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Syria on Soldier Deaths: We Will React 'With Force'

Town of Jisr al-Shughour braces for military assault

(Newser) - Residents of the Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour are bracing themselves for a military assault, after Syria promised to respond “with force” to the killing of its soldiers there. The government says 120 were killed in an ambush by “armed gangs” yesterday. It’s clear that there was...

Syria: 'Gangs' Killed 120 Troops

Protesters say that's ridiculous

(Newser) - Syria's state-run TV network is alleging that 120 police and security officers have been killed by "armed gangs" in the northwest town of Jisr al-Shughour, including 82 in an attack on one security post. The report hasn't been independently verified, and the number reported dead has ballooned...

Israel Braces for New Clashes as Protest Toll Climbs to 23

Syria claims 350 injured, Israel blames Syria for instigating violence

(Newser) - Israel prepared for more confrontations with protesters today as the death toll from the latest clashes climbed to at least 23, reports CNN. More than 350 people were injured in confrontations yesterday as security forces opened fire on Palestinians and supporters as they attempted to surge from Syria into Israeli-controlled...

4 Dead in Israeli Border Clash
 4 Dead in Israeli Border Clash 
Jun 5, 2011 7:11 AM CDT

4 Dead in Israeli Border Clash

Unrest marks anniversary of Arab defeat in 1967 war

(Newser) - Israeli troops opened fire across the Syrian frontier today to disperse hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who stormed the border of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, reportedly killing four people in unrest marking the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war. The Israeli military accused Syria of instigating the...

Syria Shuts Down Internet as Protests Intensify
 Syria's Internet Shuts Down 
Jun 3, 2011 3:31 PM CDT

Syria's Internet Shuts Down

Networks dark as protests against Assad intensify; 60 dead

(Newser) - As protesters took to the streets with renewed ferocity in Syria today, roughly two-thirds of the country’s Internet networks abruptly disappeared from global routing tables, Bloomberg reports. As of this morning, 40 of the country’s 59 networks were unreachable. One state-run site confirmed that the government had “...

Syria to Investigate Boy's Brutal Execution

Footage has galvanized protesters, provoked international outcry

(Newser) - A wave of outrage both at home and abroad has forced Syria into investigating the torture and execution of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib. Footage of his brutalized corpse was posted online last week, sending protesters to the streets with a renewed ferocity, and drawing rebukes from the likes of Hillary Clinton....

Syrian Forces Torturing, Killing Kids: Opposition

More than 25 kids and teens among the more than 1,000 dead

(Newser) - Syrian opposition groups say more than 25 children and teenagers have been killed in the government's crackdown in Syria—some of them after "severe torture." The Local Coordination Committees, a group that helps to organize protests, put out a statement identifying kids aged 5 to 17 who'...

Syria Tried Making Nuclear Weapons: UN

New report paves way for security council action

(Newser) - Syria “very likely” had a secret nuclear weapons program, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency report released yesterday, which concludes that the Dair Alzour site Israel bombed in 2007 was almost certainly an under-construction nuclear reactor. The allegations themselves are old news—US intelligence agencies presented evidence of...

Syrian Protesters Cancel Only Vigil Government OKed

Candlelit vigil to honor fallen Syrians, canceled for unknown reasons

(Newser) - Activists in Syria canceled the first government-approved demonstration in the capital since a 48-year-old state of emergency was lifted last month, an official said today. The silent candlelight vigil in a Damascus public garden was to have honored some 900 people who have been killed since the uprising against President...

Syria Toll Rises to 44
 Syria Toll Rises to 44 
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May 21, 2011 7:03 AM CDT

Syria Toll Rises to 44

But state news blames 'armed gangs' for 17 deaths

(Newser) - The Syrian Security forces crackdown on protesters in different parts of the country left at least 44 people dead yesterday, making it one of the deadliest days since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began two months ago, a rights group said today. Syria, meanwhile, blamed "armed...

Another 27 Killed in Syria Protests

Assad's troops again open fire on protesters

(Newser) - Human rights activists say at least 27 people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed in Syria today during yet another round of government protests. Thousands flooded streets across the country, defying an unrelenting crackdown that has failed to crush a two-month uprising. Today's turnout—and the now-familiar, deadly response...

Obama's Mideast Speech: The 5 Topics That Matter

Josh Gerstein lays out the hot-button points

(Newser) - Barack Obama will give a major speech on the Mideast at 11:40am ET today, in which he'll share his vision of the role America should play in a region that's been battling unrest for four months now. Josh Gerstein provides a primer on Politico . Your ears should...

Freed Reporter Describes Syria's Secret Prisons

Dorothy Parvaz heard beatings 'almost around the clock'

(Newser) - Dorothy Parvaz emerged from her stay in a Syrian detention center more or less unscathed, mostly because the guards there would not beat or torture women—but others weren’t nearly so lucky. When Parvaz first arrived at the prison, she was taken handcuffed and blindfolded to a courtyard, where...

US Sanctions Syria&#39;s Assad
 US Sanctions Syria's Assad 
May 18, 2011 1:27 PM CDT

US Sanctions Syria's Assad

Move raises speculation US wants him out

(Newser) - The US has taken the dramatic step of personally sanctioning Syria’s president and a number of his top aides, in an attempt to pressure him to stop his ongoing violent crackdown on dissent. The Treasury Department will freeze all of Bashar al-Assad’s assets that are within US jurisdiction,...

Al-Jazeera Journalist Held in Mideast for 19 Days Freed

Dorothy Parvaz was detained in Damascus then sent to Iran

(Newser) - An al-Jazeera journalist has safely landed in Qatar, having been released by Iranian officials after being detained in Damascus last month. Al-Jazeera confirms that Dorothy Parvaz is "safe and well and back with us in Doha. She has been in contact with her family, and we are with her...

Syrians Find Mass Graves

 Syrians Find Mass Graves 
May 17, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

Syrians Find Mass Graves

Meanwhile tanks roll into another southern city

(Newser) - Syrian villagers have found as many as 26 bodies piled into two fresh graves near the recently occupied city of Daraa, four locals tell Reuters . Authorities stepped in quickly to cordon off the area, but villagers were able to identify one of the men and several of his children, activists...

Egypt Forces Clash With Pro-Palestinian Protesters

353 injured outside Israeli embassy in Cairo

(Newser) - Egyptian police fired live ammo and tear gas at pro-Palestinian protesters today as violence continued following yesterday's clashes at Israel's borders. More than 350 protesters were injured, one critically, outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo, AP reports. At least 16 people were killed yesterday when Israeli troops opened...

16 Killed in Israel Border Clashes

Israeli troops clash with Arab protesters

(Newser) - Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters today along three hostile borders, including the frontier with Syria, leaving 16 people dead and dozens more wounded in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations marking a Palestinian day of mourning for their defeat at Israel's hands in 1948. Along Israel's border with...

Fleeing Syrians Speak of Killings, Terror

Those leaving Daraa tell tales of random arrests, snipers on rooftops

(Newser) - The uprising in Syria has been marked by bloody, terrifying suppression, with thousands of arbitrary arrests and even government snipers on rooftops. The Washington Post looks at the situation in the center of the unrest—the town of Daraa—as told by those who are fleeing it. One 13-year-old boy...

UN: Iran Skirting Nuke Sanctions

But they are at least slowing it down

(Newser) - International sanctions have managed to slow down Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but that’s about it, according to a new UN report obtained by the AP . “Iran’s circumvention of sanctions across all areas … is willful and continuing,” the report concludes. The regime has...

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