Tag: Syria

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressBEIRUTSyria’s president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country’s civil war, warning it will pay a price “in the heart” of Europe and the United States as the terror network becomes emboldened. Bashar

While Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemned the bombing of the Boston Marathon in an official statement on Tuesday, senior leader Essam el-Erian engaged in conspiracy theorizing, saying there could be a connection between current world events and the Monday terrorist attack. According

Israel’s army is capable of attacking Iran on its own without foreign support, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz told public radio on the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state’s foundation. Asked in an interview if Israel’s military could wage attacks

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey warns Israel against ‘dirty bargaining’ over flotilla compensation Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigns Cyprus offers citizenship to wealthy Russian oligarchs North Korea keeps the world guessing Turkey warns Israel against ‘dirty bargaining’

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Japan on Sunday to discuss nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula after securing vital support from China to help defuse the weeks-long crisis. He was due to meet Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: British scientists say that chemical weapons were used in Syria Tensions rise in Greece over German war reparations Tea-leaf-readers say that North Korea is backing down British scientists say that chemical weapons were used

(AFP) – Four Italian journalists who were being held hostage in Syria have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti said in a statement on Saturday. The four — three freelancers and a reporter working for the Italian public broadcaster RAI

(AFP) – The public pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda by Syria’s fiercest rebel group, Al-Nusra Front, serves the interests of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, analysts say. “It’s a point in the regime’s favour because it reinforces the official narrative that

(AP) – The leader of a militant group fighting on the side of Syria’s rebels has for the first time pledged allegiance to al-Qaida and the terror network’s No. 1, Ayman al-Zawahri. In an audio message Wednesday, Abu Mohammad al-Golani

The United States is mulling ways to step up support for the Syrian opposition, a top US official said Wednesday, as US Secretary of State John Kerry and G8 ministers were to meet rebel leaders. The aim was to “move

Al-Qaeda in Iraq said for the first time on Tuesday that Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group battling President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, was part of its network and fighting for an Islamic state in Syria. The remarks by the leader of

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea pulls its 53,000 workers out of industrial complex Greece is in negotiations again for next bailout payment Greece may demand 162 billion euros in WW II reparations from Germany Syria redeploys soldiers

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries. “The needs are rising

(AP) – Syrian state media sharply criticized Jordan for hosting U.S.-backed training of rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad, warning Thursday that by actively backing the opposition Amman risks falling into the “volcanic crater” of the conflict. The stern

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey this week as part of a trip to Western Europe and Asia to consult allies on issues including Syria’s civil war, a Turkish official told Reuters on

In his first Urbi et Orbi message- to the city of Rome and to the world– Pope Francis told the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who came to celebrate Easter with him, that the power of Christ’s Resurrection, “this passover

Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. In his first “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world)

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Debka: U.S., Israel, Turkey, Jordan planning military action in Syria Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) tries to regain influence Bank of Cyprus customers will lose 60% of their savings Debka: U.S., Israel, Turkey, Jordan

(AFP) – Iraq said on Saturday it will step up searches of Iranian flights via its airspace to Syria, days after US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly criticised Baghdad for turning a blind eye to them. But while Prime

(AP) – Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the hilltop district and killing a pro-government Sunni Muslim cleric captured in the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com BRICS summit ends in failure over disagreements about funding Russia orders large-scale military exercises in the Black Sea Destruction of Syria stirs division in the Arab World N. Korea prepares rockets for firing, after