Syria

By Charles Krauthammer ADO-World.org 26-April-2012 Last year President Obama ordered U.S. intervention in Libya under the grand new doctrine of “Responsibility to Protect.” Moammar Gaddafi was threatening a massacre in Benghazi. To stand by and do nothing “would have been a betrayal of who we are,” explained the president. In …

UN chief voices "grave alarm" after reports of shelling of populated areas amid demands for Security Council meeting. ADO-World.org 27-April-2012 The Syrian government is "in contravention" of an internationally agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities, Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, has said. He also said he …

On top of dangers, Major General Robert Mood faces challenge of helping UN peacekeeping department get monitors into Syria. ADO-World.org 26-April-2012 UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations on Friday will name Major General Robert Mood to head the Syria ceasefire observer mission that is struggling to get monitors into the …

French FM hopes Russia will draw right conclusions from Syria’s efforts to block monitors’ deployment. ADO-World.org 26-April-2012 DAMASCUS – French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Wednesday labelled the UN-backed peace plan for Syria "seriously compromised" and held out the threat of seeking military action to end the year-long crackdown. UN-Arab …

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé said Wednesday that his nation wanted to see "at least 300" United Nations observers deployed in Syria by May 5. Juppé cautioned he would push for a UN peacekeeping intervention if the deadline was not met. ADO-World.org – News Wires 25-April-2012 France wants to see …

Devaluation of Syrian currency, sanctions, rising food prices, deepening economic crisis in Syria have affected Iraqi refugees. ADO-World.org 25-April-2012 DUBAI – It was 21 February 2006. The date is etched in Samia’s* mind. She was in her kitchen making tea for her brother’s family, who was visiting her at her …

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 …