BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday stopped short of meeting Britain’s demand to lift an arms embargo on Syria but agreed to allow “non-lethal” aid and “technical assistance” […]
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay meets an increasingly influential group which says jihad is spreading and will not stop at Syria. By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The number of Jihadist groups flooding […]
BASSEM MROUE | ASP Sunday 17 February 2013 BEIRUT: Pro-government gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 people in northwestern Syria in retaliation for the abduction of 42 Shiite Muslims this week, a move that could fuel more sectarian violence in the country, an activist group said Saturday. The tit-for-tat kidnappings […]
Associated Press (FOX NEWS) (of course…) JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment to wounded Syrians that approached its northern frontier and then transported them to a hospital in Israel for further treatment, the military said Saturday, in the first instance of Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war being taken […]
The Syrian government has sent a letter to the United Nations blasting Turkey’s “destructive” role in the conflict that has ravaged the country for the past 23 months. In the […]
“If you believe in free speech,” said the email, “please cancel Robert Fisk’s tour.” Now, where have I seen these ruthless tactics before… by Robert Fisk, The Independent The Syrian civil war has “spilled over” into… Canada. Now you might say that the land Generals Wolfe and Montcalm died for […]
Sirwan Kajjo | February 13, 2013 THE NATIONAL INTEREST Last month, fierce clashes broke out between armed Kurdish groups and Arab militias affiliated with the government of Syria’s embattled president […]
AMMAN — Syria’s cultural and historical sites are under threat, the country’s top antiquities official warned on Sunday, calling on neighbouring states to step up efforts to curb potential trafficking […]
STORY SUMMARY The chief of the Netherlands’ top intelligence agency is warning that dozens of Dutch citizens are fighting with rebels in Syria and could return home battle-hardened, traumatized and even further radicalized. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Feb-08/205629-spy-chief-dutch-citizens-are-fighting-in-syria.ashx#ixzz2KP53NiMR (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
STORY SUMMARY Rebels block off key Damascus highway Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in Damascus Friday, clashing with regime soldiers in contested neighborhoods in the northeast and shutting down a key highway out of the capital with a row of burning tires, activist said. Meanwhile […]
CAIRO — Leaders of Muslim nations on Thursday praised Jordan’s continuous efforts in safeguarding Jerusalem’s identity and hosting Syrian refugees, according to the closing statement of an Islamic summit held […]
By Antonio Pampliega DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers Bored at home and eager to join their older brothers and fathers on the frontline against President […]
The Media Line Staff Amman, Jordan (Adam Nicky The Media Lin – Street noises mix with a call to prayer coming from the King Hussein Mosque in downtown Amman, the city’s commercial center, while on a nearby street corner, Issam, a Syrian businessman, calmly answers a steady flow of phone […]
By HAMZA HENDAWI HUFFINGTON POST CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential spokesman says an end to Syrian crisis is a condition to restore relations with Iran and that his country supports the […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Wednesday 6 February 2013 BEIRUT: A suicide bomber on Wednesday attacked a military intelligence headquarters in the south-central Syria city of Palmyra, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “A powerful explosion rocked Palmyra this morning and according […]
The regime of President Bashar Assad has shown no signs of giving in even as opposition fighters have advanced to the outskirts of Damascus. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad blames the West for the violence and says Assad has satisfied all opposition demands. […]
Summary Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib urged President Bashar Assad’s government Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks – which […]
MUNICH — Syria’s opposition leader flew back to his Cairo headquarters from Germany on Sunday to explain to sceptical allies his decision to talk with President Bashar Assad’s main backers […]
Hosting refugees expected to cost Amman up to $800 million in 2013 by Taylor Luck | Feb 03, 2013 AMMAN — Hundreds of Syrians fled to Jordan on Sunday as […]
By Maher Chmaytelli & Isis Almeida – 2013-02-02T18:37:52Z …Syria’s sugar consumption fell by as much as 40 percent over the past 12 months as the civil war shut down its confectionery shops, T. Akhras Group Chairman Tarif Akhras said today. Demand for sugar in the Middle Eastern nation fell to […]