Green Energy
Newsmax:
Syrian Government Resigns in Wake of Violent Demonstrations
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011 09:37 AM
Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otri’s government resigned in the wake of protests that began this month and marked the strongest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule since he took power in 2000.
Assad accepted Otri’s resignation, state television reported.
The move follows a series of concessions the government has made to demonstrators that also included the release of more than 200 prisoners, steps to combat corruption, a media law guaranteeing more freedom, improving living standards for residents of border areas and changes to criminal law to ban random arrests.
Syria is the latest Middle Eastern country to be hit by a wave of uprisings that ousted longtime rulers in Egypt and Tunisia, and sparked an armed conflict in Libya. Assad’s regime is an ally of Iran and a power broker in neighboring Lebanon, where it supports the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement.
More than 90 people have been killed as the government cracked down on dissent, according to unconfirmed reports that Amnesty International cited.
- Even While Seeing The Outlines Of The Facts, The Reasons Must Still Fit Arrogant Prejudice
Guardian:Free Syrian Army rebels defect to Islamist group Jabhat al-NusraThe well-resourced organisation, which is linked to al-Qaida, is luring many anti-Assad fighters away, say brigade commandersSyria’s main armed opposition group, the Free Syrian...
-
Fox: Syria mixes chemical weapons for potential use in bombs, US source says Syrian forces have mixed chemical weapons and loaded them into bombs in preparation for possible use on President Bashar Assad's own people, Fox News confirms. A senior...
-
Jerusalem Post: 'If Assad falls, Hezbollah will take Beirut' By JPOST.COM STAFF 11/22/2011 16:04 Hezbollah would take over Beirut with Free Patriotic Movement fearing Israeli offensive in Lebanon. Hezbollah may launch a military offensive to take...
-
Fox: U.S. Slaps Syria's Assad With Sanctions for Human Rights Abuses The Obama administration on Wednesday announced sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and six other senior Syrian officials, taking an unprecedented step to isolate the...
-
Voice of America: 25 Killed After Syrian Forces Fire on Protesters Witnesses and rights activists say at least 25 people have been killed in Syria after security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in several cities Friday. The reports say...
Green Energy
Newsmax:
Syrian Government Resigns in Wake of Violent Demonstrations
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011 09:37 AM
Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otri’s government resigned in the wake of protests that began this month and marked the strongest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule since he took power in 2000.
Assad accepted Otri’s resignation, state television reported.
The move follows a series of concessions the government has made to demonstrators that also included the release of more than 200 prisoners, steps to combat corruption, a media law guaranteeing more freedom, improving living standards for residents of border areas and changes to criminal law to ban random arrests.
Syria is the latest Middle Eastern country to be hit by a wave of uprisings that ousted longtime rulers in Egypt and Tunisia, and sparked an armed conflict in Libya. Assad’s regime is an ally of Iran and a power broker in neighboring Lebanon, where it supports the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement.
More than 90 people have been killed as the government cracked down on dissent, according to unconfirmed reports that Amnesty International cited.
- Even While Seeing The Outlines Of The Facts, The Reasons Must Still Fit Arrogant Prejudice
Guardian:Free Syrian Army rebels defect to Islamist group Jabhat al-NusraThe well-resourced organisation, which is linked to al-Qaida, is luring many anti-Assad fighters away, say brigade commandersSyria’s main armed opposition group, the Free Syrian...
-
Fox: Syria mixes chemical weapons for potential use in bombs, US source says Syrian forces have mixed chemical weapons and loaded them into bombs in preparation for possible use on President Bashar Assad's own people, Fox News confirms. A senior...
-
Jerusalem Post: 'If Assad falls, Hezbollah will take Beirut' By JPOST.COM STAFF 11/22/2011 16:04 Hezbollah would take over Beirut with Free Patriotic Movement fearing Israeli offensive in Lebanon. Hezbollah may launch a military offensive to take...
-
Fox: U.S. Slaps Syria's Assad With Sanctions for Human Rights Abuses The Obama administration on Wednesday announced sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and six other senior Syrian officials, taking an unprecedented step to isolate the...
-
Voice of America: 25 Killed After Syrian Forces Fire on Protesters Witnesses and rights activists say at least 25 people have been killed in Syria after security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in several cities Friday. The reports say...