Syrians, Pick Your Passports
Asharq al-Awsat (London-based, Pan-Arab newsp
May 6, 2014
Surrounded by war or forced into exile, Syrians are turning to forgers to secure essential identification documents
Surrounded by war or forced into exile, Syrians are turning to forgers to secure essential identification documents
Nusra is still chasing Ahmed al-Nuaimi, the leader of the military council in Daraa
Chechen jihadists have been fighting in Syria since 2012 with direct clerical guidance and indirect involvement by a number of intelligence agencies
The UN’s failure to hold the Assad regime accountable negates its purpose and raises doubts about the role of the UN organizations and the world’s active players
Labor Day comes this year while Syria is still facing a vicious global war and conspiracies led by the US, Israel, and western governments and the Arab petro-dollar states
Commander says ISIS is using young and vulnerable young men
Foreign Ministry says attacks against civilians have increased
The Syrian Government is targeting Turkish companies accused of “harming the Syrian economy.”
Thousands of people who fled Syria illegally will not be able to vote
The female activist was arrested by Ahrar al-Sham
The Syrian National Coalition is living on borrowed time. Unless it can develop credible political leadership and effective administration inside Syria, the outlook for those trying to make it succeed looks bleak
The conflicted Armenian position cannot be separated from historical regional equations
Even Syrians who have escaped their war-torn country into Turkey continue to have their lives dominated by the Syrian regime’s far-reaching bureaucracy
Mikdad says Syria did not anticipate the enormous amounts of weapons and funds that entered Syria
The Assad regime is clawing its way back to a position of dominance in the Syrian conflict. But it can only maintain that position as long as the armed conflict endures
Despite the difficulty of his job and the heavy responsibility he carries, Mahmoud feels proud to help his family
Iranian silence interpreted as a way to avoid media and public pressure on Iran
Assad highlights what he says is Russia’s important role in the international arena
The activist group said on Tuesday it had documented 150,344 deaths in the conflict that started with peaceful protesters demanding the ousting of President Bashar Assad’s government
With Syria’s rebels nearing the strategic costal city of Latakia, the heartland of President Bashar Al-Assad’s Alawite sect, a major change in the Syrian war could be near. But what is clear is that for the fighters, nothing will ever be the same
