Feature: Trouble Downstream
Asharq Al-Awsat (Pan-Arab; London-based Newsp
June 10, 2013
While the fighting in Syria drags on, another danger looms ever larger
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While the fighting in Syria drags on, another danger looms ever larger
Shaaban has stressed that the attack on Quneitra crossing is part of an organized offensive against Syria
Syrian rebels take over the Quneitra crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights
What is happening in the region today is a result of the Neo-Conservative plan by the United States
Halqi was speaking ahead of the anniversary of the occupation of the Golan Heights by Israeli forces on 5 June, 1967.
Even a reverse reading of Afghanistan’s experience would be a misleading one, as the concurrence between the Americans and the Jihadists was an agreement of interest, rather than an alliance under one regional political umbrella
President Bashar al-Assad has said Syria would be willing to attend peace talks with the opposition in principle, but any subsequent deal would have to be approved by a referendum. The Syrian Observer republishes the interview as translated and published by SANA
All4Syria website published parts of an article published by the Guardian on a visit of an Israeli delegation to Moscow, as a last-ditch attempt to talk the Kremlin out of supplying sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to the Assad regime
Syria’s Ambassador to Jordan, Bahjat Suleiman said that the American administration will give “decisive orders” to its allies and partners that it is now “Game Over”
Tariq Alhomayed argues that the game rules have changed now and that Hassan Nasrallah is protecting President Bashar Al-Assad—not the other way around
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Bashar al-Jaafari accuses Qatar of collaborating to abduct U.N. personnel in the Golan Heights
The Syria Times editor says, “no power whatsoever can save the terrorists from defeat at the hands of the Syrian army, whether in Qusayr, Aleppo, Daraa, Qineitra, or any other part of Syria.”
Pro-Assad visiting Tunisian delegation describes Syria as “the last stronghold of Arab nationalism”
The Syrian ambassador to Jordan, who a cousin of Assad, the father, warns of a “third World War”, and lashes on turkey and the Gulf states, describing them as “Sheikhdoms of gas and oil
Syria said it destroyed an Israeli vehicle which entered its territory from the occupied Golan territories.
Escalating tensions between the two neighbors as Syria responds to three recent Israeli attacks
Below is the full interview as published by SANA, the state’s news agency, of an interview given by President Bashar Al-Assad to Argentinian daily, Clarin.
Mariam Hallaq is one of tens of thousands of women who lost their sons or daughters in the Syrian revolution. Her son Ayham was killed by security agents and shabeeha when he was arrested from his Medical School in Damascus University. He was 23. Below is an interview with the grieving mother.
Syria’s pro-Assad Grand Mufti says the US can’t be an honest mediator seeking the attainment of peaceful settlement in Syria
Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said Wednesday internal national dialogue is the only means to reach a political solution, to stop the bloodshed and the destruction of the state in Syria.
