Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
May 27, 2014, al Akhbar Syria said Tuesday the United Arab Emirates has banned its expats from voting in the country’s June 3 presidential election, after similar moves by France, Germany and Belgium. On the eve of the election to be held abroad on Wednesday, “the UAE has joined the …
Read More »Syrian presidential election starts overseas
May 28, 2014, Irib World Service According to IRIB World Service, citing Fars news agency, more than 200,000 Syrians flock to the polling stations throughout 39 Syrian embassies overseas, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, to elect their future president. The Syrian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement, announcing that the …
Read More »Former French FM: Elections in Syria good move, French stances ridiculous
May 27, 2014, Sana News Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas criticized the French stances on the upcoming presidential elections in Syria, calling them ridiculous, politicized and morally unacceptable as Paris is taking a side in a struggle it should not interfere in. In an interview with SANA correspondent in …
Read More »Syrians determined to national unity ahead of Presidential elections
May 27, 2014, Sana News With only a week left before the presidential elections are held in Syria, the Syrian people continue to take to the streets and organize activities to express support for this momentous event. The Trade Union in Hama organized a festival to voice support for the …
Read More »Foreign Ministry: UAE followed suit and decided to prevent Syrian presidential vote
May 27, 2014, Sana News Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said the United Arab Emirates has joined the club of the countries conspiring against Syria and followed suit by deciding to prevent a Syrian presidential vote from taking place on its land. “It is little wonder that the rage and …
Read More »Syria Chemical Weapons Team ‘Safe And Well’
May 27, 2014, Sky News Eleven members of a chemical weapons watchdog team thought to have been kidnapped are now safe and well. The team consisting of five Syrian drivers and six members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were travelling to a site of an alleged …
Read More »Six UN members abducted in Syria: foreign ministry
May 27, 2014, the National Eleven people, including six members of a UN chemical weapons fact-finding mission, have been abducted by armed groups in Syria, said the foreign ministry. The ministry said the abductions occurred in the countryside around Hama in central Syria on Tuesday. It blamed rebels fighting to …
Read More »As Syria’s war rages, this cradle of civilisation is plundered
May 26, 2014, the National Last week, a prominent Arab archaeologist sent me a weblink to a doubly-depressing story from the Hasakeh region of north-east Syria. Bordering Turkey and Iraq, it’s long been one of the poorest areas in the country and now, with control of the area being contested …
Read More »The So-called War on Terror Is A Criminal Fraud
May 26, 2014, Prof. Michael Keefer, Information Clearing House “The so-called War on Terror is a criminal fraud, designed to frighten Americans and the citizens of its allies into supporting systematic violations of international law. It was from the outset Islamophobic both in intention and in the wars of aggression …
Read More »‘Intelligence officials from several states to discuss anti-Syria plans in Turkey’
May 26, 2014, Press TV Intelligence officials from several countries are reportedly scheduled to meet in the city of Antakya in Turkey to discuss plans aimed at stopping the progress of the Syrian army in its battle against the militants in Syria. The meeting between intelligence officials from the US, …
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