RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Guterres: Marking World Refugee Day in Syria Is to Show Respect (2010-06-21) UN Syria United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres appreciated Syria's role in hosting Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. ... SYRIA: Number of Iraqi refugees revised downwards UNHCR chief appeals int'l community to offer more support to Iraqi refugees ... President al-Assad: Security, Stability in Region Important To Guarantee ... |
Supreme Court should have intervened in Maher Arar case Los Angeles Times After being held by US authorities for 12 days, he was flown to Jordan and then transported to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured for a year. ... Goodman: Broken promises, broken laws, broken lives Corporate Entities as Modern-Day Street Gangs |
The Guardian | Meeting Assad BBC News Syria's President Bashar al-Assad says that Israel is not a "partner for peace" and that "when you don't have peace you have to expect war". ... Syria's Assad slams 'pyromaniac' Israel government Lebanon And Syria Discuss Potential Offshore Oil Riches Russia's Risky Business With Syria |
Syria, Venezuela Sign Olive Oil Trade Agreement Olive Oil Times (blog) “Venezuela's relationship with Syria is strategic; it isn't restricted to economic and trade cooperation only,” said Venezuelan Vice President and Foreign ... |
Foreign Policy | Syria's new alliances Foreign Policy From 2003 to 2008, when the Bush White House was working hard to encircle and isolate Syria, with a definite view to overthrowing the Asad regime, ... Saudis propose rail line to Europe |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey is critical to a more moderate Islam Christian Science Monitor In recent times, Turkey has been refurbishing its ties with countries that border it like Iran, Iraq, and Syria. And it has planned to launch its own ... Turkey needs more than charisma to establish itself Who Lost Turkey? Turkey set to anchor regional trade alliance |
Reuters | Seven Iraq troops killed near Syria border in new ties blow AFP After twin waves of deadly bombings claimed by Al-Qaeda hit government ministries in the heart of Baghdad last August, Iraqi officials charged that Syria ... Dozens dead in Iraq violence Bloody day in Iraq ends twenty lives Car bomb in Iraq's restive north kills 7, wounds 61 |
Globe and Mail | The Arar Affair: Shades of Dreyfus Huffington Post (blog) Syria, which has been publicly hostile to US interests for years, was doing the dirty work for our intelligence forces in cases like this, using brutal ... US top court snubs Canadian-Syrian torture appeal High court rejects appeal in rendition case Supreme Court Rejects Case of Tortured Canadian |
Syria detains journalist beyond sentence CPJ Press Freedom Online Ali al-Abdallah, a freelance journalist who has regularly written for numerous prominent Arabic-language publications outside Syria , was supposed to be ... |
Boston Globe | 2 men face new terrorism charges Boston Globe Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, and Ahmad Abousamra, 28, who lived in Mansfield but is believed to be in Syria, were each charged in a new indictment with ... 2 charged in Mass. with conspiring to aid al-Qaida 2 charged with aiding al-Qaeda Sudbury terror suspect faces charge of aiding al Qaeda |