شعبان: نتوقع من تركيا دعم مسيرة التعددية في سوريا بدل دعم الجماعات المسلحة
Shaaban: We expect Turkey to support the process of pluralism in Syria instead of supporting the armed groups
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=7cfb68e2d92e341e7d358ba87b002021&ar=966275168
Monday - October 10 - 2011 - 17:08:28
‘Syrian National Council to send representatives to Ankara’
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259473-syrian-national-council-to-send-representatives-to-ankara.html
10 October 2011, Monday / NOAH BLASER / MEHMET SOLMAZ, İSTANBUL
In a move that may bolster the legitimacy of Syria's present opposition leadership, members of the Syrian National Council (SNC) will send a delegation to Ankara this week to meet with officials from the Foreign Ministry, says SNC spokesperson and Syrian dissident Khaled Khoja.
“We plan to meet with members of the Foreign Ministry in order to introduce our policy and a roadmap to the Turkish government,” he told Today's Zaman in an interview on Monday. Khaled claims that it will be the first time the SNC, which represents a diverse group of opposition voices within Syria, will consult with Ankara over its resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The move would showcase both Ankara's growing willingness to court formal ties to the Syrian opposition movement and the council's ongoing quest to gain recognition from the international community.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry denies that the meeting is on its agenda, but sources close to Today’s Zaman, who wish to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter, confirmed reports that the meeting may take place in the coming week. If held, the meeting would be the first step in what Oytun Orhan, a Middle East expert at the Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM), claims would be “a big step in conferring legitimacy on the Syrian Council.” “Granting the Syrian Council a meeting may mean the government will soon be willing to grant them official recognition. This, in turn, would confer international legitimacy on the council. If Turkey stands behind them, it would confirm them as the official opposition movement,” Orhan told Today’s Zaman.
Opposition seeks unified voice
Khaled stated that the meeting will be used to formerly present the aims of the council to the Turkish authorities, which include the demands that “Assad must fall, that his regime must be replaced by a civil constitution and that protests against the regime must remain peaceful.”
The council’s agreement on the broad aims of its mission comes after a period of intense debate between members of the diverse opposition council. The council, which Khaled states is presently made up of “the Muslim Brotherhood, leftist secularists, Syrian Christians, Kurds and Arab nationalists,” has by its very nature led to divisions in the opposition voice. “There are many different groups in the opposition movement. The reason why it has taken six months to make unified decisions is this,” he stated.
Council members said infighting was largely overcome following a meeting last week in İstanbul, where members agreed on a broad framework for regime change and vowed to elect leaders in the coming weeks. “The council had met formerly, but the result was too fragmented, with only the voices of individuals or groups,” Orhan stated, adding that “it seems the most powerful elements, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have given their support to the council. Before, they were threatening to walk out.”
The council seemed to take yet another step towards solidarity during a meeting in Stockholm on Monday, when AP reported that the SNC had agreed during on “a democratic framework” for a government which might replace Assad. The council also announced its desire for international observers to monitor the regime’s activities in Syria and declared that international sanctions must be implemented to target individuals loyal to Damascus. The council urged its opposition to imposing broad sanctions which would target ordinary Syrians, AP reported.
If the council can develop formal ties with Ankara, it may provide the clearest signal yet to both Syrians and the international community that it should be considered the official representative of Syria’s opposition groups. According to Orhan, backing from Turkey will help cement their official status both at home and abroad. “If Turkey stands behind them, it would confirm them as the official opposition movement. They are not seeking recognition from the United States, for instance, because it could delegitimize them in Syria or among some Arab countries. Support from Turkey could give them support in the West and in the Middle East.”
The meeting between SNC members and Turkish officials would come after a warning by Syrian officials on Sunday that “measures would be taken” against any powers which supported the “illegitimate council.” Syrian officials have also protested Turkish plans to go ahead with sanctions against Damascus, stating on Sunday that “[Turkey’s] hostility will backfire on them.”
