| |   Taking a stand
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet In a significant departure from its usual hands-off approach, India's recent vote in favour of the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Syria is welcome. Though the resolution fai...
US closes Syria embassy, pulls out all staff
| THE United States closed its embassy in Syria and pulled out all its staff today amid deteriorating security as President Bashar al-Assad's government intensified its bloody crackdown. | Britain also rec...
Desperate wheeling and dealing
| Feb 7, 2012 | Desperate wheeling and dealing | By Victor Kotsev | The gloves are off, both inside Syria and at the United Nations Security Council: this is the overwhelming impression...
Run-up to proxy war over Syria
| Feb 7, 2012 | Run-up to proxy war over Syria | By M K Bhadrakumar | If a date needs to fixed marking the end of "post-Soviet era" in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012....
Syria and those 'disgusting' BRICS
| Feb 7, 2012 | THE ROVING EYE | Syria and those 'disgusting' BRICS | By Pepe Escobar | A Greek choir of the "disgusted" and the "outraged" predictably greeted BRICS members Russia and ...
U.S. closes embassy in Syria because of insecurity
The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. |...
Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad,...
Three Tawarga refugees killed near Tripoli
| AFP - An armed group killed at least three refugees from the town of Tawarga on Monday near the Libyan capital as they tried to enter the city to hold a sit-in protest, a witness and other sources said. | The...
Vetoes Leave Syria Headed for a Bloody Stalemate
| The double veto cast by Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday represents a clarifying moment in the Syrian uprisings. | At the 2012 Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of ...
Major Mali city on high alert for Tuareg attacks
| BAMAKO, Mali - The city of Kidal in the far north of Mali is on high alert after Tuareg rebels said Monday they have taken up strategic positions around the locality, setting the stage for the first aggressio...
Major northern Mali city on high alert as Tuaregs threaten attacks, take strategic positions
| BAMAKO, Mali - The city of Kidal in the far north of Mali is on high alert after Tuareg rebels said Monday they have taken up strategic positions around the locality, setting the stage for the first aggressio...
Major Mali city on high alert for Tuareg attacks
| BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The city of Kidal in the far north of Mali is on high alert after Tuareg rebels said Monday they have taken up strategic positions around the locality, setting the stage for the first ag...
Egypt telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris eyes new horizons
| CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris wants to get back on the acquisition trail, eyeing businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after selling a chunk of assets to Russia's Vi...
US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
| By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and BRADLEY KLAPPER | Associated Press | BEIRUT (AP) - The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get P...
Major Mali city on high alert for Tuareg attacks
| BAMAKO, Mali -- The city of Kidal in the far north of Mali is on high alert after Tuareg rebels said Monday they have taken up strategic positions around the locality, setting the stage for the first aggressi...
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