Syria

Eastern Syria Becoming A New Al Qaeda Haven

War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

From The Long War Journal: Eastern Syria becoming a new al Qaeda haven. US intelligence officials are concerned that Syria is becoming an al Qaeda haven, as the terror group becomes increasingly intertwined with Ba’athist groups operating from Iraq's neighbor to the west. Al Qaeda has refocused its efforts to build an infrastructure in eastern Syria after its network in Iraq was decimated by...

• Al Qaeda's Syria sanctuary - PrairiePundit
• Eastern Syria becoming a new al Qaeda haven - The Fourth Rail

Israel wants to resume Syria talks: minister

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Visiting Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben Eliezer said on Tuesday that Israel wanted to resume peace talks with Syria, noting Turkey could act as a mediator, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Israel was willing to work for peace in the region, said Ben Eliezer, adding that it was his 10th visit to Turkey, which aimed to boost trade and investment between Turkey...

• Turkish FM: Crisis with Israel over - Muslims Against Sharia

Reuven Pedatzur: Keeping the Golan won’t protect Israel from Syria

Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | yesterday

On June 19, 1967, a week and a half after the end of fighting in the Six-Day War, ministers, including Menachem Begin, were willing to give up on the gains made on the Syrian front in exchange for... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Syria Said To "Lack Funds" -- Where Is Iran? Where Is Saudi Arabia?

New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | yesterday

DAMASCUS, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - With a few weeks left before the end of this year’s planting season, UN officials have raised concerns over the lack of funds to help drought-hit farmers and herders in northeastern Syria. “The situation is worrying. We have six weeks left before we miss this planting season,” said Abdulla Bin Yehia, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative...

• SYRIA: Drought response faces funding shortfall (IRIN) - Desertification

RP, Syria explore possible trade relations

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan, Nov. 26 (PNA) - A top level-discussion that explored possible trade relations between the Philippines and Syria transpired at the Shangri-la Hotel Boracay Island Resort and Spa recently.

The Stolen Cars of Al Qaeda, Moussa Ali Hamdan's Muslim Mafia in NY and Philly Runs Cars For Hezbo to Lebanon via Syria, Same Scam Has Been Run Out Of Tampa Since June 2002.

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The Stolen Cars of Al Qaeda, Moussa Ali Hamdan's Muslim Mafia in NY and Philly Runs Cars For Hezbo to Lebanon via Syria, Same Scam Has Been Run Out Of Tampa Since June 2002. What if Al Qaeda has found a new method to launder money around the world ? In his July 5, 2005 testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, terrorism expert Steven Emerson made a chilling prophecy. He said that he would not...

Israel wants to resume Syria talks: minister

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Visiting Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben Eliezer said on Tuesday that Israel wanted to resume peace talks with Syria, noting Turkey could act as a mediator, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Israel was willing to work for peace in the region, said Ben Eliezer, adding that it was his 10th visit to Turkey, which aimed to boost trade and investment between Turkey...

Israel wants to resume Syria talks

Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Visiting Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben Eliezer said on Tuesday that Israel wanted to resume peace talks with Syria, noting Turkey could act as a mediator, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Syria: Drought response faces funding shortfall

World Food Program (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

With a few weeks left before the end of this year’s planting season, UN officials have raised concerns over the lack of funds to help drought-hit farmers and herders in northeastern Syria. (..) The World Food Programme (WFP) shares similar concerns. “WFP has received $2.2 million only out of $22 million needed. This amount is barely sufficient to start the first distribution in December...

• Syria: Drought response faces funding shortfall - Relief Web

Iraq Threatens to Sever Economic Relations With Syria

Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Iraq plans to submit to the U.N. the confessions of three individuals arrested in connection with last month's bombings of the Iraqi ministry of justice and the governorate of Baghdad, and to ask for an international tribunal to try those ... November 24, 2009, 9:39 am

Iraqi MP threatens to cut trade with Syria over Baghdad attacks

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

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...

Hamas, Israel see last-minute hurdles to prisoner exchange

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

The media in Israel and the Palestinian territories has focused on one item above all else this week, the likelihood of an imminent swap of prisoners. Israel is expected to release some 1,000 Palestinians currently held in jails around Israel in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was taken away into the Gaza Strip in a cross-border attack over three years ago by Palestinian militants....

• ANALYSIS: Effects of probable Israeli-Palestinian swap already clear - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Israel, Hamas said to be near deal on prisoner swap - Los Angeles Times
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Don't expect pragmatism from Iran

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, who founded Hezbullah on Iran's behalf, was harassed during a recent trip to Damascus. That says a lot about what's going on in Iran today, and who is likely to control that country for the foreseeable future. The treatment of Mohtashamipour provides the West with a strong indication of the roots of Iran's current erratic behavior. When the Iranian founder of Hezbollah

Hamas split over agreeing to prisoner swap with Israel - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gaza City/Jerusalem/Damascus - A delegation of top Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip was in Syria Wednesday to consult with the Palestinian Islamist movement's exiled leadership over whether to accept Israel's latest offer for a prisoners swap. The d...

Lebanon cabinet deal signals Syrian return

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The power given to the opposition in Lebanon's new government, and Damascus's role in sealing the deal, is a sign that Syria's influence is once again on the rise, says the BBC's Natalia Antelava.