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UN Report on Syria: Based on Witness Accounts OUTSIDE of Syria

By Tony Cartalucci

Humanitarian concerns 'dressing up' the military conquest of Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29843.htm



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By Israeli National News

European sources in Washington confirm that there are plans for a no fly zone to be imposed on Syria by Arab and Turkish warplanes, with the US coordinating the logistics.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29796.htm



U.S. Urges Americans to Leave Syria 'Immediately'

By CBS/AP

The U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens in Syria to depart 'immediately,' and Turkey s foreign ministry urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia to avoid traveling through Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29801.htm



David Cameron: War looms in Syria

By James Tapsfield

David Cameron urged world leaders to 'engage' with Syrian opposition groups yesterday as he warned the country was on the brink of a full-scale civil war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29797.htm



France Considers 'Humanitarian Corridors' in Syria

By AFP

France will discuss creating protected humanitarian corridors in Syria with its EU and Arab allies, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday, after meeting the exiled Syrian opposition leader.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29802.htm



Perry Calls for No-Fly Zone In Syria Would Act Unilaterally Without UN Authorization

By Ben Armbruster

Texas Gov. Rick Perry hasn t said much about Libya on the presidential campaign trail but he did call Muammar Qaddafi s death last month "good news for the people of Libya.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29794.htm



It s Not About Freedom, It s All About Iran

By Marwan Al Kabalan

Syria s foes have seized the opportunity provided by the crisis to try to change regional balance of power in their favour.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29810.htm



BRICS countries against external interference into Syria s affairs

BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have also stressed that additional and unilateral sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive and would lead only to aggravation of the situation.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/24/60992747.html


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Alain Juppé discussing with Hillary Clinton 'humanitarian corridors' in Syria
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10701/



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Lavrov reiterated Russia s position that opponents of Assad share responsibility for the violence and should face concerted international pressure to enter talks with the government, Russian news agencies reported.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=246395



Russian warships enter Syrian waters to prevent NATO attack

As we saw prior to the attack on Libya, which was also framed as a 'humanitarian intervention,' NATO powers are keen to demonize Assad s government by characterizing attacks by his forces as atrocities while largely ignoring similar attacks by opposition forces, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

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US carrier strike group off Syrian coast
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By Jean Shaoul

Turkey is playing a major role in preparing a military push on NATO s behalf into Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29488.htm



Fmr. Director of the CIA calls for an attack on Syria

'I think the last thing we want to do now is to start talking about ceasefires'.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14041.htm



U.S. Senator McCain calls for military intervention in Syria:

U.S. Senator John McCain proposed a military intervention to protect civilians in Syria now that NATO s operations in Libya are almost completed.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20111024/168036230.html



Sanctioning Syria: The Long Road to Damascus

By Maidhc Ó Cathail

It should be clear for which country regime change in Syria presents a 'strategic opportunity.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29743.htm



Guns Turn Towards Syria: End Violence or Else?

By RussiaToday on Nov 18, 2011

Russia has again warned foreign powers against intervening in Syria s internal unrest. It comes after Jordan reportedly asked the UK to take the lead in a war of words against president Assad, in an effort to oust him from power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29763.htm



Russia warships to enter Syria waters in bid to stem foreign intervention

Russian warships are due to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, a Syrian news agency said on Thursday, indicating that the move represented a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country s civil unrest.

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Ten people have died in the latest clashes as protesters urge more people to defect from the Syrian security forces

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/14/syria-protesters-defections-security-forces



Here we go again: U.N. urges world to protect civilians in Syria

The United Nations said the death toll from the unrest had reached 3,000, including at least 187 children. Its human rights chief demanded that the world act to stop the carnage.

http://goo.gl/dkSyI



'Free Syrian Army' poses growing threat to Assad

Since going AWOL, tank driver Adday has exiled himself in Turkey and joined an allegedly growing number of Syrian army defectors who have regrouped under the banner of the Free Syrian Army.

http://goo.gl/ohZU4



White House and No 10 Sought to Topple the Syrian Regime

By Ben Fenton

The 'preferred plan' adds: 'Once a political decision is reached to proceed with internal disturbances in Syria, CIA is prepared, and SIS [MI6] will attempt, to mount minor sabotage and coup de main incidents within Syria, working through contacts with individuals.

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Syria s Grand Mufti Shiekh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun in a video posted on YouTube, said suicide bombers were present in the United States, France and Britain and ready to strike if Western powers launch a military strike on his country.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/10/171134.html


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The text of a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, which Russia and China vetoed recently, allowed for the use of military force against that country, says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Turkey ready for war with Syria

In case of necessity Turkey is prepared to break out war with Syria, said Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey s foreign minister, newspaper Timeturk reported.

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/1941712.html


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French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a swipe at Syria on Tuesday for its harsh military repression of pro-democracy protesters, calling on the UN to give the Syrian people the same assistance given to the Libyans, dpa reported.

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Syria, defectors form dissident army in sign uprising may be entering new phase

A group of defectors calling themselves the Free Syrian Army is attempting the first effort to organize an armed challenge to President Bashar al-Assad s rule.

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Thousands of Syrian Army defectors join militias

The militias were believed to be aligned with the Free Syrian Army, commanded from neighboring Turkey. The sources said between 3,000 and 5,000 fled the Syrian Army, some of them with their weapons.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_syria1207_09_27.asp



Thousands of troops desert from Syrian army

Scores of officers and thousands of soldiers have defected in recent weeks, according to one former lieutenant, amid a mounting death toll and reports of brutality against protesters by government forces.

http://goo.gl/reB3Q



The West kicks itself because of UN Security Council s decision on Syria

If the West does not make Russia and China vote 'the right way', the EU and the USA will simply ignore the Council, as it happened in 1999 and 2003 with Yugoslavia and Iraq.

http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/06-10-2011/119248-west_syria_security_council-0/


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RAI voiced caution over the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad s government, suggesting that its collapse could pose a threat to Christians in the country, and urging the international community to give Assad more time to implement reforms.

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Most contend that NATO s next destination for military intervention is either Syria or Yemen.

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Russia to oppose any moves to arm Syrian opposition

The international community s 'response to events' in Damascus will move from supporting the people s uprising and condemning the oppression of the regime by waving the stick of economic and financial sanctions - to arming the Syrian opposition, similar to what was done in Libya.

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