Running the Gauntlet
Asharq al-Awsat (pan-Arab, London-based newsp
July 19, 2013
A two-minute walk takes you not just to another city but to another country
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A two-minute walk takes you not just to another city but to another country
Many of the students that excelled have been displaced over the course of the school year and were living under difficult circumstances
Foreign ministry says infighting between opposition groups is worrying
Assad leads mediators to their deaths
Import restrictions are a sign of government’s economic desperation
Jaafari warns states will regret their policies on Syria
The implementation of this plan started last week with the killing of Commander Fadi El-Qash and will be followed by more assassinations
Some people adopt certain language and claim they are defending freedom and the country as a whole
Activists believe honouring the families is a morale boosting exercise
In an interview with al-Baath, Assad also lashed out at Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood
The government will also provide food baskets to citizens
Yaseen Alhaj Saleh, a leading Syrian intellectual, is calling on to the intellectuals and the public opinion leaders in the West to support the Syrian revolution, telling them tomorrow it might be too late
Official statements and repeated promises to intervene to lower prices and put an end to merchants’ greed are not enough to absorb the anger of the people
The Palestinian branch is known to be holding some 300 female detainees
Anyone who infringes on international war conventions will be brought before the Syrian judiciary in the future.
Exchange companies can still sell to citizens for non-commercial purposes
I saw a cell packed with some 40 women, all naked, blindfolded and handcuffed. They weren’t allowed to sit, they could only stand
Maleh linked the new rules to the new regime in Egypt
Government hopes to encourage production and reduce shortages
Russia says the samples were taken directly and not through a third party
