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HR CRISIS IN SYRIA; UN briefs Council on humanitarian issues in Syria, AID, FUEL, AND TROOPS
HR CRISIS IN SYRIA; UN briefs Council on humanitarian issues in Syria, AID, FUEL, AND TROOPS
You know a UN Security Council meeting is important if they keep the press out. That was the case for Valerie Amos on Monday as she briefed the Council on humanitarian issues in Syria. The UN's Humanitarian Chief is recently back from Damascus -- where she met with the Syrian government on Saturday.
- published: 18 Dec 2012
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- author: WorldConflictReport
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Minimal Western Aid for Syrian Refugees
Minimal Western Aid for Syrian Refugees
Vijay Prashad: Western countries bemoan intolerable conditions facing Syrian people but to little to support UN refugee efforts
- published: 10 Dec 2012
- views: 600
- author: TheRealNews
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Syrian forces pound Homs, block aid convoy
Syrian forces pound Homs, block aid convoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of parts of the shattered city of Homs on Saturday and for a second day blocked Red Cross aid meant for civilians stranded without food and fuel in the former rebel stronghold, activists and aid workers said. The government assault came a day after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that President Bashar al-Assad's troops were executing and torturing people in the city after rebels abandoned their positions there. "In an act of pure revenge, Assad's army has been firing mortar rounds and ... machine guns since this morning at Jobar," said the Syrian Network for Human Rights, naming a district next to Baba Amro, where rebels held out against almost a month of siege and shelling before fleeing this week. "We have no immediate reports of casualties because of the difficulty of communications," the campaign group said in a statement. Syria's government says it is fighting foreign-backed "terrorists" whom it blames for killing hundreds of soldiers and police across the country. The United Nations says Syrian security forces have killed more than 7500 civilians since a revolt against Assad's rule began in March last year. Concern was mounting for civilians in freezing conditions in Baba Amro, where International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) trucks were being held up by Assad's forces. Anti-government activists said they feared troops wanted to prevent the ICRC witnessing a
... - published: 03 Mar 2012
- views: 513
- author: 1814dreadyhead
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Red Cross Resumes Syria Evacuation Talks
Red Cross Resumes Syria Evacuation Talks
www.icrc.org Red Cross Resumes Syria Evacuation Talks The Red Cross says it has failed to gain access to the beseiged rebel stronghold of Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs but was able to carry out evacuations elsewhere in Syria, including other neighbourhoods of Homs. The humanitarian group and its Syrian chapter are seeking safe passage for wounded and sick civilians in Baba Amr after managing to bring out 27 people on Friday. Hicham Hassan, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, says talks with the Syrian government and opposition forces would continue Sunday. On Friday, aid workers from the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent brought out seven wounded people and about 20 women and children in the first humanitarian operation since Syrian forces began bombarding Homs last month. They transported the injured to nearby hospitals for treatment, state TV reported. Activists say Syrian forces killed 107 people in Homs on Friday, including a woman and 14 children. The UN estimated in January that 5400 people were killed in the conflict, which began last March. Hundreds more have died since, with activists saying the death toll is more than 7300. Overall figures are impossible to confirm independently. Representatives from about 70 countries, including Canada, have been meeting in Tunisia to discuss the crisis. On Friday, they called on Damascus to end the violence immediately, allow humanitarian access to areas under fire and permit
... - published: 26 Feb 2012
- views: 307
- author: shouhadasyria
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Iran, Israel, Syria, Gas Prices for Consumers, Rush Limbaugh, the War on Women (2012)
Iran, Israel, Syria, Gas Prices for Consumers, Rush Limbaugh, the War on Women (2012)
thefilmarchive.org March 6, 2012 - News Conference by President Obama The War on Women is a political slogan used by Democrats asserting that Republican policies are contrary to the interests of women with regard to their reproductive rights.[1][2][3][4] The term is also used to describe opposition to legislative initiatives on violence against women, workplace discrimination, and equal pay.[5][6][7][8] The phrase includes measures that limit access to abortion by creating barriers designed to discourage the practice, and policies that reduce or eliminate taxpayer funding for women's health organizations that perform abortions, like Planned Parenthood.[5] Other issues revolve around public funding and mandatory employer insurance coverage of such areas as contraception and sterilization. While the term is not new and has been used in other contexts,[9][10][11] it became common in American political discourse after the 2010 congressional elections.[12][13][14] Use accelerated rapidly in 2012 as both liberal and conservative news outlets began to discuss the term.[15][16][17] The phrase and the concept has been criticized by Republicans, including the Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, who described it as a fiction and equated it to a "war on caterpillars."[18] Related criticisms include opposition to abortion,[19] claims that mandatory contraception funding violates religious freedom[20][21] and that laws to protect employees limit or eliminate
... - published: 30 Jul 2012
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- author: thefilmarchived
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GGN: Turkey Hjacks Another Plane, UN Drafts 3K Peacekeeping Force (Syria), Iran TV Banned in EU
GGN: Turkey Hjacks Another Plane, UN Drafts 3K Peacekeeping Force (Syria), Iran TV Banned in EU
PLEASE DONATE Visit www.ggnonline.com to make a PayPal donation because it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -Darko PLEASE SUBSCRIBE Please visit www.ggnonline.com or http for the latest news commentary by Global Government News HEADLINES WITH LINKS: Turkey Redirects European Missile Defense System to Syria bit.ly Turkey allows plane to leave after finding humanitarian aid bit.ly On The Brink: Turkey tanks and warships on yellow alert over Syria threat bit.ly Turkey: Public Support Low for Possible Fight Against Syria bit.ly Turkey biggest loser in self-devastating Syria game bit.ly Western spies get discreetly involved in Syria bit.ly Syrian Jihadists Seize Aleppo Air Base, Loot Missiles bit.ly Arms Shipments to Syria Aid Jihadists, Officials Admit bit.ly Western-Backed Rebels Move Against Syria's Christian Minority bit.ly UN peace envoy draws up plan for 3000 strong peacekeeping force in Syria bit.ly Confirmed: Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border bit.ly Britain deploys troops to Jordan as 'mission creep' possibility rises bit.ly Syria denies using cluster munitions bit.ly How many Iraqi civilians were killed by cluster bombs? bit.ly US Bombs Turned Iraq Into A Toxic Wasteland bit.ly Iraq records huge rise in birth defects bit.ly EU bans broadcast of Iranian TV channels on Hot Bird bit.ly Former Soviet Dissident Warns For EU Dictatorship bit.ly The EU is not a "Person": Granting the Nobel Prize to the European Union is in Violation of Alfred
... - published: 16 Oct 2012
- views: 341
- author: DDarko2013
