Syrian Protests

News

1. The Global Note: Greece, Iran & Your Pocketbook…Another Koran Crisis For U.S.?…Inside Apple's China Factories

   Tue, 21 Feb 2012

   … religious materials Monday night, triggering angry protests and fears of even larger demonstrations as news of the burning spreads. The books were ..... deployment and home leave, these people said. SYRIA : HOMS UNDER FIRE Alex MARQUARDT reports the besieged …
2. 
   Syrian Opposition Says 7 Die in Intense Shelling

   Tue, 21 Feb 2012

   … district in central Syria a day after the ..... humanitarian aid to Syria , the Itar-Tass ..... the fact that Damascus allowed the Red ..... lionized it as " Syria 's Misrata ..... represented in a new Syria . In Cairo, Arab ..... recently supported Damascus by vetoing a U …
3. Russia Proposes Sending UN Envoy to Syria

   Tue, 21 Feb 2012

   … Nations should send a special envoy to Syria to help coordinate security issues ..... help solve humanitarian issues in Syria , after Damascus allowed the Red Cross to bring humanitarian ..... President Bashar Assad's crackdown on protests that killed 5,400 in 2011 alone …
4. Chinese Leader Visits Turkey, Uighurs Protest

   Tue, 21 Feb 2012

   … Xi Jinping has started his official visit to Turkey amid protests by dozens of Uighurs who threw a poster of him to the ground ..... focus on ending the violence in Turkey's southern neighbor Syria . About 10,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey.
5. Syrian Army Reinforcements Head to Homs

   Mon, 20 Feb 2012

   A Syria -based activist ..... Gunmen in Syria staged a ..... ambassador in Damascus . The Syrian ..... in central Syria , government ..... numbers, since Syria bans almost ..... capital city of Damascus . Brig ..... ambassador to Syria . The report ..... the largest protests in the capital ..... turn into an anti - government protest …
6. AP Reporting on NYPD Is Among Polk Award Winners

   Mon, 20 Feb 2012

   … apparent asthma attack while reporting on the uprising in Syria , will be awarded posthumously for extraordinary valor for ..... in the Dark." The film shows the brutal suppression of protesters seeking democratic rights and highlights the unbridled power …
7. 
   Egypt Withdraws Envoy to Syria

   Sun, 19 Feb 2012

   … ambassador to Syria , the latest ..... regime in Damascus . The 11 ..... mostly peaceful protests in a number ..... insurrection. Syria faces mounting ..... crackdown on protesters , including ..... ties with Damascus . But the ..... Egypt and Syria once shared …

Videos

1. 
   Syria Uprising Strikes Capital City of Damascus

   Sun, 20 Nov 2011

   in Syria this evening ..... thousands of protesters dead. The ..... capital city Damascus and tonight ..... anti Assad demonstrations and bloody ..... there are Syria and the Syrians ..... going into Syria . Today we ..... to fire on protesters leaving a …

   Syria found at 0:00, 0:52, 1:49

   in Syria this evening the revolt against President Bush are outside -- spreading this evening despite his brutal crackdown has left thousands of protesters dead. The opposition has just struck in the capital city Damascus and tonight we hear from president Asad who says he's not going anywhere. ABC's Alex -- court takes us to the Syrian

   Eight months of anti Assad demonstrations and bloody crackdowns have given away to an armed insurgency. Led by defectors calling themselves the free Syrian army. Those hills right there are Syria and the Syrians who have fled appearance in northern Lebanon say the other side of this open border is littered with landmines. To prevent fighters and weapons from going into Syria . Today we met this twenty year old defector -- former private who said he was ordered to fire on protesters leaving a mosque. He was shot twice in the leg as he ran away now recovering in Lebanon too afraid to show

   they're growing bolder and changing this uprising leading many to ask. Is Syria headed for civil war.
2. 
   Syrian Troops Open Fire on Funeral Mourners

   Sat, 18 Feb 2012

   … filled the capital of Syria today is heavily armed ..... this yield fell in Damascus today huge crowds ..... security forces. Protesters scramble for cover ..... has supplies into Syria . He says they spend ..... hearts are back in Syria he says our biggest …

   Syria found at 0:02, 1:13

   Gunfire and screams filled the capital of Syria today is heavily armed troops opened fire on mourners at a funeral. It is the latest brutal assault on civilians by the

   moved into his city. Now Saif Mohammed has -- supplies into Syria . He says they spend all day and night watching what is happening in their country had an emotional dean physically we're here but our hearts are back in Syria he says -- our biggest problem is the psychological torture of Mohamed and millions of Syrians are pleading for the world to
3. 
   Syrian Civilians Caught in the Middle of Conflict

   Thu, 16 Feb 2012

   … Thousands under siege over those hills and Syria have escaped to neighboring countries ..... shoot. To them. Like so many inside Syria they're begging for international ..... Alex Marquardt ABC news on the Turkey Syria border.

