Tag: Syria
Imminent military strike on Syria jacks oil prices
Oil prices soared in Asia on Wednesday as Western powers prepared for possible military action against Syria over the regime’s…
West primed to punish Assad over chemical warfare
LONDON, (AFP) Any action against Syria would be aimed at “degrading” the regime’s alleged chemical weapons’ capability, British Prime Minister…
Iran threatens America over Syria
A top Iranian military chief warned on Sunday that the US will face “harsh consequences” if it intervenes in ally…
Syria’s chemical warfare could draw US intervention
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Signs are growing that the horror of chemical warfare could for the first time draw the United…
Syria: Assad won’t quit yet
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car…
11 die as abnormal weather blasts Middle East
Abnormal storms which for four days have blasted the Middle East with rain, snow and hail have left at least…
US tightens the screws on Syria’s Assad
The United States moved to freeze the assets of dozens of Syrian ministers Wednesday, piling pressure on the regime as…
Syria’s defence minister killed in suicide attack
Syrian defence minister General Daoud Rajha died in a suicide attack in Damascus on Wednesday, as raging battles across the…
Russia continues romance with Syria
Russia said Wednesday it would fulfil a contract to deliver air defence systems to Syria and had no plans to…
Kofi Annan: Syria talks have failed
International envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged the failure so far of his mission to bring peace to Syria, as more than…
Pressure mounts on Syria’s Assad to go
International leaders Friday urged the UN to ratchet up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by threatening tough sanctions, as…
Syria in tit-for-tat with Western diplomats
Syria’s government declared on Tuesday that the ambassadors and staff of several Western countries as well as Turkey were personae…
UN team arrives Syria’s brutalized town of Houla
A team of UN observers deployed in Syria to monitor a shaky truce arrived on Saturday in the town of…
EU slams more sanctions on Syria
European Union foreign ministers have agreed fresh sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday and warned of more action…
Before The Vampires Taste Blood —Gbenga Ogundare
I thought the President is a dove? So he told us some market days ago at the village square when…