Friday, December 21, 2012

is syria the new play ground for u.s.a. and russia?


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BEIRUT - Syrian rebels warned on Friday they will target the international airport of the northern city of Aleppo after firing at an airliner preparing to take off, the first direct attack on civilian a flight in the 21-month-old revolt.

Turkey names sites for NATO Patriot missiles near Syria

ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Patriot missiles being sent by NATO members to bolster Turkey's defenses against a possible missile attack from Syria will be deployed near the southeastern cities of Adana, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras.

Syria rebels "fire warning shots" at airliner at Aleppo airport

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels fired warning shots at an airliner preparing to take off from Aleppo airport in the first direct attack on a civilian flight since the uprising in Syria began 21 months ago, a rebel commander said on Friday.

Russia won't try to persuade Syria's Assad to quit: Lavrov

MOSCOW - Russia refuses to act as an intermediary trying to talk Syrian President Bashar al-Assad into fleeing, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments released on Friday.

Russian and European leaders trade barbs on energy

BRUSSELS - Russia's president and European Union leaders failed to narrow wide differences on Syria, immigration and a string of other issues at a summit on Friday marked by testy exchanges over their biggest bone of contention, energy policy.

U.N. anti-genocide envoy: Syria minorities face reprisal risk

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. anti-genocide envoy warned on Thursday that minority groups in Syria, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fellow Alawites, are at risk of major reprisal attacks as the 21-month-old conflict escalates and sectarian violence increases.

Russia's Putin set for stand-off with EU on Syria, energy

BRUSSELS - Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders are likely to clash over issues ranging from Syria to trade, energy and human rights on Friday when Putin holds his first talks in Brussels since his re-election as president in May.

Russia's Putin set for stand-off with EU on Syria, energy

BRUSSELS - Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders are likely to clash over issues ranging from Syria to trade, energy and human rights on Friday when Putin holds his first talks in Brussels since his re-election as president in May.

Syrian rebels fight for strategic town in Hama province

BEIRUT - Rebels began to push into a strategic town in Syria's central Hama province on Thursday and laid siege to at least one town dominated by President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect, activists said. | Video

Iran firms that shipped arms to Syria hit with U.N. sanctions

UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. Security Council committee on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Iranian firms that violated a U.N. arms embargo on Tehran by shipping weapons to the Syrian government

2 comments:

  1. I'll never understand America and the United Nations. They claim to be against terrorism and fight it yet they support the Syrian rebels? If firing arms at commercial jets isn't terrorism then what is?

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  2. US is setting the stage as always, is part of a resolution established but most important recently empowered by george bush jr. To stay (to keep the ofensive) is great to see more now. #€arth2.0

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