Latest in Tag: Syria Highlight
Latest in Tag: Syria
Nerves are on edge along Balkan refugee route
The refugee crisis has put a strain on already difficult relations between Balkan countries. Borders are being shut and fences built. To make matters worse, Croatian parliamentary elections are coming up this fall. In the past few days, the acrimonious exchange of words has been reminiscent of the Yugoslav War era. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran …
‘Unprecendented’ freedoms in Egypt: Al-Sisi
Amnesty International tells UN not to be “fooled” by Egyptian President’s empty promises
Al-Sisi, French and Italian leaders discuss Middle East issues
Egyptian president also held talks with Panama counterpart on cooperation between canals authorities
Syria rebels agree truce with Hezbollah in key areas
The Shi’a Hezbollah movement, allied to the regime in Syria, has confirmed a six-month truce deal with Sunni rebels in three Syrian towns. The deal entails the transfer of thousands of civilians across the front-lines. Iran played a key role as a mediator during the UN-backed talks, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday. Under the …
Arab League’s inaction is shameful
Everyone is talking about the refugee crisis overwhelming Europe; everyone apart from the League of Arab States that is. To date it has had little to say on the topic and, as far as I can tell, has no plan to help alleviate the problem. Why have there not been any emergency summits announced? Where …
Middle Eastern conflicts spill onto Spanish football pitch
Inevitably, the mass exodus of refugees from conflict areas was going to provoke the spilling into Europe of multiple disputes in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. Spanish football is the first to feel the weight of the baggage that has turned vast numbers into destitute refugees. Kurdish rebels have accused a Syrian coach …
Russia starts drone surveillance missions in Syria
Russia has begun drone surveillance missions in Syria, US defence officials said Monday. The move marks Moscow’s first military air operations there since undertaking a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base. US officials said the drone operations appear to based out of the air base near the western port city of Latakia, where last …
Netanyahu meets Putin amid fears of Russian military build-up in Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s weapon deliveries to Syria. The leaders focused on how to keep their armed forces out of each other’s way. At a meeting in Moscow on Monday, Netanyahu and Putin decided they would coordinate their military actions in Syria to avoid accidentally …
Egypt is only country in which Syrian refugees are not suffering: Aboulatta
Permanent ambassador to the UN says criticisms of Egypt are simply unjustified
Russia takes advantage of Western reluctance in engage in Syria
Russia may soon bolster the Syrian army by deploying ground troops, allowing Moscow to expand its influence on the developments in the Syrian war. Western states are doing less and less to resist Russian policies.
No differences between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over Syria: Shoukry
The Foreign Minister says he finds questions of human rights violations by Egyptian army “strange”
We must take responsibility for ceasefire to end refugee crisis: Arab League
Foreign community is wrongfully accusing Arab states of refugees’ negligence, says Secretary General
US, Russian defense chiefs discuss ‘de-conflict’ in Syria
The US and Russia’s heads of defense have discussed ways to tackle the Syrian conflict amid a Russian military buildup in the country. The conversation follows Kremlin’s announcement that it could deploy troops to Syria. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter called Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday, the first step in “military-to-military” talks on …
Moscow’s military move complicates Washington’s Syria conundrum
From the beginning of the conflict in Syria, Washington has been caught between a rock and hard place on how to respond. Russia’s latest military move in Syria has dimmed recent hopes for a diplomatic solution. In what appears to be a coordinated effort timed for the opening of the UN General Assembly, Russia and …
Heavy fatalities as rebels shell Aleppo; France and Russia mull military action
At least 38 people have been killed in a rebel bombardment of Aleppo, many of them children. As “Islamic State” presses an offensive in the north, France and Russia are considering military options
A Russian sense of urgency is needed in Syria
By Duke Omara It is becoming increasingly clear that the civil war in Syria is now at a stalemate, as no one side seems to have been able to strike a decisive blow against its adversaries. The regime of Bashar Al-Assad appears to have exhausted most of the military advantages that come with being a …
EU interior ministers fail to agree on refugee deal
EU interior ministers were supposed to agree on a relocation scheme for refugees. But they split up without even coming to a common conclusion, postponing any decisions to October. Andrea Rönsberg reports from Brussels. In the end, Luxembourg’s minister for immigration and asylum was proven wrong. “I am convinced that we can muster the power, …
Victory against terrorism not possible without political resolution in Syria: De Mistura
De Mistura, El-Araby discuss efforts to execute political solution for Syrian crisis
Russia building airstrip at airport in Syria’s Latakia: Monitor
A group monitoring the conflict in Syria says Russian forces are expanding a major airport in Latakia province. Russia has reiterated its support for the Syrian regime, but denies it is staging a military build-up
500,000 Syrian refugees were received in Egypt: Al-Sisi
Comments on refugee crisis were made by the president during a speech in Ismailia
Hungary calls for aid to Syria’s neighbors as EU grapples with refugee crisis
Hungary’s prime minister wants the EU to provide sizeable aid to countries neighboring Syria to help them cope with the influx of refugees. His country came under fire for what one politician called Nazi-like policies. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) in aid should be delivered to Turkey, Lebanon and …
Bombing people to save them? Western states line up to intervene in Syria
France, Australia and the UK are considering joining a US-led coalition flying air strikes in Syria. They cite the refugee crisis as justification for military intervention, but can bombing put an end to the conflict?
Canadians call on government to bring in more Syrian refugees
Canadian mayors, provincial premiers and federal opposition parties, as well as numerous faith groups and even a retired military general have all jumped head-first into the refugee crisis, with many calling for Canada to increase the numbers it takes in of people displaced by Syria’s four-and-a-half-year-old war
Islamic State take Norwegian and Chinese captive
The two hostages have been identified as 48-year-old Norwegian Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, and 50-year-old Fan Jinghui, a freelance consultant from Beijing
Shoukry, Hammond discuss Al-Sisi’s visit to UK
British side expects the visit to enhance political and economical bilateral relations, says foreign micerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be usnistry
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry launches another fiery shot at Europe on refugees
Ministry accuses Europe of paying lip-service to human rights
Protests break out in southern Syria over ‘IS’-critic’s death
The suicide attack was carried out near the National Hospital in the predominantly Druze stronghold.
Cultural treasures are also victims of war
The “Islamic State” militant group recently smashed several art pieces at the Palmyra UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Syrian city of that name. Even more brutally, they beheaded 82-year-old Khaled Al-Assad, one of Syria’s most respected archaeologists, who had been the keeper of Palmyra for more than 50 years. In Yemen, the damage to three out of …
The power of iconography: How Aylan Kurdi’s picture moved the world
What makes a photograph iconic? Why do some images touch us more than others? Felix Hoffmann, curator of Berlin’s C|O Gallery, talks to DW about the power of a picture. A picture is worth a thousand words – or so the expression goes. But what happens when an image becomes more than just another picture, …
EU Commissioners on Kos tell Greece to end the chaos
After the drowning of two children in the Aegean between Turkey and Kos, European Commissioners visited the Greek island