Turkey unveils economic sanctions against Syria, may consider more
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-264349-turkey-unveils-economic-sanctions-against-syria-may-consider-more.html
30 November 2011, Wednesday / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
(Full text of Davutoglu's statement attached below.)
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced a series of sanctions against the Syrian regime due to its military crackdown on an eight-month uprising on Wednesday morning, which the foreign minister said are measures against the Syrian administration and will not harm the Syrian people.
Ankara joined the Arab League and Western powers in imposing nine economic sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Wednesday to put more pressure on the Syrian administration. Davutoğlu said at a news conference that Turkey, once a close friend of Damascus, would block the delivery of all weapons and military equipment to Damascus as part of measures aimed at persuading Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to end a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters. "All shipment of arms and military equipment through Turkey's land, airspace and seas ... will be prevented," he said. Davutoğlu also said a cooperation agreement with Syria was being suspended until there was a new government in place.
"Until a legitimate government which is at peace with its people is in charge in Syria, the mechanism of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council has been suspended," Davutoğlu said, adding that Assad's government had come "to the end of the road." Davutoglu also said Wednesday that Turkey was imposing a travel ban in Turkey and freezing the assets of "certain officials who are members of the main cadre of leaders, who are the subject of claims of exerting violence against the people or of resorting to illegitimate means."
Businessmen "strongly supporting" the regime would also be sanctioned, Davutoğlu said, in a direct threat to a mainstay of regime support. He said Ankara was suspending all ties to the Syrian Central Bank, freezing any Syrian government assets in Turkey and suspending any loan deals. Future dealing with the Syrian Trade Bank would be suspended, while current deals would continue, Davutoğlu added.
The foreign minister said Turkey would also consider taking additional measures in the future. In imposing these sanctions, Davutoğlu said Ankara had taken "meticulous care" to not inflict suffering on the Syrian people because of the mistakes of the government. "We will also evaluate additional measures that we can take after this, depending on the behavior of the Syrian government, with the same meticulousness," he said.
Davutoğlu also said the Syrian regime has reached its end by ignoring calls from the international community to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters. "Every bullet fired, every bombed mosque has eliminated the legitimacy of the Syrian leadership and has widened the gap between us," Davutoğlu said. "Syria has squandered the last chance that it was given."
Davutoğlu added that Syria "has entered a vicious circle of violence," despite warnings from Turkey. "Syria must immediately cease using force against the people and [military] forces must immediately withdraw from cities," Davutoğlu said.
Turkey is Syria's largest trading partner, and the countries did $2.4 billion in trade last year, according to the Turkish Embassy in Damascus. The sanctions will bite an already ailing economy in Syria. Turkey's move follows in the wake of sanctions announced by the Arab League. In an unprecedented move against a fellow Arab state, the 22-member Arab League approved sanctions Sunday to pressure the regime to end its suppression of an eight-month-old revolt. The sanctions by Syria's Arab neighbors include cutting off transactions with the Syria's central bank, and are expected to squeeze an ailing economy that already is under sanction by the US and the European Union.
Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end its violent suppression of protests against Assad, which the UN says has killed more than 3,500 people since March. The EU and the United States have imposed several rounds of sanctions against Assad and his regime, including a ban on the import of Syrian oil. Ankara has said any sanctions would not hurt the Syrian people and has ruled out cutting off electricity and water supplies. It has also said civil aviation by Turkish Airlines (THY) to Damascus will continue.
Davutoğlu said Turkey would continue to stand by the Syrian people during this "difficult period." "Our desire is that the Syrian government realizes the only way out of this dead end that they are now at is to immediately meet the legitimate demands of the people and to end the violence and repression against the civilian population," he said.
"We wish success to the Syrian people in this legitimate struggle," he added.
Commenting on Turkey's newly introduced sanctions against Damascus, President Abdullah Gül said on Wednesday that "Turkey is acting carefully about Syria" and underlined that the sanctions do not include humanitarian issues such as water and electricity supplies. "There is instability in Syria and the legitimate demands of Syrian people must be met to end it," he said at a press conference he held at Ankara's Esenboğa Airport before his departure for Kyrgyzstan for an official visit. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç also said Wednesday that Turkey's measures against Syria assured that Turkey's Syrian brothers would not be negatively affected. Speaking at the Turkish-Arab Media Forum in İstanbul, Arınç said although the Turkish government is currently at odds with the Syrian administration, "the people of Syria are the brothers of the Turkish people." Turkey was once one of Assad's closest allies, but the Turkish government has gradually lost patience with him. Turkey now hosts Syrian army defectors and an umbrella opposition group. Ankara has gradually toughened its criticism of the Syrian regime for its brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests. Turkish leaders have on many occasions called on Assad to end the crackdown and step down.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday evening that Turkey cannot remain silent in the face of the ongoing violence in Syria. "The more peaceful Syria is the more peaceful Turkey is. What is taking place in Syria is not just an internal matter of Syria as some circles claim," Erdoğan said during his national address.
"We cannot watch what is going on in a country with which we have such deep-rooted relations in silence," Erdoğan added.
