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Mon, 20 May 2013 18:35:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381650 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/feed/ 0 The muted response to Israel’s strike on Syria is just one more sign of a troubling new Middle East reality http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canada-sending-2-million-to-help-ngos-deal-with-syrian-refugees-in-jordan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canada-sending-2-million-to-help-ngos-deal-with-syrian-refugees-in-jordan/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:52 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=383482 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canada-sending-2-million-to-help-ngos-deal-with-syrian-refugees-in-jordan/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada is contributing $2 million to help Syrian refugees who are flooding... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/homage-to-latakia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/homage-to-latakia/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:50:16 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/homage-to-latakia/feed/ 0 Why non-intervention isn’t an option http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/helping-themselves-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/helping-themselves-2/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:47:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/helping-themselves-2/feed/ 0 Various factions are fighting over the influx of aid money, and trust is in short supply http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/syrian-prime-minister-survives-assassination-attempt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/syrian-prime-minister-survives-assassination-attempt/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:11:55 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378071 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/syrian-prime-minister-survives-assassination-attempt/feed/ 0 Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi escaped death after a car bomb exploded next... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe-2/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:53:06 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=377688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe-2/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – There is no reason to doubt reports of chemical weapons being used... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:36:25 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=377546 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/baird-doesnt-doubt-reports-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-syria-but-wants-un-probe/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – There is no reason to doubt reports of chemical weapons being used... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/hagel-says-syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-now-what/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/hagel-says-syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-now-what/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:42:57 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=377195 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/hagel-says-syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-now-what/feed/ 0 Obama drew a line in the sand and Syria crossed it http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-white-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-white-house/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:06:11 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=377179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-white-house/feed/ 0 U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has confirmed that Syria very likely used chemical weapons... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/time-to-bomb-syria-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/time-to-bomb-syria-2/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350220 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/time-to-bomb-syria-2/feed/ 0 With 60,000 dead and 250 more dying each day, has the time come for foreign action? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/canada-gives-25m-to-syrian-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/canada-gives-25m-to-syrian-crisis/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:53:28 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344612 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/canada-gives-25m-to-syrian-crisis/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada is contributing an additional $25 million to help people displaced by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-weeks-good-news-and-bad-news/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-weeks-good-news-and-bad-news/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:29:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=332752 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/02/the-weeks-good-news-and-bad-news/feed/ 0 From Don Cherry mastery of Twitter, to the U.S. no longer being able to pay its bills http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/18/nbc-correspondent-richard-engel-escapes-syria-kidnapping-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/18/nbc-correspondent-richard-engel-escapes-syria-kidnapping-2/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:11:46 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=329796 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/18/nbc-correspondent-richard-engel-escapes-syria-kidnapping-2/feed/ 0 Journalist shares details of five-day ordeal http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/hundreds-killed-during-a-bloody-day-in-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/hundreds-killed-during-a-bloody-day-in-syria/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:54:15 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297517 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/hundreds-killed-during-a-bloody-day-in-syria/feed/ 0 More than 300 people were reported killed Wednesday in the deadliest day in Syria's revolt. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:48:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293493 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/feed/ 0 David Akin reports details of the conversation between the Prime Minister and Vladimir Putin... