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Security Council Members Consider New Syria Resolution
Security Council Members Consider New Syria Resolution

 February 03, 2012 Source: VOA, AP, AFP and Reuters. Members of the United Nations Security Council are considering Friday a new draft resolution to end the bloodshed in Syria, with an amendment designed to overcome Russian objections. U.N. ambassadors say the new draft will be sent back to their governments for evaluation, but it is [...]

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Syria opposition commemorates Hama massacre
Syria opposition commemorates Hama massacre

February 02, 2012 Source:  AFP DAMASCUS: Syria’s opposition called protests Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Hama massacre, as Arab and Western countries moved closer to agreement on action to halt a regime crackdown on dissent. Demonstrations were to be held in various cities in memory of the estimated 10,000 to 40,000 people [...]

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Up to 100 dead in Syria while West, Russia wrangle at U.N.
Up to 100 dead in Syria while West, Russia wrangle at U.N.

Source: Euro News & The Daily Star February 02, 2012 02:19 AM By Lauren Williams BEIRUT: Up to 100 people – most of them civilians – were killed Wednesday, human rights groups said, taking a soaring death toll to over 240 in four days, as opposition groups prepared protests to mark Thursday’s 30th anniversary of [...]

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Russia, West face off on Syria at U.N.
Russia, West face off on Syria at U.N.

February 01, 2012 By Daily Star Staff & Agencies BEIRUT: Russia is poised to wield its powerful veto for a second time after Western and Arab diplomats pulled out their diplomatic big guns at the Security Council Tuesday in a high-stakes standoff between Russia and the West over the crisis in Syria. U.S. Secretary of [...]

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A UN resolution on Syria, even watered down, would hurt Assad
A UN resolution on Syria, even watered down, would hurt Assad

Fares Chamseddine Source: The Guardian Tuesday 31 January 2012 I’d like to see a resolution that calls on the Syrian president (and, the Russians will insist, all armed groups) to stop the violence A UN resolution on Syria, regardless of its content, would be a very important step for the Syrian people in their struggle [...]

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