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Moscow stalls diplomatic offensive on Syria!
A senior Russian diplomat warned that the push to adopt a Western-Arab draft resolution on Syria was a “path to civil war” there, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday, but stopped short of explicitly threatening to veto the draft.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120131-russ...tion-assad

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Clashes rage in Syria as Russia delays UN vote
The latest wave of violent clashes in Syria left dozens dead on Wednesday as Russia told Western powers and the Arab League that a UN vote on a tough resolution against President Bashar al-Assad would need more time.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110420-syri...KgodzwelPA

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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The United States, European governments and Arab states have begun discussing the possibility of exile for Bashar al-Assad despite skepticism the defiant Syrian president is ready to consider such an offer, Western officials said on Wednesday.

While talks have not progressed far and there is no real sense that Assad's fall is imminent, one official said as many as three countries were willing to take him as a way to bring an end to Syria's bloody 10-month-old crisis.

Two sources said no European states were prepared to give Assad sanctuary, but one official said the United Arab Emirates might be among those open to the idea...

http://af.reuters.com/article/moroccoNew...=0&sp=true

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At least 105 people have been killed in a district of the Syrian city of Homs, a human rights group has claimed.

The deaths occurred after shelling by Syrian armed forces, according to the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights.

"At least 105 people were killed in a massacre in the Khalidya district of Homs, including women and children," Rami Abdulrahman, head of the British-based rights group, said.

"Syrian forces are shelling the district with mortars from several locations, some buildings are on fire," he said.

Citing witnesses, Mr Abdulrahman said hundreds more people were wounded in the attack north of the capital Damascus.

Homs has has become a flashpoint of the 10-month revolt against the regime of President Bashar al Assad.

It is not possible to verify activist or state media reports as the Syrian government restricts access for independent media...

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16162872

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Anderson Cooper talks to a Syrian activist inside Homs who says the government is shelling the city and more than 200 have been killed in a few hours. Hundreds are injured with little to no medical help...

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Posted on you tube 2/6/12

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(CNN) -- As international leaders wrestled over the weekend how to deal with the crisis in Syria, much of the nation remained engulfed in violence -- including attacks by government forces on one embattled city that the opposition Syrian National Council described as a "massacre."

The Syrian government has consistently blamed the bloodshed, which the United Nations estimates has left an 6,000 dead in recent months, on "armed terrorist groups."

Yet opposition forces, as well as an increasingly loud faction of leaders from outside the Middle Eastern nation, have said forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have killed civilians as part of its crackdown.

A prime flashpoint for the violence, once again, was in Homs, which is north of Damascus...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/05/world/meas...?hpt=hp_t3

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U.S. closes embassy in Damascus

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/0...2C20120206

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Foreign Secretary William Hague recalls UK Ambassador to Syria

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(02-06-2012 09:53 AM)Amess Wrote:  U.S. closes embassy in Damascus

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/0...2C20120206

Also:

Foreign Secretary William Hague recalls UK Ambassador to Syria

Embassies closed means invasion in imminent.