SANA articles of the same subject
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/30/385131.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/30/385154.htm
Here is an English translation of a press statement by Davutoğlu, provided by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-264438-turkey-announces-economic-sanctions-package-against-syria.html
30 November 2011, Wednesday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
Distinguished members of press,
You are all following closely the developments in Syria. Thus, you are also closely acquainted with the reasons that bring us together today.
We are in the middle of a process of change that began in Tunisia about a year ago and that had repercussions in the entire region.
As a result of this movement launched by peoples with their own will, a social impetus toward prosperity, freedom and democracy has now been formed in the countries of the region.
In this direction, in Tunisia, where the first spark ignited, very successful elections were held a few days ago and the process of formation of a democratic government has begun.
Libya went through a more painful period. However, we are gratified to see that a very healthy transition period in line with the will of the Libyan people is running there.
The demands of the crowd in Tahrir Square today are being taken into consideration, and these are indeed legitimate demands. Furthermore, we are greatly gratified to observe that Egypt has entered a real and comprehensive election process for the very first time in many years.
Direct initiatives were also taken in some other countries of the region such as Morocco and Jordan, in accordance with the people’s demands such as democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law. Very important steps were taken toward reform in these countries. As a matter of fact, a successful and objective election process was conducted in Morocco also a few days ago, before the eyes of the international community.
At a period when such a widespread transformation process is taking place, we would have liked to see and hoped that a transformation process could also be undertaken in friendly and neighborly Syria, in line with the demands of its people. All we hoped for Syria was that it would pioneer these transition processes and that the Syrian Administration would show leadership in administering these transformation processes as its own initiative.
Because, as a result of our intense efforts, we have strengthened our relations with Syria during the last decade and elevated our relations to the highest levels in a short period of time. The history, destiny and future of Syria are our history, our destiny and our future. Turkey never left Syria alone throughout history and will not leave Syria alone now. We paid great attention to stand side by side with Syria during its most difficult times. When there were efforts to isolate Syria from the entire world in 2005, Turkey demonstrated the strongest and the most resolute stance against these efforts. In our contacts with Syria, we always encouraged Syria to share our experiences and the Syrian Administration to implement the necessary reforms required by our day. We tried to contribute to the conduct of these reforms in the most comprehensive way as a result of the intensive contacts between our Ministries through the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council we have established. We shared all know-how, experiences and knowledge we have. We wanted Syria to accomplish economic development and prosperity along with us and achieve a complete integration with us in every field. Our hope, objective and vision in this regard still continue.
However, Syria misinterpreted unfortunately the flow of history in our region and the process of normalization in history. It has gone round into a spiral, and entered into a vicious circle. We have made every effort in this period in order to prevent the entanglement into a vicious circle. In the periods when the first winds of Arab Spring were blowing, as you know, the Prime Minister and I went to Syria in January. During our talks in Aleppo, we tried to encourage the Syrian Government for reforms by making commitments to share all the experiences and knowledge that we have. We shared our views with extreme clarity and candour. We emphasized that it was essential to take steps and implement the reforms in line with the demands and expectations of the people.
Unfortunately, the Syrian Government gave more priority to security measures that falls into the spiral of violence than democratic openings, in spite of our recommendations, warnings and convictions.
In April, I went to Syria again, this time to convey the oral messages of our President and our Prime Minister. We conveyed our convictions to the Syrian side during our very comprehensive meetings. We also sent several technical delegations regarding the reforms that needed to be implemented by the Syrian side. We reiterated that we will support the efforts towards reforms with all our available means. However, the Syrian Administration took a path of increasingly violent policies again, instead of concentrating on reforms and they kept their commitments about reforms on the agenda as a delaying tactic.
Nevertheless, we did not give up. We not only met the very intensive requests of the Syrian citizens, our brothers, to enter Turkey and seek refuge, but we also made the necessary recommendations to the Syrian Government. We constantly made recommendations to them to see the realities and to take the right course. Although we were criticized about being deceived by the promises of the Syrian Government by several circles, we maintained our persistence.
Finally, we developed a new initiative last August and I went to Damascus once again with a view to conveying the written message of our President and the oral message of our Prime Minister, in spite of the policies of increased violence in Syria during the first days of the holy month of Ramadan. Although we agreed on a road map during this long meeting, right after some initial positive steps, the Syrian Administration intensified its military repression, unfortunately, towards the cities.
Today, we know what the crisis in Syria is and the reasons behind it. The developments unfolding in our region have shown that the most profound bond between the rulers and its people is the bond of legitimacy. The sustainability of a State depends on the sustainability of the bond of legitimacy on political and mental and of conscience terms between the rulers and its people. If this bonds breaks, crisis becomes inevitable as is the case in Syria and there is no way back. This is exactly what the Syrian Administration has failed to comprehend until today.
