Why the Homs truce matters for Syria
In spite of its brittle nature and the threat of such a move being nothing more than a short-lived lull, it still remains the most viable route to achieve a […]
Syria’s rebels admit they are unable to govern
STORY SUMMARY The Syrian border is just a few miles north of the processing station for refugees in Rabah al-Sarhan. Syrian rebel commanders had invited me to travel with them inside their country through a crossing point near there, but the Jordanian government emphatically said no. So this account is […]
Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria pose the greatest risk of exporting wild poliovirus
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan to set up polio vaccination points at airports Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the health ministry said Tuesday. The WHO had warned on May 5 that the crippling disease has re-emerged as […]
Syria neighbours want more from world to handle refugee burden
by Khetam Malkawi | May 04, 2014 | ZAATARI — Neighbours of Syria on Sunday called on the international community to help hosts of Syrian refugees shoulder the humanitarian burden […]
Jihadist battle sparks exodus, Syria rebels on way out of Homs
Story Summary Tens of thousands of Syrians fled inter-jihadist fighting in the east as rebels Saturday neared a final deal with the government to withdraw from their last besieged strongholds […]
Azraq Refugee Camp officially opened
by Elisa Oddone | Apr 30, 2014 | 23:50 Syrian refugees are seen at the Azraq Refugee Camp, which was officially opened on Wednesday (Photo by Muath Freij ) AZRAQ […]
Jordan opens Syria camp for 130,000
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 1 May 2014 AMMAN: A UN official says Jordan is opening a new, sprawling tent city to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee fighting as their nation’s civil war continues unabated. Helene Daubelcour says Jordanian officials will open […]
Syria’s refugees impose troubling political choices
May 01, 2014 12:10 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Ask Yousef Bargash when he might go home to his village of Mahaja in southern Syria and he turns his palms skyward in supplication. Getting refugees such as Bargash back home from camps and squatters’ apartments in […]
With US missiles in hand, Syrian rebel unit thinks big
KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria: Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army. Abdullah Awda, 28, says he and his recently formed Harakat Hazm […]
UK police ask Muslim women to help stop youngsters going to Syria
Reuters | Apr 24, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — British police are asking Muslim women to dissuade young people in their communities from going to fight in Syria, the […]
Assad’s new exit strategy: to lose at the elections?
“Do you think Bashar al-Assad decided to hold presidential elections in Syria so he can exit from the crisis and cede power in a legitimate manner?” This is what an […]
Syria calls presidential election for June 3
DAMASCUS — Syria said Monday it will hold a presidential election expected to return President Bashar Assad to office on June 3, despite a civil war that has killed tens of thousands. Underlining the ongoing violence, mortar fire hit near the parliament building shortly before the election was announced, killing […]
Human smuggler or modern-day Robin Hood? For right price, Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans can buy a new identity
Human smuggler or modern-day Robin Hood? For right price, Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans in Istanbul can meet with Abo Khalil and buy a new identity, becoming Spanish, Greek or even […]
How the West Gassed Thousands to Death in Damascus
By Tony Cartalucci Global Research, April 19, 2014 New Eastern Outlook The bombshell report by Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh titled, “The Red Line and the Rat Line,” contains many shocking revelations for those following the West’s version of reality regarding the Syrian conflict. It particularly sheds new light […]
Nobody is winning in Syria
RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH Published — Sunday 20 April 2014 A series of recent interviews given by Syrian authorities to foreign journalists visiting Damascus at the invitation of the government, have given the erroneous impression that the forces of President Bashar Assad are winning the civil war, which entered its fourth […]
Syrian Christians long to return to Maloula
April 17, 2014 08:40 AM By Roueida Mabardi Story Summary In the Bab Touma district of Syria’s capital Damascus, Fadi Mayal dreams of returning home to the ancient Christian town […]
Jordan says it destroyed combat vehicles crossing from Syria
Aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian city of Mafraq, some 8 kilometers from the Jordanian-Syrian border. Jordan is home to a large Syrian refugee population. (AP) Agence France Presse Published — Wednesday 16 April 2014 Last update 17 April 2014 12:52 am AMMAN: Jordanian air force […]
Videos show first U.S.-made rockets in Syria
Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built armaments in the country’s civil war. The rebel faction shown […]
Turkey’s actions in Syria see PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan go from model Middle East ‘strongman’ to tin-pot dictator Once a cuddly ally of Barack Obama, the Turkish Prime Minister has shown himself to be increasingly authoritarian
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan used to be one of Barack Obama’s cuddliest allies. Religious but secular, powerful but democratic, independent but a reliable Nato chum, he was the kind of guy the White House and the Pentagon could rely on to provide a guiding hand in […]
Turkey’s actions in Syria see PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan go from model Middle East ‘strongman’ to tin-pot dictator Once a cuddly ally of Barack Obama, the Turkish Prime Minister has shown himself to be increasingly authoritarian
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan used to be one of Barack Obama’s cuddliest allies. Religious but secular, powerful but democratic, independent but a reliable Nato chum, he was the kind of guy the White House and the Pentagon could rely on to provide a guiding hand in […]