Iraq's demand for Hello Kitty keeps one Aleppo factory open as others close doors
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 08:11:48 -0700 | political-news
But war destruction and a lack of electricity and materials has caused most of them to shut down. Aleppo, Syria In opposition-controlled Aleppo, once the economic heart of Syria, few businesses have survived the war, which has reduced entire neighborhoods to...
UK's Hague says Syria allies 'prop up' Assad
Source: Al Jazeera English
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 19:19:12 -0700 | travel-news
21 Hague was speaking ahead of an international conference to discuss peace efforts [Reuters] British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support.
Lebanese Army needs full support: Jumblatt
Source: The Daily Star
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:28 -0700 | travel-news
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt urged all political groups Wednesday to provide full support to the Lebanese Army and denounced attacks against the military in the northern city of Tripoli where battles have raged between supporters and opponents of...
Syria opposition urges all rebels to join Qousseir
Posted by: rsa76
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 12:13:28 -0700 | disasters-news
The head of the opposition Syrian George Sabra Wednesday urged all rebels to come and defend the city of Qousseir (west) against the onslaught of the government army and the Lebanese Hezbollah. "Hasten, battalions of the revolution and the Free...
Resettling the vulnerable who cannot go home
Source: SwissInfo
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 03:25:03 -0700 | political-news
For its part, Switzerland has only taken a handful and there are obstacles to opening the door wider. We fled Iraq due to the war and now we've fled Syria due to another war. Beirut, *Leyla stops talking, struggling to...
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 04:15:28 -0700 | political-news
The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sticks around the House or fulfills GOP hopes and launches a bid for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. "I've served on this committee since 2004. I saw...
Nearly 40 percent of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid
Posted by: Robert Myles
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-23 05:07:50 -0700 | disasters-news
The number of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid has reached 8.3 million, or 38 percent of the country's population, the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated, labeling the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe.”...
Lithuanian FM: Heed settlement goods label issue
Source: Jerusalem Post
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 06:37:08 -0700 | political-news
I know the mood in some countries is that if you don't change the market practice, you could lead to a boycott of all [Israeli] goods...Linkevicius, who arrived Sunday for a four-day visit, said the EU fully backed US Secretary...
Iranian soldiers fighting for Assad in Syria
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-23 06:58:10 -0700 | political-news
Caused the worsening violence in Syria yesterday, 111 dead civilians and 20 soldiers of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and Iranian 4, died at targeting opposition Free Army two cars carrying armed elements loyal to the regime in Damascus in...
Background Briefing on the Secretary's Trip to Amman
Source: Scoop
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 16:31:28 -0700 | political-news
So this is a conference call to preview the Secretary's trip to Amman, Jordan tomorrow for his meeting with the London 11. We have on the phone [Senior State Department Official], who will be known here forward as a Senior...
Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels- Israeli military chief issues stark warning on ...
Source: Fox
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 14:35:39 -0700 | travel-news
Committee on Tuesday marked the first time that lawmakers have backed the aggressive military step of arming vetted opposition forces...The United Nations estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed after more than two years of civil war.
Hizbollah's Struggle for Domestic Survival: Lebanese Discourse on the Social Networks
Source: Canadian Free Press
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 21:42:13 -0700 | travel-news
The developments and discourse in the Lebanese social media in recent months indicate the depth of the crises that Hizbollah now faces. The terms civil war, confrontation, political vacuum and sectarian struggle pepper the online discourse frequently, implying that Lebanon...
Syrian regime submits to Moscow five names for possible peace talks
Posted by: saleh1966
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-23 06:58:11 -0700 | disasters-news
The Syrian regime has submitted to Moscow a list of five officials to be the potential negotiators in talks with the opposition in the upcoming international peace conference, which Moscow and Washington agreed to organize, possibly in Geneva next June,...
From the media's ‘gotcha' grip to Zionist fulfillment
Source: Jerusalem Post
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 12:32:56 -0700 | political-news
From the media's gotcha' grip to Zionist fulfillment 05/21/2013 21:37 Center Field: "In a world obsessed with trivial pursuits, few presidents and prime ministers can avoid all idiotic controversies."...Photo: Courtesy Eldad Maestro/Budo for Peace Despite Israel's tough challenges, which...
Politics goes pop in ‘Arab Idol' show
Source: Japan Times
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 11:59:58 -0700 | entertainment-news
TV singing contests around the world tend to serve up light, glitzy entertainment with a dash of emotional drama. But in the Middle East's version of American Idol, it's the region's troubles that often take center stage. Two contestants are...
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