Thus, collective punishment techniques, laying siege to cities, bombing the mosques, using excessive violence against peaceful demonstrators, killing tens of people every day by pointing guns to its own people first by deploying armed gangs such as shebiha and then the army troops are reflections of the lack of comprehension of the Syrian Administration about legitimacy. The Syrian Administration has further lost its legitimacy with every bullet fired and with every minaret bombed. The Syrian Administration further lost contact not only with its own people, but also with Turkey and the Arab States, which defended the Syrian Administration when it was exposed to difficult pressures and isolation in the international arena. In our opinion, by wasting all the opportunities offered to them, including the final opportunity of the Arab League and wasting also a way out, the Syrian Administration has come to the end of the road. The Syrian Administration prepared the ground for this result on its own.
I would like to highlight one point here with clarity again. We never had and will never have a hidden agenda about either Syria, or our region. Our only agenda and strategic vision is to guarantee our common future and to ensure that stability, peace, tranquility and prosperity prevails in our region.
Unfortunately, the Syrian Administration is applying methods that are being monitored anxiously by all people living in this geography. The Syrian issue has now become the issue of the entire region, and it is impossible to overcome this crisis unless it is dealt within regional ownership. That is why we have exerted quite intense joint efforts with the Arab League recently.
Because, we are concerned. We are concerned for the Syrian people. We are concerned for the region. The sense of politics based on ethnic and sectarian identity is beginning to besiege our region and the ensuing conflicts are serious threats for our entire region. This threat can only be eliminated by constructing a democratic consensus culture.
In this respect, the responsibility we have shouldered and initiatives we have undertaken today are an expression and reflection of ensuring the prevalence of peace, tranquility and stability as well as assuming the ownership of our future.
We believe that all the efforts of the international community should aim at stopping the bloodshed in Syria.
Thus the Arab League, comprised by 22 Arab countries, sought a solution very anxiously in the face of developments in Syria and offered to send observers in order to understand the events correctly in Syria. However, Syria lost this last chance, like all the previous chances it was offered.
The presence of observers would have been an important initiative enabling the process in Syria be understood correctly and eliminating the possibility of future violence. Unfortunately, this initiative was not welcomed by the Syrian Administration either.
Therefore, last weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Babacan and I went to Cairo and held talks with Arab League Ministers. They also consulted with us about the stance adopted by Syria, and made a decision on the adoption of a series of measures against this country.
The fact that the other Arab countries showed such responsibility and sensitivity towards developments in Syria is highly meaningful and praiseworthy. This indicates that the Syrian people are not abandoned by the other Arab peoples.
On the other hand, the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, established to investigate the violations of human rights in Syria by the UN Human Rights Council, published on 28 November 2011 indicates the gravity of the humanitarian situation in the country. Moreover, the report even concludes that Syrian security forces have committed crimes against humanity.
Violence committed by the Syrian Administration against civilians voicing their legitimate demands, a mentality that points guns to its own people is unacceptable. No administration can emerge victorious from a fight against its own people.
At this current stage in Syria, the use of excessive force and violence against the civilian population must immediately be stopped and the security forces must immediately withdraw from the cities. A transition process towards constitutional democracy in line with the people's legitimate demands should begin as soon as possible, in the real sense, not virtually. The experience of the last nine months unfortunately attests that this regime will not take this step on its own.
Therefore, it is imperative to increase the regional and international pressure on the Syrian Administration and to take steps in order to curtail the capacity of this administration to engage in cruelty against its people. In this regard, it has become inevitable for the Arab League, as well as Turkey, to take certain measures against the Syrian Government which continues to ignore such realities.
The measures adopted at this stage by our Government, in close consultation with my fellow Minister colleagues and in accordance with the guidance given by our Prime Minister and our President, can be summarized as follows:
1. Suspending the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council mechanism until a democratic administration comes to power.
2. Imposing travel ban and asset freeze measures against some members of the Syrian leadership who have been reportedly involved in incidents where excessive violence and illegal methods were used against civilians; imposing similar measures to some known businessmen who are firm supporters of the regime.
3. Maintaining the current practice of no sale and supply of any sort of arms and military equipment to the Syrian Army.
4. Preventing transfer of arms and military equipment to Syria from third countries via Turkish territories, airspace and territorial waters to the extent Turkey’s international obligations allow.
5. Stopping transactions with the Syrian Central Bank.
6. Freezing of financial assets of the Syrian Government in Turkey.
7. Stopping credit payments with the Syrian Government.
8. Stopping transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria, excluding current transactions.
9. Announcing the suspension of the Eximbank loan agreement concluded for financing infrastructure projects in Syria.
On this occasion, I would like to reemphasize one particular point.
We have conducted a very meticulous study with my fellow Ministers in order to ensure that the measures we have adopted will not affect adversely the brotherly Syrian people. Hence, we have scrutinized very carefully our options.
The basic principles that we are applying to the measures imposed on the Syrian Administration, are above all, entail no harm to the people of Syria, but protecting them from the negative impacts of the administration’s mistakes. In this context, substances essential for the maintenance of Syrian people’s everyday life, in particular water, are not included in these measures. We will continue to take every precaution so as to prevent that our Syrian brothers do not face any difficulty in their daily lives.
