BEIRUT, Lebanon — International efforts to pressure Syria intensified on Monday, as the United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan began negotiations in the capital, Damascus, and the chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that continued atrocities could make military intervention more likely. via Pressure Grows on Syria as Annan Arrives After [...]
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Pressure Grows on Syria as Annan Arrives After Houla Attack – NYTimes.com
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/28/pressure-grows-on-syria-as-annan-arrives-after-houla-attack-nytimes-com/
France says Syrian regime leaders will answer for ‘murderous folly’
By Al Arabiya With Agencies The leaders of the Syrian regime will have to answer for their “murderous folly,” the French president’s office said Monday, adding that Paris will be hosting the next Friends of Syria meeting. “The Houla massacre and the events of the these last days in Syria and in Lebanon illustrate, once [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/28/france-says-syrian-regime-leaders-will-answer-for-murderous-folly/
Annan in Syria with message for ‘everyone with a gun’ – CNN.com
(CNN) — International envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Syria on Monday amid growing fury over a gruesome massacre that killed 108 people in one town. He vowed “serious” discussions with President Bashar al-Assad and said he had a message for “everyone with a gun”: to halt the violence. Rebel leaders have said Annan’s six-point plan [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/28/annan-in-syria-with-message-for-everyone-with-a-gun-cnn-com/
Security Council Condemns Syrian Government For Killings : The Two-Way : NPR
by Krishnadev Calamur The U.N. Security Council is condemning the Syrian government for the massacre of scores of people, including children, in the town of Houla, a day after images of the mass killings shocked the world. “The Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 27, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/27/security-council-condemns-syrian-government-for-killings-the-two-way-npr/
Bombardment of Syrian village leaves dozens dead – The Washington Post
By Liz Sly, Saturday, May 26, 11:03 AM BEIRUT —Syrian forces killed dozens of civilians in a village in central Syria, opposition groups and witnesses said Saturday, amid growing questions about the effectiveness of a U.N. monitoring mission that is supposed to be observing a cease-fire. U.N. officials said that at least 32 children were [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 26, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/26/bombardment-of-syrian-village-leaves-dozens-dead-the-washington-post/
BBC News – Syria crisis: Houla child massacre confirmed by UN
UN observers have counted at least 90 bodies, including 32 children, after a Syrian government attack on a town. UN mission head Maj-Gen Robert Mood told the BBC the killing in Houla was “indiscriminate and unforgivable”. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said he would seek a strong global response to the “appalling crime”. UN chief [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 26, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/26/bbc-news-syria-crisis-houla-child-massacre-confirmed-by-un/
U.N. observers in Syria count more than 92 bodies in Houla carnage
The United Nations‘ observers in Syria on Saturday confirmed that more than 92 people, including dozens of children, were killed in what activists said was an artillery barrage by government forces in the town of Houla, in the province of Homs. “This morning U.N. military and civilian observers went to Houla and counted more than [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 26, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/26/u-n-observers-in-syria-count-more-than-92-bodies-in-houla-carnage/
More than 60 killed in Syria despite presence of U.N. monitors
By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES More than 60 people were killed nationwide in Syria on Sunday, including at least 34 people in central Hama province, which came under heavy army shelling for hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. “Thirty-four people were killed under shelling and gunfire in Souran village while it was being [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 20, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/20/more-than-60-killed-in-syria-despite-presence-of-u-n-monitors/
U.N. observer team evacuated from Syrian town escape deadly violence
By AL ARABIYA WITH AFP United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Wednesday said U.N. observers monitoring the violence in Syria were evacuated from a tense town a day after a blast hit their convoy. Syrian troops were accused by activists of another massacre when they opened fire on a funeral procession and reportedly killed [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 16, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/16/u-n-observer-team-evacuated-from-syrian-town-escape-deadly-violence/
Civilians ‘summarily executed’ in Homs, as Syrian death toll mounts across the country
At least 15 civilians were “summarily executed” by regime forces in a neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. “After regime forces raided the neighborhood of Shammas, 15 civilians were found summarily executed,” Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based watchdog told AFP, qualifying [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 16, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/16/civilians-summarily-executed-in-homs-as-syrian-death-toll-mounts-across-the-country/
