Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with his French counterpart at the presidential Elysee in Paris on June 1, 2012. Hollande said today that 'no solution is possible' in Syria without 'the departure of Bashar al-Assad' at a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The joint leadership of the Free Army inside Syria announces that it is giving the regime a final 48-hour deadline to implement the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council
The joint command of the free army inside Syria... issues an ultimatum of 48 hours to respect the UN Security Council resolution and international legitimacy immediately by ending all forms of violence, as well as pulling out tanks and military vehicles from towns and villages and allowing the entrance of humantiarian aid.
has acted as a front for the Commercial Bank of Syria, which has allowed that ban, Syria's largest commercial bank, to circumvent sanctions against it by the United States, the European Union and the Arab League.More quotes »
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Activists: Gunmen kill 11 state workers in Syria
-- Gunmen killed 11 workers at a state-owned fertilizer factory in a volatile central Syrian province, activists said Friday, the second execution-style shooting reported in Syria in less than a week.The shooting near the town of Qusair in Homs province occurred 6/1/12 Read more »
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Europeans want war crimes probe of Houla massacre
countries want the U.N.'s top human rights body to propose a war crimes probe into last week's killing of over 100 people in Syria .Diplomats from the 27-nation European Union say they want an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council to pass a resolution 6/1/12 Read more »
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Putin visits Berlin, Paris amid divide over Syria
primarily by Russia's economic interests.Still, Germany and France will want to bend Putin's ear on the escalating crisis in Syria.Russia, along with China , has twice shielded Assad's regime from United Nations sanctions over his crackdown on protests. 6/1/12 Read more »
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Syria blames rebel fighters for massacre
BEIRUT -- Syria yesterday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. Read more »
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Panetta: No military action in Syria without UN OK
that some type of military intervention may be the only remaining option because diplomatic efforts so far have failed to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad from power."No, I cannot envision that," Panetta said when asked about military action without U.N. Read more »
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Clinton accuses Putin on Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Russia that its refusal to sanction UN action against Syria could see the outbreak of civil war which “could morph into a proxy war in the region.” She also accused Moscow of supplying the Assad regime with arms 15 m ago from DebkaFile Read more »
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McCain slams Obama on Syria, as Lieberman says administration 'moving too slowly'
opposition,” Lieberman said. “I don’t think anybody expects that those plans would include American troops on the ground in Syria nor will they require the U.S. to take on the fight against Assad alone.” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also at the conference criticized 49 m ago from FOX News Read more »
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West must resist urge to act in Syria
handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network on May 28, 2012, shows an anti-regime demonstration on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO/HO/SHAAM NEWS NETWORK) Syria is caught once again in the long history of sectarian 1:31 AM from Ottawa Sun Read more »
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EU ready to expand Syria sanctions (News)
pressure and facing wider street protests despite a military crackdown that has killed more than 1,300 people, Assad, from Syria's minority Alawite sect, said political reforms he had launched since the three-month uprising began would stabilise the country 1:21 AM from EurActive.com Read more »
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US Shows 'Syria Mass Graves' Satellite Photos
massacre. Amid growing fears of a vicious sectarian civil war, British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged opposition groups in Syria to build a united coalition against the regime. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told Russia that its claimed neutral 1:05 AM from Sky News Read more »