Secondly, through these measures we are targeting the Syrian regime’s capability and capacity to implement any kind of violence against its own people.
From now on, we will also consider additional measures we may adopt according to the attitude of the Syrian Administration with the same meticulousness.
We hope that the Syrian Administration realizes that the only way out from the dead-end that it had entered is to fully implement the people's legitimate demands and to bring to an end the violence and repressive policies against the civilian population.
Turkey will resolutely continue to stand side by side with the Syrian people during this difficult period. Because, we strongly believe that we share a common future with the people of Syria and that we will build together such a common future. We wish success to the Syrian people in their just struggle.
I thank you very much.
Libyan gunman injures two in Topkapı Palace shooting
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-264348-libyan-gunman-injures-two-in-topkapi-palace-shooting.html
30 November 2011, Wednesday / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
An assailant who opened fire with a pump-action rifle in a tourist district of İstanbul and wounded two people was killed in a clash with police. Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin said the gunman was a Libyan national. The incident occurred in the Sultanahmet district of the city.
A soldier and a security guard working for a private company were injured. A witness said the assailant, whom he described as an Arab man, walked into Topkapı Palace and closed the doors at the entrance to the palace complex after shooting the soldier in the leg and the guard in the abdomen. The assailant clashed with police for more than an hour inside the Ottoman-era palace, one of İstanbul's major tourist attractions. The shooting first began at around 10:00 a.m. (7:00 GMT), almost an hour after visitors were admitted into the palace complex.
It was not immediately possible to verify the motives of the assailant. Witnesses said he shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) and then said in Arabic that he was from Syria, raising suspicions that the incident was linked to political tensions between Turkey and Syria over President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on anti-regime protests.
Şahin, on the other hand, said the gunman was a Libyan national born in 1975. He said the assailant, identified as Samir Salem Ali Elmadhavri, had entered Turkey on Nov. 27 and arrived at the scene of the incident in a car with a Syrian license plate. Asked about the motive of the attack, Şahin said, "An attack's motive is to inflict harm." Şahin said it was not immediately known if the attacker was affiliated with any groups or organizations in Libya or Syria.
A spokesman for Libya's National Transition Council, Jalal el-Galal, said authorities in Tripoli have no information at this point on the gunman, the Associated Press reported.
İstanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu had earlier said his motives appeared to be "personal."
"We will make a statement when the situation is clear," Mutlu told reporters, adding that the police decided to shoot him when the gunman appeared determined not to surrender.
Topkapı Palace, the seat of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years, is located in the city's historic Sultanahmet neighborhood, which also includes the Blue Mosque and the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia. The palace, with its harem, ornate courtyards and gilded treasures, attracts thousands of visitors each year.
"I saw the gunman carrying a gun on his shoulder, like a hunter; he had ammunition around his neck and a backpack. His overcoat was buttoned, I couldn't see what was underneath," İdris Cengiz, an eyewitness, told AP television. "He was coming toward us and my friend said he looked like a hunter so I asked him in English, 'Are you a hunter?' He said something in Arabic that I didn't understand."
A picture showed him carrying at least two rifles and a cartridge belt around his neck. The picture also shows the man wearing a black overcoat, cap and carrying a backpack.
Some tourists threw themselves on the ground in panic, Cengiz said. There were no other reports of injuries in the attack.
Turkey has harshly criticized Assad's violent crackdown on protests and announced on Wednesday a set of sanctions targeting the Syrian regime. Protesting Turkish policies, angry pro-Assad demonstrators attacked Turkish diplomatic missions earlier this month and burned a Turkish flag. Ankara has also backed a NATO operation against Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi after initially opposing the idea.
موقع إستخباراتي: ضباط أتراك يبحثون كيفية إقامة منطقة عازلة داخل سوريا
Site intelligence: officers Turks discuss how to create a buffer zone inside Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=4c45cabd65d46072e2aa68db4abb591b&ar=41088914
Wednesday - November 30 - 2011 - 10:20:35
A group officers of America, France, Canada, Saudi Arabia and the UAE met a group of military officials in the Turkish Brigade in Syrian Iskenderun (the Turkish province of Hatay) to discuss the plan Syria's occupation.
The news agency quoted al-Shurouq al-Awsat for electronic news site close to the Israeli intelligence service "Mossad" that the officers gathered at this meeting to make necessary preparations on the possible scenarios about Syria and the formation of a buffer zone in Syrian territory.
The site claim that the plan contained the stomach moving in a way independent of the "NATO" and that officers from the leadership of the Air Force, Marine, land and military officers from the countries mentioned marching their work in northern Syria.
شركة الطيران " القطرية " توقف رحلاتها إلى سوريا بشكل فوري
Qatar Airways stop flights to Syria immediately
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=43e47b92d291132b4b7608999feb085a&ar=59391219
Wednesday - November 30 - 2011 - 22:22:51
Qatar Airways announced a "stop flights to Syria immediately."
The company said in a statement issued in Damascus, "We would like to inform you that it will be canceled flights to and from Damascus immediately until the date of November 28, 2012."
