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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The Syrian opposition is divided as it marks one year since their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, and diplomatic efforts to end fighting that has killed at least 7,500 people appear to be stalling. Rebel forces are asking for new...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
More than 9,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed across Syria since the outbreak of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's regime one year ago, human rights monitors said on Thursday. "A total of 9,113 people have been killed,...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Military action in Syria premature Updated While President Obama and allies grapple with the withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, and continue to celebrate military success in Libya, they are arguing against the prospect of force in Syria -- at least...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Breaking News Assad rallies mark anniversary of Syria revolt Flag-waving crowds took to the streets of Syrian cities on Thursday in an orchestrated show of loyalty to President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of an increasingly bloody revolt...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan remains in contact with Syrian authorities, a spokesman for his office said Thursday, on the eve of a scheduled videoconference from Geneva with the Security Council...New York as part of a "closed briefing" of the...
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The Hindustan Times
| 1 year ago
Twenty-three mutilated corpses were found on Thursday near a Syrian protest city seized by regime forces, monitors said, as the regime's bloody crackdown entered its second year to a rising world outcry. Human rights monitors said the victims had...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Marking the first anniversary of the Syrian revolution which has taken a violent turn, supporters of the President Bashar al-Assad took to the streets on Thursday waving flags of undying loyalty. State-run television showed thousands of Assad...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The 200 groups, representing 27 nations, said in a statement, that the UN must immediately pass a resolution condemning the Assad regime's use of violence, torture and arbitrary detention of Syrian civilians. Russia and China , allies of...
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War In Context
| 1 year ago
The desertions are in addition to 40,000 military personnel who left before Feb. 20, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with government rules. The Syrian armed forces have a strength of 295,000 active personnel,...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Thousands have taken to the streets of the Syrian capital Damascus to support the country's embattled leader Bashar al-Assad. The demonstration comes on the year anniversary of the anti-Assad uprising that has left scores dead and injured. The pro-...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
ments Why Syria's Assad could hang on for a decade or more Despite defiant talk from fighters vowing to oust him, Syria's Assad is in a much stronger position than was Libya's Qaddafi. By Scott Peterson, Staff writer / March 15, 2012 Antakya, Turkey...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
A government offensive in Syria's northwest has sharply increased the flow of refugees into Turkey, with about a thousand crossing in the last 24 hours, Turkish officials said on Thursday. The numbers fleeing was expected to grow further as long as...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Syrian forces 'pillage Homs homes' says activist 15 March 2012 Last updated at 08:57 ET A coalition of 200 aid and rights groups have called on Russia and China to support attempts by the United Nations to end the violence in Syria. Their appeal...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The Syrian regime will persist with its strategy of bombing into submission pockets of rebel resistance as it remains convinced it alone holds the key to resolving a crisis now entering a second year, analysts said. "The regime believes that the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The bodies of 23 torture victims were found on Thursday near the city of Edleb in northwest Syria that security forces captured earlier this week, a monitoring group said. "Twenty three bodies with marks of extreme torture were found near Mazraat...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Video Video Video Fighting continued in other areas of Syria and Western leaders warned of full-blown civil war unless Mr. al-Assad bowed to outside pressure and stood aside. But international powers remain divided, with Russia and China backing Mr.
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Search for solution Meanwhile, the international community continues to push for a halt to the violence in Syria, but has been unable to find a solution to the crisis. Amin Saikal, the director of the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies at the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Huge crowds rallied in cities across Syria on Thursday in support of President Bashar al-Assad "to make the world hear our voice" on the first anniversary of a deadly anti-regime revolt. State television showed tens of thousands of people waving...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces are using "scorched earth methods" in cities across the country to crush a one-year-old revolt against his regime, Human Rights Watch charged on Thursday. "City after city, town after town, Syria's security...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
A coalition of 200 aid and rights groups have called on Russia and China to support attempts by the United Nations to end the violence in Syria. Their appeal marks one year since the first protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Syrians...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia says it has closed its embassy in Damascus and pulled out its diplomats and staff as Syrian President Bashar Assad steps up attacks against the opposition. The kingdom has become one of the leading Arab supporters of the...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Syria's deadly revolt entered a second year Thursday with the regime smashing rebel bastions and peace envoy Kofi Annan awaiting answers from Damascus before the United Nations re-enters the fray. President Bashar al-Assad's camp and the opposition...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Syria's military intensified its northern offensive Thursday after all but overtaking the city of Idlib, the second opposition stronghold besieged in two weeks. At the same time, U.N.-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan, seeking to...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
An-Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's response to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan included three conditions. A pledge from armed groups to cease fire, a pledge from neighboring countries to stop [smuggling]...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
A year of violence since Syria uprising began 15 March 2012 Last updated at 01:07 ET It is a year since a violent uprising began in Syria against President Bashar Assad. In that time the UN says 8,000 people have been killed and more than 200,000...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Syria's regime achieved a significant military victory yesterday [Wednesday], capturing the city of Idlib after a four-day assault and depriving President Bashar al-Assad's opponents of one of their strongholds. The latest military advance coincided...