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/red-cross-chief-pleads-with-president-al-assad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/red-cross-chief-pleads-with-president-al-assad/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:34:08 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=288994 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/red-cross-chief-pleads-with-president-al-assad/feed/ 0 While in Syria on a mercy mission aiming to get more protection for civilians,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/facing-up-to-the-facts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/facing-up-to-the-facts/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:50:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287177 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/facing-up-to-the-facts/feed/ 0 Pillars have been crumbling steadily under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/bairs-puts-new-sanctions-down-on-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/bairs-puts-new-sanctions-down-on-syria/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:12:34 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=288369 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/bairs-puts-new-sanctions-down-on-syria/feed/ 0 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Friday that an additional 47 people and three... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/370-die-on-the-deadliest-day-so-far-in-syrian-uprising/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/370-die-on-the-deadliest-day-so-far-in-syrian-uprising/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:10:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=286357 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/370-die-on-the-deadliest-day-so-far-in-syrian-uprising/feed/ 0 The government's military assault on the opposition appears to be escalating http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/algerian-diplomat-to-take-over-from-kofi-annan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/algerian-diplomat-to-take-over-from-kofi-annan/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:30:23 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284623 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/algerian-diplomat-to-take-over-from-kofi-annan/feed/ 0 Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will be replacing Kofi Annan as the international mediator on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/fund-syrias-rebels-but-be-honest-about-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/fund-syrias-rebels-but-be-honest-about-it/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:01:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284333 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/17/fund-syrias-rebels-but-be-honest-about-it/feed/ 0 Canada probably wants to help the insurgency but is afraid to say so openly http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/its-getting-lonely-at-the-top/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/its-getting-lonely-at-the-top/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:47:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284107 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/its-getting-lonely-at-the-top/feed/ 0 The defection of Assad’s prime minister is more than just a tactical problem for Syria's dictator http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/baird-reverses-decision-to-send-medical-aid-to-syria-via-canadian-group/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/baird-reverses-decision-to-send-medical-aid-to-syria-via-canadian-group/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:48:32 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284030 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/baird-reverses-decision-to-send-medical-aid-to-syria-via-canadian-group/feed/ 0 OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has abruptly reversed course on his plan to get badly needed medical supplies into Syria by way of a Canadian aid organization. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/15/bomb-explodes-near-damascus-hotel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/15/bomb-explodes-near-damascus-hotel/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:40:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283860 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/15/bomb-explodes-near-damascus-hotel/feed/ 0 UN observers unhurt despite damage to the hotel they were staying in. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/the-fight-for-aleppo-of-bread-lines-garbage-piles-missiles-and-death-death-everywhere/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/the-fight-for-aleppo-of-bread-lines-garbage-piles-missiles-and-death-death-everywhere/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:04:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/the-fight-for-aleppo-of-bread-lines-garbage-piles-missiles-and-death-death-everywhere/feed/ 0 Jamie Dettmer reports from the frontline in Syria http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/vogue-mrs-assad-and-joan-juliet-buck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/vogue-mrs-assad-and-joan-juliet-buck/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:25:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=282174 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/vogue-mrs-assad-and-joan-juliet-buck/feed/ 0 A cautionary tale for those who move in the world of fashionable ideas—with Syria as its setting. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/10/baird-talks-about-syrian-unrest-in-meeting-with-lebanese-pm/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/10/baird-talks-about-syrian-unrest-in-meeting-with-lebanese-pm/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:20:35 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283119 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/10/baird-talks-about-syrian-unrest-in-meeting-with-lebanese-pm/feed/ 0 OTTAWA — The instability posed by the ongoing unrest in Syria was a major... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:17:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=279540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/feed/ 0 The instability that follows Assad’s fall will be felt far beyond Syria http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/koffi-annan-steps-down-as-un-envoy-to-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/koffi-annan-steps-down-as-un-envoy-to-syria/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:23:39 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=280310 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/02/koffi-annan-steps-down-as-un-envoy-to-syria/feed/ 0 Kofi Annan has stepped down as the UN’s special envoy to Syria, the Wall... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/syrias-defense-minister-reported-killed-in-suicide-blast/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/syrias-defense-minister-reported-killed-in-suicide-blast/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:44:53 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275142 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/18/syrias-defense-minister-reported-killed-in-suicide-blast/feed/ 0 Syria state television reports Syria’s defense chief  is dead, as is the Intelligence Chief,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/generals-defection-delivers-hard-blow-to-assad-regime/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/generals-defection-delivers-hard-blow-to-assad-regime/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:58:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272686 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/generals-defection-delivers-hard-blow-to-assad-regime/feed/ 0 The government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad suffered a ‘hard blow’ on Thursday, when... