Tag: President Bashar al-Assad
Islamist fighters move nuns from captured Christian village in Syria
ISLAMIST fighters who captured a Christian village north of Damascus have moved some nuns to a nearby town but it was not clear if they had been kidnapped or evacuated for their safety, the Vatican's ambassador to Syria said on Tuesday.
Syrian Christian towns emptied by sectarian violence
TENS of thousands Syriac Christians – members of the oldest Christian community in the world – have fled their ancestral provinces of Deir al-Zour and Hasakah in northeastern Syria, residents have said.
Netanyahu says Iran hasn’t crossed nuclear ‘red line’
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Iran had not crossed the “red line” he set for its nuclear program, despite an assessment to the contrary by a former Israeli intelligence chief, Reuters reported.
Arabs end Syrian mission, seek joint UN force
THE Arab League called on Sunday for the UN Security Council to send a joint UN-Arab peacekeeping mission to Syria and decided to scrap its own monitoring team, according to a resolution approved by ministers.
Syrian troops kill 13 anti-govt protesters
THE violence Sunday came on the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, and just days after the government of President Bashar al-Assad agreed to an Arab League peace plan in which the government promised to end its crackdown against the uprising.
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No foul play in Mandissa’s death, police say
While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
