Crisis in Tahrir

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Amnesty International: detained Syrian human rights defenders report torture

Amnesty International: detained Syrian human rights defenders report torture

27 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Concern is growing for three human rights defenders being held incommunicado at a military base near Damascus, amid reports they may be facing ongoing torture, Amnesty International said. Hani Zitani, Abd al-Rahman Hamada and Mansour al-Omari are being held in the town of al-Mo’damiya outside the capital, at a base run by the Fourth [...]

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Egypt FM meets with Syrian delegation on crisis developments

Egypt FM meets with Syrian delegation on crisis developments

24 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Egypt Foreign Minister, Kamel Amr said, during a meeting with a delegation from the Syrian National Council (SNC), the developments of the Syrian crisis have proved that the Egyptian ideas since the beginning of the crisis were and still are the only applicable vision to resolve the crisis. Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Amr [...]

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Saudi Red Crescent looking to aid Syrian refugees

Saudi Red Crescent looking to aid Syrian refugees

9 April 2012 | Comments (0)

  CAIRO: The president of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority, Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, held talks in Riyadh yesterday with a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) official on the prospects of distributing humanitarian supplies among Syrian refugees in neighboring countries in coordination with the UN agency. “Saudi Arabia is ready to provide humanitarian [...]

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Assassination attempt against Samir Geagea gets strong condemnation from US State Department.

Assassination attempt against Samir Geagea

6 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Bikyamasr.com received an official media statement from the US State Department, stating, The United States condemns in the strongest terms what appears to be an assassination attempt targeting Lebanese politician Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, on April 4. While we do not know who was behind the attack at this [...]

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UN-Arab League envoy to continue regional consultations on Syrian

UN-Arab League envoy to continue regional consultations on Syrian

1 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan, will continue consultations with heads of governments in the Arab region to seek support for his mission in Syria, his spokesperson said. “He [Annan] intends to visit Teheran in the near future as well as Riyadh to impress [...]

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Turkey says time is now for “moral intervention” in Syria

Turkey says time is now for “moral intervention” in Syria

1 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: With over 10,000 Syrian civilians have been killed in the 13-month-long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, Turkey’s Prime Minister Reccip Tayyip Erdogan has called for intervention from the international community to end the bloodshed. “We need a moral intervention, we must ensure our consciences prevail. No other concerns, no other interests must interfere,” he [...]

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Lebanon detains vehicles with suspected Syria weapons

Lebanon detains vehicles with suspected Syria weapons

28 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: The Lebanese army has intercepted two vehicles carrying weapons, with their suspected destination being Syria, a Lebanese security sources told German press agency dpa on Wednesday. The army stopped the vehicles in al-Qaa after suspicions were raised that it was carrying weapons. The area witnessed heavy clashes between Syrian government troops and rebels on [...]

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Syria on agenda as Clinton travels to Saudi Arabia

Syria on agenda as Clinton travels to Saudi Arabia

26 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Washington (dpa) – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Saudi Arabia later this week to discuss the ongoing violence in Syria and other regional issues, the State Department said Monday. Clinton will meet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal in Riyadh during the Friday and Saturday visit and [...]

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HRW says Syrian regime using human shields

HRW says Syrian regime using human shields

26 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Beirut (dpa) – New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Addad of using civilians as human shields in their offensive against pro-democracy activists. Witnesses in the northern province of Idlib cited by HRW said they saw the army and pro-government militias force people to march [...]

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Jordan arrests 10 suspected Syrian “spies”

Jordan arrests 10 suspected Syrian “spies”

25 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Amman (dpa)- Jordanian authorities confirmed on Sunday the arrest of a group of Syrian army defectors on suspicion of spying for the regime of President Bashar Assad. Police arrested 10 alleged army defectors last week in the city of Mafraq, some 60 km north of the capital Amman, the Public Security Department said. The group, [...]

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Shelling, clashes rage across Syria

Shelling, clashes rage across Syria

24 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Beirut (dpa) – Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition strongholds and clashed with rebel fighters around the country on Saturday, killing at least two people, activists said. The heavy fighting focused on the villages of Sermin and Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, forcing local rebels to retreat from both areas, activists said. [...]

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Syrian rebels target Damascus in bid to weaken al-Assad

Syrian rebels target Damascus in bid to weaken al-Assad

23 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Beirut (dpa) – Rebels fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have begun to attack targets in the capital Damascus to prove they can reach even the most well defended sites, according to activists and analysts. “They’re now focusing their operations on Damascus for two major reasons,” a Lebanese military expert, who requested anonymity, told [...]

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Syria hopes to qualify for London Olympics.

Syrian football team has high hopes of reaching London Games

22 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Damascus (dpa)- Syria’s Olympic team, led by Portuguese coach Rui Almeida, will be trying to put the country’s political troubles behind them by taking a step next week towards qualification for the Olympic Games in London. The squad is on its way to Vietnam where they will take on Oman on Sunday in the Asian [...]

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Syrian president Assad.

100 Egypt nationals deported from Syria in 3 months

19 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: The Egyptian embassy in Damascus reported on Monday that 100 Egyptians were deported from Syria in only three months. Egypt’s state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA), reported that12 Egyptians were deported on Monday, after they were arrested by the Syrian Authorities for illegal entry. The embassy explained that it intervened to release and repatriate [...]

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The camp in Jordan before completion.

Jordan completes first Syrian refugee camp

19 March 2012 | Comments (0)

Amman (dpa)- Jordan has completed its first camp for refugees from neighboring Syria, officials told dpa Monday, as a spike in violence in the country leads to a surge in displaced Syrians. According to a source at Jordan’s Ministry of Public Works, authorities have completed the refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of [...]

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Activists report more than 80 dead near Syria capital

Activists report more than 80 dead near Syria capital

19 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: At least 80 people have been killed in heavy clashes on Monday between the opposition Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on the outskirts of Damascus, activists said. “Some 50 members of the government forces were killed, among them an officer,” Haytham al-Abdullah, an activist in Damascus told German [...]

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CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Amr

Egypt foreign minister condemns blasts in Damascus

18 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Amr, condemned the explosions that took place in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, extending condolences to the Syrian people and victims’ families. Amr asserted Egypt’s stance, which is a categorical rejection all forms of terrorism regardless of their motives. “The bloodshed of innocent people and violence occurring in Syria [...]

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Over 10,000 killed in Syria, report says

Over 10,000 killed in Syria, report says

18 March 2012 | Comments (0)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said over 10,000 Syrians have been killed since the spark of the popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad in March of last year. Asaad’s army is violently cracking down on protests and attacking residential areas across Syria with heavy artillery and tanks. The London-based network said in a recent [...]

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Sheikh Mohammad Alaedin Madhi

Egypt cleric says Qatar, Saudi “servants” of Israel

17 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO and DUBAI: A senior Egyptian cleric has lashed out at both Qatar and Saudi Arabia, saying the two Gulf countries are “servants” of Israel. He added that the two countries, voiceful in their condemnation of Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s violent crackdown on protesters, are serving American and Israeli agendas in Syria. “Firstly, is there [...]

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Breaking: Two explosions hit Syria capital

Breaking: Two explosions hit Syria capital

17 March 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Syrian state television has reported two massive explosions have occurred in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Saturday morning. It is not clear what the damage, or death toll is from the explosions. Locals have confirmed to Bikyamasr.com the sound of what they have said are bomb attacks, but details are limited at the moment. [...]

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