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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Annan has repeatedly said that regional heavyweight Iran should be involved in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Syria crisis despite the West's firm rejection of any role. "In both Iran and Iraq the governments committed to supporting the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Share This Story Annan said that he expects the Security Council to choose what its next steps will be with respect to Syria within the next few days. It is not clear who Syrian President Bashar al Assad will choose to represent Syria in any...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
UN and Arab League peace Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the UN Security Council was discussing what action it could take next to address the Syria conflict. Annan spoke after addressing the 15-member council by video conference from Geneva and...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Western powers say they will introduce a U.N. resolution that would threaten sanctions mainly against the Syria n government if it does not immediately implement a cease-fire and withdraw heavy weapons from cities.
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Two Russian Navy ships entered the eastern Mediterranean Wednesday, steaming toward a Russian Navy base at Tartus, Syria...Several ships carry units of Russian Marines. It is to be the largest display of Russian naval power in the Mediterranean...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features The defection of Syria 's ambassador to Baghdad marks the second time in a week that Bashar al-Assad has been deserted by a top Sunni ally, suggesting that the isolation of the Allawite core of the regime is accelerating,...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
Opposition figure says Syrian envoy to Iraq has defected Updated A Syrian opposition figure says Syria's ambassador to Iraq has defected, the Associated Press reports. If confirmed, the the defection of Nawaf Fares would be the first by a serving...
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Sky News
| 11 months ago
Syria's Ambassador to Iraq has reportedly defected in protest at President Bashar al Assad's military crackdown on the 16-month popular uprising. Syrian opposition sources said Nawaf al Fares was closely linked to the security establishment. If the...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
Russia's Defence Ministry said 11 warships drawn from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets were on a three-month training mission in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The flotilla includes three destroyers, five landing ships,...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Khaled Al Hariri /Reuters Police in Baghdad surrounded the Syrian embassy late on Wednesday after opposition groups claimed that the Syrian envoy to Iraq has defected in protest at the ongoing regime crackdown. The Syrian National Council claimed...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected on Wednesday in protest at the military crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against a 16-month uprising, Syrian opposition sources said. Nawaf al-Fares, who has close ties to Syrian security, would be...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Western powers on the UN Security Council are poised to present a draft resolution on Syria seeking to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, envoys said Wednesday. The United States, Britain and France were waiting to hear a briefing from...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Secretary General Rasmussen told reporters during a visit to Kosovo. He urged "all international actors to do their utmost to implement the six-point Annan plan" on Syria. "I consider that the best possible platform for finding a political solution...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Almost half the ships in a Russian flotilla headed to Syria are well suited for transporting large numbers of people.
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
A high-ranking general in the elite Republican Guard, Manaf Tlass, a friend of Mr. Assad and the son of a former defense minister, fled Syria last Thursday. The defection of the diplomat, Nawaf Fares, would be the first of a serving ambassador in 17...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
The vessels include at least three amphibious landing craft, capable of transporting armored vehicles and dozens of marines. If the force actually reaches Syria, it will represent a significant increase in Moscow's involvement there beyond delivering...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
The world of EDM or electronic dance music to the uninitiated or un-American is at war...In the UK alone more than a thousand people die from falls on the stairs each year, and falls in old... Suggested Topics The head of a prominent Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia's support of the Syrian regime is allowing the violence in the country to continue, the leader of the main exiled Syrian opposition group said after talks in Moscow Wednesday. "We reject the Russian policyhowever it is presentedas this policy...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Syria's main opposition group on Wednesday failed to convince Russia to drop its support for long-time ally President Bashar Assad, as fresh clashes across the country challenged his beleaguered regime. Ahead of a briefing to the UN Security Council...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Hours after meeting with Russia's foreign minister, Syrian National Council leader Abdelbaset Sieda on Wednesday told a news conference that "The Syrian people are suffering because of Russia, because of the position it has taken, because of its veto...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
Agence France-Presse Getty Images President Bashar al-Assad of Syria met with Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy (left) in Damascus on Monday. A newspaper with close links to the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has published what...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia said Wednesday it would fulfill a contract to deliver air defense systems to Syria and had no plans to impose an arms embargo on its Soviet-era ally despite growing pressure from the West. "Russia has obligations before Syria relating to old...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
A UN Security Council resolution put forward by Moscow to address the conflict in Syria does not meet the expectations of the international community, the French Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Moscow proposed a UN Security Council...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia has refused to shift its controversial position on the crisis in Syria, the opposition Syria National Council (SNC) said Wednesday after talks in Moscow with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Members of the SNC delegation said after the talks...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Russia hosts Syrian President's rivals Zeenews Bureau Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday began holding talks with a delegation of Syrian opposition figures to find a political solution to the violence. Ahead of his talks with...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
China threw its weight behind U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Wednesday, backing his call to include Iran in internationally-brokered talks to resolve Syria's crisis, in the face of strong Western opposition. "China believes that the appropriate resolution...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
A delegation of Syrian opposition figures is visiting Moscow to discuss international efforts to find a political solution to the violence. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding talks with Abdulbaset Sayda, head of the Syrian National...
