Lord Risby is the former Conservative MP Richard Spring. Ultimately, successful political decisions arise out of personal judgment, most especially if you lead a country. No matter what advice you are given, in the end the…
Syrians shot down in the streets across the country, tanks surrounding the major cities of Syria, soldiers killing unarmed, largely Sunni Muslim demonstrators as the authorities protest that “armed gangs” are themselves killing troops. In northern…
بيان السوريين الاحرار من الطائفة المسيحية حول الثورة السورية اولاً انطلاقا من كون الدين المسيحي دين العدالة و الحق و المساواة و المحبة فان المسيحيين في سوريا لا يمكن الا ان يكونوا صفا واحدا مع اخوانهم…
Today, Friday 17 June, IKV Pax Christi had a meeting with Shell – including Dick Benschop, Director Shell Netherlands, and John Barry, Vice-President Middle East and Northern Africa – about the company’s role and responsibilities in…
KV Pax Christi believes that all cooperation with the regime in Syria is illegitimate and that Shell must suspend its operations immediately. In Syria it is impossible for Shell to ensure that it is not involved…
As I write, Syria’s unarmed revolution continues to be met with live ammunition and with massive fire power from land, air and sea on the orders of the vainglorious and murderous Bashar Assad. Syria’s population centres…
إن أهالي مدينة حماه بشبابها و شيبها و أطفالها ونسائها تتبنى هذا البيان نصاً و حرفاً و مضموناً علماً أن هذا البيان لا يتعارض مع مطالب الثورة السورية عامة و إنما يعتبر متمماً و مكملاً لها…
نحن النازحون السوريون الموجودون في لبنان من مدينة القصير و تلكلخ نتقدم إليكم ببياننا هذا فتقبلوه منا بفائق الشكر و الأحترام . جراء ما تعرضنا إليه من القتل و التدمير و الإهانة و الذل و إنتهاك…
History comes full circle in Syria. In February 1982, President Hafez al-Assad’s army stormed into the ancient cities to end an Islamist uprising. They killed at least 10,000 men, women and children, possibly 20,000. Some of…
Dès le mois de mai, des habitants de Tall Kalakh ont fui leur ville pour passer au Liban comme ici au point de passage de Bugaya le 14 mai 2011. AFP PHOTO/STR Par RFI Les crimes commis…
“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable –…
سورية المنسية محمد على الأتاسي في نوفمبر من العام 2009 نشرت مجلة ناشيونال جيوغرافي، مقالة لموفدها الخاص إلى سورية دون بيلت الذي حظي بلقاء مع الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد، ونقل عنه حادثة تصلح لتكون عبرة عن…
UK activists say Assad agents have visited and intimidated them at home as campaigners fear for their Syrian families’ safety Protesters in Britain have claimed that agents of the Assad regime have threatened them and their…
Adam Curtis – The Medium and the Message What is happening in Syria feels like one of the last gasps of the age of the military dictators. An old way of running the world is still…
Of Empty Gestures! Rami’s is not the resignation we had in mind, and it won’t suffice. Rami Makhlouf, Bashar Al-Assad’s cousin and “unofficial” business manager, announces his “retirement” from business and says that he will donate…
The Syrian regime has its back against the wall now that its people have found their voice, says Rime Allaf. Up until a few weeks ago, the conventional wisdom in the Middle East was that the…
Lire la version Française Here is a translation of the statement on the present events in Syria that was published June 3 by the Jesuits in that country. The priests had gathered in Damascus to pray…
Syria in turmoil as resistance turns to insurrection Wednesday, 8 June 2011 AFP/GETTY IMAGES Syrian protesters hold a national flag as they demonstrate in Hama, north of Damascus Syria’s revolt against the rule of President Bashar…
A rare inside look at Syria, a land where the regime rules with a murderous impunity. He walks barefoot through the streets. The air is fresh with night, the sky at its darkest. He stretches his…
A Call from Syrian Filmmakers to Filmmakers Everywhere Peaceful Syrian citizens are being killed today for their demands of basic rights and liberties. It is the same oppression and corruption that kept Syrians prisoners and swallowed…
LONDON (AFP) – Britain on Thursday withdrew the Syrian ambassador’s invitation on the eve of the royal wedding, while it emerged that Kate Middleton will not promise to obey Prince William in her marriage vows Sources…