Lebanon FM says Arab mediation to free hostages "soon" Wed, 23 May 2012 11:17 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters By Laila Bassam BEIRUT, May 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said on Wednesday that Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in northern Syria by insurgents hoping to trade the captives for detainees in Syrian government custody would be freed soon. "Our information is that, God willing, the Lebanese will be released very soon," he told Reuters. "We can't say who is conducting the negotiations, but the matter is ongoing and, God willing, we're going to reach a positive result." Mansour confirmed the party negotiating for the release of the hostages was Arab, but declined to specify further. Families of Lebanese Shi'ites abducted in northern Aleppo as ... Continue reading →

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By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON | Mon May 21, 2012 9:57pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Canada and the European Union first issued public calls for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the death toll in Syria stood at 2,000. That was on in August 18 last year. When Obama repeated the call on May 19, as host of a summit meeting of the Group of Eight, the body count had reached 10,000, according to United Nations estimates. The two figures highlight the lack of success of economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure on a ruthless leader who learned lessons in unrestrained brutality from his father, Hafez al-Assad, whom he succeeded in office.A peaceful solution ... Continue reading →