Syria
# syria - Sunday 9 September, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# syria - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
UN peace envoy says Syria death toll is ‘staggering’
Lakhdar Brahimi told the UN General Assembly that the destruction in the country is reaching “catastrophic proportions and the suffering of the people is immense”.
# syria - Monday 3 September, 2012
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you kick off your week…
Syria mission is ‘nearly impossible’, says new UN envoy
On the ground, activists say the death toll from the 18-month conflict has now reached 26,200.
# syria - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Blair and Bush should face trial over Iraq war: Tutu
Tutu said the invasion of Iraq left the world more destabilised and divided than any other conflict in history and had “hardened hearts and minds of members of the human family across the world”.
# syria - Saturday 1 September, 2012
Syria: Rebels target government aircraft after seizing air defence building
A total of 125 people killed in violence nationwide on Friday including 74 civilians, 29 soldiers and 22 rebels according to one report.
# syria - Friday 31 August, 2012
No Syria buffer zone possible without UN resolution, says Turkish PM
Erdogan says Assad’s “political life is over” but Turkey cannot move to create safe zones for refugees inside Syria without UN backing.
Syrian refugees tell of “indiscriminate violence”
Joe Costello, Minister of State for Trade and Development, relates the dire tales of massacre and suffering told to him by Syrian refugees when he visited them in Jordan this week.
# syria - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Iran summit stumbles on nuclear, Syria criticism
Egypt’s new president publicly sided with Syria’s opposition while Iran’s supreme leader clashed with the head of the UN over its nuclear programme.
Assad: Forces ‘need more time’ to win Syria battle
The Syrian president made the comments yesterday, in which he also dismissed talk of buffer zones.
# syria - Monday 27 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Monday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
Syria: UN chief ‘shocked’ at massacre reports
Meanwhile, French president Hollande says he is ready to recognise a provisional Syrian government.
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
A butcher, a barber and a policeman: meet Syria’s rebels
Butchers, barbers and students are now getting used to guns, tanks and warfare.
Minister visits refugee camp in Jordan as Syrian rebels ‘shoot down’ helicopter in Damascus
Plus, images of a war: refugees play home in the many camps set up in neighbouring countries as thousands continue to flee the violence.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know this morning.
# syria - Sunday 26 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Sunday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
Syria: Dozens of bodies filmed as opposing sides blame each other for massacre
Footage posted online but not independently verified purports to show rows of bodies lined up at a graveyard and sprawled on Syrian streets.
# syria - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Costello to announce increase in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
The junior foreign minister will visit a refugee camp in Jordan this week where it’s expected he will announce a significant increase in humanitarian aid for people displaced by the civil war.
# syria - Thursday 23 August, 2012
UK warns it will ‘revisit’ stance on Syria if government uses chemical weapons
Meanwhile, a harrowing first-hand report from Amnesty International workers documents a sharp increase in extrajudicial and summary executions of civilians in Aleppo.
# syria - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
US will intervene in Syrian crisis – but only if Assad uses chemical weapons
President Obama says the issue of Syrian WMDs is two-fold, raising fears that chemical or biological weapons may fall into the hands of anti-Israeli extremists.
Japanese reporter shot dead in Syria
Mika Yamamoto’s father, who was also a journalist, said reports of her death were “too much to bear”.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
The nine stories you need to know this morning.
# syria - Monday 20 August, 2012
Syria: Shelling continues as Eid is celebrated
As Eid al-Fitr is being celebrated in Syria, Aleppo and Daraa were being shelled, according to latest reports. Meanwhile, the last UN monitors are leaving the country.
# syria - Saturday 18 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Saturday
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
Syria: Departing UN observer chief criticises failure to protect civilians
International obligations towards civilians “have not been respected” by either side in Syrian conflict,
Syria quells speculation that vice-president has defected
TV reports said ‘Shara’ had defected – but Syrian State TV says it’s only the cousin of vice-president Faruq al-Shara.
# syria - Friday 17 August, 2012
Air France passengers asked to chip in for fuel
Passengers rounded up around €17,000 but the airline found another way to pay for the fuel on the emergency stopover in Damascus.
# syria - Thursday 16 August, 2012
UN to end Syria observer mission on Sunday
The observers will leave as the conditions to continue the mission were not filled, the UN said.
# syria - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
UN accuses Syria of perpetrating war crimes
The panel also concluded that anti-government armed groups committed war crimes, including murder, extrajudicial killings and torture, but at a lesser frequency and scale.
# syria - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Syria: Defected premier says regime is ‘near collapse’
Riad Hijab, highest-ranking political figure to defect from the government, said he felt “pain in his soul” over the regime’s shelling and other attacks on rebel strongholds.
# syria - Monday 13 August, 2012
Syria: Rebels claim to capture pilot of downed warplane
Rebel fighters say they shot the plane down earlier using an anti-aircraft weapon.
Syria’s rep to UN human rights council joins opposition
The Syrian delegate to the UN Human Rights Council is the first based in Switzerland
# syria - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Astronomical figures and Dáil drinks: The week in quotes
“Either take off the cross or put on pants.”
# syria - Saturday 11 August, 2012
Syria: Clinton in Turkey for talks as battle continues in Aleppo
The US has abandoned its quest for UN Security Council action – and is looking at other ways of supporting Syrian rebels.
# syria - Friday 10 August, 2012
Seán Crowe says Syrian conflict “can be resolved”
The Sinn Féin TD met with a representative of a main Christian community in Syria yesterday, who said the conflict as not simple as it is being portrayed by elements of international media.
Syria in danger of ‘long-term civil war’, says UN chief
Meanwhile, Syrian rebels have been forced from key area of Aleppo.
# syria - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Clashes rage in rebel bastions of Syria’s Aleppo
Meanwhile, President Assad appointed a new prime minister to replace the one who defected to neighbouring Jordan earlier this week.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
Iran to hold conference on Syria
The summit follows one of the biggest ground assaults in weeks on rebel strongholds in Aleppo yesterday.
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