Syrian president tells U.N. chief military operations have stopped

Syrian president tells U.N. chief military operations have stopped

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the head of the United Nations that military and police operations against anti-government protesters have stopped, according to a statement released by the Secretary-General's office.

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I think Assad sense a futur NATO invasion looming ahead
the blood bath raged for long enough
the difference from Libya ...Syrian rebels have no chance of winning .. no one have helped them yet ..

I dont believe the military operation (war crimes) against Syrian citizens have stopped .. far from it

That would mean .. the rebels have win and Assad will step down has President of Syria and will probably be judged in a Syrian court

Details of a telephone conversation between the two men were released late Wednesday, shortly before the U.N. Security Council was to be briefed Thursday on the Syrian government crackdown against protesters calling for al-Assad's ouster.

"President Assad said that the military and police operations had stopped," the statement said.

It is unclear when the conversation between al-Assad and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took place, though the statement was released after Syria's state-run media reported security forces pulled out of the hard-hit western port city of Latakia and the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.

* NEW: State-run media reports al-Assad's reforms are not a response to foreign pressure

* The U.N. Secretary-General's office releases details of the conversation

* Ban also calls on al-Assad to allow an independent investigation, his office says

* Ban's office does not say whether al-Assad responded to the request

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This is the reason why :

Attack Omen? UN Removes Staff from Syria

On August 5, Russia sent a stern warning to Syria. “We are watching how the situation is developing. It’s changing, and our approach is changing as well,” said Dmitry Medvedev in an interview to the Russian Izvestia newspaper.

Medvedev’s message was important because the only thing standing between a United Nations Security Council resolution with stronger language on Syria is Russia and China.

At the same time, Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said the UN Security Council’s August 4 condemnation of the violence in Syria “means that the planning [of a military campaign against Syria] is well underway. It could be a logical conclusion of those military and propaganda operations, which have been carried out by certain Western countries against North Africa.”

Now comes another signal that an attack may be coming soon:

The United Nations announced Wednesday it is temporarily withdrawing some staff from Syria in light of the government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators.

Michael Williams, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon, said 26 non-essential international staff and their families are being relocated from Syria, the United Nations said in a release.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken out in recent days against the crackdown, in which as many as 2,000 people have been killed in the last five months.

after weeks and weeks of bloodbath
its time the killing stop in Syria

Should US and NATO condemn more firmly the regime ?
Should US and NATO impose a no fly zone ?
Should US and NATO invade Syria ?
Should US and NATO stay idle ?

Why is it so easy to go in Libya .. but not Syria
it look even worst in Syria compare to Libya