Latest in Tag: Syria Highlight
Latest in Tag: Syria
Half of Syria living in poverty: UN
“More than half the population now live in poverty, with 7.9 million people becoming poor since the beginning of the crisis, of whom 4.4 million now live in extreme poverty,” the report said.
Syria chemical disarmament on track
A rebel attack near Damascus triggered power outages across the country.
Egypt’s UN envoy criticises increase in Israeli settlements
Khalil says that the increase in Israeli settlers destroys any chance of achieving peace in the Middle East
Israel vows to stop Syria arms transfers
Israel has carried out several air strikes inside Syria this year that officials said were aimed at preventing shipments of advanced weapons to Hezbollah
Hopes for Syria peace meet fade as rebels dig in heels
A defiant Assad has shown no sign of backing down
Arab support ‘essential’ for Middle East Peace: Kerry
Arab Ministers meet with US Secretary of State to discuss the Middle East Peace Process
Lebanese say Syria captors tormented them with lies
Termos was among 11 Shia men abducted by rebel fighters in northern Syria in May 2012 as they were returning from a pilgrimage to a Shia sacred site in Iran along with female relatives.
Pressure mounts on Syria opposition to join talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet Arab League representatives in Paris later on Monday ahead of a Tuesday meeting of the opposition and its Western and Arab backers.
Confusion over date for Geneva II peace conference
Brahimi stresses no official date has been announced yet
Hezbollah is No Resistance
By Anno Bunnik Extremist movements and parties tend to disguise their true colours. The English Defence League, notorious for its racism, calls itself a ‘Human Rights’ Organisation. Dutch politician Geert Wilders, bent on banning the Quran, mosques and immigration, heads the ‘Freedom’ Party. Hezbollah, the self-proclaimed champion of Islamic ‘resistance’ is not alone in its …
Deadly blast near Syrian capital as envoy pushes peace
Saturday morning’s bomb blast struck a government-controlled suburb southeast of Damascus mainly populated by Christians and Muslim Druze, said the official SANA news agency.
Opposition to attend Friends of Syria meeting on 22 October
It is estimated that the conflict in Syria has claimed the lives of 115,000 since March, 2011
Syria’s Assad prays at Damascus mosque for Eid al-Adha
Syrian state television broadcast images of the president entering the Hassiba mosque and waving to supporters before taking part in prayers.
Three ICRC staff, Red Crescent volunteer freed in Syria
AFP- Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped in Syria have been freed, along with a colleague from the Red Crescent, the ICRC said Monday. “Three ICRC colleagues and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer have been released and are safe and sound. We are waiting for …
Car bomb kills 20 in northwest Syria’s Idlib: NGO
Activists from the Syrian Revolution General Commission network said the blast took place in the market area of the Darkush, which is under rebel control.
Red Cross says seven aid workers ‘missing’ in Syria
Syrian state television reported that “armed terrorist gangs opened fire on an ICRC mission and kidnapped their members.”
Syrian Community in Egypt established
Group set up to assist Syrian refugees in Egypt
Twelve dead in Alexandria shipwreck
116 rescued by coast guard
Arab presidents congratulate Egypt
Statements were released commending Egypt on the 40th anniversary of the October war
Destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons begins
The team faces the daunting task of disposing of an estimated 1,000 tonnes of the nerve agent sarin, mustard gas and other banned arms at dozens of sites in Syria by mid-2014.
Experts begin destroying Syrian chemical arsenal: source
An OPCW official in The Hague said earlier this week that all “expedient methods” would be used to render Syria’s production facilities unusable.
Syria warns Turkey will ‘pay dearly’ for rebel support
“It is not possible to use terrorism as a card and put it in your pocket. Because it is like a scorpion which won’t hesitate to sting you at any moment,” said Assad.
Tens of thousands of political prisoners in Syria
HRW’s Joe Stork: “Arbitrary detention and torture have become business as usual for Syrian security forces.”
Syria warns Turkey will ‘pay dearly’ for rebel support
Relations between once close allies Damascus and Ankara have deteriorated since a popular uprising which began in March 2011 in Syria snowballed into a full-blown conflict
Aleppo stalemate fuels rebel frustration
The conflict in Syria has cost more than 115,000 lives since it erupted in March 2011 with peaceful protests that became a civil war after a harsh regime crackdown on dissent.
Syria chemical disarmament team begins mission
Assad’s departure is a key demand of the opposition, who insist it must be a pillar of a mooted Geneva peace conference.
UN Council agrees call for better Syria aid access
It calls on Assad’s government “to take immediate steps to facilitate the expansion of humanitarian relief operations, and lift bureaucratic impediments and other obstacles.”
High level UNHCR talks on Syrian refugees
Talks in Geneva take place as the number of Syrian refugees has crossed the two million mark
Egypt’s transition period to end next spring
Fahmy discusses roadmap, domestic affairs and foreign policy in UN address
President and ministers sued for attempted deportation of over 500 Syrian refugees
ECESR and FIDH decry hostility towards Syrian refugees in Egypt; call on state to respect international conventions it ratified