Tag: Syria

By ANNE GEARANAP National Security WriterBRUSSELSDespite oft-repeated U.S. demands that Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Obama administration’s policy now reflects a consensus that Assad has a firm hold on power and that nothing short of an outside military

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTPlainclothes Syrian security agents opened fire at anti-regime protesters near the cars of U.N. monitors in a Damascus suburb Wednesday, a witness said. Amateur video showed people ducking for cover as gunshots rang out. The videos could

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of tougher measures if he squanders his “last chance” by failing to implement the Kofi Annan peace plan. Either the international community succeeds in “pushing forward” Annan’s

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. As Kofi Annan’s Syria peace plan collapses, Russia blames ‘external forces’ Turkey says that we just have to wait and see what happens in Syria Ban Ki-moon asks the EU for airplanes and helicopters

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces assaulted an opposition stronghold with a steady rain of mortar shells Wednesday even as the foreign minister promised the regime would respect a week-old cease-fire and withdraw troops from urban centers in line with an

The United States said Tuesday that persistent violence in Syria was “unacceptable” and demanded that President Bashar al-Assad do more to comply with a peace plan to end months of bloodshed. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that a ceasefire

By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTThe Syrian regime widened artillery attacks on opposition strongholds Tuesday in another sign that the U.N.-brokered cease-fire is quickly unraveling despite the presence of foreign observers, activists said. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said he is asking the

By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISInternational sanctions targeting Syria’s repressive regime have depleted its financial reserves by half _ and Damascus is actively trying to evade them, the French foreign minister said Tuesday. Alain Juppe called for a solid international response to

This past February, Thailand was added to a high-risk blacklist by an international organization many people have never heard of. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established by the Group of Seven (G7) in 1989 to combat money laundering

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. South African president will marry again and have four wives Taliban in Afghanistan begin their ‘spring offensive’ U.N. observers arrive in Syria as ‘cease-fire’ shows signs of collapse N. Korea’s Kim Jong-un places ‘national

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the Syrian government is responsible for guaranteeing U.N. observers full freedom of movement to monitor the country’s tenuous cease-fire, which appeared to be unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTAn advance team of U.N. observers was negotiating the ground rules with Syrian authorities Monday for monitoring the country’s 5-day-old cease-fire, which appeared to be rapidly unraveling as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 15 (UPI) —Israeli police blocked activists who attempted to fly into the country to protest Israel’s policies in the West Bank, officials said. Some 650 policemen were deployed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday to

HAMBURG, Germany, April 15 (UPI) —A German freighter allegedly loaded with Iranian weapons and ammunition for Syria was prevented from docking at a Syrian port, an official said. Luddkee told the German Web site the ship had been charted by

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. For Easter, Jerusalem lights up with the ‘Holy Fire’ celebration Thousands of Egyptian Copts visit Jerusalem for Easter ceremony China demands complete sovereignty over Philippine island U.N. observers will arrive in Syria on Sunday

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian troops and rebel gunmen carried out attacks across Syria on Saturday, killing at least nine people in a surge of violence that threatened a U.N.-brokered cease-fire. The bloodshed came as the U.N. Security Council considered whether

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Wharton School’s Jeremy Siegel is lying about stock valuations Spectacular missile failure makes North Korea very dangerous right now Syria violence is lower than before on second day of ‘truce’ U.S. sends nonlethal aid

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korean rocket launch a humiliating failure Tensions grow between Hong Kong and mainland China Syria regime slaughter down on truce, as Friday protests loom United Nations may send observers to Syria North Korean

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Philippines and China in nationalistic confrontation in South China Sea Syria’s psychodrama continues for another day European financial crisis growing quickly in Spain and Italy Philippines and China in nationalistic confrontation in South China

Western powers pressed Syria to adhere to a ceasefire with only hours to go before the UN-backed deadline, as North Korea’s plans for a rocket launch also raised mounting concern. Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight major industrial nations

In the midst of ongoing rocket terror attacks against Israel from Gaza and even Egypt, as civil war rages in Syria, and as the threat from Iran approaches the point of no return, 74 Democrats in the House of Representatives

United Nations envoy Kofi Annan implied today that a ceasefire in the civil war in Syria is imminent. Speaking in Tehran, he stated that, “If everyone respects it, by 6 a.m. on Thursday there should be a much improved situation