HRW:UN should probe Syria’s crackdown

An international human rights group called Sunday for a U.N. inquiry into Syria’s crackdown on opposition protesters that has left more than 120 dead people in recent days. (more…)

Canadians advised to leave Syria as death toll climbs

The federal government is advising Canadians to leave Syria after security forces there killed at least 11 mourners taking part in funeral processions Saturday for protesters slain during anti-government demonstrations. (more…)

Yemen leader Saleh agrees to step down under Gulf plan

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has agreed to step down under a 30-day transition plan aimed at ending violent unrest over his 32-year rule.

Officials in the capital Sanaa confirmed the government had accepted the plan drawn up by Gulf Arab states. (more…)

Iran on edge as ally Syria fights for survival

When Syria’s president visited Iran late last year, he received a heroes’ medal and spoke about unbreakable bonds in a ceremony broadcast on national television.

Now, a nervous leadership in Iran has imposed a media blackout on Bashar Assad’s struggle against a swelling Syrian uprising and Tehran faces the unsettling prospect of losing its most stalwart ally in the region. (more…)

MP Sakr tells Syrian regime, media: Enough lies

Future Movement MP Okab Sakr appeared on Future TV Saturday to assure the Lebanese and Syrians that he is free in Lebanon and not in a Syrian jail.

Syria Nobles website on Saturday said that Syrian state television reported that MP Sakr was arrested in Banias. (more…)

Aoun is still fighting for the Ministry of Interior, report

Free patriotic Movement MP Alain Aoun told Al-Manar television on Saturday: “We are still fighting for the Ministry of Interior to be granted to our bloc,” (more…)

OTV: Syria issues arrest warrant against MP Sakr, update

OTV reported that the Syrian judiciary issued an arrest warrant against Future Movement MP Okab Sakr accusing him of involvement in the Syrian unrest and has circulated his name to all the Lebanese Syrian border crossings. (more…)

Syria violence puts Obama in tough spot

Escalating violence against prodemocracy demonstrators in Syria has put President Obama in a difficult spot, politically as well as diplomatically. (more…)

Syria arrests Human Rights leader

Daniel Saud, head of the Committees for the Defense of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria, was arrested and moved to a secret location. His lawyer, Khalil Maatouk, said so. (more…)

Amal MP blames political paralysis for lebanon chaos

Amal Movement MP Ayoub Hmayed said on Saturday during the funeral of Ali Nasser who died in a clash over the illegal construction of houses in Tyre that “chaos on all levels is the result of the current political paralysis.” National News Agency reported. (more…)