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All rights reserved.Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:25:00 GMT5014476http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/countries/syriahttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120214032512/Riyadh_backs_Tunisias_plan_to_host_friends_of_SyriaThe Council of Ministers on Monday called for drastic measures to end the bloodbath in Syria and welcomed Tunisia's plan to host a conference of Syria's friends on Feb. 24.Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:54:20 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120214032512Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120213051449/President_alAssad_Receives_Copy_of_the_New_Draft_ConstitutionThe Committee's members stressed their determination,Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:29:27 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120213051449Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120213051620/Mikdad_SyrianRussian_Views_Regarding_Most_Issues_IdenticalDAMASCUS - Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad on Sunday said that the Syrian-Russian views are identical in international forums in most of the issues.Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:29:23 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120213051620Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_12022012_130250/Damascus_under_virtual_lockdown_for_two_weeksThe Syrian flag flying over the modern grey Ministry of Interior building in Harasta is a little frayed at the edge, a little worse for wear. On the street below, traffic is going nowhere at any speed. Soldiers carefully check everyone?s identity and search cars. A drab olive-green tank is parked at the side of the road. And behind sandbag emplacements, other soldiers man machine guns.Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:29:40 GMTGulf News GN_12022012_130250Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120213T050149ZIFA04/New_UN_fight_looms_on_bid_to_pressure_AssadArab and western states will launch a fresh bid at the United Nations this week to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, setting off new diplomatic hostilities between Assad's friends and foes.Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:19:00 GMTAFP ANA20120213T050149ZIFA04Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120212T113248ZICX67/Arab_League_Syria_mission_chief_resigns_Arab_officialThe head of a controversial Arab League observer mission to Syria has resigned, an Arab League official told AFP.Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:39:49 GMTAFP ANA20120212T113248ZICX67Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120212045835/Iranian_MAPNA_Company_Continues_Building_Electricity_Plants_in_SyriaTEHRAN - Managing Director of the Iranian Power Plant Projects Management Company (MAPNA), Abbas Aliabadi, stressed that the building operations of Gender electricity plant in Syria will continue. In a statement to Iranian press on Saturday,...Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:30 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120212045835Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120212050329/Irans_Ambassador_in_Syria_We_Reject_Foreign_Interference_in_Syrias_AffairsDAMASCUS - Iran's Ambassador in Syria Mohammad Rida Raouf Sheibani on Saturday stressed his country's rejection of foreign interference attempts in the Syrian internal affairs and support to the reform process.Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:15 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120212050329Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120212050526/AlKhouri_Syria_Will_Remain_Resistant_Power_in_the_Region_by_Its_Army_and_PeopleIn an interview with the Syrian TV al-Khouri said " Aleppo, as all the Syrian areas , is resistant to being dragged behind the conspiratorial schemes, as theSun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:06 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120212050526Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_11022012_120217/Syrian_uprising_spills_over_into_LebanonSyrian forces continued to bombard Homs yesterday as Iraq claimed jihadists are crossing into Syria and weapons are being sent to opponents of President Bashar Al Assad?s regime. The bloodshed showed no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon.Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:08:30 GMTGulf News GN_11022012_120217Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_11022012_120247/Qatar_eases_onto_Arab_centre_stageIn an interview with CBS News aired on January 15, the Emir of Qatar Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani quietly dropped a bombshell. Asked if he would favour Arab intervention in Syria, he said: ?For such a situation, to stop the killing ... some [Arab] troops should go to stop the killing.?Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:03:04 GMTGulf News GN_11022012_120247Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T173519ZIBL94/Syria_orders_embassies_closed_in_titfortat_moveSyria has asked Tunisia and Libya to close their embassies in Damascus in a tit-for-tat move after they both expelled Syria's envoys, a foreign ministry spokesman said.Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:56:15 GMTAFP ANA20120211T173519ZIBL94Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120212T023521ZICH30/Arab_ministers_to_meet_over_escalating_Syria_crisisArab League foreign ministers will meet on Sunday in Cairo to discuss their next move over the Syrian crisis with the bloodshed showing no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon.Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:53:46 GMTAFP ANA20120212T023521ZICH30Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T112023ZIAO95/Arab_recognition_of_Syria_opposition_imminent_SNCArab recognition of the opposition Syrian National Council is imminent, SNC member Ahmed Ramadan said in Qatar on Saturday, ahead of key talks in the Egyptian capital on the crisis.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:59:12 GMTAFP ANA20120211T112023ZIAO95Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T105052ZIAN05/2_dead_in_SunniAlawite_clashes_Lebanon_securityTwo people died and 18 were wounded during fierce clashes Saturday between Lebanese Sunni Muslims hostile to Syria's regime and Alawites who support it, a Lebanese security official said.