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Analysis: West learns to jaw not war on #Syria as the country's civil war destabilises the region - http://t.co/5aQMTfX1iP via @Independent
7 hours ago #Syria has no reason to use chemical weapons - Comment - Voices - The Independent http://t.co/o5CpFVRsY7 via @IndyVoices
7 hours ago Associated Press, Financial Times & BBC have been hacked by them - but who are the Syrian Electronic Army? http://t.co/ZgrfsCQ1Yv #Syria
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Syrians have witnessed and experienced all forms of prejudice and pain in the last 2 years. #Syria
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Check out my @newsmix channel Arab Social Revolutions featuring @arabspringff @evanchill @glcarlstrom http://t.co/qBCRKwcrKV
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Hague said if Assad isn't serious about negotiations no option is off the table, but how long it'll take you to determine he's not serious?
13 hours ago A question to our so called "friends" of syria: what do developments on the grounds tell you about Assad intentions to negotiate? #Syria
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Daily Archives: December 5, 2011
Inside Syria: A rare look into the uprising
By: Clarissa Ward (CBS News) DAMASCUS, Syria – For more than 40 years, the Assad dictatorship has controlled virtually every aspect of life inside Syria, and who on the outside gets to see it. But now, a revolution is under … Continue reading
Syria’s Homs Pays Heavy Price in Uprising
By: Michael Lipin Syria’s third-largest city of Homs has paid a heavy price as one of the centers of the country’s eight-month old opposition uprising. Rights activists say Syrian security forces have killed more than 1,100 civilians in the city … Continue reading
Violence Flares as Damascus ‘Positive’ Towards Observers
By: Edward Yeranian Syria said Monday it has responded “positively” to an Arab League demand to let league observers into the country. Meanwhile, activists in the central city of Homs say militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad kidnapped and killed … Continue reading
Syria Opposition Leader Interview Transcript: Burhan Ghalioun
Burhan Ghalioun, the leader of the Syrian National Council, Syria’s main opposition group, spoke with The Wall Street Journal Wednesday at his home in south Paris. It was his first major interview as SNC president. Below, an edited transcript. (Additional … Continue reading
Video: Analyst on Syrian sanctions against Turkey
Syria is taking economic action against Turkey after Ankara froze the assets of Bashar al-Assad’s government and suspended all financial deals with the country last week. Damascus says it will end a free trade agreement which allows tax free Turkish imports into Syria and introduce … Continue reading
Arab League Rebuffs Syria as Clinton Plans Talks with Opposition
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — The Arab League said it won’t lift sanctions imposed on Syria, after President Bashar al-Assad’s government demanded the removal of the league’s punitive measures as a condition for admitting observers. Separately, the U.S. plans a show … Continue reading
Syria says a deal is close on Arab League monitors
REPORTING FROM BEIRUT — With the threat of more sanctions looming, Syria said Monday that it is ready to sign a deal soon with the Arab League allowing foreign observers into the country to monitor a plan aimed at ending … Continue reading
Video: CNN’s Hala Gorani discusses Razan Ghazzawi’s plight
The plight of Razan Ghazzawi is discussed on CNN by journalist Hala Gorani and Jillian York. Razan Ghazzawi is a Syrian blogger who speaks out against the brutal Assad regime. She was taken into custody on Monday by Syrian authorities … Continue reading
Sanctions-hit Syria eyes Lebanon, Iraq corridors
By: Rita Daou BEIRUT — As Syria staggers under unprecedented Arab and global sanctions, Lebanon and Iraq are poised to provide economic corridors for their crisis-hit neighbour without explicitly breaching the restrictions, experts say. “Lebanon and Iraq could turn into … Continue reading
