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/
Official: 122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school – CNN.com
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — More than 120 girls and three teachers were admitted to an Afghanistan hospital Wednesday after being poisoned in their classes with a type of spray, a Takhar provincial official said. The incident occurred in the provincial capital of Talokhan, in the Bibi Hajera girls school, said Dr. Hafizullah Safi, director of [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 23, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/23/official-122-girls-3-teachers-poisoned-at-afghan-school-cnn-com/
Hadi vows to fight ‘terrorism’ as Saudi Arabia hosts int’l conference on Yemen
By Al Arabiya with Agencies Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade watched by the president from behind a bullet-proof glass shield on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed nearly 100 of their colleagues in an attack on the rehearsal. Yemen vowed on Monday to fight “terrorism” regardless of the sacrifices as [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 22, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/22/hadi-vows-to-fight-terrorism-as-saudi-arabia-hosts-intl-conference-on-yemen/
Al-Qaeda claims bombing that killed nearly 100 Yemeni soldiers
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) stepped up its war against the Yemeni forces when it carried out a suicide bombing attack on a military parade in the capital Sana’a on Monday , killing almost 100 and wounding about 300 others. Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia group issued a statement saying claiming the responsibility for the [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 21, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/21/al-qaeda-claims-bombing-that-killed-nearly-100-yemeni-soldiers/
