Syria

Syria suspected of concealing nuclear activity

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair Alzour nuclear site that are not included in Syria's declared inventory, according to a just released report. The Syrians said the uranium came from the Israeli...

Rights of women in Syria

Syria (Free subscription) | yesterday

In a country that boasts being a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, a recent decision made by a Syrian court was made in direct violation of the Syrian constitution, which guarantees the right to live to all citizens, male or female, and therefore undermining the position of women, and honour killings...

Nuclear activity discovered in Syria

The Recliner Commentaries (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The International Atomic Energy Agency is now concerned that Syria may also be "concealing nuclear activity." Read the story at WTOP .

The art of understatement: Syria suspected of concealing nuclear activity

Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found. The agency found traces of uranium at the Dair Alzour nuclear site that are not included in Syria's declared inventory, according to a just released report. The Syrians said the uranium came from the Israeli...

Short takes: Assad, Iran, Nidal Hasan, Barack Obama

FresnoZionism.org -- ציונות פרסנו (Free subscription) | yesterday

How Assad negotiates Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris last week that he wanted to launch talks with Damascus without preconditions, according to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s top aide Bouthaina Shaaban… However, she said that Assad had responded by saying that before talks could start, he wanted guarantees that Israel would return [...]...

Dawn in Damascus

Concierge.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Damascus, once the center of the Islamic world, is celebrating a cultural and economic rebirth.

Coppola praises Assad and we all groan

Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Neo-conservative bible The Weekly Standard ran this curious story last week and, if true, highlights a sad reality of the Middle East; lies, delusion and outright bigotry: With his new film Tetro billed to open Beirut’s recent International Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola was diverted from landing in the Lebanese capital when it was learned that [...]

Syria Stalls on Signing EU Trade Deal

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

After years of pursuing a free-trade pact with the EU, Syria is now balking at signing a deal as local businesses express worry about competition from European goods.

Syria secure Asian Cup spot

FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Despite being held to a goalless draw at home to ten-man Vietnam, Syria are now guaranteed to finish at least second in qualifying Group D.

Uzbeks qualify with 3-1 win, Syria edge through (Reuters)

Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

* Uzbekistan qualify after 3-1 win

The destruction of Iraq was for Israel, not oil

Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

n 1951 the Arab League established the Bureau for Boycotting Israel. Based in Damascus, Syria, the bureau has lost much of its authority since Egypt, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed peace treaties with Israel… Before the US-led invasion, Iraq adhered closely to the instructions of the bureau. Israeli companies, those with Israeli shareholders [...]

• A-Jazeera reports documentary evidence linking the Iraq war to Israel - Deep Politics Monitor

Syria to Nuke Watchdog... Nothing to See Here, Move Along

Web Digger (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Two years ago, Israel bombed a suspected nuclear site in Syria. Now the UN’s atomic watchdog agency is pressing Damascus for a return visit to the bombed facility — along with access to other military sites, where the Syrians have been up to some suspicious landscaping. According to the latest report by the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, inspectors turned up...

Syria & Israel: Two Rivals In Search of a Mediator

Istanbul Calling (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Lots of chatter these days revolving around the issue of reviving negotiations between Syria and Israel. In recent weeks, Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeated his desire to return to the negotiating table with Israel and even asking for European and American help to make this happen (although insisting that the negotiations be indirect and use Turkish mediation.) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

IAEA wants to inspect three secret Syrian nuclear sites

Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

DEBKAfile "IAEA inspectors are to visit Damascus on Tuesday, Nov. 17, for clarifications of the conflicting explanations Syria has offered for uranium traces. They will also insist on making return visits to three military sites which Damascus has so far refused, following information received by the agency of clandestine 'nuclear activity' there. DEBKAfile's intelligence sources reveal that Israel...

Listening to His Master's Voice

Bob Piper (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Interesting to read Tory blogger dizzy's songs of praise for The Sun and its journalists yesterday. Unfortunately his paranoia meant he was unable to make the comment without a snide dig at Tim Ireland, but that shouldn't be a problem, it just shows that Tim can still get under their skin.* But at least Tim can claim to be consistent, and not just sucking up to someone. Tim's latest piece on The Sun...