Damascus

Dawn in Damascus

Concierge.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

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

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

FresnoZionism.org -- ציונות פרסנו (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

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 [...]...

Rights of women in Syria

Syria (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

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...

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...

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...

This Idiot Insists on Living in La-La Land.

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Dweik: I am not afraid of any arrest threats, and I will be assuming my duties "DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Dr. Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) [ What a joke!], said Wednesday that there are indirect threats to arrest him, stressing that he does not fear these threats and will remain assuming his duties [ W hat are those duties, Mr. Speaker?? And how did you assume them...

U.S. pledges to keep taking in Iraqi refugees

Reuters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The United States will take in "substantial" numbers of Iraqi refugees next year, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz said Wednesday.

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...

Tokyo calling: portrait of a futuristic city

Love Undefiled (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Graziano Freschi, experienced traveller and connoisseur writes.... One does not come to Tokyo to admire antiquities, or to muse on the long shadow of history: aside from the fact that the city has been Japan`s capital only since 1868, the terrible earthquake of 1923 and the utter destruction of World War 2 have left very little of historical value: if that`s what you are after, Rome, Damascus or Istanbul...

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...

How the IAEA Encourages Proliferation

Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Subject: txt intl islm owg - The International Atomic Energy Agency is, as Jonathan noted , deeply disturbed by its latest findings on Iran. It is also deeply disturbed by its latest findings on Syria, which it detailed in another report released this week. Syria’s explanation of the uranium traces found at a Damascus research reactor did not fit the facts, the report said, nor did these traces...

Dave Ramsey converts MBA

Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Not to Christianity, but to his How to Live Debt-Free system. Megan McArdle, a University of Chicago MBA, tells how he won her over here. Excerpt: Though I did take the audio CD of Ramsey's personal witness being handed out free at the exit, I'm afraid that Jesus and I aren't really any better acquainted than we were before. Nonetheless, Ramsey has made a convert out of a secular journalist with one...