Syria: The Arab Summit
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
- by Yazan Badran So, another Arab summit comes and goes. This time it was the all awaited Damascus summit. As you can see, this roundup is almost a week late, simply because I couldn't find anyone who's actually writing about the summit - which tells you exactly how little people have come to expect from these annual gatherings. Of course, as with every Arab summit, this year has its own dram... more
Views: 1539Syria: Silence Over the “Bigger Holocaust”
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
by Amira Al Hussaini On February 29th, Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai warned of “a bigger Holocaust” for the Palestinians. Syrian blogger Ayman, from the Damascene Blog, compares between the world's silence to that comment and the fuss made over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's alleged call to “wipe Israel off the map.” Ayman (Ar) explains: The world stands and doesn't... more
Views: 1057Syrian Blogger Discusses Nudity and Moral Decay
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicPosted by Amira Al Hussaini to Global Voices Online How much nudity on television can be considered as art, and how much of it contributes to moral decay? Syrian blogger Emad [Ar] tries to answer this question in the following post: بحجة الفن اصبحنا نرى التعري على شاشاتنا العربيه دون ان نستطيع التكلم لأنه عند السؤال عن المشاهد (ا... more
Views: 1469Assyrians, the indigenous people of the Middle East, leave home
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicOn a sizzling summer afternoon in 1974, my mother was trailing behind me, running hastily home to escape one of the stone battles that raged between neighbourhoods in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli. Once we crossed the sand bridge that separated the Assyrian quarter from the rest of the city, we were out of the slingshots’ range. This one was the last battle youngsters from the Assyrian quarter fo... more
Views: 2570Christian Group Open Doors Encourages Syria Christians
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicThe United Kingdom (UK) based Christian philanthropic organization, Open Doors (www. opendoorsuk.org) has continued to provide succor to displaced Christians in Syria who are caught up in the crisis that has devastated the country for some time now. In a statement by its Communication Department, it noted that before the recent escalation of violence, many Christians from Homs and other conflict areas had fled to Dama... more
Views: 490Al-Qaeda advances if Syria falls
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
The Syrian government is involved in a desperate struggle to fight off Islamic terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. Should Syria fail al-Qaeda elements could sweep into the Golan Heights, according to a very senior Israel military official, speaking on the condition of absolute secrecy (see article: Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-a... more
Views: 735Did the Secretary of Defense mislead members of Congress about Syria?
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on April 19, 2012 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta repeatedly misrepresented the truth about the situation in Syria and American military involvement with the rebel movement in that country. The most blatant lie he told members of the committee: “We are leading international efforts to help stop the violence and support a peaceful political transition in S... more
Views: 856Could Syrian chemical weapons fall into the hands of al-Qaeda?
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
As to the future of Syria’s vast chemical weapons stockpiled in sites around the country it is anyone’s guess? Who can say for sure what will happen, should the US succeed in ousting the President and imposing regime change in Syria? Will these chemical weapons be stolen, moved, or even used if the Assad regime collapses by al-Qaeda forces who have managed to infiltrate the armed Syrian opposition forces an... more
Views: 701Al-Qaeda in disguise - the "ugly face" of Syrian opposition forces!
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
The Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch has addressed an open letter (http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/20/open-letter-leaders-syrian-opposition) to the Leaders of the Syrian Opposition, who have been linked to al-Qaeda, regarding numerous human rights abuses by armed opposition members. This is the same group that Senator McCain want the US to do air strikes in support of and Joe Lieberman wants ... more
Views: 541Al-Qaida responsible for dramatic rise in suicide bombings and IED's in Syria
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
The monthly number of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) reported in Syria jumped 134 percent from December to January, according to the Pentagon’s Joint IED Defeat Organization. This is indicative to the presence of al-Qaida. In typical Pentagon fashion the numbers that percentage is based on remains “classified” In addition the number of suicide bombings are also on the rise... Suicide bombings i... more
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