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Syria shelling kills dozens in rebel town
Government troops rained tank and artillery shells down on a rebellious suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus Friday, killing at least 43 people over two days, opposition groups and activists said.
Do not rule out military action in Syria
Over the past few months analysts and commentators in and outside the US have been busy trying to determine whether the Obama administration will or will not intervene in Syria before the November 2012 US presidential elections.
France wants U.N. to be able to enforce Annan plan
(Reuters) – France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan’s Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, adding that a no-fly zone was an option under consideration to stem what was now a civil war.
U.N. accuses Syria of using children as human shields; Kofi Annan urges nations to “twist arms”
(AP) UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. report released Monday includes Syrian government forces and their allied “shabiha” militias for the first time on a list of 52 governments and armed groups that recruit, kill or sexually attack children in armed conflicts. Meanwhile, to stop the escalating violence there, U.N. envoy Kofi Annan has asked governments […]
Syria Qubair: Bloody traces of massacre seen in village
Paul Danahar: “Whoever did this may have acted with mindless violence, but attempts to cover up the details of the atrocity are calculated and clear”
At least 20 reported dead in Daraa
(CNN) — At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded early Saturday from sporadic shelling in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Women and children were among the casualties from the ongoing clashes that were taking place between regime forces and rebel fighters in the area, […]
U.N. monitors unable to reach site of Syria killings
(Reuters) – United Nations observers in Syria have been prevented from reaching the village of Mazraat al-Qubeir where activists say at least 78 people were massacred, the head of the monitoring mission said on Thursday. “They are being stopped at Syrian army checkpoints and in some cases turned back,” General Robert Mood said in a […]
Syria’s latest massacre leaves Annan’s peace plan in tatters
It is 10 days since Kofi Annan described the Houla massacre as a “tipping point” for Syria. Outrage apart, little has changed since 108 people, including 39 children, were slaughtered. Now another alleged mass killing has captured headlines across the world. Will it make any difference? On the face of it, the circumstances of the […]
Annan’s new road map for peace in Syria
Kofi Annan is tinkering with a radical idea for reviving his moribund peace plan for Syria — a road map for political transition there that would be negotiated through a “contact group” that could include, among other nations, Russia and Iran.
Syria rebels no longer respect truce, blame Assad
Syrian rebels said on Monday they were no longer bound by a U.N.-backed truce because President Bashar al-Assad had failed to observe their Friday deadline to implement the ceasefire and had only attacked government forces to defend "our people".
Syrian Affairs 