More than 100 people were reported killed Saturday in violence across Syria, as Turkey downplayed the Syrian shooting down of a Turkish plane while President Bashar al-Assad formed a new cabinet with key posts unchanged. NATO member Ankara acknowledged that one of its warplanes may have violated Syrian airspace after Damascus confirmed shooting down the […]
Jun 24 2012 | Posted in
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The Arab League has asked Russia to stop supplying weapons to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces who are using arms against civilians While talking to Russian news agency Interfax, Ahmed Ben Helli, the number 2 of the League has asked Russians to stop helping the current Syrian regime. “Any aid to violence must stop, because when you […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Despite US Secretary Hillary Clinton’s accusations that Russia has been supplying attack helicopters to Syria, Russians have declined to comment on it On Wednesday, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s arm export agency claimed that the deliveries it made to Syria were in line with United Nations’ regulations but declined to specifically comment on US claims that it was […]
Jun 16 2012 | Posted in
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Thirty years after the war between Argentina and UK over the Falkland Islands, tensions have heightened again between the two capitals as British companies begin oil exploration in the vicinity of the island On Thursday, British Prime Minister, David Cameron warned Argentine government that Britain will stand ready and willing to defend the Falklands. During […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
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After playing a role of a mere observer for most part of the ongoing crisis in Syria, Amnesty International has blasted Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for committing crimes against humanity In Syria, everyday, crimes are being committed against humanity in the name of reaction of the government to avenge communities suspected for supporting insurgents. In a […]
Jun 14 2012 | Posted in
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday of a “catastrophic civil war” in Syria after the massacre of more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla that sparked global horror and outrage. “The massacres of the sort seen last weekend could plunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war, a civil war from which the country […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Five days following the massacre of Hula, rebels have ordered Syrian government to implement the Annan plan by Friday or face the consequences Syrian rebels say that they will give up fighting on Friday noon if the government of Bashar Al-Assad decides to implement the Annan plan that includes a cessation of violence in the […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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A look back at Palestinian efforts to achieve statehood over the past 60 years reveals a turbulent history of negotiations, proclamations, breakthroughs and many setbacks and Israel’s unyielding and uncompromising attitude towards the whole situation November 29, 1947: The United Nations, under the British Mandate, divides Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. […]
May 25 2012 | Posted in
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In quite an unprecedented move, Amnesty International criticized the United States (US) for conducting Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden and using unmanned aircrafts to attack people in the Pakistan’s tribal areas. The Human Rights group released its 50th annual report, lashing out at the US for using lethal force in killing of Al-Qaeda […]
Fierce clashes between Syrian regime forces and armed rebels in the central city of Rastan on Monday left at least 23 soldiers dead and dozens wounded, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitoring group said initial reports indicated that three troop carriers were destroyed in the clashes that began at dawn on […]
May 14 2012 | Posted in
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The United States continued to work with Pakistan on restoring the NATO supplies for allied forces battling in Afghanistan, saying it is not mulling to link invitation to Islamabad for Chicago summit with resumption of supply-line. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland while briefing the media said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke very […]
The latest act of violence has been devastating for the Syrian capital and the head of UN observer mission has called it a deplorable act Members of the monitoring team went to visit the site of two blasts that hit the Syrian capital this Thursday. Dozens of people have been killed in this heinous act […]
May 10 2012 | Posted in
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