Unrest In Syria -- News Updates August 8, 2011





Syria Unrest: Saudi Arabia Calls On 'Killing Machine' To Stop -- The Telegraph



Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Damascus for consultations, King Abdullah has said, in a statement calling on Syria’s leaders to “stop the killing machine”.



More than 250 Syrian tanks and armoured vehicles laid waste to the country's biggest eastern city, as the regime began a fresh offensive to crush dissent that left scores of people dead and raised fresh fears of civil war.



Impervious to international condemnation, even as the Arab League spoke out for the first time, Mr Assad's regime widened its Ramadan offensive against the increasingly emboldened protest movement seeking to overthrow him.



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More News On The Unrest In Syria



Blasts, gunfire as Syria intensifies crackdown -- Yahoo News/AP

Syrian tanks pound city, Saudi king condemns violence -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Syrian army 'resumes shelling Deir al-Zour' -- BBC

Syria forces attack Sunni tribal area -- L.A. Times

52 people killed as tanks storm Syria -- The Sun

Troops fire on funeral as Saudi king calls on Syria to end the bloodshed -- Sydney Morning Herald

Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain pull ambassadors from Syria as crackdown intensifies -- Washington Post

Arab League steps up pressure on Syria -- Sydney Morning Herald

Pressure Grows On Syria After Saudi King Criticizes Crackdown -- Radio Free Europe

Kuwait, Bahrain pull ambassadors from Syria -- Forbes/AP

Kuwait and Bahrain join regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia in recalling envoys from Syria -- Washington Post

Kuwait Joins Saudi Arabia in Recalling Ambassador From Syria -- New York Times

Saudi Arabia Deepens Syria's Regional Isolation -- Atlantic Wire

Syria's neighbours building a coalition against Assad's government -- The Telegraph

Syria: Understanding the unrest -- Arwa Damon and Richard Roth, CNN

Syria: Assad invites retribution -- Telegraph editorial



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