Tag: Syria
crisisgroup: As the U.S. and Others Toss Syria’s Envoys, Is Moscow Changing Its Mind About Assad? | TIME By Rania Abouzeid International envoy to Syria Kofi Annan met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, in a bid to salvage Anna’s battered plan for peace. “He conveyed in frank terms his view to President Assad that the six-point plan cannot succeed without bold steps to stop the violence and release detainees, and stressed the importance of full implementation of the plan,” Annan’s office said in a statement. For his part, Assad “affirmed to Annan that the success of his…
Statement to the press by Joint Special Envoy for Syria upon arrival in Damascus Is there any chance left that it might work?
aljazeera: A Syrian woman in the town of Houla says she hid behind a door as gunmen shot dead children in the house. The government has blamed “terrorists” for the killings, which the opposition said were carried out by government forces and pro-Assad thugs.
The UN says at least 32 children under 10 were among the 92 people killed Friday in Houla.
U.S. ambassador: NATO has no plans for military intervention in Syria The U.S. ambassador to NATO says the alliance has no plans for military intervention in the Syrian crisis, as reports of deaths mount by the dozens and diplomatic efforts have yet to stymie the bloodshed
Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Syria election results show support for reforms, says Assad So, people who dared to go and vote support him. What a surprise!
Some Syria violence amounts to civil war: Red Cross Fighting has been so intense in parts of Syria that at times the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has qualified as a localized civil war, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday.
Annan plan for Syria “on track”, spokesman says “However… even on days we feel there is satisfactory progress albeit it is in inches, not in feet or miles, in those days as well we are horrified by the extent of violence that we see on the ground.”
