“Yesterday, the convoy of Lt Gen Babacar Gaye was attacked by armed tanks. Fortunately, there were no injuries,” Ban told reporters. He said a dozen armored vehicles used by the observers have been destroyed by blasts and shelling. The UN observer mission’s latest 30-day mandate is due to expire in August. The mission has largely […]
Jul 31 2012 | Posted in
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“One hundred and fifty observers left Syria on Tuesday evening and Wednesday and they will not come back,” one observer told the media, speaking on condition of anonymity. “They left after a decision was taken to reduce the mission by half,” a second observer said, without specifying who had taken the decision. The UN Supervision […]
Jul 25 2012 | Posted in
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The warning, a first admission by the Syrian regime that it has weapons of mass destruction, came as regime troops reclaimed to control most of Damascus after a week of heavy clashes. Fighting was still raging in the country’s second city of Aleppo where rebels claimed to have captured several districts, and activists said at […]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday of a “catastrophic civil war” in Syria after the massacre of more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla that sparked global horror and outrage. “The massacres of the sort seen last weekend could plunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war, a civil war from which the country […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Oil prices stable as traders track eurozone, Libya As investors look to upcoming summits at resolving the European debt crisis, the prices of Oil steadied at the end of last week. The analysts are of the view that the death of Moamer Kadhafi will have very limited effect on the oil and gas markets. It […]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
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