Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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



Syrian Violence Escalates As UN Monitoring Mission Questioned -- The Telegraph

Syrian forces have killed dozens of civilians in the past two days, activists claimed, raising new concerns about the success of a UN peace plan.

Despite the increasing death toll, which included a reported 70 deaths on Monday, Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouki claimed Bashar al-Assad's time as Syrian president is "finished".

"The Russians and Chinese, and the Iranians must understand that this man is finished and they cannot defend him. They must persuade him to leave power and hand over to his deputy," Marzouki told the regional Arab newspaper Al-Hayat.

Assad "will go one way or another ... dead or alive," he added.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria crisis and Bahrain unrest - Tuesday 24 April -- The Guardian

Syrian troops heavily bombard Damascus suburb -- AP
Syrian rebels launch Damascus attacks as violence escalates -- The Telegraph
Syrian Cease-fire Deteriorates With More Violence -- Voice of America
Syria forces kills nine activists who met UN team, NGO says -- National Post/AFP
Syrian Army Presses Attack Amid UN Cease-Fire Monitoring -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Intelligence officers killed in Syria -- Irish Times
Syrian rebels appear to turn to lethal tactic of targeting senior military officers -- Washington Post
Syrian rebels target security officials in capital -- Globe and Mail/AP

Satellites said to show Syria not abiding by truce -- AP
Syria not made full military withdrawal - peace envoy -- Reuters
U.N. official: Syria resuming violence as monitors leave -- CNN
Syria crisis: Kofi Annan says violence 'still unacceptable' -- BBC
Rising Syria deaths question UN monitoring mission -- BBC
US planning for failure of UN mission in Syria -- Miami Herald/AP

Syria's Assad "finished", Tunisian leader says -- Reuters
Syria’s Assad will go ‘dead or alive,’ says Tunisian president -- Al Arabiya
Tunisian President Urges Assad Allies to Drop Syrian Dictator -- International Business Times

U.N. aims to feed 500,000 Syrians soon -- Reuters
UN says 500,000 to get food aid in Syria amid worry that hunger will grow -- Washington Post/AP

Syria crisis: Can UN mission succeed? -- Jim Muir, BBC
The luxury we don’t have in Syria -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
How to stop Syria's warring factions tearing the country apart -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui, The Guardian

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