Civil War In Syria -- News Updates March 2, 2012

Syria Bars Red Cross Convoy From Fallen Rebel Bastion -- New York Times

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian authorities on Friday inexplicably blocked an officially sanctioned Red Cross convoy laden with food and medical supplies from entering a devastated neighborhood in the central city of Homs, one day after the army overwhelmed the main rebel stronghold there following a brutal monthlong siege.

There were unconfirmed reports that Syrian security forces were conducting house-to-house searches and summary executions in the neighborhood, Baba Amr, while the convoy of seven Red Cross trucks was parked at the edge of the neighborhood, where military sentries refused to grant it entry despite having received official approval 24 hours earlier. It was unclear why the Syrian military had blocked the convoy.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria: Red Cross barred from Baba Amr - live updates -- The Guardian
Syria uprising: live -- The Telegraph
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

Execution-style killings alleged in Syria; Red Cross blocked -- USA Today/AP
UN Alarmed at Reports of Syrian Executions -- Voice of America
Syria: No Red Cross access to battered district -- CBS/AP
Red Crescent blocked from Homs district -- Al Jazeera
Red Cross says barred from Syria's battered Baba Amr -- AFP
Red Cross barred from Homs -- Irish Times
Syria blocks Red Cross aid convoy -- Wales Online
Red Cross convoy bringing Baba Amr aid stopped in Homs -- BBC
Red Cross tells Syria: let Homs aid through -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Red Cross aid convoy approaches Homs -- The Independent
Syria Army in Complete Control of Homs Area as Rebels Leave -- SFGate/Bloomberg

Saudi, Qatari plans to arm Syrian rebels risk overtaking cautious approach favored by U.S. -- Washington Post
Obama Administration Rules Out Military Action in Syria -- Yahoo News/US News and World Report
Russia, China Join U.N. Council in Syria Rebuke -- New York Times/Reuters
David Cameron demands Assad face war crimes trial over Syria bloodshed -- The Guardian

2 French journalists who escaped Syria return home -- CBS
Two French journalists who escaped Syria during siege return home -- Toronto Star/AP
After Syria escape, French reporters leave Beirut -- Yahoo News/AP

Assad's hidden strength in Syria -- Aram Nerguizian, L.A. Times
The case for arming Syria’s opposition -- Stephen J. Hadley, Washington Post
Syrian horrors set to plunge new depths -- Victor Kotsev, Asia Times
6 ways the U.S. has faltered on Syria -- CNN
Staying out of Syria's conflict -- L.A. Times editorial
Could a Syrian Intervention Work? -- Steven Cool, L.A. Times