SANA, AL IKHBARIYA (Syria), BBC (UK), AP (USA) Worldcrunch A bomb attached to a fuel truck shook the Syrian capital Damascus, injuring three people, Syrian state-television reports Wednesday morning. The bomb exploded in the car park of the Dama Rose Hotel, which is popular among UN observers — however, none of the injured parties is […]
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OP-ED – As the world’s eyes were focused on the Olympic Games in London and Bashar al-Assad’s killer tanks and planes battered Syria throughout the summer, Kofi Annan“s resignation went almost unnoticed. But when the UN peace envoy to Syria threw in the towel, it marked the end of a shameful fiasco. The affable Ghanaian […]
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Syria: Monday Morning Wrap-Up
SANA (Syria), AL ARABIYA (UAE) , FARS (Iran) , BBC (UK) Worldcrunch Here are the latest developments on the Syrian conflict: →Syrian state-run TV announced Monday morning that Prime Minister Riad Hijab had been sacked, amid rumors that he has defected to Jordan. #Syria is controlled by security & army apparatus, PM is just a […]
Syria is sinking deeper into civil war as the UN Security Council remains deadlocked. The death toll keeps rising, massacres and torture continue, all under the helpless eyes of the international organization that’s in charge of peacekeeping and human rights. The inaction of the Security Council is largely due to the Russian veto, or threat […]