The Economist
On June 30th in Geneva it was agreed at a conclave of foreign ministers from nine countries, known as the action group, that a transitional governing body should be formed by mutual consent. The gathering included the UN Security Council's five...
BBC
Syria violence is escalating' 5 July 2012 Last updated at 11:46 ET The head of the UN observer mission in Syria has said monitors cannot resume their work in the country until there is an end to the bloodshed. Speaking to the BBC, Major General...
The Mercury News
The bodies of two Turkish pilots were recovered from the seabed on Thursday after U.S. ocean explorer Robert Ballard, best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic, helped locate them nearly two weeks after their jet was shot down by Syria.
AKI
A high-level Syrian military officer has deserted and fled to Turkey where he joined opposition forces, the Al-Arabiya news channel reported, citing comments the rebel Free Syrian Army. Major Manaf Talas was one of the heads of the Syrian Republican...
International Business Times
The Russia n Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has laughed off a suggestion by some western nations that one way to end the bloodshed in Syria is to offer President Bashar al-Assad exile in Moscow. Share This Story Lavrov, who dismissed the idea of...
Israel National News
Lavrov added that the leader of the Syrian opposition is scheduled to visit Moscow next week. An estimated 16,000 people have been killed in a Syrian government clampdown on dissent which began in March, 2011...A number of sources have said that the...