Syria’s Assad: ‘No intention of stepping down’
Syria’s President Assad: No intention of stepping down Syria’s President Assad has said he has no intention of stepping down. In his first interview since calls were made for a peace conference to try to resolve the conflict, he said that the West’s efforts would be better focused on trying to stop guns falling [...]
Syria crisis: Refugee total now more than 1.5m – UNHCR Agencies say they do not have the resources to cope with the number of refugees Continue reading the main story Syria conflict Chemical weapons claims The town hit by ‘chemical attack’ An unwinnable war No easy answers The UN’s refugee agency has said that more [...]
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Aleppo soap: War threatens an ancient tradition By Golda ArthurBBC World Service Aleppo soap – widely considered to be the first soap ever made – is popular across the Middle East and far beyond. But the intense fighting is making business in Syria’s second city all but impossible – and the soap’s future is uncertain. [...]
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Damascus, Syria (CNN) — A U.N. official says there are strong suspicions that Syrian rebel forces have used the deadly nerve agent sarin gas in the country’s civil war. Carla Del Ponte told an Italian-Swiss TV station that the findings come after interviews with doctors and Syrian victims now in neighboring countries. Del Ponte, the [...]
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Sky’s Foreign Affairs Editor has confirmed that Syrian Vice President Farouk al Sharaa has not defected from the Assad government – amid claims of a massacre by regime troops. Tim Marshall spoke to Mr Sharaa in the Syrian capital and wrote on Twitter: “I am with the Syria Vice President. In Damascus. He has not [...]
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SYRIA Annan concedes failure of efforts to end Syria conflict The man charged with bringing peace to Syria has acknowledged that his efforts so far have failed. Kofi Annan’s comments came a day after UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for changes to the UN mission in Syria. United Nations-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has [...]
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U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria A frame grab from a video taken by U.N. observers as smoke rose over the Syrian city of Homs earlier this week. The observers said Homs had been shelled by Syrian government forces. U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria A frame grab from a video taken by U.N. observers as smoke [...]
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TOP STORIES Syria is now in a state of civil war, a top United Nations official has said. An escalation in the status of the conflict might mean the observer mission’s days are numbered. The conflict in Syria has grown into a civil war, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said in an interview [...]
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(CNN) – If Barack Obama could make three wishes, he would probably ask for the crisis in Syria to go away. That would help him receive another wish: Getting reelected as president of the United States. Unfortunately for Obama, and tragically for the people in Syria, history has brought the American presidential campaign and the Syrian revolution to [...]
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep frustration with the violence in Syria, two days after reports emerged of another massacre. Ban Ki-moon: “How many more times have we to condemn them? Mr Ban said there was little evidence that Syria’s government was complying with envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan. Activists say government-backed militias [...]
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