Syria

UN-Arab League envoy accuses Syrian President of not fulfilling promise to end violence amid more deaths. ADO-World.org 25-April-2012 DAMASCUS – International peace envoy Kofi Annan has called for the rapid deployment of 300 ceasefire monitors in Syria, branding violence levels "unacceptable" 12 days into a promised truce. UN Security Council …

Activists say government forces attacked two neighbourhoods with machine guns, killing 28 people. ADO-World.org 24-April-2012 Syrian troops have killed dozens of civilians in the city of Hama, activists have said, as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital Damascus, and both Brussels and Washington imposed new sanctions. Government …

Marzouki urges Russia, China to convince Syrian President to step down to avoid causing death of thousands of innocent people. ADO-World.org 24-April-2012 DUBAI – Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad is "finished" and will eventually leave power "dead or alive," his Tunisian counterpart Moncef Marzouki said in a newspaper interview published …

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says total 54 civilians, five soldiers were killed in various provinces. ADO-World.org 24-April-2012 DAMASCUS – Nearly 60 people were reported killed in violence across Syria on Monday despite a hard-won ceasefire and the upcoming deployment of 300 UN observers to monitor the truce, a watchdog …

14th round of EU sanctions includes ban on luxury goods, expansion of restricting sale of items used to repress dissidents. ADO-World.org 23-April-2012 LUXEMBOURG – The European Union agreed Monday to slap new sanctions on the Syrian regime, banning luxury goods exports and further restricting the sale of items used to …

Soldiers backed by tanks storm Damascus suburb as advance team of UN observers tours Syrian hot spots, laying ground for expanded mission. ADO-World.org 22-April-2012 DAMASCUS – Soldiers backed by tanks stormed a rebel bastion near Damascus Sunday, activists said as an advance team of UN ceasefire observers toured Syrian hot …

Sending full 300 monitors requires new resolution by 15 member council which is to meet at 1500 GMT on Saturday. ADO-World.org 21-April-2012 UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council has reached a tentative accord on a resolution to send a 300-strong ceasefire observer force to Syria which could be voted …

From Arwa Damon, CNN ADO-World.org February 15, 2012 Inside Syria (CNN) — Sa’er is a self-described assassin for the Syrian government. He says he has fired on unarmed protesters, killed as many as 70 people and once slit a man’s throat. It was kill or be killed, he says; Sa’er …

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY – AP ADO-World.org 14-Feb-2012 BEIRUT — Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs on Tuesday in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days, as the U.N. human rights chief raised fears of civil war. Troops loyal to President Bashar …

ADO-World.org 14-Feb-2012 72 Members of the Syrian National Council have published a statement in support of the Green Movement in the anniversary of 25 Bahman (Feb 14th, 2011) uprising; and have made it available to the Student Green Movement of Vancouver. The statement is as follows: Today February the 14th …