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/yet-another-massacre-un-observers-shot-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/yet-another-massacre-un-observers-shot-at/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:36:36 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264833 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/yet-another-massacre-un-observers-shot-at/feed/ 0 In the wake of reports of yet another massacre in Syria’s central province of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/foreign-ministry-declares-17-diplomats-persona-non-grata/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/foreign-ministry-declares-17-diplomats-persona-non-grata/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:09:24 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264030 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/foreign-ministry-declares-17-diplomats-persona-non-grata/feed/ 0 The Foreign Ministry of Syria said Tuesday morning that more than two dozen western... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/the-price-of-tyranny/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/the-price-of-tyranny/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 15:45:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260522 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/the-price-of-tyranny/feed/ 0 Domestic unrest is taking a toll on the country’s economy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/russia-stands-by-syria-wont-support-any-moves-for-military-intervention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/russia-stands-by-syria-wont-support-any-moves-for-military-intervention/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:05:42 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262198 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/russia-stands-by-syria-wont-support-any-moves-for-military-intervention/feed/ 0 The Russian government is stepping up its defence of the Syrian regime, says the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/should-the-un-intervene-in-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/should-the-un-intervene-in-syria/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 22:14:10 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262165 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/should-the-un-intervene-in-syria/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/canada-expels-syrian-diplomats-over-houla-executions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/canada-expels-syrian-diplomats-over-houla-executions/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:38:06 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=261854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/canada-expels-syrian-diplomats-over-houla-executions/feed/ 0 As news is coming in that many of the more than 100 people killed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/damascus-bombing-kills-dozens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/damascus-bombing-kills-dozens/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:58:45 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257728 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/damascus-bombing-kills-dozens/feed/ 0 At least 55 people were killed and hundreds more injured after two car bombs... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/syria-government-raid-at-university-in-aleppo-kills-four/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/syria-government-raid-at-university-in-aleppo-kills-four/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:48:35 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/syria-government-raid-at-university-in-aleppo-kills-four/feed/ 0 At least four people have been killed during a crackdown on an anti-government protest... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/time-to-consider-using-military-force-against-syria-france-thinks-so/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/time-to-consider-using-military-force-against-syria-france-thinks-so/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:02:48 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=255346 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/time-to-consider-using-military-force-against-syria-france-thinks-so/feed/ 0 French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé has stepped forth with a somewhat bold call for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:36:46 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/feed/ 0 A Youtube plea to Asma al-Assad http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/syrian-conflict-spills-over-into-lebanon-and-turkey/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/syrian-conflict-spills-over-into-lebanon-and-turkey/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:49:13 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251142 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/syrian-conflict-spills-over-into-lebanon-and-turkey/feed/ 0 United Nations ceasefire jeopardized with casualties along the two borders http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/syrias-bashar-al-assad-agrees-to-implement-un-sponsored-peace-plan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/syrias-bashar-al-assad-agrees-to-implement-un-sponsored-peace-plan/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:34:52 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250099 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/syrias-bashar-al-assad-agrees-to-implement-un-sponsored-peace-plan/feed/ 0 The BBC is reporting that Syria has agreed to a UN-sponsored peace plan put... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/children-being-detained-and-tortured-by-syrian-authorities-says-un-human-rights-chief/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/children-being-detained-and-tortured-by-syrian-authorities-says-un-human-rights-chief/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:38:59 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248749 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/children-being-detained-and-tortured-by-syrian-authorities-says-un-human-rights-chief/feed/ 0 Showing the world was right to be skeptical about President Bashar al Assad’s reported... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/skepticism-as-syria-accepts-kofi-annans-peace-plan-concerns-that-it-buys-assad-more-time/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/skepticism-as-syria-accepts-kofi-annans-peace-plan-concerns-that-it-buys-assad-more-time/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:42:10 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248532 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/skepticism-as-syria-accepts-kofi-annans-peace-plan-concerns-that-it-buys-assad-more-time/feed/ 0 Syria’s president Bashar al Assad has reportedly accepted a peace plan offered by United...