Rebels seized a major oilfield and shot down a warplane in eastern Syria yesterday, a watchdog said, notching up new battlefield successes even as the Opposition met in Qatar under US pressure for a makeover. The rebel advances in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor came as their positions were […]
ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian rebels at the front are turning against their commanders, accusing them of being cowards by fleeing abroad and failing to unite a cause that has been […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 4 November 2012 AMMAN: Details emerged yesterday of plans to reshape Syria’s opposition into a representative government-in-exile, on the eve of key talks between regime opponents. The talks starting today in Doha come amid US criticism of the main exiled opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), […]
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stamp on their bodies. Amid the chaos, the prisoners protest their innocence, but their cries go unheeded. Their captors – apparently fighters from […]
BEIRUT: Syrian main exiled opposition group yesterday accused Washington of undermining the country’s revolution by seeking to overhaul how regime opponents are organized. Two days ahead of key opposition talks […]
Call this a belated awakening. or more cynically, a case of plausible deniability, but the Obama Administration is breaking with the Syrian National Council which was a Muslim Brotherhood front […]
In an effort to bring stability amid the ongoing finger-pointing between the Syrian rebels and government over blame for disrupting a truce, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is in Moscow […]
Kinerette Rinat BenSimon remembers well the last time there was trouble on the northern border with Lebanon. (Source MSN News – http://arabia.msn.com/news/world/508946/praying-for-peace-preparing-for-war/) Her young daughter was terrified and refused to hide in her kindergarten’s bomb shelter unless her mother was there. Her three-year-old son was ecstatic that there were so […]
Witnesses: Libya consulate attack seemed planned, may have used anti-Islam … Fox News TRIPOLI, Libya – It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up roadblocks […]
by Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — Although Ibrahim Nuaimi has yet to fulfil his dream of opening an argileh shop in his hometown of Daraa, Syria, he has made […]
by Daoud Kuttab | Oct 24, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES Discussions about pan-Arab issues these days undoubtedly include the name of the Gulf country Qatar, repeated in various contexts, often negative. Qatar is behind this or that conspiracy, it is a US puppet, an Israeli collaborator the brain behind this […]
By AFP AL ARABIYYA NEWS Beirut A Greek Orthodox priest who tried to negotiate the liberation of a Christian doctor in Damascus province was found dead on Thursday, residents and […]
AFP | Oct 22, 2012 | 23:33 JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money […]
RIYADH: Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Under the direction of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi government is giving preferential treatment to Syrian refugees […]
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 18 (UPI) — Leaders in Iran and Turkey, in a rare show of agreement, voiced support for a cease-fire proposal offered by the new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. Syrian leaders, however, said they were skeptical that the rebels would honor the temporary cease-fire during the three-day […]
By Raffaello Pantucci, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Raffaello Pantucci is an associate fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College and the author of the forthcoming “We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Mujahedeen” (Hurst). A growing number of young Europeans drawn […]
BEIRUT – The international envoy to the Syrian conflict on Wednesday called on President Bashar Assad’s regime to take the lead in implementing a cease-fire during a major Muslim holiday later this month. Lakhdar Brahimi said rebel representatives have assured him they will also observe the truce if the government […]
Story Summary Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to Damascus to express his solidarity with the Syrian people, the Vatican said on Tuesday, as violence escalated with deadly air […]
Osama Al Sharif ARABNEWS TWENTY months after the eruption of peaceful protests against the regime of President Bashar Assad, the situation today spells a different reality. More than 30,000 people have perished so far in drawn-out bloody confrontations between armed dissidents, representing various groups with different political and ideological affiliations, […]
Source: TOI Even as German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who was on a visit to China, diverted himself to Istanbul in a mission on Saturday aimed at tamping down Turkish-Syrian tensions, Der Spiegel calmly reported that the information about the “non-civilian cargo”, which led to the interception of a Syrian […]