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Bomb explodes near UN observer convoy in Syria (09.05.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
The UNSMIS delegation – led by Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer Major-General Robert Mood – was on its way from Damascus for a visit to Dar'a, under Syrian army escort.
“Arms flowing” between Lebanon and Syria (09.05.2012)
(Quelle:Al-Jazeera)
UN special envoy says weapons are being smuggled in both directions, and warns region is "at brink of war".
U.N. envoy says Syria continues to violate cease-fire (08.05.2012)
(Quelle:New York Times)
Offering a gloomy assessment of the nearly month-old cease-fire in Syria, Kofi Annan, its main architect, said Tuesday that despite some decrease in military assaults, continuing “serious violations” could undermine the full peace plan.
Syrians vote for new parliament amid boycott calls (07.05.2012)
(Quelle:BBC)
The elections, promised last year by President Bashar al-Assad, were the first in 40 years not to guarantee a majority for the ruling Baath Party. Opposition groups dismissed them as a sham, calling for a boycott.
Palestinians and the end of the peace process – new ICG report (07.05.2012)
(Quelle:International Crisis Group)
The bad news is the U.S. presidential campaign, Arab Spring, Israel’s focus on Iran and European financial woes portend a peacemaking hiatus. The good news is such a hiatus is badly needed.
Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai “release Fijian peacekeepers” (07.05.2012)
(Quelle:BBC)
The abductors reportedly demanded the authorities release from prison several fellow tribesmen, some of whom had been convicted of terrorism.
Israel lays cement blocks for Lebanon separation wall (03.05.2012)
(Quelle:The Daily Star)
The Israeli army began putting in place cement blocks Thursday to serve as the foundation of a planned 6-meter-high separation wall on its border with Lebanon. … Lebanese officers were given topographical maps by the U.N. in order to follow the construction as it takes place and ensure that it meets the prearranged conditions.
Syrian opposition needs unity but continues to splinter (02.05.2012)
(Quelle:VOA News)
As violence continues in Syria, and the United Nations struggles to get its truce observers into place, the Syrian opposition is splintering into even more factions. … But in the far calmer surroundings of Paris, another Syrian opposition group was born last week, with plans to form a government-in-exile.
Hamas says holding secret diplomatic talks with EU states (02.05.2012)
(Quelle:Haaretz)
Europe and the U.S. have been rethinking Mideast policy since the Arab Spring uprisings toppled several pro-Western regimes in favor of Islamists.
All 300 UN observers to be in Syria by end of May: UN (01.05.2012)
(Quelle:Reuters)
The United Nations is accelerating deployment of unarmed observers to Syria to ensure all 300 are on the ground by the end of May to monitor a shaky U.N.-backed ceasefire, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said on Tuesday.