One week ago, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution seeking the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Now the Arab League has passed its own resolution calling for UN and Arab League peacekeeping troops to be stationed in Syria. Once again the plan faces Russian and Chinese opposition, while Westerners are wary of sending troops to the Middle East powder keg.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 10/02/12. Syria is the focus of many international papers. Asharq Alawsat gives a detailed account on the ongoing violence in Homs. Meanwhile, The Guardian focuses on the diplomatic side of the crisis. The Chinese ambassador to the UK explains just why China voted no to the draft UN resolution on Syria.
Eyewitnesses describe the indiscriminate shelling of Homs, one that activists see as the prelude to full-blown civil war in Syria. François Picard’s panel argues over the next step following the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution.
Eyewitnesses describe the indiscriminate shelling of Homs, one that activists see as the prelude to full-blown civil war in Syria. François Picard’s panel argues over the next step following the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution.
China on Monday defended its veto of a United Nations draft resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave power, on the grounds that last year’s resolution on Libya led to foreign interference that went beyond its mandate.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday echoed the French president’s call for "friends of Syria" nations to squeeze the regime in Damascus after Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution on the unrest. Clinton called the veto a "travesty".
With a UN peace plan for Syria in tatters following a double veto by Russia and China, Syrian opposition groups say it is now up to Moscow to broker a deal with President Bashar al-Assad to end the bloodshed.
Russia and China vetoed a draft UN resolution backing an Arab League call for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to step down on Saturday, prompting anger from the United States and France. The US ambassador said she was “disgusted” by the move.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow remains concerned over "crucial" problems with a draft UN resolution on Syria to be voted on Saturday, including its support for an Arab League demand for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
Syrian activists say almost 200 people were killed during heavy shelling by security forces in the flashpoint city of Homs, a day before a crucial UN vote Saturday on a resolution that Russia has repeatedly threatened to veto.
