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US President Barack Obama had raised the prospect of a Yemen-style handover of power in Syria at this month's Group of Eight summit (NYT) 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Hague - Annan plan is 'only hope for Syria' - oh dear 13 minutes ago via TweetDeck
BBCWorld UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrives in #Syria's capital Damascus for talks with the country's leadership bbc.in/KxnFiQ 15 minutes ago via BBC News Retweeted by jamesdenselow and 19 others
Iraq forces on high alert over Syria clashes bit.ly/JPmPLt 27 minutes ago via TweetDeck
#Syria - Shabiha = state sponsored terrorists about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
javierespinosa2 BBC News - Syrian army 'responsible for rights abuses' - UN report #syria bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid… 2:07 AM May 24th via Tweet Button Retweeted by jamesdenselow and 8 others
Sanctions costing Syria £2.5bn bit.ly/LsfwgR 2:07 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping US find Bin Laden, Obama likely rewarded with 4 more years in White House 7:01 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
@GuardianUS Conflict has already crossed what Damascus sees as an imaginary border 1:58 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to GuardianUS
@FP_Magazine Background on this issue bit.ly/L1KvAC 6:30 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to FP_Magazine
Greece = politically sovereign but economically insolvent 5:58 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
Another big #Syria question - is the regime targeting UN observers or not doing enough to protect them? 1:12 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
Opposition: Revolutionaries poisoned the meals of the crisis management command unit in their latest weekly meeting #AsefShawkat 1:11 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
Venezuela announced that it had sent a third oil shipment to Syria and that it is willing to send more 1:10 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
Does anyone know if Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law and the Deputy Chief-of-Staff Asef Shawkat has been killed? #Syria 1:00 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
@azelin Here is a look at security on the border, will dig up some analysis of tribal dynamics kms1.isn.ethz.ch/serviceengine/… 12:31 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPad in reply to azelin
syrianews BMI ends flights to Damascus. Now we're left with: Syrianair, Royal Jordanian, Aeroflot, Emirates and Egyptair via @rtwflights 1:58 PM May 21st via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by jamesdenselow and 5 others
CH_MENAP Nadim Shehadi: uncertainty over responsability for Damascus blast paralysing international decision-making capacity: voanews.com/content/syria-… 2:58 AM May 21st via web Retweeted by jamesdenselow and 1 other
Iraqi currency traders break Syria, Iran sanctions bit.ly/JfAWeI 2:04 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
Syrian Opposition - Regime killed 63 people Sunday; 39 fell as the city of Soran in the province of Hama was shelled 1:24 AM May 21st via TweetDeck

Name James Denselow
Location London
Web http://jamesdense...
Bio New Diplomacy Platform Director. Foreign Policy & Middle East specialist (Syria, Lebanon, Iraq) Writes for Guardian, Huffington Post, International Affairs.