Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates February 22, 2012



If They Find You They Will Kill You: Chilling Warning To Veteran War Reporter Marie Colvin Just Days Before She Was Killed In Syrian Rocket Attack -- Daily Mail

* Assad troops pledged to kill 'any journalist who set foot on Syrian soil'
* French photographer Remi Ochlik also died in this morning's shelling
* Both killed in attack on anti-Assad activists' makeshift media centre
* 'They knew if they destroyed the press centre, there'd be no more information coming out of Homs'
* U.S. condemns 'shameless brutality of Assad's regime'

Syrian forces murdered journalist Marie Colvin after pledging to kill 'any journalist who set foot on Syrian soil', it emerged today.

The 55-year-old Sunday Times reporter died alongside French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, in a rocket attack on the besieged city of Homs this morning.

Communication between Syrian Army officers intercepted by Lebanese intelligence staff has revealed that direct orders were issued to target the makeshift press centre in which Colvin had been broadcasting.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

92 killed across Syria as opposition says military intervention may be only solution -- Al Arabiya
Dozens killed in Syria as top military officer defects with hundreds of soldiers -- Haaretz
Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world -- The Sun Daily
27 Young Men Shot Dead in Syria -- Newser

Red Cross Seeks Daily Humanitarian Truce in Syria
-- New York Times/Reuters
White House Backs Red Cross Call for Syrian Ceasefires -- Voice of America
Watching the wounded die in Syria's besieged Homs -- Reuters

West slams Syria over killing of journalists -- Yahoo News/AFP
Syria asks foreign journalists to report to government -- Yahoo News/Reuters

US ready to help arm Syrian rebels -- The Australian/AP
US hints at possibility of arming Syrian rebels -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
U.S. appears to allow for possibility of arming Syrian opposition -- Washington Post
US torn over arming Syrian rebels -- Asia Times
US hints at arming Syrian rebels -- Iol News
Force May Be Only Solution in Syria: Opposition SNC -- New York Times/Reuters

Western, Arab powers meet Friday on Syria crisis
-- Khaleej Times
Global meeting on Syria faces pressure -- CNN
Syrian opposition group warns on Tunis conference -- AFP
Syrian opposition urges Russia to back aid plan -- AP
Syria's Rebels: Grasping at Straws, Assad's Opposition Turns to Russia -- Time
Russia Refuses To Attend International Meeting On Syria -- Radio Free Europe
Russia refuses to attend Syria meeting -- Reuters
Syrian Allies Reject Calls for Unified Pressure to Halt Violence -- New York Times
Russia Backs Proposal for Truce in Syria -- Wall Street Journal
Saudi tells Russia president Syria dialogue futile: report -- DAWN/AFP
Saudi Arabia says no use in dialogue in Syria -- Daily Star
Saudi king tells Medvedev dialogue on Syria ‘futile’ -- Al Arabiya
China "studying" invite to meeting on Syria: foreign ministry -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Fears abound that Syria diplomacy may be exhausted -- Jerusalem Post
Russia boosts arms sales to Syria despite world pressure -- Reuters

Golan Druse support for Syria regime cracking -- Yahoo News/AP
Israel Watches Syria, Hopefully, but Warily -- New York Times
U.N. Rights Experts Demand Release of Syrian Activists -- New York Times/Reuters
Syria's banks face struggle to survive as turmoil spreads -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Ex-Mossad chief sees opportunity in Syrian crisis -- Jerusalem Post
Why is the west refusing to interfere in Syria? -- Elias Harfoush, Al Arabiya
Syria stalemate: Is Russia pushing Mideast into cold-war style conflict? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Syria timeline: how the conflict has escalated - interactive -- The Guardian

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