US says no partnership possible with Assad regime

The Obama administration is suggesting its two-year strategy to engage Syrian President Bashar Assad and transform his government into a regional partner is over.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. can’t have a partnership with a government that is killing innocent people. (more…)

Syrian forces kill 17 in Deir Ezzor, report

Security forces killed 17 civilians on Tuesday in Syria’s eastern protest hub of Deir Ezzor and at least four others in other parts of the country, activists said. (more…)

Lebanon reported to STL. No progress on arrest warrants

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issued a statement Tuesday that Lebanese authorities submitted a report to the tribunal on the measures taken to apprehend and hand over the four men indicted by the tribunal for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (more…)

Aoun says Syria is calm, denies violence

Free patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that Syria is calm, adding that when the Syrian army entered Hama last week, it did not use force against the civilians of the city. (more…)

Turkish foreign minister meets Syria’s Assad

The Turkish foreign minister has met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, as Syrian security forces continued their military assault against protesters across the country. (more…)

Analysis: Saudi switch against Syria’s Assad is blow to Iran

Saudi Arabia, self-appointed guardian of Sunni Islam, is deeply wary of popular uprisings that have convulsed the Arab world, but it has lost patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s violent attempts to crush a mainly Sunni protest movement. (more…)

MP Youssef slams Mansour’s meeting with Assad

March 14 MP Ghazi Youssef slammed Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour’s Monday visit to Syria and his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (more…)

Military assaults continue across Syria

Syria’s army is continuing operations in several locations, as the country’s leadership is facing increasing pressure to end its bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. (more…)

STL did not receive any report from Lebanon over arrest warrants

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) spokesperson Marten Youssef said in an interview with Al-Balad newspaper that, “until now,” the STL has not received from relevant Lebanese authorities any report on the issue of the tribunal’s arrest warrants, (more…)

Protests in Beirut and Beqaa against the Syrian regime

Lebanese intellectuals , journalists, activists as well as other people gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs Square on Monday to voice solidarity with the Syrian people’s revolution. (more…)