Telegraph.co.uk | Protesters In Syria Plan Large March Near Capital New York Times Many of them appeared nervous, he said, and they kept their distance from both the protesters and the symbols of Syria's simmering unrest, the town mosque and the municipal building. Along the main approaches to the town, security forces supervised a ... Stateless Kurds in Syria granted citizenship Syrian leader seeks to calm Kurdish unrest West needs reality check on Syria |
Reuters | Israeli president calls for democracy in Syria Foreign Policy Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday called for the international community to support a transition to democracy in Syria and also called for support for other youth movements around the Middle East. "I believe that finally a democratic system in ... President Peres Says Israel Willing To Cede Golan to Syria US embassy cables: Arms smuggling into Lebanon and the Gaza Strip Mystery murder in Sudan fans Gaza tensions |
Middlebury Student Who Was Held In Syria Wants To Return Vermont Public Radio Root is the Middlebury College junior who was arrested and detained in Syria for two weeks, after he pulled out his Blackberry to take a picture of a protest in Damascus. Details of Root's detention are widely known now. He was pushed into a car, ... Student's ordeal only underscores courage of foreign correspondents |
USA Today | Student learns Arabic during detention in Syria USA Today He chose Syria, where the University of Damascus had an Arabic program for which he could receive credit at his home school, Middlebury College in Vermont. Soon after he arrived, March 8, the regional unrest flared in Syria, and 10 days later he found ... Tik Root, Middlebury Student Detained In Syria, Describes Prison Vermont college student says he saw evidence of torture in Syria US college student who was detained during Syria demonstration recounts 2-week ... |
Syrian scholar, activist arrested CNN Imad Din Al Rasheed, who teaches at Damascus University and Amman University in Jordan, was arrested while driving into Syria from Jordan, said the activist, who asked to remain anonymous because of safety concerns. Al Rasheed had spoken with Western ... |
OSU-Mansfield Freshman Offers Presentation On Syria WMFD.com As part of The Ohio State University-Mansfield's Traveling Pants Seminar Series, freshman Neda Shaheen presented "Syria: Culture and History" on Wednesday. During her presentation she spoke about the history and culture of Syria. ... |
Parlement Européen (Communiqué de presse) | EU/Yemen/Bahrain/Syria Europolitics.info By Manon Malhère | Thursday 07 April 2011 MEPs are calling on the EU to take action against recent violent repressions of mass demonstrations in Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. In a common resolution (EPP, ECR, S&D, ALDE, Greens-EFA), adopted on 7 April in a ... European Parliament urges EU to suspend Association Agreement talks with Syria EU to reassess bilateral relations with Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen as violence ... Bahrain, Syria and Yemen 'playing with fire' |
Syria Kurd leader vows to keep up democracy struggle Jerusalem Post By REUTERS AMMAN - Syria's Kurds will continue a nonviolent struggle for civic rights and democracy to replace autocratic rule despite a decree to grant disenfranchised Kurds citizenship, Kurdish leader Habib Ibrahim said on Thursday. ... |
Syria behind kidnapping of Estonians? UPI.com Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, said he believed Syria had a hand in the kidnapping. He told Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper that officials in Damascus had spoke with Estonian mediators last week and the six men were likely moved ... Geagea: Syria most likely behind abduction of Estonians Geagea Says Syria Most Likely behind Kidnapping of Estonians Geagea says Syria is behind abduction of Estonians, 'Daily Star' |
CTV.ca | Reports of funeral, police shootings raise tensions in Syria CNN CNN cannot independently verify witness accounts from Syria. Syrian TV reported that unidentified men shot and killed two police officers, Hassan Maala and Hameed Al-Khatib, during a routine patrol in the town of Kafar Batna. ... Amid ongoing protests Syria opposition says Assad wants talks US offers free flights out for employees in Syria Opposition: Syria deployed Hizbullah to suppress anti-Assad protests |