26th June, 2013
Telkalakh, 26 June (AKI) – The Syrian army backed by pro-government militia have overrun the strategic western town of Telkalakh, close to the Lebanese border, an opposition watchdog reported on Wednesday.
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‘Assad forces capture strategic western town’
Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
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Kerry rules out military action in Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
For all the huff and puff the Americans understand that the options they face are regional, possibly global war or the Geneva II peace conference. Uncharacteristically all options are not on the table.
27th June, 2013
More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria’s uprising, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The death toll from the civil war is now 100,191 people, it said.
Violence raged as US Secretary of State John Kerry ruled out a military solution for Syria and called for a settlement based on last year’s Geneva peace plan.
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Iran urges Qatar emir to revise Syria policy
Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
26th June, 2013
Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Wednesday urged Qatar’s new Emir Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to revise his country’s policy of backing Syrian rebel groups.
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Nusaiyf calls Arab League to prevent Qatar from arming Syrian opposition
Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
26th June, 2013
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP Aliya Nusaiyf of the Hurra Iraqiya Slate called the parliament to demand the Arab League and the Islamic Conference Organization to pressurize Qatar and prevent it from arming the armed groups in Syria.
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Davutoğlu and Lavrov discuss Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013
Davutoğlu and Lavrov discuss Syria in phone conversation, agree to meet
27th June, 2013
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had a phone conversation with his Russiancounterpart, Sergey Lavrov, June 26 as preparations for the Geneva II conference to find a path to a solution for the deadlock in Syria are ongoing.
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Fatah, PFLP-GC slam Hamas leader’s stance on Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013
25th June, 2013
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah on Monday criticized Hamas leader and PLC speaker Aziz Dweik for taking sides in the Syrian conflict.
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Fiasco for “Friends of Syria” meeting
Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013
23rd June, 2013
The meeting of the “Friends of Syria” held on Saturday, 22 June, in Doha (Qatar), concluded unsuccessfully. France, the United Kingdom and the United States had announced at the Lough Erne G8 summit that they would officially be arming the Free Syrian Army. On 14 June, the latter had provided the list of weapons and ammunition they needed.
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Suppliers of Syrian “rebels” liable
Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013
Arms deliveries to ’Syrian rebels’ equally liable for crimes committed
22nd June, 2013
The delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels is in breach of UN resolutions. This enables the victims’ families to sue individually before the International Criminal Tribunal those leaders who should decide to do so, and allows Syria to file a suit against their states with the International Court of Justice.
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Iranian minister bashes Doha conference
Posted by seumasach on June 24, 2013
[The sentiments expressed by the Iranian leadership are also those of the vast majority in the UK. The empire is coming to an end in a comprehensive propaganda defeat. One only to read the comments section of the Guardian newspaper, a cheerleader for the Syrian rebels, to see this overwhelming reality- even the trolls no longer dare come out to play. You know you’re in a entirely new reality when Cameron’s main leadership rival, Boris Johnson, takes his cues from Vladimir Putin. News, if true, that Turkey has cut off supply routes to “the rebels” means their defeat is imminent and in its wake peace talks, between the West and the Assad government, those overthrow they have long sought, without pre-conditions.]
24th June, 2013
Iran has denounced a decision by Western and Arab countries to send weapons to Syrian rebelsfighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
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Decision to arm rebel groups ‘dangerous’
Posted by seumasach on June 24, 2013
Good to dee the Washington Post joining the ranks of the realists and dedicating space to the words of Syria’s foreign minister, a voice of reason.
Syrian foreign minister: Decision to arm rebel groups ‘dangerous’ and will prolong war
24th June, 2013
DAMASCUS, Syria — The decision by the United States and its allies to arm rebel groups in Syria is “very dangerous” and will prolong the violence and killing on the ground, Syria’s foreign minister said Monday.
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UN rejects US claim on Syria chemical weapons
Posted by seumasach on June 22, 2013
21st June, 2013
UN experts say they do not confirm the claims by the United States, France and Britain that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the militants.
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