Reuters | Israel: Iranian Warships Sets Israel on High Alert ThirdAge Israel navy will be keeping a close eye on two Iranian warships set to pass through the Suez Canal and headed for the Mediterranean towards Syria. According to sources at Fox News, any warships passing through ... Fate of two Iranian warships headed for Syria still unclear Egypt: Iran naval vessels submit request to transit Suez Syria-bound Iranian warships stop in Red Sea |
SYRIA: Activists protest police beating, call for investigation Los Angeles Times According to staff at the Washington-based Freedom House, Syria's interior minister promised to hold police accountable for the beating. Syrian human rights groups have called for an investigation. Freedom House said in a statement that protesters ... Syrian prisons 'crowded and plagued by corruption' says report |
Day Press News | Time for a Syrian Revolution Huffington Post (blog) "I know we've had political differences, but there are only about a hundred people in Syria who care about political differences. We can easily throw them in jail," Hafez Assad told a political opponent he was trying to win over to his side, ... Go-Slow Reforms, Repression Keep Lid on Potential Turmoil in Syria Syria to EU: tackle Israel, not Egypt for Middle East peace Wary Syrians test Middle East 'domino theory' |
France24 | Syria sentences teen blogger to 5 years in jail TMCnet By AP , DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court on Monday sentenced a 19–year–old blogger to five years in prison on charges of spying for a foreign country. The United States and international human rights groups have called for the release of Tal ... Syria says jailed blogger worked for CIA Syria says jailed blogger worked for CIA Syria claims blogger worked for CIA |
'Israeli army's video hints at Syria, Iran attacks' The News International The video, shown on Monday at a farewell ceremony for outgoing chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, showed scenes from the bombing of a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007, and of the damage caused by the Stuxnet computer worm which ravaged Iran's ... |
Syria rejects atomic watchdog's inspection request The National DAMASCUS // Syria has rebuffed an unprecedented personal request from the director general of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for more cooperation in an ongoing investigation. A series of news reports this week revealed that Yukiya Amano, ... Syria Could Build Atomic Energy Site Within Decade Syria eyes first nuclear power plant by 2020 |
Copper falls as high price deters sales Jackson Clarion Ledger In energy trading, oil prices rose after Israel's foreign ministers said that Iran will send two warships through the Suez Canal on the way to Syria. Benchmark oil for March delivery rose 67 cents to settle at $84.99 per barrel; heating oil rose 4.58 ... |
France24 | Syria: Teenage Blogger Sentenced to 5 Years New York Times The blogger, Tal al-Molouhi, a high school student who has been under arrest since 2009 and is now 19, had written articles saying she yearned for a role in shaping the future of Syria and supporting the Palestinian cause. Lawyers said the judge gave ... Syria sentences teen blogger to 5 years in jail Syria Jails Teenage Blogger On Spying Charges Teenaged Syrian blogger sentenced to prison for “spying” |
Submit this story Huffington Post An Arab-American born in Pennsylvania and raised in Washington, DC, I returned to Syria every summer vacation as a child. I'd never thought too much about the meaning of my mixed heritage until that terrible day on September 11th, 2001, ... |
www.worldbulletin.net | Rights groups say Syrian authorities release activist who called for anti ... The Canadian Press DAMASCUS, Syria — Human rights groups say a Syrian activist arrested earlier this month for calling for anti-government protests has been released because of health problems. In a statement, nine local rights group said Wednesday that Ghassan al ... Syria frees Islamist, on hunger strike since arrest Syrian rights activist freed after hunger strike |