Editorial: The Path to Geneva
Tishreen Newspaper (Government-owned)
May 29, 2013
Syria says it is ready and open to go to Geneva talks with the opposition but the opposition is not
Syria says it is ready and open to go to Geneva talks with the opposition but the opposition is not
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Bashar al-Jaafari accuses Qatar of collaborating to abduct U.N. personnel in the Golan Heights
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal says in Moscow Syria appreciated the constructive efforts by Russia to solve the crisis and put an end to the violence by working towards the national dialogue.
Syria sends list of delegates that will attend the proposed Geneva 2 conference.
The National Coordination Commission for Democratic Change (NCC), Hassan Abdulazim said Monday the group will propose new ideas and to the regional and international participate in proposed international conference to solve the Syrian crisis.
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.
An-Nahar newspaper asked the opposition Syrian National Coalition and the National Coordination Commission (NCC) to speculate about possible scenarios at ‘Geneva 2’.
Businessman and former regime ally, Firas Tlass, triggers an initiative to end the crisis in syria
Syrian press editorials today lashed on Qatar and Turkey, as we;; as the “American backtracking” on the commitments it offered at the first meeting in Moscow
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.
The Syrian press call Turkish PM to resign and accuses the opposition of contacting Israel
Syria’s U.N. envoy, Bashar al-Jaafari said Wednesday the draft resolution on Syria submitted to the U.N. General Assembly aims to inflame the current crisis.
For analysts familiar with the politics of Syria, the country’s descent into chaos amounts to an all-too-predictable pattern. It also parallels what Rami Makhlouf, a major regime figure and first cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bluntly announced that, among other things, Syrians faced the Assad regime or domestic and regional chaos.
Syria needed more details about the conference before agreeing to participate, but said the political decision on the principle of a political solution to support international efforts and combat terrorism was clear, Information Minister says
Israel is worried about the possible delivery of Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, and Netanyahu will visit Moscow soon to stop the transfer
Al-Hadath News, a Syrian website, has publsihed what it called the terms of the secret U.S.-Russian
aAgreement on syria: Tlass to Lead Free Army. The Syrian Observer translates and publishes this story with all possible reservation.
Russian and Egyptian foreign ministers agree dialogue between the government and the opposition groups must be initiated, and
The Obama administration remains hesitant to pursue a specific course of action to stop the violence there
The Syrian government is sending several messages to Russia, the U.S. and the its loyalists inside the country.
Syria says the US Ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford reportedly issued instructions from the Obama administration to the members of the opposition “National Coalition of Doha” to join political efforts
