A U.N. Security Council committee has published a report on Iranian sanctions violations, including shipments of weapons to Syria in breach of a U.N. ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic.
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Annan Says Iran Should Be Consulted In International Plan For Syria
Kofi Annan is trying to rally the international community to bring the violence in Syria to an end. Annan even suggested that Iran should be consulted, an idea the United States doubts.
U.N. monitors shot at in Syria, Annan plan crumbles
U.N. monitors came under fire in Syria on Thursday while trying to investigate reports of a new massacre that raised the pressure on world powers struggling to halt the carnage and save a peace plan from collapse.
SCO Leaders Reject Force In Iran, Syria
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Beijing have opposed any international use of force in Iran, saying such a move could threaten global security.
Syria accused of new massacre as U.N. meets
Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stood accused by opponents on Thursday of a new massacre of scores of villagers hours before a divided United Nations Security Council convenes to review the crisis.
11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
BEIRUT (AP) — When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead.
Annan: ‘Bold steps’ needed for Syria peace
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called on the country’s government to take bold steps to prove its commitment to restoring peace during a visit to Damascus.
Iran says Syria massacre aimed at fomenting chaos
Iran said on Monday the killing of more than 100 people, many of them children, in the Syrian town of Houla had been carried out in order to spread chaos and instability in Syria and block peace efforts.
Syria denies Houla killings, UN condemns attack
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people – including women and children – in one of the deadliest days of the country’s uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas.
UN confirms ‘massacre’ of children in Houla
UN leader Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan have condemned a massacre of more than 90 civilians in Syria as an “appalling and brutal” breach of international law.