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Washington: (Saturday, August 04, 2012) The United States of America has thanked Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria for his dedicated efforts to promote peace in the region. In her statement, while acknowledging his services, Hillary Clinton said, “Earlier today, I spoke with Kofi Annan and thanked him on behalf of […]
United Nations: (Friday, August 03, 2012) Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the Security Council has decided to quit as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria after battling and failing to persuade President Bashar al-Asad to accept a peace plan, said the UN on Thursday. Announcing the decision, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said this with […]
Iran, an ally to Damascus, is looking to use its ‘good relations’ with Turkey and Syria to defuse tensions in the region Iranian authorities feel that it is important to resolve a “very sensitive” issue following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces a few days back. The incident has become a […]
A convoy of thirty armoured vehicles left the Turkish coastal city of Iskenderun in the province of Hatay and headed towards the Syrian border. These vehicles will be deployed along the border According to an official news agency based in Anatolia, several armoured vehicles are en route to military facilities in Sanliurfa near the Syrian […]
Syrian soldiers have tortured and summarily executed several children and even used some of them as young as eight years as ‘human shields’ in their operations against the rebels according to a UN report UN has denounced the Syrian government as one of the worst on its annual list of ‘the shame’ where the protagonists […]
UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan said he was “shocked” at the weekend’s “tragic events” in the central Syrian town of Houlaas he arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with top officials. He said those responsible for the killing in Houla of at least 108 people on Friday and Saturday must be held accountable […]
Reports claim that both opposing sides in Syria are seemingly respecting Thursday morning’s ceasefire deadline. All fighting is meant to have ended by six o’clock in the morning local time, and it has been quiet in the usual flashpoint cities like Homs and Hama. However, opposition claims that troops are not being withdrawn which was agreed, though the deadline for this is […]
Following the passing of the ceasefire deadline, Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavroz has urged the Syrian government to be more decisive in order to alleviate tensions The deadline date for the Syrian government to begin withdrawing their forces from urban areas as agreed in a ceasefire plan, has come and gone and there are still […]
Syria violence showing no signs of stopping Ahead of the ceasefire deadline, violence in Syria is showing no signs of declining and has escalated. Government gave a ceasefire deadline date of April 1. However, despite this, there are no signs for the violence to stop anytime soon. Rebels have rejected president Bashar al-Assad’s demand that […]
Syria welcomes peace plan by Kofi Annan Beijing: (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) Syria, after suffering through sustained chaos and political unrest, which well ensued in creating armed struggle, has accepted a peace proposal crafted by Kofi Annan – former secretary general United Nations. The proposal, as per initial news, aims to staunch the bloodshed in […]
United Nations and its failures – Part Two The wanton use of the veto has undermined the UN system and reduced its Secretary General to a mere puppet, though under the charter the Secretary General must uphold the values and moral authority of the UN, and speak and act for peace, even at the risk […]
