Reuters | Will Syria Be the First Arab Nation to Develop a Nuclear Weapon? Fox News Syria has been enigmatic about its nuclear program ever since Israeli air force jets destroyed a reactor in the middle of the night in September 2007. Mystery surrounded the incident. Even the US took weeks to confirm that what had ... Punish Iran and Syria, U.S. lawmaker says Syria must not be allowed to stonewall IAEA probe: US US wants IAEA to raise pressure on Syria |
France24 | Syria: Weapons Intercepted New York Times By REUTERS Syria said Friday that its security forces seized a large shipment of weapons, explosives and night-vision goggles this week in a truck coming from Iraq. The official news agency SANA said the shipment, intercepted at the Tanaf border ... Weapons smuggled to Syria from Iraq seized: SANA Report: Syria catches weapons-smuggler Syria says it confiscates weapons sent in a truck from Iraq |
Fars News Agency | Ahmadinejad: Plans under study to realize potential to enhance ties with Syria Tehran Times TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that extensive plans and measures are on the agenda to realize the potential for enhancement of economic and political ties with Syria. Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister ... Iranian President, Syrian PM Stress Closer Mutual Cooperation Iran, Syria sign five MoUs Iran, Syria Will Set Up Joint Bank in 'Months', Arman Reports |
Syria children's fish fun slated Madison County Eagle Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries volunteer Roger Brown of Herndon slings a net filled with 20-40 rainbow trout into the Robinson River at Swift Ford March 4 in Madison County's Syria community. A VDIF crew from Montebello spent the day ... |
The Indypendent | Assad and Gaddafi: The Not So Odd Couple Huffington Post (blog) While most world attention is focused on Libya and Saudi Arabia, things are also happening in Syria. A few days ago, Karim Arbaji, an opposition blogger, died at the age of 31. It was announced that he died of heart failure, something that could not be ... Arab World: The road to Damascus Syria eyes Libya seat on human rights council Syria against external interference in Libyan affairs |
Rights group: Lebanon must investigate fate of 3 Syrian brothers arrested ... The Canadian Press BEIRUT — Three Syrian brothers have been missing for two weeks after handing out pamphlets in Beirut urging demonstrations for democratic change in Syria, an international human rights group said Thursday, calling on Lebanon to investigate. ... Rights watchdog criticizes Lebanon's handling of Syrian activists HRW fears Lebanon is back to doing Syria's dirty job HRW urges probe into Syrians missing in Lebanon |
Damascus, Syria, October 1990: Bob TIME When the Lufthansa plane comes to a stop in Syria's capital, Damascus, half a dozen passengers stand up — German businessmen, I'm guessing, trying their luck at selling the Syrian regime something. The rest of the passengers stay put. ... |
FEATURE-In Syria's parched farmlands, echoes of Egyptian woes Reuters Africa TISIA, Syria, March 10 (Reuters) - Under rainless clouds covering Syria's strategic Hauran plateau, grave digger Khalil al-Meqdad toils for 12 hours a day to feed his eight children. "I barely make enough money to buy bread. ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Syria frees 80-year-old former judge in amnesty Reuters The march for peaceful democratic change in Syria must continue," Haitham al-Maleh told Reuters after his release Tuesday. "There are thousands of political prisoners left who have been thrown in jail upon the orders of the security apparatus. ... Syria Must Change to Avoid Regional Turmoil, Assad's Cousin Says Syrian human rights lawyer freed Syria releases Syrian Political Activist Haitham al-Maleh |
France24 | Jailed Kurds on Syria hunger strike: rights group AFP DAMASCUS — Dozens of jailed Kurds in Syria started a hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with rights activists who have mounted the same action in a prison near Damascus, a rights group said. "Dozens of Kurds jailed in Syria -- members of Yakiti ... Top Syrian human rights lawyer freed |