Latest Syria Government & Politics News
- Hizballah Protests Meant to Weaken Western Resolve Against Iran, Expert Says 24 Jul 2008 17:45 GMT
... Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Iran and Syria are funding Hizballah's "urban intimidation" campaign in ... in their attempts to bring down the government and others who support the government of ... Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Hizballah and its political allies quit the government late last year ...
- Fact Sheet: Advancing the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
... foreign assistance to promote democracy and good government. Over the past seven years, we have ... tyrannical regimes like those in Iran, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe. We also have spoken candidly ... undemocratic countries to maintain regular contact with political dissidents and democracy activists. America must always ...
- Remarks by the President on the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
... different Presidents, from different eras, and different political parties, have acted to defend and advance ... foreign assistance to promote democracy and good government. Increased aid alone will not help nations ... regimes like those in Iran, Sudan, and Syria and Zimbabwe. We've spoken candidly about human ...
- Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
... of Peace Now demonstrators, to lobby for government action to ensure Gilad's release in exchange ... strong support for dialogue and negotiations with Syria. And with all the talk about a ... militants from Gaza. After all, he's a politician, and this was a political visit. The ...
- Is 'Hardball' Host Making a Pitch for the Senate? 24 Jul 2008 17:00 GMT
... long way off as far as the political calender is concerned, but rumors have been ... to run. And Specter, in a general election, is as close to automatic as it ... the years by his frequent visits to Syria and his attempts to broker a land-for-peace ...
- Washington's Overrated "Old Hands" By Joe Conason 24 Jul 2008 16:42 GMT
... diplomatic standoffs with Iran, North Korea and Syria; the sidelining of the Mideast peace process; and ... to an ironic comeuppance, as the Iraqi government and people demand the withdrawal of U.S. ... Obama. The bombshell remarks uttered by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his aides over the ...
- Iraqi Prime Minister: Don't Do As I Say 24 Jul 2008 16:09 GMT
... Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seems to be removing his ... more peaceful that “many factors,” including “the political rapprochement we have managed to achieve,” “the progress ... much of his life in exile in Syria and Iran. May 2006, shortly after becoming ...
- A Social History of the Surge 24 Jul 2008 16:09 GMT
... "surge" "worked" is that Iraqi deaths from political violence have declined in recent months from ... had to go all the way to Syria for refuge). Rates of violence declined once ... much foreign debt, has made the central government more powerful vis-a-vis the society. Al-Maliki can ...
- Open Letter to H. E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India in Abyssinia (Fake ´Ethiopia´) 24 Jul 2008 15:00 GMT
... for Human Rights, and utter historical and political fallacy? Your Excellency, If Mohandas Gandhi was ... Egyptian Hieroglyphic texts, Mat Kuusi in Ancient Assyrian – Babylonian Cuneiform texts, and Cush in ... and all your illegal deals with his administration, you said the unnecessary word "everyone". And ...
- Turkey to mediate Iran-West talks 24 Jul 2008 13:27 GMT
... MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) - On his way back ... Ankara and held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babajan. Babajan, who also met with ... to mediate peace talks between Israel and Syria. Iran wants to mediate negotiations between Turkey ...
- Red tape slows Iraqi refugees' entry to Canada 24 Jul 2008 13:19 GMT
... trapped outside their own country, most in Syria and Jordan. At the same time the government of Canada said it would double the ... year. “The problem is the lack of political will,” Telegdi said. Citizenship and Immigration Minister ...
- Economy Minister Reviews with French Delegation Steps of Economic Reforms 24 Jul 2008 12:47 GMT
... Economy Minister Reviews with French Delegation Steps of Economic ... Hosni Lutfi underlined that development of the Syrian-French relations in all domains will contribute to ... positive atmospheres and facilities given by the government to the investment environment, asserting importance of ...
- Obama toughens rhetoric on Iran 24 Jul 2008 12:47 GMT
... Sen. Barack Obama, shown greeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said: "America must always stand ... who threaten its people." " /> Israel's Government Press Office via AP Sen. Barack Obama, ... as are tensions involving the Palestinians and Syria. Obama also traveled to Ramallah in the West ...
- Drought threatens Iraq's crops and water supply 24 Jul 2008 12:38 GMT
... dams, said Mahdi Thumad al-Qaisi, Iraq's deputy minister of Agriculture ( But some Iraqis say the government should press harder to get more water ... drought has also spread across parts of Syria, Cyprus, Iran and Afghanistan, where the wheat crop ...
- United Nations: Diplomatic tax exemptions, customs issues discussed as host country committee … 24 Jul 2008 12:11 GMT
... had improved. He had also met with Government officials to improve travel-related situations. Vacating a ... members of the Organization, they held very political positions but were also the highest-level professionals ... a parking permit matter at Kennedy Airport. Syria's representative expressed concern about the treatment accorded ...
- VIDEO / Musician Idan Raichel woos Arabs in Al-Jazeera interview 24 Jul 2008 11:39 GMT
... and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business ...
- United Nations: Diplomatic tax exemptions, customs issues discussed as host country committee prepares for key changes in its leadership 24 Jul 2008 11:15 GMT
... had improved. He had also met with Government officials to improve travel-related situations. Vacating a ... members of the Organization, they held very political positions but were also the highest-level professionals ... a parking permit matter at Kennedy Airport. Syria's representative expressed concern about the treatment accorded ...
- State of the Union Address 2007 24 Jul 2008 11:11 GMT
... the first to come here with a government divided and uncertainty in the air. Like ... the Cedar Revolution, they drove out the Syrian occupiers and chose new leaders in free ... confront violent radicals of any faction or political party -- and they need to follow ...
- A Turkish theater for World War III 24 Jul 2008 10:56 GMT
... interests will follow typical ideological, strategic and political trends. The age-old rivalry of the House ... charismatic ex-foreign minister Bhutto from the Ayub government was timely and paved the way for ... groups. Their assistance to the talks between Syria and Israel, opposition to any US strike ...
- For Iran, respect above all else 24 Jul 2008 10:56 GMT
... 19th-century European imperial manipulations of the Iranian political landscape, then referred to obliquely as the ... the 1953 coup that overthrew the democratic government of Mohammad Mossadegh and replacing it with ... traditional foes - in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. There is no logical reason why this ...
- Is Obama Listening? 24 Jul 2008 10:32 GMT
... expects new revelations from the popular American politician is bound to be disappointed. He is ... support Iraq's refugees" now stranded in neighboring Syria and Jordan and a good portion of ... all levels and in all branches of government need to rediscover the art of listening." ...
- Obama seeks to reassure Israelis 24 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT
... against a suspected nuclear facility in neighbouring Syria but declined to say what his response ... between these two candidates," said author and political analyst Michael Oren. "The differences are quite ... part of that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government is engaged in talks with Fatah, the ...
- McCain disagrees with Obama on the surge 24 Jul 2008 08:58 GMT
... to provide [security]. Our first obligation of government is security for its citizens, which is ... to be some who come in through Syria, some that go to Iran and come back. ... I have recently met with the foreign minister -- they know it is conditions-based. An ...
- Emperor Sarkozy Conquers the Mediterranean 24 Jul 2008 08:32 GMT
... which border the Mediterranean Sea. This new political entity, he vowed, would enrich the lives of ... the big show were Israel’s scandal-ridden Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ...
- Canada feared U.S. backlash over man trapped in Sudan 24 Jul 2008 07:56 GMT
... The Conservative government "is happy to keep him halfway around ... to contradict the explanation by former foreign minister Maxime Bernier who told the House of ... counterterrorist agents, who then sent him to Syria where he was tortured. In the final report ...
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