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Summary of the Speech of Sheikh Moaz Al Khatib in

National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and O April 20, 2013

In the history of Syria during the times of the Ottoman empire, there were courts that were established in order to settle disputes amongst people but in the first three years not even one person entered them due to the fact that people were able to resolve their issues amongst themselves in the four known references that were present in society at the time which were developed by themselves.

Brahimi Considers Resignation as Arab League Envoy

Asharq Al-Awsat April 19, 2013

Observers speculate that the Arab League’s decision to grant the opposition National Coalition Syria’s seat at the Doha summit led to Brahimi’s position being undermined. The envoy himself has said that he would prefer to resign from his position with the Arab League and maintain his role with the UN.

Statement regarding Russia’s continued Arms support of Assad

National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and O April 19, 2013

The Syrian people find no justification or excuse of Russia’s continued arms support of an authoritarian regime adamant to hold on to power, against the will of the people, and at the expense of thousands of lives.

Al-Jaafari: Syria Serious in Cooperating with UN to Uncover Reality

Government-owned Tishreen April 18, 2013

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, stressed that Syria supports all efforts exerted to put an end to all forms of sexual violence in case of armed conflicts and punishing the perpetrators, adding that Syria wishes to cooperate with the UN to uncover the reality of the situation in Syria far from politicization.

Obama and the Syrian Caricature

Tareq al-Homayed -- Asharq al-Awsat April 15, 2013

In Syria, the US is not seated behind NATO troops, but rather behind the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Al-Nusra Front. Washington is allowing all of these groups to lead in the hope that it will reap the last-minute benefit: seeing Assad removed from power with the least possible effort.

PM Reiterates Call on All Syrians to Take Part in National Dialogue

Government-owned Tishreen April 15, 2013

Prime Minister, Dr. Wael al-Halqi, expressed happiness for this meeting with those people who underwent the experience of taking up arms and who suffered its repercussions to become convinced that amity and tolerance are the only hope for the Syrian people.

Government serious in inviting all political forces to national dialogue, PM

SANA official news agency April 12, 2013

Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi affirmed that the government is serious in inviting all political, social powers, including the opposition abroad, coordination bodies and the armed groups which throw weapons, to take part in the political dialogue to come out of the current crisis in Syria.

The Syrians between the Cup of Tyranny and the Poisons of Terrorism

Zuheir Kseibati - al-Hayat April 12, 2013

Between a dictatorship and a less dictatorial tyranny that will last for a while, neither the Arabs’ situation during their spring nor the Iraqis’ situation a decade after Saddam’s fall is revealing that the hefty price that was paid is enough to launch a transitional phase, setting the foundations for the recognition of the rights of the other oppositionist as the only way to ensure stability and end the killing.

The Free Syria Army distances itself from an-Nusra

al-Jazeera April 11, 2013

“We don’t support the ideology of Al-Nusra,” Louay Muqdad, FSA spokesman, told AFP news agency, stressing: “There has never been and there will never be a decision at the command level to coordinate with Al-Nusra.”

US-NATO Orchestrated War

Syria Times April 11, 2013

Flanders warned against a catastrophic repetition of the Iraqi non-existed MDW’s, asserting that the same scenario, the same playbook seems to be used now in Syria with similar charges, pointing out that who has the weapons of mass destruction in the world today is but the Pentagon.

Allahu Akbar!

Syria Times April 11, 2013

Allahu Akbar has within the past two years in Syria taken a different –unfortunately contradictory- meaning. For it has been abused and the name of Allah taken in vain time and time again.

Mannaa: Assad wants to algerize the Syrian crisis

al-Hayat April 9, 2013

Haytham Mannaa, the Head of the National Coordination Commission in Exile said that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis and that the Syrian regime is trying to clone the Algerian solution.

Al-Qaeda and Jabhat Al-Nusra Collaborating

Asharq Al-Awsat April 8, 2013

Wounded Syrian soldiers were attacked by extremists in Iraq, while returning to their country in a convoy of buses. The attack, which resulted in the death of 48 soldiers, took place near the border town of Akashat on March 4. Intelligence officials in the region considered the incident to be evidence of the growing alliance between extremist groups in the two countries: namely, Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Jabhat Al-Nusra

Syria dying with no winners, no help in sight

The Daily Star April 8, 2013

Five million Syrians have become below the line of poverty, in addition to two million unemployed and 800,000 destructed houses, Syria’s Former Deputy PM Abdullah al Dardari has said.

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