The statement called for travel and tourism companies "do the necessary adjustments and to inform the passengers."
The company is owned by the ruling family in Qatar, was established in 1993 and the maiden flight in 1994.
شركات الطيران الإماراتية تعلق رحلاتها إلى سوريا الأسبوع القادم
Emirates airlines suspend flights to Syria next week
http://www.syriandays.com/?page=show_det&select_page=52&id=29101
Wednesday - November 30 - 2011 - 12:39:32
Confirmed the Information Office of the Government of Dubai on his Twitter site on the day that Emirates Airlines will suspend its flights to Syria next week under the sanctions of the Arab League. It gave no other details.
It is noteworthy that the two companies in Dubai are the two major aviation Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways.
The Emirates Airline Dubai government-owned, held a meeting to discuss contingency plans to suspend flights to Syria in the event of the adoption of the air embargo, and the airline currently has seven flights a week to Syria.
Proposed ban on flights to Syria upsets its expats
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article540561.ece
By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS
Published: Nov 30, 2011 01:16 Updated: Nov 30, 2011 01:16
JEDDAH: Many Syrian residents in the Kingdom have expressed dismay after it was reported the Arab League could ban airlines from flying to Syria from Arab countries.
Arab foreign ministers on Sunday recommended a ban on flights to the troubled country from Arab countries, among other economic sanctions.
A large number of Syrians in the Kingdom usually travel by air to visit their country.
However, they could now be banned from flying to Syria, and forced to use road transport instead.
The Arab League sanctions that are expected to be implemented include asset freezes and an embargo on Arab investments in Syria.
"As a Syrian resident in Saudi Arabia, I used to visit my country every year by air. Now, I have to stop visiting my home due to the Arab sanctions against my country which may include an embargo on flights to Syria," said Syrian resident in Jeddah Adel Al-Halbi.
There are a large number of Syrian residents in the Kingdom who usually travel by land to reach their home, especially those who live in the northern regions.
The majority of Syrian residents who live in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam travel by air due to the long distance.
"The journey to Syria from Jeddah and Dammam by land takes at least one day. I live in Jeddah and I prefer to travel to my home by air," said Rasha Mahdi, a Syrian resident living in Dammam.
"However, the Arab ban on flying to Syria will force Syrian residents in Arab countries to travel by land. Many of them will take two or three days to reach their home."
Meanwhile, local experts said travel agencies would face huge losses in the region of millions of riyals if the ban is implemented.
"The political uprising in Syria reduced the number of Saudi and Syrian tourists by 50 percent last summer. There are many Syrian residents who will not travel until the turmoil ends," chairman of Al-Tayyar travel agency Dr. Nasser Al-Tayyar told Arab News.
"However, the recent sanctions of the Arab League will complicate the situations of Syrian residents who want to visit their families or relatives in Syria. The travel agencies will face huge losses, estimated at more than SR100 million ," Al-Tayyar added.
Secret Syria meet in Hatay
http://archive.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=secret-syria-meet-in-hatay-2011-11-29
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
İPEK YEZDANİ - ipek.yezdani@hurriyet.com.tr
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The head of Syrian National Council has secretly met the leader of the so-called Free Syrian Army in Hatay to promise support in the fight against Damascus
A delegation headed by the president of the Syrian National Council (SNC) conducted a secret meeting with the highest ranking Syrian army defector and leader of the self-proclaimed Free Syrian Army on Nov. 28 in Turkey, according to reports.
During the meeting in the southern province of Hatay on the Syrian border, SNC leader Burhan Galioun promised Free Syrian Army head Col. Riad al-Asaad that his council would support the fighting force, an organization formed by army defectors in Syria, a SNC member told the Hürriyet Daily News on condition of anonymity.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said they knew about the meeting but did not have any details on what was said at the meeting.
Other high-ranking members of the SNC, including Ahmad Ramadan and Sweden-based Abdulbaset Seida, also attended the meeting, according to reports. The organization, with a membership of over 260, was formed in Istanbul in September to work for the removal of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after he intensified his military crackdown on street protests. Ghalioun, who is based in France, has led the organization since.
Al-Asaad has been staying at a refugee camp in Hatay after escaping from his post in the Syrian Air Force in July.
Speaking to the Daily News on Oct. 9, Al-Asaad called on the international community and the United Nations to provide armed help to Syria's opposition movement so that it can finally remove President Bashar al-Assad from power.
Al-Assad, who has been battling eight months of protests against his rule, faces street demonstrations, increasing armed opposition, deepening international isolation and an economic crisis triggered by the unrest and aggravated by economic sanctions.
Despite reports of army conscript desertions, the president has retained the loyalty of most military officers and government officials and has said he will not bow to international pressure to stop a crackdown on enemies he describes as "armed terrorists."
The U.N. says 3,500 people have been killed in the crackdown. Authorities blame armed groups and say 1,100 police and soldiers have been killed.
