By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The situation in Syria could take a turn for the worse if the government continued to disregard calls for reconciliation and reforms, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu warned Saturday. “We were promised by top Syrian officials that the security […]
When comparing the reaction of President Assad of Syria and King Abdullah of Jordan to the present ‘demand for change’ in both countries one small big thing has to my knowledge not (yet) been reported. Both leaders are of course reluctant to give up any of their powers. But how […]
By AGENCIES, ARABNEWS AMMAN: Security forces killed at least two people as they moved into central and northwest Syria on Thursday, activists said, urging fresh anti-regime protests under the banner of “death rather than humiliation.” Hours before, Hama’s attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against bloody […]
By Hani Hazaimeh, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Families of Jordanian prisoners in Syria, journalists and activists said they will launch a campaign to pressure the government to address Syrian authorities in hopes to uncover the fate of an estimated 253 Jordanians thought to be in Syrian jails, a statement issued […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Pressure by the international community can have a moral, supportive role but external factors cannot bring about change to the Syrian crisis, says a Swiss expert. Mohammad Reza-Djalili, a political scientist who specialises in the Middle East, says the five-month crisis has entered a crucial new […]
Are you ready for another war? Now that Barack Obama and most of the other major leaders of the western world are publicly calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, we are getting dangerously close to war with Syria. It is not going to happen next week, and […]
ISTANBUL (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday called for an end to the violence in Syria and urged Damascus to implement reforms, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The call was made during a press conference following talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and his Turkish counterpart […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post, August 16, 2011 By Faheem Younus “… because Muslim leaders are driving on Interstate-95 South from Washington D.C., hoping to reach New York.” This is my response to an embarrassing question that always comes up during my religious courses and lectures: “If Islam truly champions the values […]
DAMASCUS (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Syrian President Bashar Assad, under growing foreign pressure to end a crackdown on anti-regime protests, promised on Tuesday an unceasing battle against the “terrorist groups” he claims are behind them. “We will not waver in our pursuit of terrorist groups,” Assad told visiting Turkish Foreign […]
By Simon Cameron-Moore, Reuters, Jordan Times. ISTANBUL -Turkey’s friendship with Syrian President Bashar Assad stood near breaking point as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prepared to visit Damascus on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Assad to stop his security forces attacking civilians. On Sunday, one of Assad’s advisers warned […]
by Renat Künzi, swissinfo.ch and agencies The killing in Syria will continue regardless of what the UN Security Council says, according to Swiss-based Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker and activist Mano Khalil. The warning came as international pressure for an end to the violence intensified on Monday, with Bahrain and Kuwait joining Saudi […]
DAMASCUS/ JEDDAH (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria in the early hours of Monday, and said he was withdrawing his country’s ambassador from Damascus. “What is happening in Syria is not acceptable for Saudi Arabia,” he said in a written […]
By ZEINA KARAM | AP, ARAB NEWS BEIRUT: The Syrian military tightened its suffocating siege on the city of Hama on Saturday in its drive to crush the main center of the anti-regime uprising in the country, even as the foreign minister promised that free parliamentary elections would be held […]
Source: TheLocal The leaders of Germany and France joined US President Barack Obama on Friday in pledging to consider new steps to punish Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his government over “indiscriminate” attacks on civilians. More here…
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star For those many honest people around the world perplexed by the variations and inconsistencies in so many aspects of the current citizen revolts across the Arab world, historical analogies may be a good starting point to understand the full dimensions and implications of […]
By KHALED YACOUB OWEIS | REUTERS Arab News AMMAN: Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama on Sunday, killing at least 80 civilians in a move to crush demonstrations against President Bashar Al-Assad’s rule, rights activists and residents said. Assad’s forces began their assault on the […]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Daily Star, Beirut AMMAN: Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama on Sunday, killing at least 45 civilians in a move to crush demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, residents and activists said. Assad’s forces began their assault on the city, scene […]
By KHALED OWEIS | REUTERS AMMAN: Fighting erupted on Friday between Syrian military intelligence agents and residents in the eastern city of Deir Al-Zor after the killing of five protesters, witnesses said, in what appeared to be a serious armed challenge to President Bashar Assad. Popular unrest against four decades […]
By Rana Moussaoui Agence France-Presse, Jordan Times. BEIRUT – The unprecedented revolt threatening the regime in Syria has placed key ally Hizbollah in a tight spot and prompted the Lebanese group to adopt a more measured attitude, analysts say. “Hizbollah’s margin of manoeuvre is currently very limited because the strategic […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces swept through neighborhoods in a restive central city on Thursday, firing machine guns and pulling people from their homes in a series of arrests, activists and residents said. Smoke billowed from at least one area in Homs, which has experienced some of the most […]