The United Nations Human Rights Council today appointed three experts to probe alleged abuses in Syria, where the number of people killed since the start of the Syrian Government’s crackdown on protesters earlier this year has…
The Syrian government of president Bashar al-Assad has persistently ignored international condemnation of its bloody crackdown on opposition since mid-March. It has dismissed the latest assertion by the French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, that “the Syrian…
The position of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was clear following Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s departure and Hosni Mubarak’s fall. He warned against the rise of the Islamic extremists to power as the successors of the collapsing…
The death toll in Syria reportedly rose to 23 people Thursday after government forces launched an artillery-backed offensive against neighborhoods in the central city of Homs. Citizens of Homs said the strikes were hardest in areas…
The campaign waged by major leaders of the Republican Party against the foreign policy pursued by Democratic President Barack Obama may be marred by excessive one-up-manship. But ignoring it or treating it with condescendence, motivated by…
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In the early weeks of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the young activists who helped drive the street protests celebrated their leaderless movement. Up against the security apparatus of one of…
02 September 2011 ByHoward Amos As the death toll rises in Syria’s Arab Spring and the regime of PresidentBashar Assadbecomes increasingly isolated on the world stage, Russian companies in Syria are losing out financially. As well as lucrative arms contracts, Russian firms…
It is indisputable that one of the deep roots that led to the Arab Spring that was sparked in Tunisia and led to Syria has been the systematic and institutional failure of state policies that dealt…
Relentless repression has marked Syria since March 2011, as the government continues its efforts to stifle increasing numbers of pro-reform protests. Scores of people – believed to have been detained for their actual or suspected involvement…
Majority of 88 detainees who have died since start of uprising against regime said to have been tortured An image from a YouTube video apparently showing Syrian forces beating up detainees near Homs. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images…
LONDON | Tue Aug 30, 2011 (Reuters) – Deaths in Syrian prisons and police detention have soared in recent months as President Bashar al-Assad’s government tries to crush protests against his rule, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The…
By Associated Press, Published: August 30 AMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC will not stop producing oil in Syria unless it is directed to do so by the European Union, media in the Netherlands report. National broadcaster NOS…
The brutal crackdown of the past five months cannot be excused by Syria’s resistance credentials. It is a concrete rationale that fuels opposition to Israel’s apartheid regime and the United States’ duplicitous and violent policies in…
Syrian businessmen are reaching out to western diplomats, expressing revulsion for the Assad regime but also concern at the crippling effect of sanctions. Diplomats say several businessmen from the merchant elite have approached western embassies to…
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The blistering August sun beats down and bakes Deir Ezzour, a sprawling city of tribes nestled between the deserts of eastern Syria and the lush green banks of the Euphrates River, which flows…
With the sanctions noose tightening around Syria, one small U.K.-based oil company has been touting its exploration success there and vowing to press on with an ambitious drilling program regardless of the rising international pressure on…
The dramatic developments in Libya are raising comparisons with the uprising in Syria. In particular, some are asking what the role of the international community should be. Inside Syria itself, though, there has been no call…
This report outlines the Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the Syrian Integrated Energy Supply System and recommends targeting energy sanctions to further weaken the Assad regime. The report also assesses the socioeconomic impact…
The United States on Thursday condemned the “disgusting” beating of Syria’s best-known satirical cartoonist, Ali Ferzat, and the arrest of five other activists it said had been detained. “We are concerned in particular about these individuals,…
The dramatic developments in Libya have raised eyebrows throughout the Arab world and within the international community. In the early hours of August 21, Libyan rebels finally entered the capital, Tripoli, with the aim of arresting…
Deputy prime minister argues Syrian president is as ‘irrelevant’ to the country’s future as Muammar Gaddafi is to Libya’s Nick Clegg said Syria was in the grip of a single family which continued to wage war…
Now that portraits of Muammar Gaddafi have been perforated with rebel bullets, it’s worth asking how Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, must be feeling this morning. Like Gaddafi, the Syrian dictator has spent the last five months waging war…
“Shelling a city from warships and hunting down ordinary citizens is abhorrent and despicable. The Assad regime has lost all remaining legitimacy and must step down.” “Those responsible for atrocities should know that they will face…
As the violent suppression of peaceful protests by the Syrian authorities continues, the UN Security Council must take urgent action to stop human rights violations. However, so far the UN Security Council’s response has been inadequate.…