العربي يناشد سوريا اتخاذ الاجراءات الفوري لوقف أعمال العنف
Arab appeals to Syria to take immediate measures to stop the violence
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Saturday - November 5 - 2011 - 13:25:58
The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil al-Arabi deep regret and grave concern at the continuing violence in different parts of Syria, warning of risk of not achieving the desired progress in the implementation of the Arab Plan of Action.
al-Arabi appealed, in the statement of the Arab League today, to the Syrian government need to take immediate action according to the terms of the Arab plan, committed to stressing the need to provide protection to civilians until everyone feels that there is a new security environment and a different political approach in dealing with the course of the crisis.
He warned various parties concerned in Syria lack of response to the Arab initiative calling for concerted efforts to make it work and put into immediate effect.
He emphasized that the failure of Arab solution would be disastrous to the whole region, which works the Arab League to be avoided in order to preserve Syria's security and stability and to avoid strife and foreign interventions.
The statement pointed out that the Arab and continued consultations and contacts with the Presidency and members of the Arab Ministerial Committee on the developments in Syria and the results of efforts to implement the Arab Plan of Action.
In this context, the Secretariat of the Arab League has received during the past two days, reports from the Permanent Mission of Syria, according to the fact that armed groups committing acts of violence in the provinces of Hama and Idlib and Dara, and Homs, Raqqa.
The Secretariat continues to monitor the situation and receive reports from the various stakeholders in this regard.
al-Arabi received today the delegation of the Syrian National Council headed by Burhan Ghaliyoun and Basmah al-Qudmana to discuss the developments in Syria and the current situation of the implementation plan of the Arab solution.
بن حلي: المعارضة السورية ليست على انسجام.. وسنتواصل مع كل أطيافها
Ben Halli: Syrian opposition is not on the harmony .. And we will contact with each spectrum
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Friday - November 4 - 2011 - 22:56:46
Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Halli, "The Syrian opposition is not on the harmony one," pointing out that "the Arab League will continue with the Syrian opposition, all models and forms, whether part of the Syrian National Council, or outside."
He told the National Council of the opposition emanating from Istanbul on President Bashar al-Assad wants to make more time "just the point of view .. do not enter in the reactions."
And pointed out Ben Helli The implementation of the provisions of the initiative "will begin immediately and not in the Last," and said Ben Helli told the newspaper "al-Shurouq" released on Friday that the plan "in the concept of the resolution was approved, beginning immediately, and not at the date of last .. was launched yesterday (Wednesday), the meeting of the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Dr. Nabil delegation of the Syrian opposition. "
The Action Plan accepted by the Syrian government to send a mission composed of the Arab League to actually preview the Syrian human rights organizations made up of an Arab League, Arab Lawyers Union, the Union of Arab Parliament, Commission on Human Rights, as well as the international press and Arabic.
Ben Helli, and pointed to the invitation to all Arab and foreign journalists as required by the Arab plan, to monitor located in Syria.
It is noteworthy that a clear split emerged in opposition at home and abroad, as the coordinating body rejects foreign interference in the home in all its forms, and welcomes dialogue under the terms of the Arab initiative, while the National Council request international protection and refuse dialogue.
Muslim Eid al-Adha in Syria marred with unrest
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2011-11/05/c_131231223.htm
English.news.cn 2011-11-05 20:39:21
DAMASCUS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- This year's Eid al-Adha in Syria does not resemble any previous one, with the used-to-be joyous festival atmosphere overshadowed by the nearly eight months of unabated unrest in the country.
Damascus, which has shunned itself from the violence that hit other different parts of the country, seems busy ahead of Eid al- Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the most important feasts on the Muslim calendar, with people thronging to markets for shopping.
However, shop owners say their business is not as prosperous as it looks like. "Eid was one of the best periods for the increase in revenues... We are well stocked and are carrying a good selection of clothes... There are many spectators, but in fact there are few buyers," said Hassan Masri, owner of a clothes shop in downtown Damascus.
Hana Massoud, a mother of three, told Xinhua as she was shopping for shoes and clothes: "We are doing our best to go out of the sad mood that has overshadowed our lives... but regretfully unable to do that... I feel great sadness to what has befallen our country."
Syrians are impatiently waiting for a full implementation of a peace plan initiated by the Arab League (AL) and accepted by the Syrian government on Wednesday. The plan calls for halt of all kinds of violence across the country before the launch of a national dialogue between the government and the opposition.
However, conflicting reports coming from different opposition figures have dwindled hopes among Syrians and raised fears that the crisis would not see a foreseeable solution.
