Russian president’s article, which took a swipe at Obama over Syria, was pitched to the Times by pro-Russian firm Ketchum Vladimir Putin wrote the “basic content” of an op-ed warning against US military intervention in Syria…
Kim Sengupta meets the local businessman leading the fight against the dictator – and hears his account of that tragic day The rebels had almost reached the border when the hidden explosive device was set off;…
About the Arab Reform Initiative The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is a consortium of regional policy analysis institutes that strives to mobilize research capacity to advance knowledge and nurture home-grown and responsive programs for democratic reform…
THE story is simple. Here in Syria, there is a regime that has been killing its subjects with impunity for the last 30 months. The notion that there is a mysterious civil war that is inextricably…
The writer of the following story shared his experience being arrested in 2012 with the Damascus Bureau “Where are you from?” “From Suweida” “And Douma, you…” That’s when the beating started. My jailer kept repeating “Douma”…
How do Syria’s rebels feel about a U.S. bombing campaign against Assad? BEIRUT, Lebanon — When President Barack Obama first dangled the possibility of launching a punitive military strike against the Syrian regime, he may have…
Plataforma Global de Assistência Académica de Emergência a Estudantes Sírios Candidaturas abertas a Bolsas de Estudo de Emergência para jovens Sírio (Ano Lectivo 2013-2014) <mais informação> ANNOUNCEMENT 1st CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY SCHOLARSHIPS and…
There is nothing surprising in the latest massacre by the Syrian regime in Ghouta, Damascus. The massacre has precedents in Dera’a, Karm al-Zaitoon, Houla, Traimseh, Daraya, Jdedat Artouz, Jdedat al-Fadel, and elsewhere. These attacks come on…
The AHRN has learned through its monitors in Syria that the Syrian regime may intentionally use chemical weapons to target Christian town near Damascus in the next few days. The Network’s monitors in Damascus have confirmed…
Zeitouneh described what she saw first hand, also recounting testimonies from paramedics and activists on the ground Activist Razan Zeitouneh has recounted the details of a visit to East Ghouta after it was hit by chemical…
Farzat was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2012 and in 2011, he was awarded the Sakharov prize for peace Syrian artist Ali Farzat first started drawing cartoons of…
Her accounts have been one of the key sources of the events taking place in Syria for the outside world. Under the threat of being arrested and killed she now lives in hiding In Brief …
Rapport préparé par Syrian Human Rights Watch au Caire, Egypt No Date Place City Target Weapon Vehicle Dead Injured…
It once seemed like Syrian President al-Assad would quickly fall in Syria’s uprising, but increased Russian and Iranian support, and now the coup in Egypt, have given him a new lease on life Syrian President Bashar…
Perhaps those who prefer to use the power of reasoning to analyze events have to relinquish this task during these days of chaos, unrest and contradiction. In a legitimate and serious question about the West’s attack…
One morning on a recent visit to Damascus, my first in a year, I went to the Umayyad Mosque. One of the oldest mosques in existence, the spectacular building was a Roman temple and then an…
Jean Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East… par tvnportal
Conflicting reports emerged Tuesday over the fate of an Italian Jesuit priest known for opposing the Syrian regime, with some activists saying they feared he had been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. But a Roman Catholic aid organisation,…
Family life in a Syrian refugee camp: ‘A mother must be stronger than a mother’ – video Two Syrian women living in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan talk about family life at the camp and…
Témoignage de l’actrice May Skaaf à écouter. Un discours qui rassemble et dénonce les causes des dérives En arabe, sous-titrage anglais Publiée le 25 juil. 2013 Since the very beginning of the Syrian revolution, the actress May…
(Reuters) – As the Syrian civil war deepened and anti-government rebels struggled to unify their fractious forces, the White House early last year quietly convened an elite group of senior policymakers to advise President Barack Obama.…
My name is Paolo Dall’Oglio, I am a Jesuit, and for more than thirty years I have promoted in Syria the Islamic-Christian harmony-building. I took a position in favor of the Syrian democrats crushed by an…