Tag: Syria
Africa hosts 86% of world refugees – UN
Developing countries, including many in Africa, now host 86 per cent of the worlds refugees, up from 70 per cent…
Car bomb kills 34, injures 50 in Syria
A car bomb claimed by rebels killed at least 34 people on Friday in a government-controlled village in the central…
Blair denies Iraq violence result of 2003 invasion
Tony Blair hit out on Sunday at critics who linked the 2003 invasion of Iraq with the current violence in…
Syria begins prisoners release
Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, human rights lawyers…
Russia praises Syrian election, criticises foreign monitors
Syrian ally Russia on Thursday in Moscow said observers had found the presidential election in which Bashar al-Assad retained power…
Britain brands Assad re-election an ‘insult’
Britain branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s election victory an “insult”, saying Thursday the poll was merely a way of “sustaining…
Assad re-elected Syria president in ‘farce’ polls
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected Syria’s president with 88.7 per cent of the vote after a poll labelled a farce…
US confirms American carried out Syria suicide bombing
The United States confirmed Friday that it believes a US citizen carried out a suicide bombing within Syria, as had…
Jordan expels Syrian ambassador
The Jordanian government said on Monday it has declared Syria’s ambassador to Amman, Bahjat Suleiman, a persona non grata and…
Mortar fire in Damascus kills 12, injures 50
Mortar shells slammed into central Damascus on Tuesday, hitting a technical institute in a barrage that killed 12 people and…
Four French journalists held captive in Syria freed – Hollande
Four French journalists held captive in Syria for almost a year were freed today and are “in good health” President…
UN confirms ‘chilling’ sarin gas attack in Syria
New York (AFP) The United Nations on Monday revealed what it called “chilling” details of a sarin gas attack in…
US, France: Support growing for Syria strikes
PARIS (AFP) – The United States and France said Saturday that international backing was growing for military strikes to punish…
Obama rallies global support for Syria strikes
DAMASCUS(AFP) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of…
Syria: UN experts scurry out as US strikes imminent
DAMASCUS (AFP) – UN experts probing a suspected chemical weapons attack quit Syria on Saturday, opening a window into a…