NOVANEWS Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Protesters in the Syrian town of Banias on Tuesday, in an image from a cellphone. Demonstrations were reported in several cities. By ANTHONY SHADID Published: April 19, 2011 BEIRUT, […]
NOVANEWS State Department spokesman dismisses WikiLeaks’ notion that Washington wants to topple Syrian regime; insists Assad ‘needs to address ‘legitimate aspirations of his people’ The United States is not working to undermine the Syrian government […]
NOVANEWS crescentandcross Homs protesters were reportedly shot ‘in cold blood’; deaths come a day after three mourners were killed after attending a funeral of a man killed by Syrian security forces. Syrian forces killed 12 […]
NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Leaked diplomatic cables allege that Saad Al-Hariri suggested isolating Bashar Al-Assad and forming a coalition of Muslim Brotherhood and former regime figures to take power Ahram Online , A WikiLeaks document published […]
NOVANEWS source–washingtonpost.com The State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including a satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables. The […]
NOVANEWS The president’s speech yesterday was about a good as Bashar al-Assad could have done. If Assad’s first speech did him no favors, this one served him well. I was apprehensive at first when […]
NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Unlike uprisings in other parts of the Arab world which Tehran has applauded as an ‘Islamic awakening’,the protests in Syria have received little media attention or official comment in Iran; Syria is […]
NOVANEWS by crescentandcross by Jim Lobe Despite the clear opposition the Obama administration and apparent ambivalence on the part of the right-wing government in Israel, neoconservative hawks here have set their sights on Syrian President Bashar […]
NOVANEWS Source–Haaretz In first address since the outburst of anti-government protests, Syrian President says foreign instigators infiltrated a popular movement with a genuine desire for political reform. Syria will withstand the foreign conspiracy […]
NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem Chair of West Midland PSC By Jade Salhab You might dislike President Bachar el Assad but he is ironically the best-positioned person to steer a non-sectarian transition to democracy […]