Unrest In Syria -- News Updates August 3, 2011

Syrian Government Launches New Attack On Hama -- Wall Street Journal

DUBAI—Syria's government launched a fresh bombing campaign on the city of Hama on Wednesday, moving tanks into the city's central square and cutting off telecommunications links at dawn, as President Bashar al-Assad appeared determined to resist mounting international pressure to end his crackdown.

Plumes of black smoke rose over several parts of the city as residents in a town four kilometers away reported awaking to sounds of explosions in Hama, the site of a 1982 crackdown on an Islamist insurgency that remains Syria's bloodiest campaign against dissent.

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Syrian Uprising Expands Despite Absence Of Leaders -- NPR

Protesters across Syria come under fire -- Al Jazeera

Witnesses: Syrian security jabs, thrusts into Hama -- CNN
Syrian troops, tanks push into Hama -- Washington Post
Syria Sends In Tanks to Storm Center of Rebellious City -- New York Times
Syria unrest: Tanks 'advance' on besieged city of Hama -- BBC
Syria: tanks continue assault on Hama (Video) -- The Telegraph
Syrian activists report blasts from besieged Hama -- AP
Syrian Forces Shell Hama as UN Struggles for Agreement on Condemning Assad -- Bloomberg
More tanks in Syria as UN talks continue -- Sydney Morning Herald
Restive Hama is historic hotbed of rebelliousness -- CNN

Outside Pressure On Syria -- New York Times
Russia, others block UN action on Syria abuses -- CBS
U.S. Envoy Describes 'Atrocious' and 'Ghastly' Abuses by Syrian Security Forces -- ABC News
U.S. Seeks Pressure on Syria, but Options Are Few -- New York Times
US evacuates embassy staff in Syria -- Financial Times
Obama administration intensifies pressure on Syria -- CNN

Oil firm says business as usual in Syria for now -- Reuters
Syrian unrest keeps oil traders on edge -- Financial Times

Analysis: Syria army keeps cohesion but risks overstretch -- Reuters
Why Obama must be cautious on Syria -- Blake Hounshell, CNN
Why Arab leaders are largely silent on Syria's brutal crackdown -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor
Is Bashar al-Assad running the killing show in Syria? -- Tariq Alhomayed, Global Arab Network
The New Hama Rules -- Tom Friedman, New York Times