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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Bashar al-Assad in an interview, on 3 July, teling the Turkish paper Cumhuriyet he wished his defence forces had not shot down the Turkish jet. Photograph: AFP/Getty Bashar al-Assad has said that Syrian air defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
After turning up second in Mexico 's presidential elections, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has questioned the legitimacy of the results and refused to concede, following a similar scenario in 2006, when he lost to current President...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Human Right Watch released a report detailing torture of civilians by Syrian government forces. July 3 (UPI) -- Barbaric acts committed by the hands of the Syrian government are a sobering reminder of the need for justice, the British foreign...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The shooting down of a Turkish Phantom jet by Syrian air defences has prompted a battle of two narratives. The Syrians say the plane had penetrated Syrian air space at low level, using an air corridor utilised in the past by the Israeli Air Force...A...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
July 3, 2012 Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has attempted to diffuse growing tensions with neighboring Turkey over the shooting down of a warplane last month. In an interview with Turkey's Cumhuriyet newspaper, Assad said that the downed Turkish F-...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
In fact, there is reason to doubt that Washington really wants Assad to fall...Last weekend's international conference in Geneva seeking agreement on a path to resolving the crisis and escalating violence in Syria produced vague proposals for a...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Over the weekend in Geneva , world powers penned a vague agreement to support the establishment of a transitional government in Syria potentially composed of members of the opposition and the regime of Bashar al-Assad . The purported solution appears...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead a US delegation to talks on the conflict in Syria being hosted by France this week, a US official confirmed Tuesday. The "secretary will lead our delegation to the Friends of Syria meeting in Paris,"...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, and that he will not allow tensions between the two neighbours to deteriorate into an "armed conflict", a Turkish newspaper reported on Tuesday...Syria...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
The locations are taken from the testimonies of more than 200 individuals who either witnessed or suffered torture. Details of the agencies, commanders and methods involved are also shown. You can find more information about the revelations here ,...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Syrian authorities have built an archipelago of at least 27 torture centers, according to Human Rights Watch. In a report published Tuesday, the advocacy group says abuse at the centers constitutes a crime against humanity. The kinds of torture...
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Japan Times
| 11 months ago
As the carnage against civilians continues across Syria, there's a compelling humanitarian case for international intervention to stop the violence that has killed more than 10,000 civilians. Yet, what started as a political uprising against the...
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Democracy Now
| 11 months ago
You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download: 25 Killed in Iraq Bombing After Bloodiest Month Since U.S. Withdrawal At least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a car bombing in the Iraqi city of...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Watchdog reports Syria torture 3 July 2012 Last updated at 09:25 ET Syria stands accused of the systematic torture of its people. Extensive use of electrocutions, beatings and hanging by the wrists are all detailed in a new report by Human Rights...
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Seattle Times
| 11 months ago
Page modified July 3, 2012 at 6:15 AM Report: Assad regrets shooting down Turkish jet Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, and that he will not allow tensions between the two neighbors to...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
International peace envoy Kofi Annan said that a real ceasefire is imperative in Syria as the death toll mounts nearly three months after a truce he brokered was supposed to take effect. S comments from Annan's spokesman came after UN human rights...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
The Syrian army pressed attacks on rebels on Tuesday, bombarding the city of Douma near Damascus, and Turkey said it had scrambled F-16 fighters the previous day after Syrian helicopters flew near its border. Turkey's armed forces command said the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia on Tuesday accused the West of seeking to "distort" the agreement reached last weekend in Geneva on a plan for a political transition to end the escalating conflict in Syria. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hailed the accord based on proposals...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Human Rights Watch issued Tuesday a report describing an "archipelago" of torture chambers in Syria's overcrowded prisons where the Assad regime perpetrates beatings, electrocutions, pulling out toenails and hanging in stress positions on its...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces. Assad told an interview to a Turkish newspaper that his forces did not initially know that the plane was Turkish. Share This Story "The plane used...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
A human rights group accused Syria Tuesday of running 27 detention centers in which ill-treatment and torture of detainees constitute crimes against humanity...Security Council to refer the matter to the International Criminal Court and adopt...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Share This Story Must Read Sponsorship Link human rights chief Navi Pillay said the flow of weapons to Syrian forces as well as the rebels has intensified the crisis. "The ongoing provision of arms to the Syrian government and to its opponents feeds...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a Turkish newspaper he wished his forces had not shot down a Turkish jet last month and that he would not allow tensions between the neighbouring countries to turn into open combat. Fighting between Syrian...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
President Bashar al-Assad expressed regret over the downing of a Turkish warplane by Syrian forces, but criticised Ankara for cutting diplomatic ties with Damascus. Photograph: Ho/AP Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad has expressed regret for the...
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B92
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed his regret over the fact that his country's forces shot down a Turkish plane. "The plane was flying in the air corridor that was previously used on three occasions by the Israeli air force," said the Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Cairo, citing political "disputes," a statement said on Tuesday. The two-day conference opened on Monday in the Egyptian capital, under the auspices of the Arab League, to forge a common vision for a transition in the country after a blueprint was...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News July 03, 2012 A Turkish newspaper has quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad saying he regrets that his forces shot down a Turkish military jet last month. The Cumhuriyet newspaper published comments from Assad Tuesday in which the leader...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Consumer price inflation in June pushed a 12-month inflation average to 8.89 percent, Turkish Statistics Institute said on its website...A breakdown by categories showed that alcohol and tobacco prices shot up by 18.69 percent over a year, while the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The men were placed in the Apaydin refugee camp in southern Turkey's Hatay province, in one of the largest mass military defections since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber...
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Al Jazeera
| 11 months ago
20 Assad said Syria would apologise if it emerged that the Turkish F-4 was shot down in international airspace [EPA] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a Turkish newspaper he wished Syrian forces had not shot down a Turkish jet last month and...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regretted that his country's defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet on June 22, he said in an interview with the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet published Tuesday. "The plane was flying in an air corridor used...
