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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Turkey's Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, said on Saturday that Turkey will make up for its oil imports by trading with Libya and other countries. It seems, however, that Turkey will not purchase oil from Saudi Arabia, after the kingdom refused to...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-04-01 02:40 AM Syria rejected international envoy Kofi Annan's call for the regime to halt violence first just days after the government agreed to a cease-fire plan and...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Mousavian, now a visiting scholar at Princeton University in New Jersey, had been seen as a moderate when in the Iranian government. Although he is not currently a policymaker, such public presentations of Iranian thinking is rare. Iran says its...
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Foreign Affairs
| 1 year ago
The debate over Iran's nuclear program has made clear that when it comes to nuclear deterrence, Israeli strategic thinking is flawed. In the 1960s, Israel developed a nuclear capability as the ultimate security guarantee, a last resort to be used if...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syrian opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun said a "Friends of Syria" conference that opens in Turkey on Sunday must back the arming of rebels. "The Syrian National Council expresses the demands of the Syrian people," Ghalioun told the press. "We have...
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MarketWatch
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that it will soon be clear whether Iran's leaders are prepared to have a serious discussion about the Islamic Republic's nuclear initiatives, according to reports...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) meets with Kofi Annan, the United Nations special envoy to Syria, in Damascus, Syria, on March 10, 2012. Annan was in Damascus to press President al-Assad for a political solution to Syria's year-long uprising and...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
The reluctance of the Syrian government to initiate a ceasefire in its conflict with the armed opposition has emerged as a new impediment in the way of the enforcement of a peace plan marshalled by Kofi Annan, the special envoy of the United Nations...
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Time of India
| 1 year ago
Syria says the year-old revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is over, but the army again shelled opposition areas on Saturday and rebels said they would not cease fire until tanks, artillery and heavy weapons are withdrawn. Washington and Gulf...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed improved strategies with Arab Gulf states on maritime security and missile defense to counter the threat of Iran. Clinton told a security conference in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that US commitment to the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The United States wants "concrete results" at talks between Iran and world powers on April 13 in Istanbul on Tehran's nuclear program, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday. "Our policy is one of prevention, not containment," Clinton...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting with Gulf Arab diplomats in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to discuss issues that include bringing an end to Syria's year-long crackdown on dissent. The meeting is a prelude to the 60-nation "Friends of the...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Expectations are low of an international conference Sunday in Istanbul having much impact on the Syrian crisis, as discord among the so-called "Friends of Syria" outweighs their agreements. More than 70 representatives from Western and Arab countries...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Speaking alongside Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on a visit to Riyadh, Clinton confirmed earlier speculation that negotiations would resume on April 13-14. Western diplomats and analysts say that getting Tehran to stop the higher-level...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The United States and Gulf Arab states on Saturday urged envoy Kofi Annan to produce a "timeline for next steps" in his peace plan for Syria if President Bashar al-Assad fails to stop the bloodshed. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who met her...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia On the eve of a summit meeting here of the United States and Arab nations of the Persian Gulf to deepen security ties, one of those countries, the United Arab Emirates , announced that it had shut down an American-financed organization...
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B92
| 1 year ago
Government troops will stay in urban areas until "peace and security prevail," the Syrian government said on Saturday. A view of the Syrian city of Homs (Beta, file) "The presence of the Syrian Arab Army in Syrian cities is for defensive purposes [so]...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
United Nations (UN) soldiers look along the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, on March 30, 2012. Syria will soon welcome an ad hoc delegation to negotiate the mechanism of its (...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying Tehran's "window of opportunity" for a peaceful resolution "will not remain open forever." She...
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Wayne Today
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Iran and six world powers have agreed to meet in Istanbul on April 13 for the latest round of talks about Iran's nuclear program. Clinton made the announcement at a news conference Saturday following a...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
The violent year-long uprising that aimed to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria has ended, a country's spokesman said, Reuters reported. "The battle to topple the state is over," Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad al-Makdissi...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 1 year ago
The Syrian government will not pull troops from cities and towns engulfed by the country's unrest before life returns to normal in these areas, a high-ranking official said, as activists reported fresh violence that claimed the lives of at least two...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
The world's five leading emerging economies, represented by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have released a statement that condemns foreign interference in Syria. The Syrian government has said that it will not withdraw its troops from...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts have increased to pressure the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to implement Kofi Annan 's peace plan. In the Saudi capital of Riyadh, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was to meet with...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The Syrian Arab News Agency on Saturday reported that authorities thwarted an armed terrorist group from entering to Syria through Lebanon...The report added that Syrian authorities confiscated Dushka guns, automatic rifles, bombs and armor-piercing...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Iraq may not participate in the "Friends of Syria" conference in Istanbul on Sunday as it wants to maintain its ability to serve as a mediator, the Iraqi prime minister's spokesperson said. "We want to maintain our mediation role, and the role of...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
Violence continues in Homs, other areas, but Damascus says it has upper hand, will withdraw in keeping with UN deal gradually. Syria says the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar Assad is now over, but it will keep its forces in cities to "...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
The commitment of the United States to the people and the nations of the Gulf is rock-solid and unwavering. Our strong bilateral relationships are a rock of stability in the region," Clinton said in prepared remarks delivered in the inaugural meeting...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Saturday in Syria. According to the report, several people were injured when security forces opened fire on a funeral procession of protesters killed the previous day in Damascus. Also in the province of Idleb, a civilian and his sister were killed...
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Scoop
| 1 year ago
He [Mr. Annan] intends to visit Teheran in the near future as well as Riyadh to impress upon those governments the importance of unity in the international community behind this plan and to stress that this is the only plan in town and it is...
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Arizona Republic
| 1 year ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States seeks improved strategies with Arab Gulf states on maritime security and missile defense to counter the threat of Iran. Clinton says the U.S. and Gulf governments share concerns about...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
The absence of these key supporters of the Syrian regime at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday highlights the global division over how to stop the bloodshed in Syria as much as the unity of dozens of participating countries from the Western and Arab...
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Seattle Times
| 1 year ago
The absence of these key supporters of the Syrian regime at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday highlights the global division over how to stop the bloodshed in Syria as much as the unity of dozens of participating countries from the Western and Arab...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi told state TV late Friday the military is in these cities "in a state of self defense and protecting civilians." He spoke just hours after the UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's office appealed on Syria's...
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News 24
| 1 year ago
Syria declared on Saturday it had defeated those seeking to bring down the regime while reiterating support for a UN-Arab peace plan, as its troops reportedly shelled rebels in the flashpoint city of Homs. Syrian troops would withdraw from urban...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
49 Saudi King Abdullah (R) meets with U.S. US secretary of State Hilary Clinton was in Saudi Arabia to discuss the hitherto unresolved conflict in Syria. The long-term allies both advocate the removal of President Assad and seek a united strategy...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Syrian troops will stay in residential areas of cities until "peace and security" prevail, the government says. A foreign ministry spokesman made the announcement after the UN's peace mission to Syria called for troops to be withdrawn as a good faith...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Syrian activists said Friday they were losing hope of unseating President Bashar al-Assad from power as regime troops continued to attack dwindling rebel strongholds, ignoring international demands for a ceasefire . The peace plan, which was accepted...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Once peace and security prevail, the army is to pull out," he added. The declaration was made in an interview originally carried on Syrian television. The spokesman said the withdrawal would take place without prior agreements, indicating that...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Syria is one of the closest allies of Iran and the move indicates that both the countries, facing economic challenges due to the Western sanctions, would exploit all possible means to overcome the sanctions. Western countries imposed the...
