Manaf Tlass

Type: Person

Name: Manaf Tlass

Title: Officer

company: Republican Guard

Fact Sheet: Biography for Manaf Tlass

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Nancy Pelosi

Lessons of Libya have saved Syria from the West, for now

“A US airman was held after US aircraft attacked the Syrian military in Lebanon in the 1980s.”Al Mutanabbi, an Iraqi poet who once said that “if you see the teeth of a lion, it doesn’t mean that the lion is smiling at you”, was murdered by someone he ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Syria, Libya, Aleppo, Damascus, Nancy Pelosi

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Foreign Intervention In The Syrian Conflict – Analysis

The increased foreign intervention in Syria’s internal conflict suggests that the anti-Assad coalition is preparing for the end of the “battle for Syria.”In northern Jordan, a training camp with mockups of typical Syrian towns and an airport has been ... [Published Eurasia Review - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Syria, Jordan, Conflict

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 2 reports

Syrian Opposition Leader: U.S., Russia Can End War

(MOSCOW) — A leading Syrian opposition figure visiting Moscow says that Russia and the United States could act as co-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria. Manaf Tlass, a former close confidant of Syrian President Bashar Assad who defected last summer, told ... [Published The China Blog - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Russia, Manaf Tlass, Moscow, United States, Syria

First reported Feb 27 2013 - Updated Feb 27 2013 - 1 reports

John Kerry

Kerry at a Crossroads on Syria – Sends Mixed Signals

WSJ [Reg]: Kerry Calls Time on Assad Regime, 2013-02-27 PARIS—New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the time has passed for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave power. His first official meetings with France’s leadership … Kerry has ... [Published Syria Comment - Feb 27 2013]

Entities: Syria, John Kerry, Iran

First reported Dec 26 2012 - Updated Dec 27 2012 - 4 reports

Syria’s Head of Military Police Defects, as Death Toll in Revolution Climbs to 45,000

Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Jasim al-Shalal, head of Syria’s military police , defected late Tuesday to Turkey, joining the revolutionaries against the regime. He announced his defection in a YouTube video, saying that the Syrian army is no longer fulfilling ... [Published Informed Comment - Dec 27 2012]

Entities: Military Police, Syria, Major General, Defection

First reported Dec 02 2012 - Updated Dec 02 2012 - 1 reports

George Osborne

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 2 Dec 2012

LEVESON REFORM 'ILLEGAL' SAYS ADVISERLord Leveson's proposed compulsory press regulation is in breach of the Human Rights Act, says one of his key advisers. Shami Chakrabarti, of civil rights group Liberty, writes in The Mail On Sunday: "A compulsory ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Dec 02 2012]

Entities: George Osborne, Manaf Tlass, Kate Winslet

Quotes

...Of Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons, Tlass says: "he may use them when the end comes"

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 2 Dec 2012 [Published The First Post: Latest - Dec 02 2012]

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News Round Up (1 March 2013) [Published Syria Comment - Mar 01 2013] Heartbreaking: young man describes what happened to his neighborhood, family and friends in Aleppo scud attack Paul Mutter — “I’d just like to note that the $60 million in aid Kerry has promised the rebels is equal to one week’s worth of US direct ...
Syrian Opposition Leader: U.S., Russia Can End War [Published The China Blog - Mar 01 2013] (MOSCOW) — A leading Syrian opposition figure visiting Moscow says that Russia and the United States could act as co-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria. Manaf Tlass, a former close confidant of Syrian President Bashar Assad who defected last summer, told ...
Syrian Opposition Leader: U.S., Russia Can End War [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Mar 01 2013] (MOSCOW) — A leading Syrian opposition figure visiting Moscow says that Russia and the United States could act as co-guarantors of a ceasefire in Syria. Manaf Tlass, a former close confidant of Syrian President Bashar Assad who defected last summer, told ...
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Syria’s Head of Military Police Defects, as Dea... [Published Informed Comment - Dec 27 2012] Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Jasim al-Shalal, head of Syria’s military police , defected late Tuesday to Turkey, joining the revolutionaries against the regime. He announced his defection in a YouTube video, saying that the Syrian army is no longer fulfilling ...