الملك الأردني: لا نؤمن بالتدخل العسكري في سوريا
Jordanian King: I do not believe military intervention in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=e2ba4702efc1b1d937c5460a697581ed&ar=874426619
Wednesday - November 30 - 2011 - 14:55:16
King stressed Jordan's King Abdullah II that his country does not believe military intervention in Syria, pointing out that Jordan reaffirms its commitment to the decisions taken by the Arab League recently.
The newspaper "al-Ra'y" of Jordan, Abdullah said, during talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "we talked briefly about the situation in Syria, where we affirmed the decisions taken by the Arab League recently," he said, adding, "We in Jordan as a party to the Arab consensus does not We believe military intervention in Syria, but the complications of what is going on there worrying especially on the human level. "
The Jordanian monarch that Jordan will be "a party to the functional commissions of the Arab League about Jordan's position regarding economic sanctions, and how will this affect the Kingdom."
Lebanon to enforce Arab Syria sanctions: minister
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-30/155622-lebanon-to-enforce-arab-syria-sanctions-minister.ashx
November 30, 2011 12:02 PM
Agence France Presse
BEIRUT: Lebanon will enforce Arab League sanctions imposed on neighbouring Syria even though it did not back the punitive measures, Economy Minister Nicola Nahhas told AFP Wednesday.
"We are committed to implementing the Arab League sanctions," Nahhas said, pointing out that the Syrian government in any case had no trade dealings with Lebanon.
"The Lebanese state has no trade dealings or financial transactions, neither with the Syrian government nor the central bank," he said.
Nahhas said the Arab League sanctions were clear in that while no transactions could take place with the Syrian government, that did not apply to the private sector.
He said Lebanese banks however would have no dealings with the Syrian central bank or any individuals targeted by the sanctions.
Damascus has no funds deposited in the Lebanese central bank and there is therefore no need to act on the Arab League sanctions, governor Riad Salameh said Monday.
In an unprecedented move, the pan-Arab bloc Sunday approved a raft of sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly crackdown against an eight-month revolt.
The sanctions include freezing government assets, suspending cooperation with Syria's central bank and halting funding for projects in the country.
Lebanon, whose government is dominated by the pro-Syrian Hezbollah movement, disassociated itself from the vote at the Arab League.
Syria has long held sway in Lebanese politics and the revolt threatening the regime in Damascus has deepened a rift between the ruling pro-Syrian bloc headed by Hezbollah and an anti-Syrian opposition headed by Sunni ex-premier Saad Hariri.
A "secular opposition" priest on Muslim Brotherhood
طوني دورة «الكاهن العلماني المعارض» : ضغوط عربية على سورية للتفاوض مع مجلس إسطنبول...السعودية منزعجة أمام انكفاء دورها ومواقف سيد بكركي لا تنطلق من روح فئوية
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=112901
http://backupurl.com/sd7k1h
The opposition Father Tony Dawrah revealed to «alwatan.sy» that «there is pressure exerted on the Syrian Arab government to sit at one table with the Council of the Muslim Brotherhood in Istanbul»
Dawrah said: «to put pressure on Syria and blackmail Syria does not mean that the Syrian state is weak to the extent that subject in which this pressure», pointing out that «the Board of Istanbul (SNC), the former did not want dialogue, but today if it did not want the dialogue to go to Moscow», He adds: «so they raise the roof and they imagine that there could be supported at this level from the ceiling, but they were surprised that things on the ground is quite different, and began to make concessions», said: «Today, if he wants (the regime) to sit with them on the table is a would, for me, as an opponent of a national do not in any way possible to accept Bmajalsh the Muslim Brotherhood at the same table because I do not have the stomach I do not see that Syria tolerate religious parties, because the religious parties operate in a manner Ankvaúah where Come on others and the monopoly of the truth and a rejection of the last and grab the sovereign rights and therefore are not founded on the concept of citizenship ».
However, the father of the secular alliance opponent independently with the front of change and liberation attacked the initiative of the League of Arab States, said: «Unfortunately, the beginning of the crisis to the day the game is a game camouflage and distortion of the labels and turn things other than reality and the reality and meaning, fundamentalists Islamists arms carriers call them an army renegade, the subversion of a religious nature of political call a revolution, and the face of armed gangs call to kill peaceful demonstrators, etc., from the beginning of the crisis to today's crisis is the crisis of manipulation of terms and therefore manipulation filmed the scene, leading to a change of the situation and take positions different from what should be taken as well as in practice », pointing out that based on the above and on the so-called call for national dialogue under the umbrella of the Arab League «All I want from this dialogue is to put power on an equal footing with the Muslim Brotherhood, because what is happening in Syria is inseparable from what is happening in the Arab world, and what is happening in the Arab world did not yet, as proved by the facts before they occur Sbaknaha analysis that the spring of political Islam in the region ».. At the time, who was the participants of the Syrian opposition «national» warmly eggs, beaten at the entrance of the Arab League in Cairo, shows the course he did not «go to Cairo or Qatar was not invited to the announcement of his position early on Syrian television and the TV (or TV) Lebanese », says the cycle« I said, 'We do not accept or in any way out outside Damascus because the acceptance of dialogue outside Damascus is the diminution of sovereignty on the one hand and exposure of the inside to the outside on the other hand, is to discredit the ability of the Syrians to manage their crisis and the internationalization of the Syrian crisis and put it into the hands of a strange ».
