Arab nations urge Assad to give up power AFP | Jul 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES DOHA (AFP) – Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country’s unrest, Qatar’s prime minister said Monday. “There is agreement on […]
Obama Ramadan 2012 message Examiner.com The United States continues to stand with those who seek the chance to decide their own destiny, to live free from fear and violence, and to practice their faith freely. Here in the United States, Ramadan reminds us that Islam is part of the fabric of our […]
NICOLAS REVISE | AP ARABNEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 After the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria, America must use back channels to bolster its support for rebel forces as US military involvement is not an option, analysts said. Although the conflict is intensifying, Moscow and […]
The Daily Star, Lebanon The accelerating pace of events inside Syria has raised expectations that Bashar Assad’s regime is on the verge of collapsing, though nobody seems to know when and how this will happen, or how the post-Assad transition will play out. The regime is fatally injured, because it […]
AFP | Jul 21, 2012 | 01:42 Cilvegozu, Turkey (AFP) – Dozens of Turkish truck drivers whose lorries were burned or looted as Syrian rebels battled loyalist troops at a […]
By Oliver Holmes REUTERS BEIRUT | Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:49am EDT (Reuters) – While President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels battle in several districts of Damascus, residents in the deserted heart of the Syrian capital fear they are at the eye of a storm that could strike soon. Friday […]
Breaking News: Russian envoy to Paris says Assad ready to go ‘in civilized manner’ Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Jul-20/181305-russian-envoy-to-paris-says-assad-ready-to-go-in-civilized-manner.ashx#ixzz219R64Fie (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
Credit: Asiatimes. The brazen assassination in Damascus of Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha and his deputy, Assef Shawkat (Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law), has been claimed by the Free Syrian Army as its “volcano”. Godfather IV-like intrigue behind the bombing instead suggests a “white coup” launched by the inner circle to “decapitate” the […]
by Taylor Luck | Jul 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As rebels pushed further into the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, developments were watched with anxiety in Amman, where decision makers struggle to respond to a civil war brewing at the country’s northern borders and the potential collapse […]
Credit: Washington Post: BEIRUT —A bombing in Damascus on Wednesday killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha and his deputy, Asef Shawkat, who was the brother-in-law and close confidante of President Bashar al-Assad.The deputy commander of the Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest and most dramatic sign of […]
Credit: Asiatimes. Syrian rebels point to high-profile defections, heightened violence in Damascus and revelations of another “civilian massacre” as signs of a turning point in the uprising – even as insurgents flee fighting in the capital and evidence from the Hama killings suggest they simply resulted from another uneven clash […]
AMMAN — Jordan is bracing for the potential influx of “hundreds of thousands” of Syrians, officials say, amid an ongoing refugee flow averaging some 500 persons per day. According to a government source, officials are preparing for the potential arrival of up to one million Syrians as part of several […]
UN observers say attack on Tremseh targeted defectors, activists source: Jordan Times DAMASCUS — Syria’s 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions. The Red Cross statement came as […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star Hopefully we won’t see a Middle East replay of the “The Guns of August,” as Barbara Tuchman titled her famous account of the slide toward World War I. But the region is edgy this summer as negotiators struggle to resolve confrontations with Syria and […]
The British Foreign Secretary said the killing of an estimated 200 people in Treimsa would ‘redouble’ British efforts for tough sanctions against Syria at the United Nations. He said the […]
Source: NY Times. Syria‘s ambassador to Iraq was reported to have defected on Wednesday, which if confirmed would be the second prominent defection from President Bashar al-Assad‘s government in less than a week. More:
AFP | Jul 10, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES QUSAYR, Syria — In Syria’s rebel-held city Qusayr, which has been besieged by government forces for months, the shelves are empty and […]
Credit: Stratfor By Reva Bhalla and Kamran Bokhari Last week’s publicized defection of the Tlass family marked a potential turning point for Syria’s al Assad regime. The Tlass family formed the main pillar of Sunni support for the minority Alawite regime. The patriarch of the family, former Defense Minister Mustafa […]
Saudi Arabia yesterday reiterated its support for international efforts to contain the Syrian crisis. It also urged the United Nations Security Council to issue a resolution immediately that incorporates Kofi Annan’s peace plan and a transition plan for Syria. The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy […]
Source: Tagesschau German TV Tagesschau.de http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/gespraech-assad-englisch100.html (Click on the link for English original Interview from the German TV) Jürgen Todenhöfer: Mr. President, members of the opposition and western politicians say, […]