Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Breaking News The White House condemned the raid of a Syrian student protest on Thursday and said a new international approach may be needed if a UN-backed peace plan fails, accusing President Bashar al-Assad of making "no effort" to implement it so...
AKI
| 1 year ago
Syria's main opposition coalition will boycott the upcoming parliamentary election, claiming it cannot legitimately be held amid ongoing violence and mass arrests, its leader told Adnkronos International. "With this regime it's not possible to hold...
Voice of America
| 1 year ago
As violence continues in Syria, and the United Nations struggles to get its truce observers into place, the Syrian opposition is splintering into even more factions. Syrian forces continue to shell opposition strongholds. The opposition refuses to...
NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
King Abdullah II of Jordan, which hosts tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, urged Wednesday "a political solution" in the neighboring country, saying he is "worried" about the violence there. Meeting with a US congressional delegation, the king...
The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama signed an order on Tuesday giving the Treasury Department more power to take action against foreign individuals and companies who try to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran and Syria. "Whoever tries to evade our sanctions...
NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned "terrorist" bomb attacks in two Syrian cities but said UN observers had brought some improvement in areas where they have been deployed. The UN chief called on "all parties" in the Syria conflict to halt...
SF Gate
| 1 year ago
The U.N. envoy to Yemen met Monday with the country's ex-president to press him to stop meddling in the country's affairs, diplomats said, a sign of continuing political instability that has emboldened al-Qaida. The meeting between U.N. envoy Jamal...
International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Yemen continues to fight back an al-Qaeda insurgency in the south of the country -- on Monday a joint force of government soldiers and local militiamen killed eight militants near Lawdar. Lawdar, a town in the south-western portion of Yemen, has seen...
