Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates April 10, 2012



Syrian Tanks Still On Streets As UN Deadline Passes While Funerals Are Held For Lebanese Cameraman And Refugees In Turkish Camp -- Daily Mail

* Shells fired in defiance of passing deadline to pull troops and heavy weapons out of towns
* Funerals held for three killed inside refugee camp in Turkey as well as Lebanese cameraman shot dead across border
* Fears Turkish troops may enter conflict after country's PM issues warning saying they are considering taking steps ‘we don't want to think about'
* Syria hits back by accusing Turkey of arming and helping rebel fighters
* Regime demands UN's Kofi Anan personally guarantees rebel ceasefire
* China and Russia call for both sides to honour agreement to hold complete truce by Thursday's 6am deadline

Syrian soldiers continued their attacks on two rebel towns today hours after the passing of a deadline of a UN peace agreement to pull out of troops and heavy weaponry from built-up areas.

Regime tanks remained on the streets and shells were fired on the central city of Homs and Mareh in the northwest today, according to human rights activists observing the 13-month-long conflict.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria: Shelling continues as ceasefire deadline passes -- The Guardian
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

Syria ceasefire: fighting continues as deadline passes -- The Guardian
Deaths leave Syria truce ‘in tatters’ -- National Post/Reuters
Hopes for peace dashed as deadline for Syrian withdrawal passes -- CNN
As Syrian Government Claims Pullout, Activists Report Attacks -- Voice of America
Activists deny Syrian claim of pullout -- FOX News/AP
New shelling overshadows Syria truce deadline -- AFP
Syria violence endangers Annan's ceasefire deadline -- Reuters
Syria clashes blight ceasefire hopes -- BBC
Media sceptical of Syria peace plan -- BBC

Syrian opposition says 1,000 killed in last 8 days -- AP
Syria shells towns despite ceasefire deadline -- The Telegraph
Syria violence kills 37, most in Homs -- Reuters
Syria violence kills 17 on deadline day: monitors -- AFP
Syrian troops shell Hama on cease-fire deadline day -- MSNBC
Syrian troops on offensive on deadline day -- IBN Live

Syria Violence Spills Into Turkey as Assad Ignores Deadline -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Syrian violence spills into Lebanon and Turkey -- Washington Post
Syrian fire at border angers Turkey -- Irish Times
Erdogan slams Assad for killing dozens "every day" -- Reuters
Turkish PM, Saudi king to meet on Syria -- Reuters
Syrian rebels ‘using Turkish refugee camps as base’ -- RT

Russia talks frankly, urges Syria step up peace plan
-- Reuters
Russia Urges Syria to Act on Annan Peace Plan -- RIA Novosti
Russia Unmoved As Syria Plan Flounders -- SKY News
Syrian top diplomat in Moscow to keep Russia support -- Channel News Asia

White House to Syrian Rebels: You're On Your Own -- US News and World Report
Saudi Arabia has never given ‘one single arm’ to Syrian opposition: source -- Al Arabiya News
Annan's Syria plan: Ailing but not yet dead -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

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