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U.N. Chief Says Syria’s Assad Must End Violence

U.N. Chief Says Syria’s Assad Must End Violence

The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria’s president stop killing his own people and said the “old order” of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivering the keynote address at a conference in Beirut on democracy in the Arab world, said the revolutions of the Arab Spring [...]

U.S. Restores Full Ties to Myanmar After Rapid Reforms

U.S. Restores Full Ties to Myanmar After Rapid Reforms

The United States moved to restore full diplomatic relations with Myanmar on Friday, rewarding the sweeping political and economic changes that the country’s new civilian government has made, including a cease-fire with ethnic rebels and, only hours before, the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Freeing the prisoners, which President Obama praised as a “substantial [...]

Syria Presses on With Crackdown as Qatar Suggests UN Help

Syria Presses on With Crackdown as Qatar Suggests UN Help

Syria pressed on with a crackdown on dissent after Qatar’s premier suggested that United Nations assistance is needed to improve the Arab League’s monitoring of government compliance with a plan to end the violence. “This is the first time the Arab League is involved in sending monitors, and there are some mistakes,” Qatari Prime Minister [...]

Arab League Falters in Syria as Options Dwindle

Arab League Falters in Syria as Options Dwindle

The Arab League has raised questions about its commitment to halting Syria’s deadly crackdown on protesters by putting a Sudanese general with close ties to an indicted war criminal in charge of a monitoring mission intended to hold the regime accountable. The first 50 members of an envisioned 150-person monitoring group arrived in Syria on [...]