Friday, February 24, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates February 24, 2012



'He Doesn't Want To Leave Her Body Behind': Photographer Wounded In Blast That Killed Marie Colvin Wants To Bring Her Home -- Daily Mail

* Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy injured in Wednesday's attack
* Says he is 'absolutely OK' in YouTube video and being treated by rebels
* Le Figaro's Edith Bouvier and William Daniels also appeal for help
* Friends of Syria today press for ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to enter
* Kofi Annan appointed as joint UN-Arab League envoy to deal with crisis
* Hillary Clinton: 'Syrian rebels will get arms somehow'
* William Hague: 'We now recognise rebels as representatives'
* Five killed today as troops continue to shell rebel stronghold of Homs

The father of a British photographer wounded in the blast that killed Sunday Times photographer Marie Colvin has said his son 'doesn't want to leave her body behind'.

Paul Conroy, who suffered shrapnel injuries to a leg in a mortar attack, today appeared in a YouTube video saying he is 'absolutely OK' and being looked after by rebel fighters.

But despite appeals from two French journalists to be airlifted immediately out of the country, his father Les has revealed his son is 'insisting he doesn't want to be moved out unless all of them can be taken out'.

He told the Liverpool ECHO: 'He doesn't want to leave Marie's body behind.'

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Crisis In Syria: Complete Coverage -- CBS News
Syria: Qatar calls for Arab force to impose peace - live updates -- The Guardian
Coverage of Syria -- The Telegraph

'Dozens die' in new Syria attacks -- Belfast Telegraph
Syrian opposition says 8 killed in renewed shelling of besieged city of Homs -- Washington Post/AP
4 die in renewed shelling of Syrian city -- Sydney Morning Herald
In Battered Syrian City, Cries of 'Tragic' Plight -- New York Times/AP
Syria humanitarian crisis spirals out of control -- CBS News
Syria unrest: Red Cross staff reach besieged Homs -- BBC
World
Red Cross holds talks with Syrians over wounded -- FOX News/AP
Syria: wounded journalists' YouTube pleas for help -- The Telegraph

Syrian rebels get arms from abroad as Russia calls for an urgent ceasefire in Homs - -Al-Arabiya
Syria unrest: Opposition seeks arms pledge -- BBC
Syria rebels get arms from abroad: opposition source -- Reuters
Syrian opposition says West is already aiding rebels -- The Telegraph
Syria rebels will get arms 'somehow,' Hillary Clinton says -- MSNBC

'Friends of Syria' to call for UN to plan mission
-- Yahoo News/AP
'Friends of Syria' to demand access for aid at once -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
'Friends of Syria' to Assad: Immediate cease-fire or face new punishment -- FOX News/AP
West to send aid to Syria in 48 hours if assault stops -- The Telegraph
"Friends of Syria" to call for U.N. peacekeepers -- CBS/AP
World diplomats at Tunis conference ready plan for post-Assad Syria -- Washington Post
The “Friends of Syria” Tunis Meeting -- Council On Foreign Relations
‘Friends of Syrian People’ kicks off in Tunis; Saudi delegation pulls out citing ‘inactivity’ -- Al Arabiya News
Saudi says arming Syrian opposition "excellent idea" -- Alert Net
Saudi foreign minister backs arms for Saudi rebels, saying they have to protect themselves -- Washington Post/AP
Saudis: Arming Syria rebels an "excellent idea" -- CBS/AP
Syrian opposition will ‘somehow’ carry out offensive operations against Assad, Clinton says -- Washington Post
Syrian president will pay heavy price, Clinton says -- Gulf News
Clinton: Assad regime "has no future" -- CBS/AP
Bashar al-Assad regime will have ‘even more blood on its hands’ if it blocks aid: Hillary Clinton -- National Post/Reuters

Gaza's Hamas prime minister voices support for Syrian protesters -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt -- Reuters
Hamas PM salutes 'heroic' Syrians -- AFP
Hamas breaks from party line to laud 'heroic' protests -- France24
Hamas PM: Syrian rebels are heroes -- YNet News
Hamas Leader Ismail Haniya Turns against Syria Regime -- IBTimes

Syria set for blood-stained referendum -- CBS/AP
EU To Freeze Assets Of Syrian Central Bank -- NPR/AP
UN accuses Syrian regime of targeting children as Annan sent to Damascus -- Sydney Morning Herald
Inside Syria: Activists risk lives to show world the death they see -- CNN
After a Year, Deep Divisions Hobble Syria’s Opposition -- Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times
China's stake in the Syria stand-off -- Damian Grammaticas, BBC
How to Halt the Butchery in Syria -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, New York Times
A Time to Act: The United States needs to help the Syrian people. -- New Republic editorial
Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria -- Yahoo News/Reuters

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