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:44:48 GMTAFP ANA20120211T105052ZIAN05Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T101258ZIAL12/Tensions_grip_Syrias_Aleppo_after_car_bombsTensions escalated Saturday as forces stepped up security in Aleppo, activists said, a day after car bombs killed at least 28 people in the first such attacks on Syria's second city in a year-old uprising.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:35:56 GMTAFP ANA20120211T101258ZIAL12Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T094036ZIAJ99/Damascus_suburb_plagued_by_months_of_violenceWith its half-deserted streets watched over discreetly by plainclothes police, its telephone lines cut and its walls covered with anti-regime slogans, the Damascus suburb of Douma shows the scars of a nearly year-long revolt.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:30:23 GMTAFP ANA20120211T094036ZIAJ99Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120211T081919ZIAH04/Blast_kills_one_in_Lebanons_tense_north_securityA man died and three others were hurt in an accidental blast in the tense Lebanese city of Tripoli following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime gunmen, a security official said Saturday.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:23:55 GMTAFP ANA20120211T081919ZIAH04Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120211061624/Iranian_engineers_freed_from_captivity_in_SyriaSeven Iranian engineers and one Iranian expert have been freed in Syria, Fars reported with reference to an informed source at Iran's Energy Ministry.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:48:47 GMTTrend News Agency ZAWYA20120211061624Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T164404ZHYQ71/Christians_can_help_mediate_in_Syria_Vatican_envoyChristians could held mediate in the deepening conflict in Syria as a "bridge" between the government and the opposition, Pope Benedict XVI's envoy to Syria told Catholic media on Friday.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:02:39 GMTAFP ANA20120210T164404ZHYQ71Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T180216ZHZA38/Syrias_Homs_pounded_for_a_weekA snapshot of events in Syria's besieged protest hub of Homs, since regime forces launched a withering assault last Saturday that activists say has killed more than 450 people.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:57:23 GMTAFP ANA20120210T180216ZHZA38Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T203813ZHZN19/Guards_killed_after_gunmen_clash_in_LebanonThree Syrians were killed in an accidental explosion at a munitions depot in the north Lebanon port of Tripoli on Friday, a security source told AFP.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:55:58 GMTAFP ANA20120210T203813ZHZN19Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T205536ZHZO29/US_ambassador_posts_purported_images_of_Syria_unrestUS ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, has posted declassified photographs on his Facebook site that the State Department said Friday shows an army attacking a civilian area in the city of Homs.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:55:35 GMTAFP ANA20120210T205536ZHZO29Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_10022012_110238/Expatriates_stage_solidarity_rally_near_Syrian_consulate_in_DubaiHundreds of Syrian expatriates staged a peaceful demonstration against the embattled President Bashar Al Assad in Bur Dubai?s Al Hamriya area here yesterday.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:37:53 GMTGulf News GN_10022012_110238Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T142314ZHXX74/28_dead_235_wounded_in_Aleppo_car_bombs_Syria_TVTwin car bomb attacks on security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Friday killed at least 28 people and wounded another 235, state television reported, citing the health ministry.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:45:09 GMTAFP ANA20120210T142314ZHXX74Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T143232ZHXY90/Pro_and_antiSyria_regime_gunmen_clash_in_LebanonShooting broke out on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli as gunmen deployed heavily in two rival neighborhoods, one group supporting and the other opposed to the regime in Syria.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:47 GMTAFP ANA20120210T143232ZHXY90Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T130625ZHXM02/Protesters_in_Malaysia_denounce_Syrian_violenceMore than 150 Syrians demonstrated in Malaysia's capital Friday to demand the ouster of the government of President Bashar al-Assad over its campaign to violently crush regime opponents.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:32 GMTAFP ANA20120210T130625ZHXM02Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T132834ZHXO38/Saudi_king_says_world_confidence_in_UN_shakenSaudi King Abdullah said on Friday that world confidence in the United Nations had been shaken after the world body failed to adopt a resolution against the Syrian regime's deadly crackdown on protests.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:03 GMTAFP ANA20120210T132834ZHXO38Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T123924ZHXJ34/Rebel_Syrian_army_blames_regime_for_Aleppo_blastsA spokesman for the rebel Free Syrian Army blamed the regime of President Bashar al-Assad for carrying out two deadly car bomb attacks in Aleppo on Friday, in a telephone interview with AFP.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:56 GMTAFP ANA20120210T123924ZHXJ34Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T121917ZHXH03/Syrian_forces_deploy_to_stop_protests_activistsSecurity forces deployed heavily outside mosques across Syria on Friday, firing on worshippers in some areas to prevent protests after the main weekly Muslim prayers, activists said.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:56:13 GMTAFP ANA20120210T121917ZHXH03Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120210102748/Syrias_agricultural_sector_losses_due_to_terrorists_attacks_estimated_at_SYP450mThe value of damages caused by the armed groups to the agricultural sector has been estimated at SYP 450 million.