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Syria Crisis: UN Monitors Alone Cannot End Bloodshed, Mission Chief Says
May 19, 2012
The United Nations monitors team leaves the UN headquarters in Damascus on a new tour of Syria’s flashpoint areas on May 14, 2012.
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Tags: Largest protests yet in Syria’s biggest city
May 19, 2012
Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country’s biggest city, which has largely remained supportive of President Bashar Assad throughout the 15-month uprising.
Syrian military defectors allege state involvement in Damascus blasts
May 18, 2012
In a video posted … [read story] Ban blames Al-Qaeda for last week’s suicide attacks DAMASCUS – Syria on Friday saw escalated violence in some parts even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon blamed the Al-Qaeda for two deadly suicide ca … [read story]
Obama hosts G8, NATO leaders
May 18, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders are set to address a host of pressing economic and military security issues this weekend as the United States hosts a high stakes Group of Eight summit outside Washington and a NATO summit in Obama’s adopted hometown of Chicago.
UN: Monitors alone cannot end Syria bloodshed
May 18, 2012
Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate highway stretches.
Activists: Syrian forces shell rebel town
May 18, 2012
In this Monday, June 20, 2011 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, at Damascus University.
Syria’s Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
May 18, 2012
Members of the United Nations observer mission in Syria are seen between destroyed houses in Sermeen, near the northern city of Idlib, May 15, 2012.
Syria’s Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
May 18, 2012
Members of the United Nations observer mission in Syria are seen between destroyed houses in Sermeen, near the northern city of Idlib, May 15, 2012.
Exclusive: U.N. probes possible North Korea arms trade with Syria, Myanmar
May 18, 2012
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Syrian opposition faces more fractures, infighting
May 17, 2012
A key activist group on Thursday accused Syria’s opposition council of drifting away from the spirit of the country’s revolution, dealing a further blow to a body already facing major political and organizational… A key activist group on Thursday accused Syria’s opposition council of drifting away from the spirit of the country’s revolution, ….
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