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Syria rebels to boycott Cairo opposition talks
Syria-based rebel fighters and activists said they would boycott an opposition meeting in Cairo on Monday, denouncing it as a “conspiracy” that served the policy goals of Damascus allies Moscow and Tehran. The two-day meeting, to be attended by the main exiled opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, and other smaller groups, is intended forge a common…
Syrian opposition calls for intervention to save Homs
ISTANBUL — The opposition Syrian National Council issued a cry for help Sunday to save Homs and other cities from attacks by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and repeated its call for UN intervention. “The country is under a violent attack, especially Homs,” said Abdel Basset Sayda, the leader of the…
25 killed in Syria as troops pound Homs
Syrian forces on Monday pounded the powderkeg city of Homs with rockets and mortars, killing 25 people and wounding scores amid outrage over a Russia-China veto of a UN resolution to stop the violence. In Homs, upwards of 17 civilians were killed and dozens wounded as security forces renewed their…
Syria opposition urges UN action over ‘massacres’
The opposition Syrian National Council on Wednesday urged theUN Security Council and Arab League to hold emergency meetings after “massacres” carried out by regime forces. Reacting to reports this week of the killing of hundreds of civilians, the opposition bloc called for an “emergency UN Security Council session to discuss the regime’s massacres in…
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