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On The Road: The kindness and spontaneity of Syrian strangers
Aleppo :: Syria | about 7 hours ago
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True, I've been bundled into a car and taken to an unknown destination somewhere in the old city section of Homs...Instead it's just endless cups of tea and a table groaning under the weight of huge plates of food. This is Syria and, yet again, I've been...
Tags: Syria, Aleppo, Tea culture, Meals, Tea, Hospitality Recreation
Arab World: A democratically elected puppet?
Damascus :: Syria | about 9 hours ago
Credibility It would seem that Syria suffered a major defeat last week with the formation of a Lebanese national unity government. Syria has for years fought long and hard to keep Lebanon under its thumb, but in 2004, with the assassination of former prime minister...
Tags: Hizbullah, Rafic Hariri, Syria, Saad Hariri, Lebanon, Lebanese, veto powers, national unity, prime minister, unity government, Damascus, Arab people, Fouad Siniora, Michel Aoun, Hezbollah, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Lebanon￢ﾀﾓSyria relations, Lebanese Civil War, Politics
Bouthaina Shaaban: Syrian and Lebanese prosperity are one
Damascus :: Syria | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Syrian President's political advisor Bouthaina Shaaban told Al-Manar television on Friday that “Lebanon’s security, stability and prosperity are that of Syria’s.” She said Damascus is “happy” with Lebanon’s national-unity cabinet and always welcomes the...
Tags: Bouthaina Shaaban, Syrian, Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon Bookmark, Syria, Damascus, Nepotism, Ophthalmologists, Hafez al-Assad, Index of Syria-related articles, Baathism, Fertile Crescent, Politics
Ankara and Damascus form stronger ties
Damascus :: Syria | about 13 hours ago
Credibility The border between Turkey and Syria is a bond that ties the two neighboring countries together, the Turkish speaker of Parliament said in Damascus. Mehmet Ali Sahin met with his Syrian counterpart, Mahmoud al-Abrash, to discuss bilateral issues and simmering...
Tags: Syrian Arab News Agency, Ankara, Damascus, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Syria, Western Asia, Syria￢ﾀﾓTurkey relations, Fertile Crescent, Levant, Mesopotamia, Politics
Ministerial Statement fails to address nationality law
Beirut :: Lebanon | about 24 hours ago
Credibility The head of a leading Lebanese social justice organization on Friday lamented the absence from the Ministerial Statement any efforts toward reforming the country’s sexist nationality law. Lina Abou-Habib, executive director of the Collective for Research,...
Tags: Lebanon, Ziyad Baroud, Michel Sleiman, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Ziad Baroud, Interior Ministry, ISF, presidents michel, minist ziyad, Beirut, Politics, Social Issues, Michel Aoun, Lebanese Forces, Internal Security Forces, Marada Movement, Michel Suleiman, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese military personnel, Bashar al-Assad, May 17 Agreement, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Fertile Crescent, Western Asia, Baathism, Syria, Arab League member states, Levant, Geography of Lebanon, Shebaa farms, Ghajar, United Nations Security Council Resolution, Golan Heights, War Conflict
Obama-haters are perverting Christianity
Damascus :: Syria | 1 day ago
Credibility Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in his motorcade in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald, the gunman captured and charged with the murder of the 35th president, appeared motivated by obscure political grievances. Oswald didn't live long enough to explain his...
Tags: Tony Norman, Mr. Obama, Lee Harvey Oswald, Syria, Damascus, Barack Obama, Wiley Drake, Psalms, John F. Kennedy assassination, United States Marines, John F. Kennedy, Religion Belief
Iraq refugees face dwindling UN funds, creating concerns of unrest
Damascus :: Syria | 1 day ago
Credibility More than six years after the invasion of Iraq, up to 2 million refugees remain stranded in neighboring countries and fears are rising that international support for them is fading, threatening more long-term regional unrest. This week Eric Schwartz,...
Tags: UNHCR Iraq, Iraqi, Iraq Unit, Syrian, Jordanian, Damascus, Baghdad, Abu Ali, financial supporter, Mr. Schwartz, Syria, Western Asia, Iraqi diaspora, Refugees of Iraq, Refugee, Palestinian refugee, Arab League member states, Fertile Crescent, Levant, Social Issues, War Conflict
Commentary: Piece of cake?
Friday, November 20, 2009 Published: Nov. 19, 2009 at 11:12 AM by Biodun Iginla, BBC Senior News Analyst Comment WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 -- "It will be just like Syria," said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about...
Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad •Iran, bbc news biodun iginla, bbc news. iran, Middle East, syria
Celebrating the Carpenters | TV Review
Aleppo :: Syria | 2 days ago
Credibility I love television, I really do. It has given me so much over the years – company, laughter, guidance, a smattering of education and a wide variety of unrequited loves, from David Attenborough to Wentworth Miller.
Tags: Richard Carpenter, Ronan Keating, Syria, Aleppo
Syrian Parliamentary Delegation To Visit Turkey
Ankara :: Turkey | 2 days ago
Credibility Syrian parliamentary delegation will pay a visit to Turkey as the official guest of Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin. Syrian Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Abrash and an accompanying delegation is expected to arrive in Ankara later on Wednesday.
Tags: Syrian Parliament, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Turkey, parliamentary delegation, Ankara, Mahmoud al-Abrash, Syria, Mehmet Ali ￅﾞahin, Politics
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