Khaled, meanwhile, believes that Turkey’s response to the civil unrest in Syria has been both appropriate and decisive. “The Turkish government has reacted clearly to events in Syria. Since the beginning, it called for an end to the bloodshed. When the sanctions didn’t pass in the Security Council, Turkey showed its clear stance by later saying it would go ahead with sanctions.” What happens between Ankara and the council, the activist says, will now depend on the unity of opposition forces. “There has been a clear response to Assad from Prime Minister [Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan. Erdoğan is now waiting for a clear position in the opposition groups.”
سورية سوق مهمة لشركة دانة غاز الإماراتية
Syria is an important market for the UAE's Dana Gas
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/10/10/374682.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/10/10/374669.htm
10 October 0.2011
Dubai (SANA) -
Ahmed Al-Arbeed CEO of Dana Gas, the UAE, Syria is one of the important countries for the company due to its geographical position, pointing out that the company continues its negotiations to enter the markets Syrian and Algerian as well as to examine the opportunities available in the Libyan market as part of its plans to enter new regional markets and increase production to 500 million cubic feet of gas over the next three years.
He told the Union Arbeed UAE today that the negotiations in Syria reached an advanced stage between 7 other competitors in the company conducted joint studies with the Algerian company Sonatrach, to provide more value-added for the local market.
Dana Gas is the largest and first regional private-sector natural gas company in the Middle East, where it produces the equivalent of 65 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day of oil, gas and natural gas liquids from its operations in Egypt and Iraq.
The company's main headquarters is located in the Emirate of Sharjah and has a network of offices in a number of countries and is the main activity in the exploration, production, operation, storage, marketing, refining, liquefaction, distribution and sale.
عون:سورية متماسكة و الدول الغربية تدعم المجموعات الإرهابية
Aoun: Syria is a coherent and Western countries supporting terrorist groups (Some Lebanese figures expressed support for Syria.)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/10/374565.htm
10 October 0.2011
Beirut, (SANA) -
قاعدة طرطوس الروسية تُقلق إسرائيل
Tartus base of Russian concerns Israel
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=f76ff95c0a9b25b62fc2e5161665354e&ar=760238032
Monday - October 10 - 2011 - 9:41:44
Israel expressed yesterday, for fear of rebuilding and renewal of a Russian naval base in the port of Tartus, would enable the Russians of spying effectively on a very large army and means of combat and the frequencies and channels of communication.
The magazine reported, "Israel Defense" Hebrew, the competent military affairs and security, the Russian Navy is active in the last period to finish the project to modernize the Russian base at the Syrian port of Tartus.
It quoted the commander of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, saying that "in 2012, is supposed to end the first phase of construction."
According to sources, senior Israeli security level, "this Russian base in Syria, will facilitate the Russians carry out spy on Israel, specifically the implementation of electronic spying, which aims to follow-up of advanced weapon systems in Israel, as well as eavesdropping on the channels and frequencies used by the army and the institution two Israeli security, "adding that" Russia is working to weaken the air superiority enjoyed by Israel's northern front since the beginning of the eighties. "
The magazine pointed to Israeli Ministry of Defense in Russia, decided three years before renewal of a base for the Russian fleet in Syria, which was active during the Cold War, noting that the Russian naval commander, had said previously that "the presence in the Mediterranean Sea, is very important for fleet Russian in the Black Sea. "
According to Israeli security sources said that "Russia's move apparently related to the tension between the United States and Russia, against the backdrop of America's plan to erect a missile shield in Europe," noting that "the Sixth Fleet in the U.S. in the Mediterranean has always been, while the Russian fleet sent his ships of war under the different addresses, as a measure of exercises and visits to a number of friendly countries in the Mediterranean. "
According to the forums Israeli security "it is possible that the establishment of a military base is also linked to agreements signed between Syria and Russia in the past year, specifically with regard to transactions provided under Moscow Syrian army means a combat art, is supposed to improve its military capabilities, including the Syrian Air Force, which stopped development years ago. "
She said, "Israel Denevs" he "can not separate the current progress in building a base in Tartus, on the absolute support expressed by Moscow to Damascus in the Security Council recently, which prevent the imposition of sanctions against Syria," pointing at the same time to the "arms deals between the two sides" .
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