27 August 2008, 12:44 pm
Of all the wild cards in the Middle East deck, this one may be the most intriguing: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears ready for direct peace talks with Israel, if the United States will join France as a ...... read more
27 August 2008, 8:15 am
With Russian soldiers occupying swaths of the Republic of Georgia, one might have thought that Russian President Dmitri Medvedev would have more pressing matters than scooting off to the Black Sea summer resort ...... read more
26 August 2008, 11:17 am
DAMASCUS : A session in the rare public trial of 13 Syrian dissidents on Tuesday gave a glimpse into the workings of a justice system where most political cases are handled behind closed doors.... read more
26 August 2008, 2:55 am
A new book suggests Abdullah Almalki's imprisonment in Syria was the result of a "disruption strategy" employed by the RCMP after prosecutors refused to launch a criminal case against the Ottawa engineer.... read more
25 August 2008, 6:23 pm
BEIRUT: With his strawberry blond curls, blues eyes and engaging smile, Mohannad is setting the pulses of millions of Arab women racing in a television series critics claim is scandalising traditional Muslim ...... read more
25 August 2008, 1:57 pm
By Khaled Yacoub OweisDAMASCUS (Reuters) - Indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel are focused on the thorny issue of how much Syrian territory is under Israeli occupation, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday.In the first official comment on the content of the talks, which ... read more
Share on del.icio.us
Share on digg
Share on Technorati
Share on reddit
Share on Yahoo!
Share on Furl