Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
Source: Boston.com
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 17:43:19 -0700 | travel-news
Va. (AP) An emergency official says authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally. The director of emergency management...
“The Devil We Know” Revisited
Source: Canadian Free Press
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 20:23:45 -0700 | political-news
Israeli Thinking on the Future of the Assad Regime The Devil We Know Revisited On May 17, 2013, The Times of London quoted Israeli intelligence sources who argued that an intact, but weakened, Assad regime would be preferable for the...
Syrian Troops Said to Strike Town Near Lebanon
Source: Newyork Times
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 04:30:35 -0700 | travel-news
Jordan The Syrian military on Sunday launched an offensive to retake a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, a government official said, as activists reported that regime airstrikes and shelling of the town have killed at least 16 people,...
Syria military pounds rebel town killing 13: activists
Source: The Daily Star
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 02:10:30 -0700 | travel-news
Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, after taking control of it, on May 13, 2013. The Syrian military pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing 13 people, in an...
Saudi Arabia vies to avoid Afghan-style blowback from Syria
Source: Indian Express
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 00:39:31 -0700 | travel-news
Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar blowback from the conflict in Syria, analysts say. In recent months, Saudi officials have issued...
Syria state TV: Powerful blast rattles Damascus
Source: Taiwan News
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 00:08:58 -0700 | political-news
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2013-05-19 02:55 AM Syria n state TV says a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties. State TV says the blast rattled the Damascus...
Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion
Source: Scoop
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-17 23:07:08 -0700 | political-news
Homs, Syria It's not hard to find critics of the Assad government in the Governorate (Muhafazat) of Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees in Syria's other thirteen Governorates according to Syrian analysts interviewed by this observer and reports...
US criticises Russia over missiles
Source: BBC
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-17 18:49:08 -0700 | political-news
The US has chided Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey said the shipment "will embolden the regime and prolong the suffering"...
Fox News Video Allegedly Shows Israeli Special Forces Returning From A Mission In Syria
Source: BusinessInsider
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-17 12:00:52 -0700 | travel-news
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Germany to call for two-year re-entry ban to the EU for suspected Islamists returning from Syria as '...
Source: Mail Online UK
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-17 08:31:03 -0700 | travel-news
The German government has claimed as many as 700 Europeans have joined opposition forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad's soldiers, and warned militant Islamists could pose a threat upon returning to the EU from the battlefields of Syria. Now the country,...
Russia sends missiles to Syria, warships near Syria
Source: United Press International
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-17 11:54:08 -0700 | travel-news
Russia sent newly advanced supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria and deployed a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near Syria, U.S. officials said. The delivery of Yakhont, or the P-800 Oniks, missiles demonstrates the depth of Moscow's support...
Young and old hands, ‘Twelve' stands as one
Source: The Daily Star
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-16 19:04:31 -0700 | entertainment-news
The Daily Star Khaled Abo Elhol, Untitled, mixed media on canvas, 150x150 cm, 2013. Bulls have held enormous cultural significance for thousands of years, appearing in cave paintings dating as far back as 15,000 B.C. They've featured prominently in the...
Letters
Source: j.
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-16 13:18:24 -0700 | your-story
How very sad that this very intelligent, brave man did not see fit to say anything about the absence of civil liberties, women's rights or gay rights in the countries that surround Israel. And may I recommend that Hawking double-check...
Obama, Erdogan discuss how to end Syrian war
Source: CNN
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-16 11:55:25 -0700 | political-news
Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey walk into the White House Rose Garden, May 16, 2013. (CNN) -- The leaders of Turkey and the United States are huddling in Washington on Thursday over how to handle the Syrian civil war, the...
America's hidden agenda in Syria's war
Source: War In Context
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-16 20:53:06 -0700 | travel-news
But according to one of the commanders present at the meeting, the Americans were more interested in talking about Jabhat Al Nusra, the Al Qaeda-affiliated group waging war on the Syrian regime than they were in helping the rebels advance...
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