Syria News | News Date April 17, 2012

U.N. likely to send full slate of Syria monitors

Security Council is expected to send all 250 to oversee peace plan, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fears that still won't be enough.BEIRUT — The United Nations Security Council is expected to authorize deploying a full mission of 250 monitors to Syria after it takes up the issue Wednesday, but Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon questioned whether even that number would be sufficient.

Each Side Accuses the Other of Violating Syria’s Cease-Fire

The sides traded accusations as an advance team of United Nations observers, sent to monitor the cease-fire, was spotted in the southern city of Dara’a.

Kurds Remain on Sideline in Syria’s Uprising

Syria’s Kurds have endured decades of marginalization, but they are still wary of getting involved in the country’s uprising.

Hezbollah chief tells Russian TV tried to mediate in Syria crisis

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told a Russian television channel on Tuesday that his Syria-backed group had tried to act as a mediator in the Syrian conflict but failed to persuade the opposition to come to the negotiating table. Nasrallah made the remarks on the Kremlin-funded English language television station during the first broadcast of a new talk show hosted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. ...

U.N. likely to send full slate of Syria monitors

Security Council is expected to send all 250 to oversee peace plan, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fears that still won't be enough.BEIRUT — The United Nations Security Council is expected to authorize deploying a full mission of 250 monitors to Syria after it takes up the issue Wednesday, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon questioned whether even that number would be sufficient.

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