WAR CRIMES FEB 8, 2016 – 21:58 Del Ponte has formerly served on tribunals related to atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia (Keystone) Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss special prosecutor who serves on the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, has said that she generally considers Russian intervention in […]
By Reuters – Feb 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — Ramzan Kadyrov, hardline leader of Russia’s Chechen region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said Chechen spies loyal to Moscow had infiltrated Daesh in Syria and were gathering intelligence for Russian air force bombing strikes. The assertion, by […]
Hindustan Times Turkey is ready “if necessary” to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees trapped on its border after fleeing a brutal civil war, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled toward the Turkish border since Friday from […]
By Reuters – Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians, some carrying belongings, head towards the Bab Al Salama border crossing with Turkey, in Syria, on Saturday. Thousands of Syrians have rushed towards the Turkish border, fleeing fierce Syrian government offensives and intense Russian air strikes (AP photo) ONCUPINAR, Turkey/BEIRUT […]
Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s address at the recently held “Supporting Syria and the Region Conference” in London underscored the urgent need to adopt a new approach in dealing with the protracted Syrian crisis, as “we are confronted with what is arguably the worst, […]
Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN Buried in the declaration from the just-completed fourth United Nations’ Syria Pledging Conference in London is a little publicised but important promise: by next year, every Syrian refugee child will be offered a place in school. The world, at long last, has […]
By Omar Obeidat , Khetam Malkawi – Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and several members of his Cabinet hold a press conference at the Royal Cultural Centre in Amman on Sunday (Photo by Sahem Rababah) AMMAN – Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Sunday said […]
Source: Aljazeera The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ready to send ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and […]
By AFP – Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Kurdish women hold flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against the exclusion of the Syrian Kurds from the Geneva talks, in the northeast Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli, on Thursday (Reuters photo) QAMISHLI, Syria — Syrian Kurdish separatists have announced […]
Voices The tables have turned and now it is the rebels who find themselves surrounded, along with the tens of thousands of civilians in their sector of the city Robert Fisk Middle East correspondent @indyvoices Friday 5 February 2016 61 comments A Syrian man comforts a boy amid the rubble […]
The Independent Adam Withnall © Provided by The Independent An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordan-Syrian border, which houses 80,000 people (Picture: [copyright])The king of Jordan has warned his country could stop taking refugees from Syria if it is not offered more support by the international […]
Our Source: MSN News Ban Ki-moon and the Israeli government are at odds after the United Nations secretary-general criticised the Israeli occupation in an address to the Security Council last week. Ban said it was “human nature” for Palestinians to react to the occupation, specifically pointing to settlement building as […]
US defence chief says increased activity by other countries would make it easier for the US to accelerate its fight against Daesh Image Credit: AFP US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Published: 10:08 February 5, 2016 Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter welcomed on Thursday a Saudi […]
Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura declared a “pause” in the tortuous UN-mediated talks to end the war in Syria, postponing them for February 25. While acknowledging that after the first week of preparatory talks “there is more work to be done, not only […]
Source: BBC Billions of dollars have been pledged to help ease the plight of Syrians affected by the five-year conflict. At a donors’ conference in London, dozens of countries committed to help reach the target of $9bn (£6.2bn). The EU pledged $3.3bn (€3bn; £2.3bn). UK Prime Minister David Cameron told […]
Cameron: London donor conference raises more than $10bn PM pledges to double aid to refugees Turkish PM: Assad guilty of ethnic cleansing Plan to get 700,000 Syrian children back to school Peace talks in Geneva suspended amid Russia airstrikes Read the latest summary David Cameron doubles financial aid for Syrian […]
Reuters International FEB 4, 2016 – 14:04 By Tom Perry, Lisa Barrington and Tulay Karadeniz BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – A Syrian army source said the city of Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces as rebels pounded by Russian air strikes expressed hope that the failure of Geneva peace talks […]
By Reuters – Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Smoke rises after air strikes by pro-Syrian government forces in Anadan city, about 10 kilometres away from the towns of Nubul and Zahraa, Northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, Wednesday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — The Syrian army and its allies have broken a three-year […]
By JT – Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has urged the world to invest in peace by giving refugees a future and assist host communities through a feasible approach that focuses on development and long-term planning. In an op-ed in The Independent published […]
Feb 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – PHILIP HAMMOND Today, the UK will co-host the conference “Supporting Syria and the region 2016”, with Germany, Kuwait, Norway and the United Nations. It will take an ambitious new approach to provide longer-term support for refugees through concrete action on livelihoods and jobs, and […]