The Golan Heights between violence and law: reporting from Syria Daily Star Lebanon | By Franklin Lamb | Thursday, November 05, 2009 | - Powered by | DAMASCUS: Nationals from nearly one-third of the 192 member states of the United Nations met in Damascus in the second week of October to discuss the liberation of the Golan Heights from Israeli occupation and its return to Syria.&nbs...
Danish cartoons terror bid foiled The Australian | US prosecutors say they have broken up an international terror plot, codenamed the Mickey Mouse Project, against the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. | The criminal complaint, unsealed yesterday, alleges that Chicago-based men spent at least a year working with a P...
Danish cartoons terror bid foiled The Australian | US prosecutors say they have broken up an international terror plot, codenamed the Mickey Mouse Project, against the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. | The criminal complaint, unsealed yesterday, alleges that Chicag...
Syria slams Israel's 'criminal' acts against Al-Aqsa Middle East Online DAMASCUS - Syria accused Israel on Monday of "criminal" acts against Muslim holy sites in occupied Jerusalem, a day after police raided the revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound and clashed with Palestinian worshippers. | "Syria strongly denounces Israel's...
The Erdogan-Obama Roadmap for Peace Middle East Online Eyebrows were raised at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in September, when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to the podium and talked about the controversial report of South African judge Robert Goldstone. The UN-mandated r...
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Hamas decries PA leadership Al Jazeera | The leader of the Palestinian political group, Hamas, has called on Palestinians to reject the government of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. | Khaled Meshaal, speaking ...
UAE jails Syrian spy in Hariri probe Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | - Powered by | ABU DHABI: A Syrian former spy who was a prosecution witness in the inquiry into the assassination of L...
Syria - belatedly - seeks redress Asia Times | By Sami Moubayed | DAMASCUS - Syria took a much-anticipated yet overdue step last week, appealing directly to the United Nations to bring its former prosecutor, Detlev Mehlis, to...
Maliki wants international probe of Baghdad bombings Middle East Online | UNITED NATIONS - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling for an international probe of last month's deadly bomb attacks on two government ministries in Baghdad, according to letters seen here Thursday. | UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he received...
Iraq challenges Syria to explain militant aid Daily Star Lebanon | Friday, September 04, 2009 | - Powered by | BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki challenged Syria on Thursday to explain why it shelters armed groups that Iraq blames for staging bombings in its territory. In a statement that a...
Assad slams 'immoral' accusations by Baghdad over deadly bombing Daily Star Lebanon | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 | - Powered by | Marwan Makdessi | Reuters | | DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday described as “immoral” Iraq’s accusations that Damascus bore some responsibility for a...
Hariri appeases Hezbollah, set to form new govt in Lebanon The Himalayan | BEIRUT: Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government today after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts. | A statement on the new government was expected within 48 hours, officials from both camps said, after the Shiite Hezbollah and its allies agreed to ...
Syria's power privatisation draws main players The Guardian * Project is Syria's first power privatisation deal * Syria-Kuwait group with Finland's Wartsila expects to win * Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf main shareholder in group By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - An Arab-Finnish consortium is well placed to win Syria's first private power concession and help solve big electricity shortages, a...