In this context, sacrifice approach the positions of the Syrian opposition, the National Initiative point of debate, says the session: «First we between the oppositions and opponents of this thing healthy because it is based is not required to become the opposition, such as the single, desired that the system becomes like the opposition, pluralistic, and this is one of the problems, but within a level, there is no problem to disagree, but to be in disagreement over the constants! For example, Michel Kilo was volatile on more than one location », adds the session saying:« We all remember what he said on the satellite Franz 24 and how they turned to what he said 24 hours after the Arab with Giselle Khoury, I am afraid of people who should not be entrusted with distorted, because they cannot provide a clear vision, and clarity cannot identify with the turmoil in the vision », As for the Coordination Body, which landed Movduha in Cairo first and soon some of them to decamp to Doha, says the session:« I will not certain people and I will give a criterion for the people measuring it, all of the accepted foreign intervention and exposure to the inside and outside the bargaining on the introduction of Syria in a political vacuum and each of bet on the outside area at the expense of the real world, is rejected ».
Session of the national trend and the laity until the end, on the basis of the «spiritual experience does not conflict with the experience of secularism and conflict is a political religion, religion, socio-political», blow prior to the concept of political religion and his project in the region of Israel to describe Pal «Spring Arab» he says « of this approach do not believe in religion, politics, said he was a Christian or a Muslim or a Jew ».
While landing the battleships Russian in warm water, off a session of reading political messages of a given strategic, and says: «I'm reading from the door announced the strategic equation and the strategic balance that Syria is not a broken wing, strategic, Vaaakm and prejudice to Syria, a message of prevention, in order not to America Bhmaqatha acclaimed in the region as it did in Iraq, but in the internal affairs remain the game Syria hundred percent, and most of what we fear is the sectarian civil war that I believe that the ghost yet still far away because the Syrians have proven to this day a high degree of cohesion and national unity, although from each of necrosis and hyper rows exercised by the ».
In the face of the attack, which exposed him Bkirki from the remnants of the March 14, says the session: «All of these belong to the movement of political Islam, led by the Ottoman sultan's New Erdogan, and this movement today, we saw triumph in Tunisia, and began preparing for a coup against the Republic, being the day of speech and debate in Tunis on succession Sixth, as well as the command in Libya, and here in Egypt, we saw the Muslim Brotherhood rally march Majdy Rady and raise the slogan: «Breaking News Islam is coming», adds the session: «Therefore, it is a movement for a revolutionary movement on the legacy national in the region to calculate single-religious political and in the interest fundamentalists», pointing out that «the Vatican does not have a blame Patriarch or prevented with respect to the Patriarch, because the site Patriarchate independently in the structure of the church, and the relationship with Rome, a partnership, and the primacy of the Pope is a priority among equals in terms of the moral to his leadership of the Catholic world, and he sat on the throne of St. Peter, but at the level to be social policy cannot dictate it or reject or accept the Vatican wants to say Mr. Bkirki, he is the head of the Maronite Church, which has a special very special in the fabric of Lebanon, and Mr. Bkirki did not speak in the spirit of factional, sectarian Christian, but Mr. Bkirki off of his concern the Mashrek the East who do not live only plural does not live by the logic of the numerical majority, or fundamentalist, but the logic of originality that allows all to be equal in citizenship, even if they are of any denomination is the Christian community and were targeted at possible risk that the threat to its existence, we find the same position of Mr. Bkirki ».
However, the cycle which provides the bulk of his time shuttling between Beirut and Damascus, shows that the call of the President of the Lebanese Parliament and General Michel Aoun, the king of Saudi Arabia's read in the context of analysis and speculation says: «It is clear that Saudi Arabia is not happy and unhappy retrogression role Almtlaúm with size for the benefit of a U.S. base, such as Qatar, so there is manipulation and the absence of the weights and the roles and sizes are abused for the reputation of the Kingdom and its leading role in the fold, and especially His Majesty the King, which is expected from it wisdom, loyalty, and Arabism, and we see that each time the difference, we find that the rule of President Bashar al-Assad and King meet and are settled the most difficult things », adds:« The problem is in the House of Saud procedure, which I think today needs to re-arrange the return of political decision and the free exercise to His Majesty the King, who rely on the wisdom of many ».
President al-Assad Meets Delegation of Muslim Scholars Gathering of Lebanon
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/11/30/385181.htm
Nov 30, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA)- President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday received a delegation of the Muslim Scholars Gathering of Lebanon and discussed with them the events in Syria and their repercussions at the regional and international levels.
The delegation members expressed their denunciation of the plots against Syria that aim to undermine its security and stability, stressing their complete rejection of the Arab League decisions targeted against the Syrian citizens.
They considered that Syria is targeted because of its stance in support of the Resistance and the Arab rights, affirming their standing by the Syrian people to overcome the current crisis their country is going through.
