AP – Syrian security forces fanned out in flashpoint cities nationwide Saturday to crush protests against President Bashar Assad as the country’s powerful ally Iran warned of an unprecedented regional crisis if there is a power vacuum in Damascus.
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Europe Accuses Iranian Force of Aiding Syrian Crackdown
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The European Union announced on Wednesday that it was leveling sanctions against Iran’s Al Quds military force, saying it had given technical and material support to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in his efforts to crush the five-month-old uprising against his rule.
Iran appoints new Syrian ambassador
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has appointed Mohammadreza Raouf Sheybani as the country’s new ambassador to Syria.
Green Movement Council warns Iran regime, sides with Syrian protesters
GVF — The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest decision making body, has issued a statement in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Syria, while calling on Iranian authorities to cease their support for the Assad regime’s deadly suppression of dissenters.