Syria

Syrians Stop 'Brazen Attack' on American Embassy

September 13, 2006 // Kuwait Times - Syria - English

DAMASCUS: Suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants tried to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Damascus yesterday. The assailants attempted to storm the compound with automatic weapons and hand grenades, but in a fierce gun battle against Syrian guards, they were repulsed outside the walls. The brazen, midmorning attack came amid [Read more]

Unfair U.S. Pressure on Syria Requires Arab Solidarity

October 18, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

Lebanese clergyman Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has strongly criticized the American accusation campaign against Syria. He stressed that the United States is persuing its own regional interests by using Lebanon against Syria. ‏ In a symposium for Ramadan held Monday, Fadlallah said that the accusations were all part [Read more]

Syria Explains Why U.S. Sought Death of Italian Journalist In Iraq

March 14, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

The kidnapping [in Iraq] of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was a dastardly act against every human principle and value. Nevertheless, the tragic end of her captivity at the hands of U.S. troops only added sorrow and disappointment to the case. The U.S. troops were supposed to provide Sgrena with protection, and [Read more]

Syria Asks: What is Washington Cooking Up Now?

February 27, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

The active and continuous campaign being launched by Washington and its allies against Syria over implementation of U.N. Resolution 1559 is a blatantly unfair policy that runs counter to the norms of international law and its conventions. The campaign is clearly biased toward Israel, and is designed to tighten the [Read more]

Feeling the Heat, Syria Says U.S., Israel Behind Assassination

February 20, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

Vicious attempts to destabilize the region and torpedo the peace process have persisted over recent decades with the goal of keeping a "no-peace no-war" status quo that nobody benefits from except the forces of occupation and evil. The explosive situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Iraq is an [Read more]

Feeling the Heat, Syria Says U.S., Israel Behind Assassination

February 20, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

Vicious attempts to destabilize the region and torpedo the peace process have persisted over recent decades with the goal of keeping a "no-peace no-war" status quo that nobody benefits from except the forces of occupation and evil. The explosive situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Iraq is an [Read more]

Syria Says Killing ‘Part of a Wider Criminal Plot’ By U.S., Israel

February 15, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

Vicious attempts to destabilize the region and torpedo the peace process have persisted over recent decades with the goal of keeping a "no-peace no-war" status quo that nobody benefits from except the forces of occupation and evil. The explosive situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Iraq is an [Read more]

Time for America To Be a Fair Mideast Broker

February 3, 2005 // Syria Times - Syria - English

People in the Middle East hope the forthcoming visit of new U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Middle East produces fresh momentum in the U.S. approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict. If Rice wants to make her first visit to the region as a secretary of state a success, she will have to provide a realistic [Read more]