"Having seen the scale and sophistication of these terrorist attacks, one might think that this terrorist attack was...
"Having seen the scale and sophistication of these terrorist attacks, one might think that this terrorist attack was...
Russia has been Syria's most powerful and loyal ally over the course of the uprising, selling weapons to the regime...
...to the violence in Syria without "a threat of force against those who don't implement the plan"."Assad feels he can run...
The explosions cast a dark shadow over the UN peace mission to end the bloodshed across Syria.As the sheer scale of...
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Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) driving along the highway leading out of the capital Damascus. Syrian security forces carried out a spate of raids in Damascus after a deadly bombing hit the capital and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon warned the search for... Full Article at Dawn
His party won 220 out of 462 seats in parliament. It was business as usual in Algeria, regardless of the Arab Spring, and business as usual too, in Damascus. Now that the Baath regains a majority in the Syrian parliament, it will get to name the... Full Article at The Huffington Post
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Tuesday, May 22, 2012 purports to show Syrian troops arriving in Damascus, Syria. View Photo »
Our Western partners are constantly speaking of the necessity to ensure supremacy of law in each separate country, and we do not argue with that
The countries share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which can quickly turn violent. The conflict already has spilled across the border, with deadly results. Lebanese Sunni groups supporting and opposing the Damascus regime... Full Article at FOX News
President Bashar Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf, Syria's most influential businessman, looks on during the laying the foundation stone of a hotel project, in Damascus, Syria. There is also a government official who embodies everything that's wrong with... Full Article at NPR
The area was considered too dangerous for journalists to access. SANA said the bomb went off late on Monday in the Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun, which has seen frequent anti-government protests. The UN estimates the Syrian conflict has killed more... Full Article at Deccan Herald
In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Monday, May 21, 2012, purports to show U.N. observers talking to Syrians in Daraa province, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Damascus, Syria. View Photo »
The suicide bombings hitting Damascus and Idlib in the last 24 hours were the work of al-Qaeda in IraqAQI, whose operatives have been pouring into Syria in the last two weeks.
Mawlawi was accused of belonging to a terrorist group. Mawlawi said he denies any link to such groups. (AP Photo) This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Tuesday, May 22, 2012 purports to show Syrian troops... Full Article at Hamilton Journal-News
...at the news conference lashed out at the Syrian regime, saying, "Assad is the enemy of God."There is an array of die-hard pro-Syrian parties and politicians in Lebanon, as well as support for the regime at street level.But there is an equally deep hatred... Full Article at Newsday
22, 2012 Whether or not JN was involved in the Damascus attack, the organization has become a real force in recent weeks -- and one that threatens to undermine the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the loose network of defectors and local militia fighting the... Full Article at Real Clear World
Damascus (دمشق translit: Dimashq Also commonly: الشام ash-Shām) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. It is thought to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world (see: ancient history), before Al Fayyum, and Gaziantep. Its current population is estimated at about 4.5 million. The city is a governorate by... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
Our Western partners are constantly speaking of the necessity to ensure supremacy of law in each separate country, and we do not argue with that
The suicide bombings hitting Damascus and Idlib in the last 24 hours were the work of al-Qaeda in IraqAQI, whose operatives have been pouring into Syria in the last two weeks.
The fighting centred on a flat in al-Mezze. Residents nearby said two floors were burnt out after the clashes. Gunfire continued into the morning in the district, part of central Damascus.
This is a matter of utmost urgency for the United Nations and all efforts are in place to make sure that we get the people on the ground as quickly as possible ... apart from Damascus, we have permanently based observers in Homs, Hama, Daraa and Idlib, so this process will continue
The Syrian army controls all of Baba Amr. The last pockets of resistance have fallen.
The French foreign minister demanded that 300 U.N. observers authorized to go to Syria be deployed within 15 days and said France has all but set a May 5 deadline for Damascus to comply with special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan.
friends -- Abdul-Fattah Al-Bizen, the Mufti (foremost [Sunni] Islamic religious authority) of Damascus, and Sheikh Hassam-Eddin Farfour, personal religious adviser to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Activists reported shelling in Homs and areas of northern Aleppo province, and unrest in the capital, Damascus. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, on a visit to Russia, said Damascus had taken steps to adhere to the plan by withdrawing some troops. He blamed 'armed gangs' for the ongoing violence.
Decisions adopted just a few days ago, including steps by Persian Gulf Arab countries to recall all of their ambassadors from Damascus, the European Union's new sanctions and yesterday and today's fairytales about some Russian warships' visits to Syrian ports are not helping this mission
To fight for three hours in Mezzeh is something. They attacked the house of a top official in Damascus, and maybe tomorrow they will attack the house of Bashar al-Assad
Hussain was upset in his message that the regime had accused al-Qaeda in the blasts that targeted Damascus. He said his calls with Iran and Hezbollah have advised him [Assad] not to accuse al-Qaeda ... but the U.S., the opposition and some ‘close Arab countries’.
Because of the situation in Syria, Air France has decided to suspend its flights to Damascus until further notice
We tell the Baath Party in Damascus and its supporters in Tehran and Baghdad and the southern suburbs in Lebanon that the entry of the Syrian army into Baba Amr in Homs will not change anything in the continuation of the Syrian people’s glorious revolution against their treacherous regime and the outdat...
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