'No Appetite For Military Action': Hague Rules Out Intervention In Syria Despite 140 Protesters Dying As Government Launches 'Full Armed Warfare' On The People -- Daily Mail
* Foreign Secretary says there must be 'additional sanctions' to pressure Bashar al-Assad's regime
* Government tanks shelled city of Hama, say residents
* Dawn raid follows siege lasting weeks
* Electricity and water cut to some districts
* Obama calls the reports 'horrifying'
William Hague has said there was 'not a remote possibility' of UN-backed military action against Syria despite the violence that has left up to 140 protesters dead.
President Bashar al-Assad’s tanks yesterday battered the city of Hama as the country’s government waged ‘full armed warfare’ on its own people to crush demonstrations.
The attacks came in response to protests that have raged for several months against his rule, pleading for political reform.
But the Foreign Secretary ruled out confronting the regime, saying there was no international appetite for military action.
Read more .....
More News On The Unrest In Syria
Rights group: 5 killed as violence erupts in Syria -- CNN
Tanks Shell Syria's Hama for Second Day, 4 Killed -- New York Times/Reuters
Syrian Military Extends Hama Assault on First Day of Ramadan -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Syrian Army Extends Hama Assault as 140 Die -- Bloomberg
Global outrage at Assad as 140 protesters die -- The Australian
Nearly 140 dead in Syria in clashes between army, protesters - -USA Today
Syria: 100 die in crackdown as Assad sends in his tanks -- The Guardian
Syrians Strike Restive Cities in Fierce Raids -- New York Times
Syrian Raid on Hama Kills 80 -- Voice of America
Syrian tanks storm protest epicenter of Hama -- Washington Post
Syria forces escalate attacks on protesters -- L.A. Times
Hama is hit again -- The Economist
Brotherhood: Alawite elite waging sectarian war in Syria -- Jerusalem Post
Video From Deadly Raids in Syria -- New York Times
Assad: Syria target of foreign conspiracy -- Haaretz
Assad: Conspiracy carefully plotted to fragment Syria -- Jerusalem Post
Assad praises troops for 'foiling enemies' of Syria -- Vancouver Sun/AFP
Syria will undermine "new chapter of conspiracy": president -- Xinhuanet
US, UN, EU Condemn Syria After Raid Kills at least 80 -- Voice of America
EU slaps more sanctions on Syria -- AP
EU Extends Syria Sanctions -- Wall Street Journal
Pressure Grows For UN Security Council Meeting On Syria Violence -- Radio Free Europe
UN Security Council Will Meet Today to Discuss Syria Violence, U.K. Says -- Bloomberg
Call for UN Security Council meeting on Syria crisis -- The Telegraph
Syria’s security forces -- Khaleej Times/AFP
Can non-violent struggle bring down Syria’s Assad? -- Reuters
Hillary Clinton goes AWOL on Syria as US State Department stays shamefully silent over Assad’s barbaric massacre of civilians -- Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
To Topple Assad, It Takes a Minority -- Bassma Kodmani, New York Times
In Syria, the government is the real rebel -- Larbi Sadiki, Al Jazeera
No comments:
Post a Comment