Wednesday, 22 February 2012
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Syrian opposition urges Russia to back aid plan (AP)
22.02.2012 18:15   1 views  0 comments
From: us.rd.yahoo.com


In this Feb. 18, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, anti-Syrian regime mourners carry the coffins of two protesters according to Syrian activists that were killed by the Syrian security forces during a demonstration, at Mazzeh district in Damascus, Syria. Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas Saturday at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad began. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Syria's main opposition group said Wednesday that foreign military intervention may be the only way to ensure emergency aid can reach those trapped by fighting if talks fail to ensure safe passage for humanitarian workers to reach embattled parts of the country.


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Syria Escalates Attacks on Rebel City
22.02.2012 18:07   0 views  0 comments
From: www.foxnews.com


American reporter, French photojournalist among those killed in shelling on rebel stronghold of Homs, as President Bashar Assad's regime launches barrage on rebels and army defectors opposing his rule.
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    • West slams Syria over killing of journalists
    22.02.2012 17:59   0 views  0 comments
    From: article.wn.com


    Western powers condemned Syria on Wednesday for the killing of two foreign journalists, with Washington slamming the regime's "shameless brutality" and Paris demanding an immediate end to attacks. American war correspondent Marie Colvin of Britain's Sunday Times and freelance French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in the city of Homs in what activists said was shelling by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Three other Western journalists were wounded in the attack on a makeshift media centre in the Baba Amr district, including Colvin's British photographer colleague Paul Conroy and French reporter Edith Bouvier of Le Figaro. "This tragic... Czytaj więcej »

    Syrian opposition group warns on Tunis conference
    22.02.2012 17:59   0 views  0 comments
    From: article.wn.com


    An international conference on Syria this week will do little to help resolve the crisis and the delay is dragging the country closer to full-scale civil war, an opposition figurehead warned Wednesday. Prominent writer Louai Hussein, president of the Building the Syrian State movement, said political progress on ending the bloodshed had stalled,... Czytaj więcej »

    2 Western journalists killed as Syria shells Homs
    22.02.2012 17:59   0 views  0 comments
    From: article.wn.com


    BEIRUT (AP) — A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs. President Bashar Assad's regime also escalated attacks on rebel bases elsewhere, with helicopter gunships strafing areas in the northwest, activists said. Weeks of withering barrages on the central city of Homs have failed to drive out opposition factions that include rebel soldiers who fled Assad's forces. Hundreds have died in the siege and the latest deaths further galvanized international pressure on Assad, who appears intent on widening his military crackdowns despite the risk of... Czytaj więcej »

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