Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 23, 2013

Members of Free Syrian Army take a rest near a damaged house at the front line in Hich village in Idlib January 22, 2013. (Reuters)

U.N. Says Syria Being Systematically Destroyed By Own People -- Al Arabiya/Reuters

Syria is being systematically destroyed by its own people, a senior U.N. relief official said on Tuesday after returning from a four-day visit to the civil war-wracked country.

Peaceful street demonstrations seeking democratic reform in March 2011 were met with a bloody military crackdown and escalated into an armed uprising aimed at toppling
President Bashar al-Assad. More than 60,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced in Syria over 22 months of conflict.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

Fighting rages in Syria, Russia lashes out at opposition
-- AFP
Russia Criticizes Syria Rebel ‘Obsession’ With Assad Exit -- New York Times
Russia: Syria rebels obsession with Assad blocks peace -- Reuters
Defying Common View, Some Syrian Kurds Fight Assad -- New York Times
Rights group: Syria rebels accused of looting churches, destroying mosque -- NBC
In Syria, Addressing Medical Needs In An Embattled City -- NPR (audio)
Walkie-talkies as lifeline in wartime Syria -- Al Jazeera

Turkey: World should declare Assad regime’s bombardments in Syria as war crimes -- Washington Post/AP
Turkey: Syrian Regime's Actions Equal War Crimes -- AP
Turkey remains open to Syrian refugees -- News24
Syrian refugees overwhelm Lebanon, region -- Washington Post
20,000 Palestinians flee Syria for ‘horrible’ living conditions in Lebanon: U.N. -- Al Arabiya

NATO: Patriot anti-missile batteries in Turkey to become operational this weekend -- Washington Post/AP
First Patriot missiles to be ready in Turkey at weekend -- Reuters
NATO: Patriots to reach initial operating status in Turkey this weekend -- Stars and Stripes

Syrian harvests devastated as conflict continues, UN agricultural agency says -- UN News Centre
Syria’s food shortages worsening, U.N. says -- Washington Post
Civil war ravages Syrian farm sector-UN -- Reuters
UN says civil war has badly damaged agriculture, production down sharply -- Washington Post
Syrian agriculture sector in tatters: UN -- AFP

Russia denies large Syria evacuation amid fighting -- AP
Russia denies evacuation of 77 citizens from Syria is beginning of the end -- Christian Science Monitor
Russians Fleeing Syria Describe A Bleak Situation In Damascus -- Business Insider
No political goals in Syria, Russia says -- UPI

Does Syria envoy Brahimi have a Plan C?
-- Colum Lynch, Turtle Bay/Foreign Policy
Remember The War In Syria? -- Tim Marshall, SKY News

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