Tunisia wants to reopen its embassy in Syria which has been closed for more than two years and has sent a request in this vein to the government in Damascus. Tunis is yet to receive a reply from Syria’s foreign ministry and a diplomatic source said that the letter has been sent to the foreign [...]
Following the setting up of a united opposition called the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces against the Assad regime, allegiance of recognition as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian state swiftly started flowing. Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council were the first to recognize it as the representative of the Syrian people [...]
Former Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, has promised that the coalition of the opposition called “March I4” will force the current Prime Minister to step down through legal and constitutional means. Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his resignation is not part of the equation following the car bomb in Beirut which has led to such demands. [...]
As international pressure keeps mounting on Assad to hand over power coupled with accusations of using cluster bombs and threatening to use chemical weapons which it has denied; it is now willing to give an opportunity to a ceasefire. According to the foreign ministry spokesman, Jihad Maqdisi, the government is “interested in exploring” a ceasefire [...]
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the East (UNRWA) is expected to receive $14.3 million in financial aid from the European Commission to help the UN agency improve living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory. The announcement was made by UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, Filippo Grandi, saying [...]
Turkey has shelled Syrian government targets after one of its border town, Akcakale, registered five civilian casualties from an “artillery fire belonging to the Syrian regime forces” a statement from Erdogan’s office stated. Turkey backed its retaliation with the rules of engagement and international law citing that such actions will not be ignored. Syrian officials [...]
The law that will make the issuing of sovereign sukuk possible in Jordan has been approved by the upper house and it’s now awaiting promulgation. The law has been undergoing the legislative process since 2010. The country is facing public finance crisis and Islamic bonds, which has become very popular, can help the government ease [...]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has called on Maghreb countries to work together in the fight against the terror group, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which is expanding its terror, human, arms & drug trafficking activities in the Sahel, threatening regional stability. In his remarks made during his trip to Tunisia part [...]
The Arab League has decided to take its dealings concerning the Syrian crisis to the General Assembly of the United Nations. These revelations were made by the envoy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UN as he said that the oppression of the Syrian citizens must come to an end because according to [...]
Cairo plays host to a two-day meeting between opposition groups of the Assad regime under the auspices of coming to a conclusion of the proposed UN transitional government peace plan. The meeting is hosted by the Arab League for the first time but organized by the Syrian National Council, Syria’s principal exiled opposition group, and [...]
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