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Two Orthodox Bishops Held in Syria Freed

Naharnet Newsdesk April 24, 2013

Two Orthodox bishops reportedly kidnapped by rebels in northern Syria have been released, an association of Middle Eastern Christians on Tuesday said in a statement citing Syrian sources.

Syria Took Decision to Fight Terrorism, Go to Dialogue: Information Minister

Government-owned al-Thawra April 24, 2013

Syria’s Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi says the “hostile acts” against Syria coming from western, Arab and regional countries including the smuggling of weapons and terrorists through their territories to perpetrate their crimes against the Syrian people and loot the Syrian oil.

Brahimi Urges U.N. Action on Syria Stalemate

Naharnet Newsdesk April 20, 2013

U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday urged the Security Council to come together on Syria, venting frustration with all sides while denying rumors he plans to resign.

Syrians can be reconciled – through negotiation, not violence

Haytham Manna :The Guardian April 20, 2013

The SNC is fragile, and more likely to implode than become institutionalised. This is highlighted by three issues: the political initiative of its then president, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, in proposing talks with the regime; the decision in Istanbul to form a Syrian government in exile; and the fact that Syria’s seat in the Arab League was handed over to the SNC at the recent meeting in Doha.

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.

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.

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.

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

President al-Assad: Foreign Interference is Red Line, Unrest in Syria Will Have Domino Effect throughout the Region

SANA official news agency April 7, 2013

President Bashar al-Assad said that foreign interference is a red line, adding that if the unrest in Syria leads to the partitioning of the country or if the terrorist forces take control of Syria, or both of the above, the situation will inevitably first spill over into neighboring countries and then create a domino effect throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Stances on the Syrian Crisis Redraw the Map of the Region

Raghida Dergham - al-Hayat April 1, 2013

Headlines describing the 24th Arab Summit held in Doha this week reflect profound division over Syria and Qatar’s role in effecting change in the Arab Region. Doha has taken over the presidency of the Arab league for what could be one of the most important years of the transitional period.

The Horrors of What Comes After the Image

Ghassan Charbel - al-hayat March 28, 2013

It is no simple matter either for Moaz al-Khatib to sit at the summit, in front of the revolution’s flag rather than the flag of the Syrian Arab republic, which we have known for decades. Likewise, it is no simple matter that none of the leaders of the delegation left the hall this time.

More Syrian Bloodshed

Hussein Shobokshi -- Asharq al-Awsat March 26, 2013

Al Bouti’s mosque was situated right next to the Russian embassy and the headquarters of a major Damascus intelligence apparatus, surrounded by barricades and troops of heavily armed soldiers. So how could a terrorist laden with explosive devices pass through such a security blockade?

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