The New Dark Age

23 August 2011 — williambowles.info

Syria’s Death Told Reaches Over 2200 People
NPR
by Michele Kelemen A top UN Human Rights official says the death toll in Syria has climbed to over 2200 people, 350 of whom have been killed since the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. High Commissioner Navi Pillay repeated her call for …
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/22/139859346/syrias-death-told-reaches-over-2-200-people

What’s Next for Syria
Daily Beast
As Libyan rebel troops gathered to deal +a deathblow to the Gaddafi regime in Tripoli, the broadest coalition yet gathered of Syria’s political opposition met in Istanbul to plan how to do the same to President Bashir al-Assad. …
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/22/syria-loses-allies-while-domestic-opposition-solidifies.html

Chinese oil giant ends operations in Libya, Syria: report
AFP
BEIJING — China’s largest oil and gas producer has shut down six major projects in war-torn Libya, Syria and other restive nations because of political instability, state media said Tuesday. The decision came as Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s regime …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iRLrwRKc0NN4Lu3dHqbdFthB6V3g?docId=CNG.977f0c20e01fe100b3c4090e53df3d4b.2a1

China concerned with latest developments in Syria
Xinhua
22 (Xinhua) — China has been following the latest developments of Syria with great concern and called on all sides to resolve the issue in a peaceful way, Chinese diplomat He Yafei said here Monday at a special session of UN Human Rights Council on …
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/23/c_131067268.htm

Dissent in Syria Emerges as Front Line of Arab Uprisings
New York Times
Muammar el-Qaddafi, inaugurating Libya’s future, his counterpart in Syria offered assurances borrowed from the past: Syria would stay steadfast, plots hatched from abroad would fail and calls for his removal were meaningless because the people …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/world/middleeast/23syria.html

Syria: two anti-government protesters shot in Homs as army ‘shoot-to-kill’
Telegraph.co.uk
By Alastair Good A United Nations mission arrived in the western city of Homs yesterday to assess the humanitarian situation after five months of protests in Syria. Video posted online appears to show protesters against President Assad’s rule being …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8717361/Syria-two-anti-government-protesters-shot-in-Homs-as-army-shoot-to-kill.html

Analysis: Escalation in Syria will hurt Lebanon
The Daily Star
By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: A further escalation of the confrontation, now in its sixth month, between the Syrian government and opposition groups seeking democratic change in Syria, will spill over to Lebanon and put the country’s security and …
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Aug-23/Analysis-Escalation-in-Syria-will-hurt-Lebanon.ashx

Mideast Expert: Syria’s WMD Could Fall to Islamists
NewsMax.com
In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Katz also suggests a more positive scenario: “If Assad will fall, the supply line to Hezbollah will be cut off and Iran will find itself more isolated without the friend it used to have in Syria. …
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/israel-katz-syria-WMD/2011/08/22/id/408235

Kuwait recognizes new Libya, demands Syria ‘crimes’ probe
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 22, (Agencies): The Gulf state of Kuwait on Monday recognised the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the “legitimate” representative of the Libyan people. An official source at the foreign ministry “renewed the support …
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/172949/reftab/36/Default.aspx

“Syria is fine”… or is it? — RT
By RT
The UN says more than 2200 people have been killed in Syria in the six-month-long crackdown on anti-government protesters. And despite growing calls by the Western leaders for Bashar Assad to step down, he says his regime is not in …
http://rt.com/news/syria-hama-people-reforms-365/

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney: Amidst Syria’s Madness, A Voice of Reason
By Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney
I conducted an interview with Syrian activist Alexander Page (a pseudonym used for protection) on July 31, via email. In this brief discussion, I learned quite a bit about his motivation for continuing protests against his government.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jeffrey-h-toney/amidst-syrias-madness-a-v_b_932846.html

From Syria, Bashar al-Assad is watching the end of Gaddafi’s …
By Michael Weiss
Assad remains Syria’s president. Now that portraits of Muammar Gaddafi have been perforated with rebel bullets, it’s worth asking how …
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100101758/bashar-al-assad-is-watching-the-end-of-gaddafis-regime-and-he-must-be-terrified/

Syria Protesters: Gaddafi Is Gone, Assad Will Follow
By The Huffington Post News Editors
BEIRUT — Taking inspiration from the rapid unraveling of the regime in Libya, thousands of Syrians poured into the streets Monday and taunted President Bashar Assad with shouts that his family’s 40-year dynasty will be the next …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/syria-protesters-gaddafi-assad_n_932868.html

Syria looks over its shoulder – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs
By amarcnn
Editor’s Note: Sami Moubayed is a university professor, historian, and editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine in Syria. This article appeared in Asia Times on August 22, 2011 entitled, Syria Looks Over its Shoulder.
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/22/syria-looks-over-its-shoulder/

Syria condemns Obama’s call for Assad to step down – Yahoo! News
Read ‘Syria condemns Obama’s call for Assad to step down’ on Yahoo! News. A government owned Syrian newspaper on Saturday rejected U.S. and European calls …
http://news.yahoo.com/syria-condemns-obamas-call-assad-step-down-081442392.html