Sunday, March 27, 2011

Unrest In Syria -- News Updates March 27, 2011



Syria 'To Lift Emergency Law' -- Al Jazeera

Syrian government adviser confirms to Al Jazeera that the country's emergency law is to be lifted but fails to say when.

A Syrian government adviser has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the country's emergency law is to be lifted.

Bouthaina Shaaban, an adviser to Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, told Al Jazeera's Cal Perry in the capital Damascus on Sunday the law would "absolutely" be lifted, but failed to give a timetable.

The repeal of the emergency law, in place since the 1963 coup that brought the Baath Party to power, has been a key demand of protesters who have taken to the streets in recent days to demand greater political freedoms.

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More News On The Unrest In Syria

Syrian president expected to address nation -- CNN
Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Syria protests: Evidence that government forces killed protesters -- The Telegraph
Syria buries Latakia victims, emergency law to be lifted -- AFP
Tension and Grief in Syria After Protests and Deadly Reprisals -- New York Times
Deaths as Syria protests spread -- Al Jazeera
Dozens of Syrians reported killed in Daraa -- CNN
Syrian president blames 'armed gangs' as 12 die in violence -- Daily Mail
Report says 12 killed as violence sweeps Syrian port city -- The Guardian
Syrian troops enter key port city of Latakia after 12 killed in protests -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian police open fire on protesters -- The Telegraph
2 Killed in Anti-Government Unrest in Syria -- Voice of America
Assad aide says Syria to end decades of emergency law, but no timetable set -- Haaretz
Syria: Emergency law to be lifted some day -- UPI
Syria ends 48-year-long emergency law -- Xinhuanet
Syria Asks Reuters Correspondent to Leave Country, Reuters Says -- Bloomberg
Syria unrest may be first step toward deposing Assad -- Haaretz
Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria's Assad to choose. -- Christian Science Monitor
Washington sees pros and cons in Syria turmoil -- Sydney Morning Herald

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