The Syrian Free Army, which was recently formed by defected army members, has reportedly agreed to stick to the provisions of the AL plan, but the Syrian National Council, which was announced by some opposition groups in Istanbul in October, seemed reluctant to participate in the dialogue with the government.
"We reject dialogue with a regime that has committed gross violations since its approval of the plan," the council said.
Some opposition figures contended that the government has failed to make good on any of its many promises since the eruption of anti-government protests in mid March.
Fayez Sarah, a prominent opposition figure, has reportedly said that the opposition is "not concerned with the AL plan," complaining that the AL has not contacted any of the opposition figures.
The U.S. State Department, while hailing Syria's approval of the AL plan, said there is still no clear indication that the Syrian government intends to live up to its pledges, warning that Syria will only deepen its international isolation if it fails to abide by the deal.
The European Union also urged the Syrian leadership to associate words with deeds and fulfill its promises.
Another frustrating indicator is the Syrian media's accounts about horrible crimes allegedly committed in the central province of Homs by unidentified terrorist groups. The attacks claimed the lives of dozens of army personnel and civilians in a single day that followed the Syrian government's approval of the AL plan.
The government said the flare-up in violence was meant to thwart the AL plan, while the opposition groups blamed the government forces for failing to shoulder a full responsibility for the bloody incidents, and cast doubts over the government's real intention to put an end to violent acts.
Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV channel cited activists on Friday as saying that at least 25 people were killed in Homs and accused the government of bombarding the city, a step they said was contradictory to the essence of the AL plan.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Syrian National Council soon in Cairo to press for launching a dialogue with the Syrian government.
Although it has approved the AL plan and showed readiness to embark on dialogue with opposition groups, the Syrian government insists that such dialogue should be held exclusively inside Syria, raising doubts over whether the two sides could reach an agreement and actually carry out the dialogue.
VIEWPOINT (Qatari newspaper)
Assad continues to test resolve of the Arab League
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2011.11.03
Damascus finally agreed late on Wednesday to an Arab League plan to end the crisis in Syria. President Bashar al-Assad has had months to heed the warnings from the international community that the violence must stop while also observing the fate of the Gaddafi regime in Libya.
He has remained indignant about what he perceives as foreign interference in internal affairs and unapologetic about the loss of an estimated 3,000 Syrian lives during a brutal crackdown on reformist groups.
So his hands are soaked in blood and it is difficult to envisage that Syrians will simply forget a campaign of terror launched in March and allow Assad to remain as the country's leader even if he implements the Arab League road-map.
The cavernous gap between words and deeds was exposed just hours after he made a commitment to halt the violence. According to a human rights group the central city of Homs once again became the target of repression as reports filtered through that seven people had been killed by heavy machine gun attacks from security forces.
Such arrogance and duplicity is bound to test the resolve of the Arab League mediators led by Qatar's Prime Minister HE Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani, who stressed on Wednesday that "if Syria does not respect its commitments, the ministerial committee will meet again and take the necessary decisions".
Shaikh Hamad will doubtless work tirelessly in his attempts to bring a lasting resolution but Assad must be made to understand that his future can only be determined by an unconditional acceptance that the launching of a national dialogue will one day be inevitable with or without him.
شيخ عقل الموحدين الدروز بلبنان: سورية عصية على المحرضين
Shaikh Aql Druze in Lebanon: Syria is immune to the instigators
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/05/380122.htm
November 5, 2011
Beirut, (SANA) -
Shaikh Nasr El-Deen Shaikh Aql al-Ghuraib of the Druze in Lebanon that Syria is immune to those tendentious instigators of the wise leadership responsible, pointing out that the crisis in Syria became Juatimha.
Shaikh al-Ghuraib denounced, in his message in the Eid al-Adha, a campaign of incitement and disinformation by the media disinterested against Syria and transferred pictures, news, rumors abroad was not unrelated to the truth.
al-Ghuraib called on to return to the rule of reason and common sense and respond to attempts to disrupt the Arab nation and the Western and Israeli conspiracies hatched against them.
Who sets Lebanon against Syria?
http://english.pravda.ru//world/asia/10-10-2011/119278-lebanon_syria-0/?mode=print
Sergei Balmasov
10.10.2011 16:46
Who sets Lebanon against Syria? The West is concerned about the incursion of Syrian troops in Lebanon. Western media wrote that they attacked civilians in Beqaa, having killed at least one person, a citizen of Syria.
