political situation in Syria 2012

Moscow, June 25 (Interfax) - Syrians must resolve the political situation in their country themselves, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. June 25, 2012, 9:31 a.m.

Syrians who reside in Egypt join a rally outside Arab League headquarters in Cairo during an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss the political situation in Syria on Thursday.

AFP | Apr 27, 2012

A general view shows Arab League foreign ministers attending an emergency meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, to discuss the political situation in Syria on April 26, 2012. 

190 killed in Syria on Thursday; insurgents seize two generals. Demonstrators gather after Friday prayers in Deraa, Syria. Members of the U.N. Security Council are meeting today to discuss the country’s political situation. Saturday June 30, 2012 6:15 AM

Syria looks more like Libya every day

 January 24, 2012 

An undated handout photograph made available by the Local Coordination Committes (LCC) in Syria on 18 February 2012, shows Syrians holding a placards and a revolutionary flag, during a protest in Marea, Allepo, Syria, 17 February 2012. 

A Free Syrian Army soldier checks his rifle at the Bab Al-Salam border crossing to Turkey July 22, 2012. Syrian forces regained control of one of two border crossings seized by rebels on the frontier with Iraq, Iraqi officials said, but rebels said they had captured a third border crossing with Turkey, Bab al-Salam north of Aleppo. "Seizing the border crossings does not have strategic importance but it has a psychological impact because it demoralises Assad's force," a senior Syrian army defector in Turkey, Staff Brigadier Faiz Amr, told Reuters by phone. Thu, Jul 19, 2012

Since the Syrian uprising began last year, Iran has stood firmly by Bashar al-Assad. To safeguard its long-time regional ally, Iran gave full political, economic and military backing to the embattled Syrian president. This unwavering support, however, does not mean that Iran believes in a security solution to the crisis in Syria, nor does it mean that it regards such a solution as being in line with its strategic interests in the region.June 27, 2012

Free Syrian Army fighters console a comrade after an ambulance carried an injured friend to a hospital during fierce fighting against government troops in Idlib on Saturday. Mar 10, 2012 10:33 PM ET

Note to Syria interventionists: Be careful what you wish for

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