December 2011
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Jordan selects 12-strong team to join #Syria...
AMMAN: Jordan has chosen 12 judges and military experts to join an Arab League observer mission in Syria, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The semi-official Ad-Dustour newspaper quoted Information Minister Rakan Majali as saying “the final list of names of the Jordanian team expected to join the observers’ mission in Syria is ready.”
“It comprises the names of 12...
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Dispute among Arab League observers over #Syria...
Arab League observers in Syria have given apparently conflicting accounts of an incident said to have involved snipers in the restive city of Deraa.
Footage posted online appears to show one official saying he had seen government snipers on rooftops and calling for them to be withdrawn.
However in a BBC interview, the chief of the Arab League mission later denied that the official had seen...
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#Syria accused of reneging on Arab League pledge...
Syria’s government has gone back on a pledge to release hundreds of political prisoners from its jails, according to a human rights group.
In a renewed show of strength, demonstrators, young and old, protesting against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad march through the streets of Ma’arrat al-Numan, south of Aleppo, on Friday Photo: REUTERS
The government had promised...
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Beautiful message to the Syrian people from a...
When you are unsure, feel our hand on your shoulder, When you are weak, take our arm to guide you.
When you are tired, rest your head upon our shoulder. When you are alone, feel our spirit beside you.
Do not confuse the apathy of government with the will of The People.
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Red Cross: Humanitarian Aid Hampered by Violence...
Photo: Reuters
In this still image taken from video protesters in a Damascus suburb purportedly carry a wounded comrade Friday, December 30, 2011. Image content not independently verifiable.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is concerned about the escalating violence in Syria. The aid organization says it is particularly worried that the wounded and sick are...
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Basil Al-Sayed, Who Chronicled The #Syria'n...
by Ahmed Al Omran
Rami Jarrah
Basil al-Sayed, a Syrian citizen journalist who lost his life documenting the uprising in Homs.
This was the last thing Basil al-Sayed, a citizen journalist in Syria, filmed before he was shot in the head by security forces:
According to activist Rami Jarrah, yesterday, al-Sayed succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the restive city of Homs. He was...
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Vast Syrian crowds demand Arab League observers'...
In the largest demonstrations for months, as many as a million Syrians poured on to the country’s streets yesterday, determined to draw their plight to the attention of Arab League observers who some fear will turn a blind eye to atrocities by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The protesters who swarmed on to public squares and roads from the country’s most northerly...
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Hama Revolutionary Council: Regime Location...
Another miserable play written by the Syrian regime and directed by Al Dounia and other pro-Assad networks: The regime brought some shabiha from one of western towns in Hama to the Assi Square where they met with another group of thugs who were present there originally. They exchanged their traditional thugs’ clothes and started cheering for the butcher. As they say, the show must go on; Al Dounia...
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#Syria'n opposition groups join hands to chart...
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Two major Syrian opposition forces have come together and signed an accord which sets out rules for a transitional period as and when the regime is toppled. (Reuters)
By Al Arabiya with Agencies
The Syrian National Council (SNC) opposition group has signed a political agreement with another faction of dissidents laying the ground rules for a “transitional...
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#Syrian security forces 'fire nail bombs' at...
12/30/2011
At least 19 thought to have been killed by authorities, most at anti-government protests
Mass rallies take place across the country
Biggest rallies see 500,000 gather in Idlib and Hama provinces
Other massive protests in Daraa and Damascus suburb of Douma
Violence comes as Arab League monitors regime’s promise to stop crackdown on political opponents and protest
Russia, one...
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I’m not sure I’ll ever get to see #Syria now
12/30/2011
The warring factions vying for the attentions of
President Bashar al-Assad will make this
beautiful country inaccessible for quite some
time to come.
On the Wednesday before Christmas, I sent a card to a friend in Kendal along with a little box of quince paste (or membrillo) from the huge batch I made this summer. “Last first-class post was yesterday,” said someone in the queue at...
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#UN voices support of Arab League mission as...
12/30/2011
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. says it’s critical that the Syrian government give the Arab League’s observer mission unhindered access and its full cooperation as thousands of protesters take to that country’s streets to underscore their defiance of the regime.
Martin Nesirky, spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, said Friday that the league efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis...
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Sudanese Chief of #Arab Observers in #Syria...
12/30/2011
Human rights groups and Syrian opposition activists are outraged that a Sudanese general from a nation with a checkered human rights record is heading an Arab league mission to measure Syria’s crackdown on dissent. The critics say General Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi’s actions as a military commander and intelligence chief during Sudan’s recent conflicts make him...
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#Syria: Almost two dozen die in Friday protests
12/30/2011
Damascus, 30 Dec. (AKI) - At least 22 people were killed by Syrian security forces during ant-government protests that came amid a visit by observers from the Arab League, said to Al-Jazeera, citing human rights groups. Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Syrian streets following Friday prayers in what has become a weekly event since an popular uprising started in March.
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Clashes erupt as #Arab League visits #Syria
12/30/2011
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 30 (UPI) — Activists and Syrian forces clashed in after-prayer protests in the Damascus area, with troops firing nail bombs to disperse protesters, activists said Friday.
Meanwhile, Arab League monitors carried on their mission of observing whether the Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government was honoring its pledge to end its violent crackdown on...
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#Syria forces fire 'nail bombs' as masses protest
AFP - Syrian forces were accused of firing nail bombs on Friday to disperse protesters as tens of thousands of people flooded streets across the country to make their voices heard to Arab monitors.
Protesters called for the ouster and prosecution of President Bashar al-Assad, whose autocratic regime has been blamed for the deaths of more than 5,000 people since pro-reform protests erupted in...
