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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Ryan Mauro Click here for my latest Pajamas Media article. This is an update on the Iraq-Syria crisis. The Al-Maliki government continues to accuse Syria of helping Al-Qaeda and other terrorists and insurgents carrying out attacks in Iraq. Their push for a U.N. tribunal to prosecute those in Syria assisting them has caused a steep drop in violence in Iraq, proving how critical outside support is...
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Le Monde diplomatique (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The indigenous people of Syria, the Amorites and the Canaanites, have civilisations which go back more than 5,000 years. Some archaeologists think the Amorites, apparently tall and fair, were of Aryan extraction; but most think they were of Syrian origin, speaking one of the earliest known semitic dialects. Tablets found in Ebla and Mari, two important sites from the third millennium BCE, revealed...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Date: 24 Nov 2009 Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
PHILADELPHIA - A scheme to transport stolen cell phones, laptops and video game systems that evolved into a plot to ship machine guns and anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was broken up with the arrest of a central figure in the plan, according to FBI documents released Monday.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker, in remarks published Monday, threatened to cut economic ties with Syria if Damascus does not extradite men Iraq accuses of involvement in attacks in Baghdad. Baghdad may have to reconsider its economic relations with Syr...
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Israelated (Free subscription) | yesterday
Read this article on the community site Michael Rubin Middle East Quarterly Winter 2010 http://www.meforum.org/2513/syria-islamist-terrorism While the Obama administration and congressional leaders may justify renewed engagement with Syria with their desire to jumpstart the Middle East peace process, they ignore the very issue that lies at the heart of the Syrian threat to U.S. national security: Syrian...
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Middle East Quarterly (Free subscription) | yesterday
While the Obama administration and congressional leaders may justify renewed engagement with Syria with their desire to jumpstart the Middle East peace process, they ignore the very issue that lies at the heart of the Syrian threat to U.S. national
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Jesus Lives! (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Rubin Reports Obama’s General Says: Syria Allied with Al-Qaida, Attacking U.S.; White House Says: Is that a Problem? Posted: 21 Nov 2009 06:14 PM PST [Please subscribe for writing on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, satire, history, what's happening in American schools and more] By Barry Rubin Does anyone read the newspapers in the U.S. government? How [...]
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Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday
Syria is stalling on entering into a free trade agreement with the European Union out of fears that it will not be able to compete with European products. Instead of embracing the invitation, Syria balked, perplexing European diplomats who had thought Damascus was still eager for a deal. Syrian officials now say they need more time to study the ramifications for their economy, which is already
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Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
OUCH: Iraq Confronts Syria Over Terrorism As U.S. Dithers.
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The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | yesterday
Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for World Net Daily, reports: While America’s top commander in Iraq says weapons and fighters – possibly linked to al-Qaida – are coming in from Syria, the Obama administration has continued its diplomatic overtures to the Syrian leadership. U.S. General Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, told Reuters that investigations [...]
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KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
In the wake of the Sykes-Picot Treaty in 1918, and the subsequent division of Kurdistan among Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, the people of Kurdistan experienced the most unprecedented atrocities against them in the modern history. Each respective nation used all the means in its disposal to assimilate the Kurds into its own national melting pot. When the Kurds resisted the repressive policies and strived...
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GayandRight (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The Syrians are pretty bad, in many different ways... Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion. "The group came from Syria but we are not accusing Syria again," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on state television. His comments...
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Anti-Mullah (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Obama's General Says: Syria Allied with Al-Qaida, Attacking U.S. White House Says: Is that a Problem? Terrorism? What's that? Oh! You mean "man made disasters"? That's just a criminal charge like a burglary. Stop pestering me, I'm busy. Alan Note: In his first eight months in office Oba-the-usurper has played golf more times than President (for real) Bush did in eight YEARS! So he has no...
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Joels Trumpet (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Of course… Haaretz: Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, is expected to propose to Turkey that it resume its mediation role in peace talks between Israel and Syria, in exchange for a return to more cordial relations between Israel and Turkey, according to sources in Jerusalem. The sources said that the policy was coordinated [...]