Thursday, January 2, 2014

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 2, 2013



Syria Misses Deadline In Weapons Destruction Agreement -- MSNBC

The government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad missed a New Year’s Eve deadline to ship some of the deadliest chemicals in its weapons arsenal out of the country, in violation of a deal brokered by the U.S. and Russia last summer.

A representative from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons cited security concerns and technical delays in a Monday interview with Reuters. Assad’s government is responsible for securing the weapons en route to the country’s principal port of Latakia and in Latakia itself – where more than 20 tons of mustard nerve gas was scheduled to leave the country for destruction abroad on Tuesday.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Expert: December deadline for Syria's chemical weapons 'was never realistic' -- CNN
Syria Misses Deadline for Transfer of Deadly Chemicals -- Voice of America
Syrian fighting, winter weather delays move of chemicals after deadline -- PBS Newshour
Ship Readied for Syria Chemical Weapons Disposal -- AP

Syria's Warring Sides Fight for Position Ahead of Talks -- Voice of America
Missile strike kills at least 20 people in Syrian city of Aleppo -- L.A. Times
Rocket sets bus afire, killing 25, Syrian opposition group says -- CNN
Foreign fighters answer calls to join Syrian conflict -- L.A. Times

Anti-Assad monitoring group says Syrian death toll passes 130,000 -- Reuters
Observatory says Syrian death toll more than 130,000 -- RTE News
More than 73,000 killed in Syria in 2013 -- SBS

Lebanon Army deploys as rebels advance near Syria border -- Daily Star
Syria bombs Lebanon, targeting Syria rebels -- USA Today/AP
Syrian airstrikes kill refugee in Lebanese border town -- Al Bawaba

Turkey seizes arms in truck bound for Syria -- Gulf News/AFP
Report: Turkey seizes arms in truck bound for Syria -- Al Arabiya
Turkish governor blocks police search on Syria-bound truck reportedly carrying weapons -- Hurriyet Daily News

Caught between Syria's regime and rebels, Palestinian refugees are starving to death -- Haaretz
U.N. seeks access to Palestinians in Syria after 15 die of hunger -- Reuters
UN says 15 have died of hunger-related illnesses in besieged Palestinian area of Damascus -- FOX News/AP
Syria's children suffer, and the world just shrugs -- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, CNN

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