Weekend: Has the Syrian Revolution Been Hijacked by Islamists?
The Syrian Observer
August 16, 2013
The efforts of the Islamist groups happen to fit the regime’s efforts to silence the free voice of the Syrian people
The efforts of the Islamist groups happen to fit the regime’s efforts to silence the free voice of the Syrian people
The Syrian Jewish population was distributed between Damascus, Aleppo and Qamishli; most left after the regime lifted an emigration ban on all Jews in 1992
Khalid Saleh, the Head of Media Office of the National coalition, held his weekly press conference. Below are the transcript as distributed by the Coalition.
There is currently fierce competition for power between the Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in the “liberated” zones
The plan makes recommendations that will guarantee the transformation of Syria into a progressive state by the year 2040
The move is part of the Central Bank’s intervention policy to stabilize the Syrian Pound
Zoubi says Syrians will not accept any political solution that is not approved by President Bashar Assad
Khatib says the the danger now threatening Syria is bigger than the revolution and the regime
The coast is mostly populated with women, children and displaced people
Western U.N. delegates say Syria has no place on the Council
While prices increase with the increase of the value of the dollar, they do not decrease when the dollar goes down
The opposition is set to organize and discipline the battalions on the ground in order to form as a basis for a reliable army in post-Assad Syria
Rebels are on route to the new target
Halqi says the Syrian government has shown good will, but the other side is not ready
We call on the regime to accept a political solution that would lead to the transfer of power into a transitional government
Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi travelled to Tehran to congratulate the new Iranian president
Jarba also says while Geneva might happen, he is pessimistic it will achieve a political solution
Zoubi says chemical accusations against the Syrian government are part of a campaign of fabrications
The private guards will be allowed to carry firearms but not conduct information gathering work
In his Iftar address, Assad vows to “strike terrorism with an iron fist”
