives, but Damascus ally Russia said this would violate international law. The diplomatic maneuvering comes...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that Turkey "recognizes the Syrian National Coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the people of Syria." Davutoglu made the comments during a ministerial meeting of the...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 6 months ago
France will discuss supplying arms to Syrian opposition forces with its European partners in the coming weeks now that an opposition coalition has been established, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday. France is wary of militarizing the...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
France's foreign minister has said he will discuss supplying arms to the Syrian opposition coalition with European partners. The government plans to push for a relaxation of the EU arms embargo to Syria to enable "defensive arms" to reach opposition...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius waves as he arrives for the ministerial meeting of the Arab League and European Union in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on November 13, 2012. France will raise the issue of excluding defensive weapons...
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Taiwan News
| 6 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-11-15 10:26 AM The Syria n authorities on Wednesday ordered airstrikes close to the tense Turkish border for the third consecutive day, and said a French...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
Syria's regime unleashed tank fire and air strikes on rebels yesterday as it slammed France for recognising an opposition bloc formed in Qatar that it said amounted to a declaration of war. Tanks shelled two Palestinian refugee camps in the...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
This week, Qatar spearheaded a remarkable effort to topple the oppressive regime of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. The four-day marathon talks held in Doha aimed to form a united opposition that will head various rebel groups to lead the uprising.
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Arab News
| 6 months ago
Turkey scrambled fighter jets to its southeastern border with Syria yesterday in response to a renewed Syrian air assault of the rebel-held frontier town of Ras Al-Ain, witnesses said. A Reuters reporting crew on the border heard warplanes inside...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
Buildings damaged after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet fired missiles at Marat al-Numan near the northern province of Idlib November 13, 2012. Syria: Every morning, Amjad goes through two army checkpoints to attend a school run by the Syrian...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
The Syrian government Wednesday called the formation of a new opposition group a declaration of war as rebel advances were reported on the country's borders with Turkey and Israel, as well as the northern metropolis of Aleppo. The rebels killed at...
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Telegram & Gazette
| 6 months ago
Syrian authorities ordered airstrikes for a third consecutive day close to the tense Turkish border today, and said a French decision to recognize and consider arming a newly formed Syrian rebel coalition was an immoral act encouraging the...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
Moaz al-Khatib, the newly appointed leader of the Syrian National Coalition, with George Sabra, of the Syrian National Council, behind him, after a meeting in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images The...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
The UK-based rights group also said that some soldiers managed to flee the area, which is located in the province of al-Hassake. Three rebels were killed and more than 10 wounded, according to the group, which relies on a network of activists on the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
France became the first Western power to recognise a fledgling Syrian opposition coalition fully, stepping out beyond the United States, which said on Wednesday the body must first show its clout inside Syria. Six Gulf Arab states recognised the...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
Arab and Western officials told Syria's newly formed opposition coalition Tuesday that it must organize itself, unite armed rebel groups, and generate further support inside the country before it can receive weapons and money. The United States said...
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Arab News
| 6 months ago
Osama Al Sharif Wednesday 14 November 2012 Last Update 14 November 2012 4:00 am THE coming few days will be decisive in determining the effect of the newly formed coalition of anti-government opposition and revolutionary forces on the future of the...
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The Daily Herald
| 6 months ago
France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syrias newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The U.S. also recognized the leadership body announced in Qatar Sunday as a...
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National Public Radio
| 6 months ago
France recognized the newly formed collection of rebel groups in Syria as the country's legitimate government today. The New York Times reports that France is first European country to take that step and perhaps more importantly, France also left...
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Russia Today
| 6 months ago
Syrian Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (L), the newly elected leader of National Coalition for Opposition Forces, walks inside the Arab League headquarters after a meeting on Syria in Cairo on November 12, 2012. (AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki) France, first of the...
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GMA News
| 6 months ago
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that Paris would look at the question of arming the Syrian National Council once it had created a transitional government. "On the question of weapons deliveries, France did not support it as long...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
Golan Heights and agencies in Cairo Syrian coalition opposition leader, Moaz al-Khatib, meets German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle. Photograph: Thomas Koehler/Getty Britain, France, and Germany have hailed the creation of a new Syrian opposition...
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BBC
| 6 months ago
The move was announced by President Francois Hollande at a televised news conference in Paris. Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in the Qatari capital Doha on Sunday to form a broad coalition to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. It came after...
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The Courier-Mail
| 6 months ago
S new opposition chief is calling on world powers to arm President Bashar al-Assad's foes, as Arab and EU leaders urge his coalition to seek broader support inside the war-torn country. While fierce clashes raged across the country on Tuesday, France...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
03 The ministers called on the national coalition to engage with all sections of Syrian society [AFP] Arab League and European Union foreign ministers have pledged to support the Syrian opposition and welcomed recent steps to unite the various groups...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton talks to attendants after a session of the joint Arab League-European foreign ministers' meeting on Syria, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 13, 2012. EU foreign ministers meeting...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
The leader of Syria's new main opposition coalition called on world powers on Tuesday to arm rebels with "specialized weapons" as European Union and Arab League ministers met in Cairo. Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib told AFP rebels desperately needed arms if...
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The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) attends the joint Arab League-European foreign ministers' meeting on Syria, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 13, 2012. Syria's new opposition body sought Arab and European backing on...
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NOW Lebanon
| 6 months ago
France will support a new Syrian opposition bloc, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday after talks with its leaders in Cairo, where EU diplomats were meeting with their Arab counterparts. "Now they are united, it's very important.