Syrian officials claim that it is the radical opposition that has been trying to use the Lebanese territory in the struggle against Bashar Assad's regime. News agencies have already released a number of news stories about the interception of caravans loaded with arms, including grenade-launchers and machine guns. The arms were supposed to be used against representatives of the Syrian army, policemen and state security officers.
What is really happening on the border between Syria and Lebanon? Pravda.Ru asked expert opinion from Mashal Haddaj and Ali Salim Assad.
Mashal Haddaj, a senior expert with the Russian Academy of Sciences:
"In this case, Syria is persecuting those who are connected with the riots in Syria. The development of the situation in this country was not supposed to echo in Lebanon. No matter how we may treat Assad's regime, we cannot ignore the Syrian opposition just because of the fact that Syria's historical influence on Lebanon was immense.
"Lebanon also means a lot for Syria. The media have been accusing Lebanon's Hezbollah movement of its participation in the suppression of the "Syrian revolution." They have not been able to prove that yet, though.
"First and foremost, Hezbollah gunmen are guerrilla fighters who are trained to struggle against Israel. They conduct missile attacks, but they do not conduct punitive police operations. Secondly, they cannot be efficient on the Syrian territory just because they do not know the country and its cities. Thirdly, Assad's position now is not that bad. He does not need to call Hezbollah for help. However, I believe that external forces are trying and will be trying to use the Lebanese territory and the situation inside the country to shatter Assad's regime and overthrow him.
"This raises serious concerns with Lebanon, because it is a multi-confessional country with a large share of Christians. Many dislike the current regime in Syria, and it does have many drawbacks. However, we all remember what consequences Iraqi Christians had to face as a result of the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. The same can be in store for Syria, and it will inevitably affect Lebanon.
"If Assad is toppled, Syria will plunge into the chaos of interconfessional war. The situation needs to be changed fundamentally, but the regime change must not reiterate the Iraqi history.
"It appears that certain external forces have been trying to isolate Lebanon after the assassination of Prime Minister Hariri in 2006. This coincides with the actions against Syria."
Ali Salim Assad, a representative of the administration of the National Unity Committee of Syria:
"The recent events must be analyzed through the prism of the internal struggle between the followers and the adversaries of the Syrian opposition. Assad's adversaries realize that Lebanon is Syria's weak point. The organization of this country, which is a home for many confessions, gives an opportunity to conduct the struggle against the influence of Damascus. Lebanon used to be a part of Syria. The French separated Lebanon from the country. However, it is not that easy to break historical ties. I am a Syrian national, for instance, and my grandmother comes from Lebanon.
"Lebanon greatly depends on Syria. It is surrounded by Syria from practically all sides. However, Syria's adversaries in the country are not in the majority. Let's take, for example, the Lebanese Druze, who support Assad. Someone is simply trying to use Lebanon to shatter the situation in Syria.
"Anti-Syrian forces in Lebanon are supported from within. It goes about two forces. The first one of them is Almustaqbal movement (the Future), chaired by al-Hariri, the son of the assassinated Lebanese president. He resides in Saudi Arabia and follows this country's orders.
"The activity of this organization was noticed in the territories, which were traditionally used for the delivery of contraband goods to Syria. It goes about the trafficking of arms too. Until recently, Lebanon was the country where one could buy the goods that were not available in many neighboring states.
"The leaders of Almustaqbal were trying to organize the camp of Syrian refugees not far from Syria's borders. They wanted to demonstrate the camp for the world to put pressure on President Assad.
"The second anti-Syrian movement is chaired by Samir Geagea. He is the leader of the ultraright movement, which appeared among the Lebanese Maronite Christians. He is very offended with Syria because he had spent 14 years in jail for exploding a church. He also represents the Maronites, who previously served at the puppet army of Southern Lebanon and fought on Israel's side."
Turkish Labor Party: Expel Syrian col.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/208517.html
Sat Nov 5, 2011 1:9PM
Secretary General of Turkey's Labor Party Hasan Basri Ozbey has called on the Turkish government to expel defected Syrian colonel Riad al-Assad, Press TV reports.
Riad is the "leader of a terror group" and should not be allowed to have activity inside Turkey, the Turkish newspaper Aydinlik quoted Ozbey as saying on Saturday.
Riad, who claims to be the head of the "Syrian Free Army" or the "military wing of the Syrian people's opposition to the [Syrian] regime," told The Telegraph earlier this week that he is operating an armed force of defectors in a camp in eastern Turkey.
"We are armed with guns and ammunition stolen from the regime," Riad said, adding that his team is conducting "high quality operations against [Syrian] government soldiers and security agents."
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