Friday, March 02, 2012

My Way News - EU: Syrian leadership will be held accountable
My Way News reports: "The European Union committed itself on Friday to document war crimes in Syria to set the stage for a 'day of reckoning' for the country's leadership, in the way that former Yugoslav leaders were tried for war crimes in the 1990s by a special U.N. tribunal [...] The EU leaders, however, urged Russia and China to rethink their alliances with Syria that led the two countries to twice veto U.N. resolutions condemning Assad's crackdown and calls for him to step down."

My Way News - Putin defends Russian stance on Syria
My Way News reports: "Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of fueling the Syrian conflict by backing government opposition, but his foreign ministry said it will not protect Syria from military intervention [...] Syria is Russia's last remaining ally in the Middle East. Moscow has maintained close ties with Damascus since the Cold War, when Syria was led by the current leader's father, Hafez Assad."

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