GENEVA — Two Swiss journalists said Sunday that Syrian authorities were to blame for the death of award-winning French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier, who was killed earlier this month in the restive city of Homs. The…
الوثائقي المروع “آلة التعذيب في سورية” كامل مع… par syrian4all
Published: January 22, 2012 ZABADANI, Syria – This small city, jutting from the side of a rocky mountain and known for fruit trees and summer tourists, has recently become famous as something else: a surprise stronghold…
ALBANY, N.Y. — The United States would hit Syria with sanctions against trade as long as it continues a violent crackdown on protesters under sanctions proposed by two U.S. senators. The bill, to be released Sunday…
Russia’s support for Syria can’t just be explained as a desire to help a longtime partner, experts say. It also reflects eagerness to confront the West and the Kremlin’s fear of internal opposition. Russia’sincreasingly vigorous support…
Inconnu…
Cairo Wednesday 18 January 2012 The Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad looked dangerously isolated last night, with a wall of regional opposition steadily building around him and Arab League sources suggesting his regime will face unprecedented condemnation…
LETTER FROM 145 Arab NGOs to the LAS Withdraw the mission, call for UN action! Your Excellency, Dr. Nabil El Araby Secretary General, League of Arab States We the undersigned, representing 145 Arab NGOs from 19…
U.S. officials have uncovered an effort by Iran to help Syria mask its oil exports and evade an American and European embargo, in a potent new sign of Tehran’s campaign to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
Despite the superficial calm in Damascus, everyone knows change is coming. The only question is, how much will it cost? Sipping tea in a smoky Damascus cafe, Adnan and his wife, Rima, look ordinary enough: an…
Syrian activists are fighting a war of information over the Internet. (AFP/Louai Beshara) Shakeeb al-Jabri, 30, known as @LeShaque on Twitter, is a prominent Syrian blogger based in Beirut. He admittedly spends less than “two hours of his…
When a young street vendor, confronted one too many times by the tyranny of petty officialdom, set himself alight in a busy Tunisian market just over one year ago, a series of events was set in…
ARAB League observers in Syria have been “threatened with death” if they criticise the country’s murderous regime, according to a member of the team who quit last week. Anwar Malek, who decided to leave the country…
President Bashar Assad’s latest speech underscores one fact: This regime will do nothing to put an end to the ongoing bloody crisis. If anything, the speech demonstrates that Assad is divorced from reality. After almost ten…
* Cargo ship carrying ammunition, Cypriot official says * Russia is one of Syria’s last remaining allies * Ship had docked in Cyprus to refuel during storm (Adds U.S. concerns) By Thomas Grove and Michele Kambas…
The Arab League’s monitoring mission in Syria has been a miserable failure, and no international white knight is waiting in the wings. Syrians are on their own. Syria sits at the historical, geographical, and political strategic…
Russian policy on Syria might seem planned and coherent, but a closer look shows that Moscow has no end-game for Syria’s unrest, and is improvising its stances as events unfold. Moscow has a clear interest in…
Syria is struggling to afford and secure ample food supplies for its domestic population as the European Union’s ban on oil imports puts severe strain on the country’s finances. As officials warn the country is heading…
Anwar Malek, an Algerian member of the mission, says it is not acting independently and is ‘serving the regime’s interests’ An Arab League official has launched a scathing attack on the regional body’s mission to Syria,…
Suicide bombings are a completely new phenomenon in Syria. During the 10-month long struggle for democracy, the activists largely remained peaceful despite the inhumane crackdown by the Assad regime. The recent bombings — the latest of…
We are independent young Syrians accompanied by peace activists from all over the world (around 1500 activists). We are not part of any institution or organization. We are organizing a humanitarian relief convoy to Syria, along…
Cartoon by Hajo 2011
Berlin While Bashar al-Assad’s regime continues to suppress and slaughter pro-reform Syrians at home, his security forces have intensified a campaign to intimidate and decimate any Syrian opposition in Europe. Assad’s crackdown in Germany may even…