Tag: Syria
Security Council fails to adopt Syria resolution Despite the appeals for united and concerted action to help end the escalating violence in Syria, the Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have threatened sanctions on Damascus, owing to the negative votes of some of the body’s permanent members. Eleven of the Council’s 15 members voted in favour of the resolution’s text, Russia and China – both permanent members – voted against, while two others, Pakistan and South Africa, abstained. A veto by any one of the Council’s five permanent members means a resolution cannot be adopted.
The tide begins to turn in Syria Diplomacy is being overtaken by the armed struggle. But on both scores, Syria’s embattled president, Bashar Assad, is steadily losing ground. Steadily, maybe, but not quickly enough…
NATOSource: Assad declares Syria in a ‘state of war’ natosource: From Oliver Holmes, Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital… .
Syrian Freedom: Turkey: NATO should view #Syria as attacking it syrianfreedomls: By Selcan Hacaoglu ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Monday it would push NATO to consider Syria’s downing of a Turkish jet as an attack on the whole military alliance. The announcement came on the eve of a meeting by NATO’s governing body to discuss the incident.
‘Nobody can rescue the victims’ after renewed attacks, Syrian opposition says The quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped amid violence have proved futile.
U.N. struggles for answers as Syrian truce falls apart Following another bloody weekend in Syria, rebels said they would no longer follow a truce brokered by the United Nations, saying President Bashar al-Assad wasn’t adhering to his end of the agreement, Reuters reported.
united-nations-human-rights: I am appalled by the atrocities committed in El-Houleh. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacks possibly directed at the civilian population have resulted in the killings of 108 people, including 49 children, and 34 women… “Once again, I urge the Security Council to consider referring the case of Syria to the International Criminal Court,” said UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the Human Rights Council’s special session on the killings in El-Houleh in Syria, 1 June 2012. Read Pillay’s full speech: http://bit.ly/LdsIEt According to witnesses we interviewed, most of the 108 victims of the killings in El Houleh…
Clinton rejects Putin’s claim that Russia takes no side in Syrian conflict Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she doesn’t quite buy the claim that Russia is neutral in the Syrian conflict. Well, who does?
Supporters and Critics of Annan See Crisis in Syria as a Threat to His Legacy After excelling in diplomacy for years, Kofi Annan is being criticized for his peace plan for Syria, which continues to have violence despite a cease-fire.
Syrian diplomats expelled from countries around the world US, UK, France, Germany are among the countries that expel Syrian ambassadors after Houla massacre.
