Syria – Assad defiant

 

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Syrian President Bashar Assad says he has no plans to step down but is prepared to engage the opposition in an “open and honest political dialogue.”

Western news agencies distorted Lavrov’s speech – RFM

 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks in Tehran. Photo: AFP

A number of Western news agencies have distorted the meaning of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov given during a press conference in Tehran. The ministry has stated that the words of the Foreign Minister were incorrectly translated.

Barack Obama rules out military action against Syria

Russia’s position on Syria not a PR trick

Assad vows to crack down on terrorists, continue reforms

Barack Obama rules out military action against Syria

President Barack Obama says that unilateral military action by the United States against Syria would be a mistake and that the situation in Syria is more complicated than it was in Libya, CBS News reports from

Referendum in Syria confirms legitimacy of Assad’s power

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Syrian nationals who support the Syrian regim wave the Russian, Chinese and Syrian flags as they demonstrate in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: AFP

Nine of ten participants of the referendum in Syria have upheld the draft of the new constitution. According to the Syrian public television, about 8.5 million people (57.4% of Syrians entitled to vote) took part in the

Foreign intervention in Syria fraught with civil war – Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a press conference in Rabat. Photo: AFP

Foreign intervention in Syria may push the country into the abyss of a full-scale civil war, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in her Sunday’s interview in Rabat, Morocco.

US will not invade Syria – official

Laaska news  Dec. 5, 2011

 

Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman. Photo: EPA    
 

The US has no plans of a military intervention in Syria and hopes to remove President Bashar Assad by peaceful means only.

Syria:US recalls its Ambassador from Damascus

Laaska News Oct. 24,2011

Damascus. Photo: EPA    
 

The United States is recalling its Ambassador to Damascus, Robert Ford, for security reasons, reports the Reuters news agency with reference to a diplomatic source.

US:Syria’s president must go, Obama says

Laaska News  August 18,2011

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