Syria reportedly moving chemical weapons
Jewish Journal
July 13, 2012
U.S. officials are warily watching as Syria begins moving undeclared chemical weapons out of its storage facilities.
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Homs shelled as Syria demands ‘neutral’ U.N. mission
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2012
Syria challenged the United Nations chief over the size and scope of a U.N. truce monitoring mission on Wednesday, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in the city of Homs in violation of the ceasefire.
West pushes U.N. Syria vote despite Russian criticism
Jewish Journal
April 13, 2012
Western powers brushed aside Russian criticism of a U.S.-drafted Security Council resolution authorizing an advance team of U.N. observers to monitor Syria\’s fragile ceasefire and said on Friday they hoped to put it to a vote this weekend.
U.N. chief ‘deplores’ Syria border clashes
Jewish Journal
April 9, 2012
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he deplores the cross-border shootings from Syria into Turkey and Lebanon ahead of a ceasefire deadline in the yearlong conflict that has pushed Syria to the brink of civil war.
EU slaps sanctions on Assad’s family; mortars hit Homs
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2012
The European Union slapped sanctions on the mother, sister and influential wife of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, increasing pressure on Syria to halt its bloody crackdown against a year-long uprising.
Violence across Syria; soldiers killed in ambushes
Jewish Journal
March 13, 2012
Syrian government forces killed dozens of people in the northern city of Idlib, dumping their bodies in a mosque, while some 22 soldiers died in two separate rebel ambushes, opposition activists said on Tuesday.
Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed
Jewish Journal
February 28, 2012
Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad\’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad.
Syria forces kill seven protesters as world pressure on Assad grows
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2011
Syrian security forces shot dead seven people on Friday, rights campaigners said, as protesters defied a nationwide crackdown by President Bashar Assad which world leaders condemned.
Syria security forces kill six as protests erupt across the country
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2011
A human rights activist said Syrian security forces have killed six people during widespread protests on Friday.
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