Tag: syria

US Drone Downed by Syria or Suffered Malfunction?

March 18, 2015

Syrian authorities have said that their air forces have shot down what they described as "a hostile US surveillance aircraft in Latakia" province, the stronghold ... Read More

Lebanon without a president for 9months, 20th election postponement

March 12, 2015

Lebanon will go on for at least 10months without a president after the Speaker of the parliament decided to postpone the presidential election session till ... Read More

Turkey: World has no idea how to end Syrian war, PM Davutoglu

March 6, 2015

“Unfortunately, the international community did not have a Plan A until now…forget plan B.” These were the words of Turkish Prime Minster Ahmet Davutoglu about ... Read More

Lebanon to Get 1st Batch of French Weapons Next April

March 2, 2015

Lebanon will start receiving by the mid of April French armaments destined to enhance the defence capacities of its beleaguered army, challenged by well-equipped Hezbollah ... Read More

Syria: Army of Islam shells Damascus, government responds with airstrikes

February 7, 2015

Shells fired by the Army of Islam militants into the Syrian capital Damascus have killed at least 5 people and there are threats that more ... Read More

Tunisia: Parliament votes confidence to the new government

February 5, 2015

The Tunisian Parliament has met on the 4th februry for the vote of confidence to the new government and its newly appointed prime minister, Habib ... Read More

Jordan insists on prisoner swap, ISIS remains silent

February 2, 2015

Jordanian officials are hopeful that they will reach a deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for the liberation of their pilot ... Read More

Turkey: PKK to disarm by 21 March, Deputy PM Akdogan

January 30, 2015

Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan has called on the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) to disarm before or on 21 March and has urged imprisoned Kurdish ... Read More

Syria: Moscow talks ends peacefully

January 30, 2015

The talks between the Syrian government and the opposition have ended in Moscow after four days with the prospect of holding another meeting. The Moscow ... Read More

Iraq: ISIS flees from Diyala and Kobane

January 27, 2015

Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been pushed back on several fronts on Monday notably in the eastern province of ... Read More