Syria Violence

One Syrian Journalist on Houla, Assad and Why He Hasn't Left

Marcos Barbery | Posted 06.01.2012

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Marcos Barbery

From the beginning, journalists attempting to report from Syria confronted perilous threats. This week, in the wake of the Houla massacre, I caught up with one Syrian journalist turned-activist.

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Former Al Jazeera Chief's Warning To The Media

Journalism.co.uk | Posted 06.01.2012

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Wadar Khanfar, the former general manager of Al Jazeera Wadar, warned news outlets today about embracing "the narrative of the government" as he accus...

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Chronicle of Some Deaths Foretold

Doug Bradley | Posted 06.01.2012

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Doug Bradley

I'm still haunted by the faces of the Syrians I saw on the bus that day in 1977, those whose sons and daughters and grandchildren may now be dying in places like Houla.

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On Syria's Continuing Carnage

Rajan Menon | Posted 06.01.2012

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Rajan Menon

Much about Syria's continuing carnage remains unclear -- above all, what outsiders can do to stop it. But there are also undeniable facts.

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Annan 'Impatient And Frustrated' Over Syria

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT — The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, ...

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Activists: 11 Syrian State Workers Executed

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT -- Gunmen killed 11 workers at a state-owned fertilizer factory in a volatile central Syrian province, activists said Friday, the second execut...

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PHOTOS: Exclusive Satellite Images Show Syria Massacre

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- New satellite images of the besieged Syrian region of Houla provide stark evidence of last week's massacre of more than 100 civilians, m...

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West: Syria Headed For Full-Blown Civil War

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

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By Mariam Karouny and Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 31 (Reuters) - Syria is nearing full-blown sectarian civil war that would be catastrop...

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What You Need To Know On Assad's Brutal Gunmen

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT — The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villa...

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Russia Allegedly Supplying Syria With Arms

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

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* Rights group had been tracking the ship * Group says Russian ship turned transponder off (Adds details, refusal to disclose cargo...

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Syrian Investigation Blames Anti-Regime Forces For Massacre

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

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BEIRUT, May 31 (Reuters) - Syria said on Thursday a preliminary investigation showed that anti-government armed groups carried out a massacre last w...

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'I Put My Brother's Blood All Over Me And Acted Like I Was Dead'

AP | BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT -- When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his ...

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Obama, Romney Face No-Win Situation

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mit...

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Clinton On Syria: 'The Dangers We Face Are Terrible'

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Arshad Mohammed COPENHAGEN, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday laid out arguments against armed...

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'People Responsible For This Massacre Must Be Punished'

AP | Posted 05.31.2012

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PARIS -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that those responsible for last week's massacre of more than 100 people in Syria should be punishe...

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McCain: U.S. Inability To Help In Syria 'Embarrassing'

AP | SEAN YOONG | Posted 05.31.2012

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The United States must show stronger international leadership to halt the violence in Syria, which could become a significan...

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Troops Shelling Area Just Days After Massacre

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.01.2012

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By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press BEIRUT -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria on Thursday to stop its attacks, saying the U.N. obs...

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Syria's Walking Wounded

GlobalPost | Posted 05.30.2012

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JABAL AL ZAWIYA, Syria — The pickup truck swerved around the corner as three frantic men stood on the back screaming,“Go! Go!” Bouncing painfull...

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Why Is Obama Playing Politics With Syria?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.30.2012

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Lionel Beehner

An election has a funny way of suspending our rationality abroad. Maybe there is something of Arab Spring fatigue setting in among Western policymakers. Still, one has to wonder that if this were not an election year whether there would have been a more forceful U.S. response to the bloodshed in Syria.

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VIDEO: Child Survivor Of Syrian Massacre Describes Mother's Murder

Posted 05.30.2012

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In a new amateur video uploaded to YouTube, a young Syrian boy describes witnessing the murder of his family during last week's horrifying massacre in...

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Rebels To Assad: You Have 48 Hours

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Wednesday gave President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to abide by an international peace plan to e...

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Is Syrian Massacre Russia's Tipping Point?

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin resumed the Russian presidency declaring a moral right to promote Kremli...

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Russia: Expelling Syrian Diplomats Is Counterproductive

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - Russia criticised Western nations on Wednesday for expelling Syrian envoys, calling th...

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UN Rights Body To Hold Special Session On Syria Massacre

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.30.2012

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GENEVA — The U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria and last week's massacre of...

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Syria Observers: 13 Bodies Found With Hands Tied

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - U.N. observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern...

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