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:09 GMTSANA (Syria Arab News Agency) ZAWYA20120210102748Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T094331ZHWQ40/Russia_calls_West_accomplice_in_Syria_violenceRussia on Friday accused the West of being an "accomplice" to the violence in Syria and said the country's opposition bore full responsibility for ending the ongoing violence.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:19:23 GMTAFP ANA20120210T094331ZHWQ40Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T091102ZHWN66/Lebanon_economy_at_risk_from_Syria_unrest__IMFThe Lebanese economy is at risk from internal political uncertainty, spiralling violence in neighbouring Syria and the eurozone crisis, the International Monetary Fund has warned.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:47:05 GMTAFP ANA20120210T091102ZHWN66Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T091239ZHWN81/Russia_blames_Syria_opposition_for_continuing_violenceRussia on Friday said the Syrian opposition bore full responsibility for the ongoing violence and accused the West of being an "accomplice" that pushed the regime's opponents into armed conflict.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:45:53 GMTAFP ANA20120210T091239ZHWN81Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T093741ZHWP81/US_Italy_back_more_assertive_Arab_League_mission_to_SyriaThe United States and Italy back efforts by the Arab League and its plan to send a new observer mission to Syria, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said in an interview published Friday.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:45:33 GMTAFP ANA20120210T093741ZHWP81Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_100212094732/Byblos_Bank_Country_Risk_Weekly_Bulletin_09Feb12This is a PDF report. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMTByblos Bank pdf_100212094732Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T083436ZHWL01/Tanks_storm_district_in_Syrias_Homs_activistsTanks stormed a neighbourhood in the flashpoint Syrian central city of Homs as soldiers launched a house-to-house sweep of the area to crush regime opponents on Friday, activists said.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:12:29 GMTAFP ANA20120210T083436ZHWL01Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T085653ZHWM49/Syria_impasse_boosts_opposition_military_options_analystsThe diplomatic impasse on Syria after Russia and China's steadfast refusal to back any UN resolution condemning the ruthless repression of protesters could accelerate the militarisation of the uprising, analysts warn.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:05:39 GMTAFP ANA20120210T085653ZHWM49Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T082150ZHWK12/Blasts_rock_Syrias_second_city_Aleppo_activistsThree explosions rocked Syria's second largest city of Aleppo on Friday, activists said, adding that one of the blasts was near a military intelligence building.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:41:24 GMTAFP ANA20120210T082150ZHWK12Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120210080104/Shun_Chinese_Russian_goods_says_QaradawiEminent cleric and head of the World Union of Muslim Scholars, Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi, has called on fellow Muslims the world over to boycott Chinese and Russian products to protest their vetoing the UN Security Council's resolution on the Syrian crisis.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:07:25 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20120210080104Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120210T055501ZHWC19/Syrias_Homs_under_new_deadly_blitzMore than 80 people were killed in Syria Thursday, most of them in a relentless blitz on the city of Homs, an attack US President Barack Obama decried as "outrageous bloodshed".Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:13:36 GMTAFP ANA20120210T055501ZHWC19Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T202501ZHVI00/Britain_says_it_has_no_plans_to_arm_Syrian_oppositionBritain has no plans to help arm Syria's opposition, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:12:41 GMTAFP ANA20120209T202501ZHVI00Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T222701ZHVP58/Lebanon_army_boosts_presence_along_Syria_borderThe Lebanese army late Thursday reinforced its presence in the northern region of Wadi Khaled, which borders Syria and is close to the flashpoint province of Homs, officials and local residents said.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:11:27 GMTAFP ANA20120209T222701ZHVP58Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T141909ZHTK31/Mine_injures_Syrian_on_Lebanon_border_officialsA Syrian man was seriously injured Thursday when he stepped on a land mine as he tried to enter Lebanon through an illegal border crossing, officials said.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:10:11 GMTAFP ANA20120209T141909ZHTK31Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T150406ZHTQ21/Syrian_opposition_talks_tactics_in_QatarThe opposition Syrian National Council was meeting in Qatar on Thursday to discuss developments in their country, where the regime has intensified its deadly crackdown on protesters, an SNC spokesman told AFP.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:58 GMTAFP ANA20120209T150406ZHTQ21Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_09022012_100260/League_could_recognise_Syrian_National_CouncilThe Syrian National Council intensified contacts this week to discuss developments in Syria, by holding a meeting in Qatar yesterday. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:36:30 GMTGulf News GN_09022012_100260Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T081640ZHRX34/Syria_top_Muslim_cleric_hails_Iran_supportSyria's top Muslim cleric has thanked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his unwavering support of Syria's government as it deals with widespread unrest, the presidency website reported Thursday.Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:50 GMTAFP ANA20120209T081640ZHRX34Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20120209T083052ZHRY24/Israel_fears_Syria_arms_transfers_to_Hezbollah_BarakSophisticated weapons could be transferred from Syria to militant group Hezbollah and to Lebanon if the regime of Bashar al-Assad falls, Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned on Thursday.Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:58:58 GMTAFP ANA20120209T083052ZHRY24Open