   Syria found at 0:43

   said is worse than animals. Thousands under siege over those hills and Syria have escaped to neighboring countries like Turkey. These border areas have also been a lifeline to those still inside providing supplies to civilians and equipment to fighters rising up against the regime. These soldiers defected from the Syrian army after refusing orders to fire on civilians. Do -- a -- Condit children it was woman. Onto the and we had to shoot. To -- them. Like so many inside Syria they're begging for international help amendment -- were so tired he says. Calling on the world to stop the killing. Alex Marquardt ABC news on the Turkey Syria border.
4. 
   Roundtable: Contraceptive Controversy

   Sun, 12 Feb 2012

   … saw also that violence in Syria . This week hundreds now ..... between forces and those anti government forces right there we ..... horrific violence. But Syria is a place where the scale ..... are dying by the hour in Syria and I think that John McCain …

   Syria found at 5:10, 5:52, 7:01

   houses -- turned to foreign policy we saw also that violence in Syria . This week hundreds now have died in the fighting between -- forces and those anti government forces right there we've seen. Some of that -- patients were in the face of all this. You see the White House

   this. We have almost 6000 -- who died this horrific violence. But Syria is a place where the scale of slaughtering. Bloodletting the degree of ethnic violence that could take place really be something would

   arm the opposition people innocent people are dying by the hour in Syria and I think that John McCain had it right this week when he said that we -- look into arming the opposition I think frankly we got to recognize. Opposition government is a prosecute and succeed -- to pick up on David's point. Yes I think frankly Iran is what makes this so important serious connection to Iran on the fact that Syria is Iran's foothold in the Arab world it is the place that Iran funnels. Weapons and supplies to Hamas and has the
5. 
   Syria Hears From Assad's Wife

   Tue, 7 Feb 2012

   Syria again tonight a country in chaos ..... tale of two CT in the capital Damascus streets filled with government ..... basement. The first lady of Syria comes from this city but residents ..... route. Trying to get friends of Syria in a coalition to step up pressure …

   Syria found at 0:00, 0:56, 2:38

   Syria again tonight a country in chaos has more images of president -- forces unleashing a torrent of attacks against his own people appear. And now our son's wife once seen as a forced possibly for modernization has spoken out she once lived in America worked on Wall Street. So what did she say about those deadly scenes here's ABC's global affairs co anchor. Christiane Amanpour.

   The first lady of Syria comes from this city but residents -- and they'll get no help from. Malden and glamorous born and educated in England us

   still trying to work the diplomatic route. Trying to get friends of Syria in a coalition to step up pressure on -- And says the White House -- even to taking humanitarian aid are sending
6. 
   Obama Issues Statement on Syrian Crackdown

   Sat, 4 Feb 2012

   … developments in Syria hundreds more ..... citizens of Syria . Must know ..... to an end. Protests against the ..... passing week Syria becomes more ..... the regime of president Bashar Al Assad them. This ..... earlier when protesters stormed the …

   Syria found at 0:01, 0:22

   fast moving developments in Syria hundreds more killed in that government's brutal crackdown tonight President Obama has issued a statement saying the suffering citizens of Syria . Must know that we are we view in the U -- she must come to an end. Protests against the Syrian regime spread all over the globe today including and London were ABC's Jeffrey Kaufman reports in tonight.

   Each passing week Syria becomes more brutal war terrific. Overnight government forces pummeled the city of home. Mortars and artillery in what is now being called the bloodiest massacre the Syrian uprising began eleven months ago. Unconfirmed reports say more than 200 people have been killed including women and children. The Syrian government says -- goal -- part of an international conspiracy to overthrow the regime of president Bashar Al Assad -- them.
7. 
   Syria's Deadly Protests Caught on Tape

   Tue, 27 Dec 2011

   … tinderbox nation of Syria in the last 24 ..... of thousands of protesters . Calling for the of president Bashar Al Assad . As outside observers ..... denials. When protesters flooded the rebel ..... taking video in Syria this is quite …

   Syria found at 0:02, 1:11

   And another violent crackdown in the tinderbox nation of Syria in the last 24 hours more than forty people killed. Most in the city of poems which is being called the capital of the revolution. Today the streets were filled with tens of thousands of protesters . Calling for the -- of president Bashar Al Assad . As outside observers from other Arab countries are now in the streets monitoring the situation activists armed with video cameras. Are trying

   simple act of holding up a cell phone in taking video in Syria this is quite risky.