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April 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
But with Russia and China still likely to veto any Western action, the more
significant response came from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, which have emerged
as Mr Assad’s leading Middle Eastern critics.
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced he was to visit
Saudi Arabia on Friday to discuss the crisis and though neither side gave
details of any new proposals, reports from Ankara said Mr Erdogan would call
for concerted action.
Analysts say Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations are likely to begin the
promised release of hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the rebels,
while Turkey’s threatened buffer zone came much closer to reality after
Syrian troops fired over the border on Monday.
“Everyone is waiting for the outcome of the Annan mission, which we now
know is collapsing or near to collapse,” said Mustafa Alani, of the
Jeddah-based think-tank, the Gulf Research Centre. “We will witness a
different strategy from now on. Turkey and maybe Jordan will act to
establish a secure zone and we will see money flow to the opposition.”
Mr Annan, who visited a camp for Syrian refugees in south-east Turkey before
flying on to Iran to discuss the crisis, refused to declare his initiative
dead. But even the Syrian foreign minister, Walid Moallem, only claimed that “some”
forces had been pulled back, while on a visit to Russia, Syria’s most
important ally.
The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said he had urged Mr Moallem to
act more “decisively”, though he phoned to Mr Annan asking him to
put more pressure on the rebels to cease fire.
The opposition says it will not implement the ceasefire set for tomorrow if
troops are not withdrawn. Activists inside Syria said the bombardment
continued irrespective of the peace plan, with at least 28 civilians killed,
along with regime forces and rebels.
Videos posted online showed buildings on fire in Homs. An activist in the
southern city of Deraa said residents had seen Air Force Mig-23 jets
blasting civilian areas from the skies.
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