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Is Iran Using Iraqi Airspace for Arms Shipment to Syria?
The United States government encourages the Iraqis to take whatever measures they can to ensure the implementation of the appropriate United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
Civilians Continue to Bear The Brunt of Violence in Syria
The head of the United Nations-appointed panel probing human rights abuses in the country today reported that the use of force by security forces and the military against armed groups has often led to collective punishment.
Envoy Kofi Annan Urges Assad to Embrace Change
Mr. Annan said his discussions with Mr. Assad on Sunday focused on putting an urgent halt to the escalating violence, giving access to humanitarian agencies, and starting a political dialogue.
Death Toll Keeps Rising in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the division could embolden the Syrian authorities 'in their violent, dead-end path.
More Calls for Assad Regime to End Violence
She reports that the Commission of Inquiry launched by the Council last August concluded that Syrian government forces have perpetrated crimes against humanity.
