Syria, new protests killed 21 manifestantiLa EU thinks of penalties for Assad

"NATO has no intention to intervene in Syria." This was announced by the Secretary-General of the Alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, highlighting the strong condemnation of the violence in the country, but also unlike the situation with respect to the Libyan crisis. "In Libya, NATO operates under a UN mandate and receives great support from the region - he explained - neither of these conditions are met in Syria." But if the Alliance get a stop, instead of progressing the work of the EU to extend sanctions on unh'altra dozen members of the regime, after the 13 staff already sanctioned.

Syria, arrested the leader of dissidentiCecchini the funeral, at least ten dead

Despite the opening last Thursday's President Bashar al-Assad, the tension remains high in Syria. Daniel Saud, head of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Syria and leader of the dissidents, was taken overnight from his home in Banias and transferred to a secret location. To denounce the arrest and his lawyer, Khalil Maatouk, who blames the Mukabarat, the Syrian secret service.

And the activists were still engaged in on behalf of victims. Some snipers would open fire during the funeral Izraa Douma and demonstrators killed yesterday in clashes in Syria. At least ten of the victims, according to eyewitness accounts. "The funeral will be transformed into moments of protest, like its predecessors," he announced Syrian human rights activist.