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China sending envoy to Syria to urge ceasefire

By AP News Mon, Mar 05, 2012 5:35PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China says it will send another envoy to Syria in a bid to convince the Assad regime of the need for a cease-fire, and to emphasize that it remains against outside intervention. The Foreign Ministry said Monday that former ambassador to Syria Li Huaqing would visit Damascus on Tuesday and Wednesday. That...

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China silent on call for Syria peacekeeping force

By AP News Mon, Feb 13, 2012 6:27PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China refused Monday to say if it backs an Arab League call for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest bid to end the violence that has killed more than 5,000 there. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin refused to directly answer repeated questions on...

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Protesters attack Syrian embassy in Australia, around the world

By AP News Sun, Feb 05, 2012 7:45AM UTC View Comments

Workers examine damage at the Embassy of Syria in Canberra, Australia Sunday. Pic: AP.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus’ nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats’ offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire. Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in the city of...

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UN leader urges world to unite and act on Syria

By AP News Tue, Sep 06, 2011 9:00AM UTC View Comments

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Pic: AP.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world community on Tuesday to take action on the situation in Syria. While Ban stopped short of calling for military intervention, he delivered some of his strongest statements yet condemning the violence he says Syrian President Bashar Assad is perpetrating against his people. Ban...

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Manila sends envoy to Syria to aid repatriation

By AP News Tue, Aug 30, 2011 6:48PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An official says the Philippines is sending a diplomat to Syria to help repatriate Filipino workers affected by rising violence there. Foreign Affairs Department spokesman Raul Hernandez says Ricardo Endaya will be the new charge d’affaires in the Damascus embassy. Endaya is a former ambassador to Iraq who oversaw the evacuation...

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