Syria is calling on its citizens who are in Lebanon to leave the country ahead of an expected military "eruption" expected to take place next week.
The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria has noted the country's government has stepped up its censorship of the Internet, blocking access to a string of websites critical of the regime, including some run by leading dailies.
Bahrain-based AlBaraka Banking Group will open a unit in Syria and plans to raise $100m by selling shares in the operation, Gulf Daily News reported. AlBaraka Bank-Syria will start operations by the end of 2007. It will offer Islamic banking products and services.
Iran and Syria on Sunday agreed to give impetus to implementation of previously signed bilateral agreements through their joint economic commission. The issue was discussed in a meeting between Iran's Ambassador to Damascus "Mohammad Hassan Akhtari" and Syrian Minister of agriculture "Adel Safar".
Syria has stepped up its muzzling of the Internet, blocking access to a string of websites critical of the regime, including some run by leading dailies, a human rights group said on Saturday.
MANAMA: Bahrain-based Islamic lender AlBaraka Banking Group will open a unit in Syria, which is pushing through banking reforms, and hopes to raise $100 million by selling shares in the operation, the bank said.AlBaraka, which said last week it had received a licence to operate in Indonesia, said the subsidiary approved by Damascus would be called AlBaraka Bank-Syria and would start operations by ...
Iran - Syria - Hosseini Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Sunday an upcoming visit to Syria of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on the agenda.
DAMASCUS -- Syria has stepped up its muzzling of the Internet, blocking access to a string of Web sites critical of the regime, including some run by leading dailies, a human rights group said Saturday.
Israel and Syria are wary of each other's recent actions along the border they share, it was reported Saturday.
07 July 2007 A Lebanese news source on Saturday predicted that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would pay a visit to Syria and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal would visit Iran.