France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion. "The group came from Syria but we are not accusing Syria again," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on state television. His comments followed the broadcast of confessions from three...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the wake of the Sykes-Picot Treaty in 1918, and the subsequent division of Kurdistan among Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, the people of Kurdistan experienced the most unprecedented atrocities against them in the modern history. Each respective nation used all the means in its disposal to assimilate the Kurds into its own national melting pot. When the Kurds resisted the repressive policies and strived...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair Alzour nuclear site that are not included in Syria's declared inventory, according to a just released report. The Syrians said the uranium came from the Israeli...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Facing a growing anti-aircraft and ballistic missile threat against Israel, the Israel Air Force (IAF) plans to conduct special seminars to prepare pilots and ground crews for future conflicts, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The seminar will first be held for pilots who, in a future conflict with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria or Iran, are expected to have to deal with an unprecedented...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair Alzour nuclear site that are not included in Syria's declared inventory, according to a just released report. The Syrians said the uranium came from the Israeli...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
After years of pursuing a free-trade pact with the EU, Syria is now balking at signing a deal as local businesses express worry about competition from European goods.
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
n 1951 the Arab League established the Bureau for Boycotting Israel. Based in Damascus, Syria, the bureau has lost much of its authority since Egypt, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed peace treaties with Israel… Before the US-led invasion, Iraq adhered closely to the instructions of the bureau. Israeli companies, those with Israeli shareholders [...]
Web Digger (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Two years ago, Israel bombed a suspected nuclear site in Syria. Now the UN’s atomic watchdog agency is pressing Damascus for a return visit to the bombed facility — along with access to other military sites, where the Syrians have been up to some suspicious landscaping. According to the latest report by the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, inspectors turned up...
Istanbul Calling (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Lots of chatter these days revolving around the issue of reviving negotiations between Syria and Israel. In recent weeks, Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeated his desire to return to the negotiating table with Israel and even asking for European and American help to make this happen (although insisting that the negotiations be indirect and use Turkish mediation.) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
DEBKAfile "IAEA inspectors are to visit Damascus on Tuesday, Nov. 17, for clarifications of the conflicting explanations Syria has offered for uranium traces. They will also insist on making return visits to three military sites which Damascus has so far refused, following information received by the agency of clandestine 'nuclear activity' there. DEBKAfile's intelligence sources reveal that Israel...
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Subject: txt intl islm owg - The International Atomic Energy Agency is, as Jonathan noted , deeply disturbed by its latest findings on Iran. It is also deeply disturbed by its latest findings on Syria, which it detailed in another report released this week. Syria’s explanation of the uranium traces found at a Damascus research reactor did not fit the facts, the report said, nor did these traces...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
MR. KELLY: Okay. Good afternoon. I think you all know that the Secretary is in Beijing today and followed the President’s schedule, so I don’t really have any separate announcements on her schedule. Today is an important day for the people of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.You know it’s the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, and we celebrate the vibrant democracies...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Palestinian sources report that on November 12, Qatar and Syria persuaded the committee monitoring the Arab peace initiative not to accuse Hamas of thwarting the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, and asked to invite Hamas representatives to a ... November 17, 2009, 10:52 am
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Damascus - Syria denied Tuesday that its foreign minister met with a member of the Israeli press in Paris last week. Syria categorically denied allegations made in the Israeli Maariv newspaper that a meeting took place in Paris between Syrian Foreig...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted Tuesday as saying his country was ready to facilitate a resumption of talks between Syria and Israel and he warned that extremists could benefit from a continued deadlock in the Middle East peace process.
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