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RT @Telecomix Every journalist who is denied an visa for #Syria, please notify the Arab League by fax:00205740331 - 00205779546 - 00205761017
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#Syria forces kill 10 protesters
12/30/2011
More than 25 wounded when forces fired bullets and tear gas
A protester holds a placard as she protests outside the United Nations House in Manama, December 30, 2011. Hundreds of protesters marched to United Nations House after Friday prayers to protest against killings in Syria by President Bashar Al Assad’s forces (REUTERS)
Syrian forces opened fire on protesters in the...
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A7rar al Jabal, #Syria: Details revealed from one...
Alleged site of bombing had fire coming from the top floor of the building. Building is about 50m away from car bomb which exploded at the gate.
The top floor of the building had housed political prisoners and it was the only place in the building that was on fire @ time of explosion.
Govt tried to cover this up by explaining that the top level of building was bombed by an RPG that was shot from a...
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Over 250,000 rally against #Syria's Assad:...
12/30/2011
NICOSIA: More than 250,000 people rallied across the Syrian region of Idlib on Friday as security forces shot dead at least five demonstrators and fired nail bombs at a crowd elsewhere, a watchdog said. The anti-regime protests in the flashpoint northwestern province of Idlib came after the main weekly Muslim prayers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement sent to...
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#Syria: opposition prepares mass protests as...
Syria’s opposition has called mass protests for later on Friday as the movement tries to exploit the supposed safety provided by the presence of Arab League monitors.
By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent, and David Blair
11:37AM GMT 30 Dec 2011
Rallies against President Bashar al-Assad have grown in size since the first observers arrived this week. Messages on ...
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Tear gas used on #Syria protests
12/30/2011
Syrian security forces used tear gas today to disperse protesters as hundreds of thousands massed in cities across the country in some of the largest protests seen in the nine-month uprising against president Bashar al-Assad.
Activists said they were aiming to show Arab League monitors the level of popular dissent. The observers arrived in Syria this week to assess whether Damascus...
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#Syria forces use nail bombs in Douma clashes
12/30/2011
NICOSIA — Syrian forces fired nail bombs to disperse tens of thousands of protesters Friday in the Damascus suburb of Douma and the demonstrators retaliated with stones, activists said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 24 protesters were hurt when the security forces fired the “nail bombs to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators in Douma.”
“An...
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Hundreds of thousands take to streets in #Syria:...
12/30/2011
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces used tear gas on Friday to disperse protesters as hundreds of thousands massed in cities across the country in some of the largest protests seen in the nine-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
Activists said they were aiming to show Arab League monitors the level of popular dissent. The observers arrived in Syria this week to...
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#Syria assessment reassuring: #Moscow
12/30/2011
Russia’s foreign ministry has said an initial assessment by Arab League observers in Syria was “reassuring”, even as activists reported that Syrian security forces had fired on demonstrators after Friday prayers and that an ambush by government troops killed four people.
Moscow is one of Syria’s few remaining allies following more than nine months of violence...
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#Syria Kills Protesters
12/30/2011
This probably isn’t the best way to make a good impression on the the Arab League peace monitors. Syrian security forces fired on protesters, killing at least 11, as Arab League monitors continued their visit. Four people were killed in Hama shortly after the monitors arrived, and two more were killed at a security checkpoint in Idlib. Syrian activists say the Assad regime...
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#Syrian defectors: Only no-fly zone can protect us
12/30/2011
(CNN) — Most of the Syrian fighters waging a guerrilla war against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are ill equipped — short on guns, ammunition and with no heavy weapons.
But while peaceful opposition to the government has grown in the city of Homs since the summer, military defectors, who call themselves the Free Syrian Army, have now managed to kick...
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#US. Mulls Aid for #Syria Opposition
12/30/2011
After sanctioning Bashar al-Assad’s regime and telling the Syrian leader to stop killing protesters, the Obama administration is preparing options for aiding the Syrian opposition directly. Two administration officials tell Foreign Policy that a small group of representatives from several agencies has convened to discuss extending humanitarian aid to the Syrian rebels and appointing...
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#Syria Violence Condemned By UK As 130 People...
12/30/2011
Britain condemned continued violence in Syria despite the presence of Arab League observers and called for an immediate end to state repression of protests.
At least 130 people are reported by opposition groups to have been killed by regime forces since the mission began its work on Tuesday.
Security forces have opened fire on large demonstrations in several areas of the country,...
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#Syria: Labor strikes take hold across the country...
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With Damascus reeling from twin suicide bombings apparently timed to coincide with the arrival of an Arab League observer mission, and as fighting rages between Syrian security forces and the armed resistance, Syria’s peaceful opposition is struggling to make its voice heard through a campaign of civil disobedience.
“We are ready to lose some money to gain a free country,” a...
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#Syria should brace for a financial collapse
Published December 29th, 2011 - 17:18 GMT via SyndiGate.info
Syria’s economy began 2011 in a strong state of health. The International Monetary Fund predicted moderate but meaningful growth, tourism receipts at more than US$8 billion (Dh29.3bn) were at a record high and set to rise, exploration for new oil and gas fields was under way. Multimillion dollar international investment projects...
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U.S. quietly preparing to support #Syria...
December 29, 2011 05:31 PM
The Daily StarIn this Dec. 22, 2011 photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex. AP
BEIRUT: White House officials are quietly preparing options to aid the Syrian opposition, Foreign Policy magazine reported.
In a blog posted Wednesday, the current affairs publication quoted two...
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Clashes in #Syria as Arab monitors embolden...
The UN says more than 5,000 people have been killed since the uprising in Syria began
Syrian security forces have reportedly opened fire to stop tens of thousands of protesters holding rallies in front of visiting Arab League observers.
Activists say at least 35 people were killed in flashpoint cities like Hama, Deraa and Homs, all of whom were being visited by League monitors.
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