Veteran dissident argues America’s interests are served in perpetuating the crisis
The Koreans are the latest foreigners found to be assisting the Syrian regime
Since domestic consumption is increasing (258,000 barrels per day in early 2011), Syria was forced to import some petroleum products
Lavrov said that each group of the Syrian opposition has its financer inside or outside the region
The powerful opposition group’s statement comes on Sunday as fighting rages on near the border with neighboring Iraq and in the central city of Homs
Feltman tells Raghida Dergham not holding the Geneva 2 conference means that Assad will be running in the next presidential election
A “political solution” in Syria equates between victims and oppressors, and in fact prefers the latter and seeks to perpetuate their actions and protect them from being held to account
Abdulazim revealed the NCC has formed a delegation to attend the conference
Those who want to go to Geneva are linking the conference’s fate to the position that will be adopted by the United States, as though they were wishful to test this position once again
Walid al-Bunni, the former Spokesman for the National Coalition, asks if it is still possible to talk about a revolution of a people against a tyrant as it was in its first year
The UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are working together to ensure safety and eradicate the chemical stockpile in Syria
The spokesman stressed that the negotiation would be to hand over power to a transitional government
The statement said that three Russian soldiers, including one in critical condition, were transferred to a Palmyra hospital
Russia says that Geneva 2 is to be held toward the end of next November
The Russian and American positions would not survive even the most cursory examination
FSA’s chief of staff, General Salim Idris, admitted to a “lack of material resources necessary to create a unified body”
The worst case scenario overcome by the regime is that it is no longer required to account for its use of WMDs against civilians through a clear and blatant violation of all international laws and human and ethical considerations
I witnessed the massacre myself. I saw the bodies of men, women and children in the streets. I heard the mothers screaming when they found the bodies of their children among the dead
Assad denies reports holding that a member of Fatah’s central committee, had brought him a message from the new emir of Qatar
The options available to the top leaders in Iran, Iraq, and Russia are moving toward a few shared priorities
