Thursday, March 22, 2012

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



UN Peace Push Fails To Halt Syria Violence -- Al Jazeera

Ten civilians fleeing to Turkey on a bus among dozens killed, as violence rages despite Security Council statement.

Fierce clashes have raged across Syria despite a UN Security Council peace call, with 10 civilians on a bus trying to flee to Turkey among at least 26 people killed, monitors and activists said.

The AFP news agency reported that the bus, with women and children on board, was attacked near the town of Sermin in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday. There have also been unconfirmed reports of deadly clashes in Damascus, Latakia, Homs and Hama.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria crisis - Thursday 22 March 2012
-- The Guardian
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News

Syria's Assad in firm control after a bloody year -- AP
Despite predictions of his fall, Syria’s Assad gains momentum in crushing rebel strongholds -- Washington Post/AP
Clashes across Syria despite U.N. pressure -- Reuters
Clashes rage across Syria despite U.N. statement -- USA Today/AP
Fresh Clashes in Syria Defy UN Peace Call -- Voice of America
UN Syria statement 'will give Assad regime more time to kill' -- The Telegraph
Syria death toll mounts, opposition slams UN peace call -- AFP
Dozens reported killed in Syria as troops shell opposition areas -- The Guardian
Syrian regime renews assault on rebel zones -- DAWN/AFP
Syria Crisis: Troops Assault Daraa, Hama, Activists Say -- Huffington post
Children among dead in Syrian violence -- CNN
Attack on Syrian bus in Sermin 'kills 10' -- BBC
Bus hit as Syria clashes rage despite UN call -- AFP
Aid workers count humanitarian cost of conflict in Syria -- The Guardian

UN Syria Envoy Annan to Visit Moscow This Week -- RIA Novosti
Survival of Syria regime 'almost impossible': Turkey -- AFP
With no int’l consensus, Turkey and allies run out of options on how to stop Syria’s Assad -- Washington Post/AP
Kurd militants threaten Turkey if it enters Syria -- Reuters
Assad's wife faces EU travel ban: diplomats -- AFP
EU to impose travel, shopping ban on Assad's wife -- Reuters

Syria: West hands Russia diplomatic coup
-- Jonah Hull, Al Jazeera
New Republic: Syria Is The Balkans All Over Again -- Radwan Ziadeh, NPR
Syria is an invented country that’s about to fall apart -- Geoffrey Clarfield, National Post
How Syria’s Bashar Assad plays his mafia cards -- Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star
The great Syria divide -- CNN
The Great Syrian Divide -- Council On Foreign Relations
US policy on Syria: A bad joke told at the Syrian people's expense -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph

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