The United States has pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns after his cultivation of contacts with protesters led to attacks on his embassy and residence by backers of President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said…
Syria is using equipment and software developed by an American company to censor the Internet and conduct surveillance of its citizens, according to data analyzed by technology experts and advocates for Syrian dissidents. The equipment, developed…
Last week, on the day after the day Steve Jobs died to the rest of the world, on another bloody Friday in Syria, Mashaal Tammo was murdered. Tammo, a beloved Kurdish activist and leader, member of the newly-formed…
ARSAL, Lebanon — A growing number of cross-border incursions by Syrian troops into Lebanese territory has aggravated political rivalries in Lebanon between those who oppose the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and those who support it. Since…
What did Syria’s First Lady, supposedly a force for compassion, say when aid workers confronted her about the bloody crackdown? Alastair Beach reports Vogue magazine famously called her a “rose in the desert”, while Paris Match…
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Until recently, Hamdi Esen would make the short trip across to Syria several times a month, fill his father’s car up with gas, maybe buy a few bags of sugar and some cigarettes and then…
By Mohanad Hage Ali Wednesday 19 October 2011 Bashar al-Assad may claim his opposition are violent Islamists, but the birth of the Syrian National Council shows otherwise The birth of the Syrian National Council in Istanbul earlier this…
Most people interested in Syrian affairs used to believe that the country was extremely stable. The regime’s media fed this belief, constantly reiterating the assertion that Syria was the most secure and stable country in the…
The dynasty founded on Hafez al-Assad’s rise from poverty and obscurity is maintained by some uncompromising characters. Nour Ali and Esther Addley Tuesday 11 October 2011 15.53 BST It is evening, and in a large house in a…
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian economy is buckling under the pressure of sanctions by the West and a continuing popular uprising, posing a growing challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s government as the pain is felt deeply…
Activists use the internet to find and unmask those they suspect of reporting their neighbours to security forces A pair of eyes watched from a shop as a group of young men were chased down a…
By NADA BAKRI Published: October 4, 2011 BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian government on Tuesday revoked a recent decision to ban imports of most consumer goods, a move that had sent prices soaring and provoked outrage…
By Anne-Beatrice Clasmann Oct 5, 2011, 8:21 GMT Wadi Khaled, Lebanon – The house on the Lebanese side of the river is modest. Trampled plastic bottles and children’s sandals lay in the dust next to the entrance.…
Many Syrians abroad have been vocally expressing their solidarity with the mass pro-reform protests which have rocked Syria since March and to which the Syrian authorities have responded in a manner that Amnesty International has characterized…
Syria may be the most difficult country in the world to conduct a public opinion poll. But a “guerrilla polling” team did just that, publishing a survey today that attempted to gauge national opinion in the…
PARIS — France and Sweden on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in European capitals. Global rights watchdog Amnesty International said…
(Reuters) – Syrian diplomats in foreign capitals are mounting campaigns of harassment and threats against expatriate dissidents protesting outside their embassies, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Syrian opposition supporters have mounted noisy protests outside many embassies…
By ANTHONY SHADID Published: October 1, 2011 This article was reported by a correspondent for The New York Times in Homs, Syria, and written by Anthony Shadid in Beirut, Lebanon. HOMS, Syria — The semblance of a civil…
(Reuters) – Syrian refugees who have fled violence and bloodshed into neighboring Lebanon say they are unable to return for fear of persecution, but complain that they are still not safe from Syrian authorities who, they…
Turkey’s sanctions against Syria, which will likely be announced in early October, will be as comprehensive as possible and will be shaped so as not to hurt the country’s people, Turkish officials have suggested. The measures…
Urgent- L’histoire de la fille Zeinab Al-Hosni à Homs Urgent – Homs : La panique et la colère domine toute la ville de Homs quand les forces de sécurité ont restitué le corps de la petite…
Assad’s opponents are putting pressure on the international community to act in Syria, but who would intervene, and how? Syrian demonstrators burned Russian flags in the cities of Homs and Deraa this week in protest at…
From his window on the corniche of Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Tartous, an international shipper bemoans the change since a popular uprising six months ago engulfed the country and dealt a heavy blow to its economy.…
Syria has shown interest in buying a whole range of advanced Russian air defense systems, a source in the Russian defense industry told RIA Novosti on Monday. A group of Syrian observers is attending live firing…