Head of Trustees Council of the Gathering, Shaikh Ahmad el-Zein, told SANA that the meeting with President al-Assad was excellent and reassuring, indicating that Syria will come out stronger from the crisis and will defeat the conspiracy targeting its national role.
El-Zein said that the delegation stressed to President al-Assad their standing by Syria in the face of the conspiracy, adding that Syria is targeted by the US administration and world Zionism due to its anti-Israeli stances and rejection of US dictates.
For his part, Shaikh Hassan Abdullah, Head of the Administrative Body in the Muslim Scholars Gathering, said that the talks during the meeting dealt with the issues of interest on the Syrian and Lebanese arenas, denouncing the Arab League decisions against Syria.
For his part, Shaikh Zuhair J'eid, general coordinator of the Gathering, said "We found President al-Assad firm as he has always been, and can lead Syria to safety and defeat the conspiracy, for he knows that what Syria is facing is stronger than what Lebanon experienced during the Israeli aggression in July 2006.''
J'eid said that the situation in Syria is fine due to the Syrians' standing by their leadership and army, indicating that President al-Assad is determined to push ahead with reforms.
Shaikh Abdul-Nassser Jabri, member of the Gathering, hailed the outcomes of the meeting with President al-Assad, voicing trust that the conspiracy against Syria will be foiled.
الموسوي: العقوبات التي يتم فرضها على سورية في اطار الجامعة العربية او سواها ليست سوى استكمال لحرب أعلنت ضدها بسبب مواقفها القومية.
Hizballah's Moussawi: the sanctions imposed on Syria in the framework of the Arab League or others is not only a continuation of the war declared against them because of their national stances
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/30/385225.htm
November 30, 2011
Beirut, (SANA) -
رئيس مجلس الشورى الإيراني ينتقد ازدواجية مواقف الدول الغربية تجاه سورية
Chairman of the Iranian Shura Council criticizes the dual positions of Western countries toward Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/30/385268.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/30/385281.htm
November 30, 2011
Tehran, (SANA) -
Criticized Ali Larijani, the head of the Iranian Shura Council of dual positions of Western countries toward Syria, stressing that some of the countries leading the campaign against Syria is not a democracy which seems to be imposed upon their positions.
Larijani noted in a press conference held today in Tehran that the smuggling of weapons to countries in the region to Syria will hurt these countries also in the future, adding that the reforms in Syria is a positive step.
On the other hand, Larijani said .. The step of the Iranian Shura Council in reducing relations with Britain was a legitimate step in response to British actions hostile towards the Iranian people during the several decades.
And saw Larijani .. That the Iranian people are tired of the actions of the British government and if the British government was suspect in this matter they can conduct a survey to prove this issue, calling the British government not to adopt the actions of shenanigans and raise the noise to you through coverage on their actions earlier after the expulsion of its ambassador to Iran, pointing out that the government can British view with respect to the views and will of the people Alarani instead of the adoption of deceptive behavior towards him.
On the other measures are to be taken by Iran towards Britain, Larijani said .. Britain advised not to repeat previous actions and if the British government continues its present course, the Iranian people will take similar measures and appropriate.
And about Iran's position from the European Union, Larijani said .. Iran is not a party in the confrontation with the EU and the Member States in this Union to adopt a manner befitting the Iranian people do not like the behavior of the British government.
Al-Abrash: Syria ahead with Reform Program despite Pressures, We Appreciate Iranian People's Support
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/11/30/385188.htm
Nov 30, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Speaker of the People's Assembly, Mahmoud al-Abrash, reviewed the reality of conspiracy against Syria which aims at deviating it from its pan-Arab and national stances in support of the Arab rights and the Resistance.
Meeting the Iranian Worker's House delegation on Wednesday, al-Abrash stressed that Syria is moving forward in the comprehensive reform program led by President Bashar al-Assad and national dialogue, indicating to the huge media campaign and the economic pressures that Syria faces, in addition to the Syrian people's role in confronting schemes aimed at undermining their unity.
Al-Abrash briefed the delegation on the killing and sabotage acts committed by the armed terrorist groups, lauding the Iranian people's standing by Syria and their support to its just issues and its right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan.
For his part, Secretary General of Worker's House, Alireza Mahjoub, expressed the Iranian people's support to Syria in the face of all challenges, underlining Syria's resistant role in support of people's just issues and in the face of international imperialist powers.
Mahjoub indicated to the deep Syrian-Iranian relations, stressing the need for further boosting them, stressing that Syrian people' awareness and the leadership's wisdom will help overcome the crisis more stronger.
طهران تدخل دمشق دائرتها التجارية المغلقة.. إيران مستعدة للهجوم من موقع الدفاع عن سورية
Tehran, Damascus enters her constituency closed business circuit (barter trade) .. Iran ready to attack from the defense of Syria
al-Baath, its cache
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 16:31
Lebanese Al-Akhbar revealed that Tehran is working with all its force to abort the Arab-Turkish siege on Syria, Damascus, through the introduction of trade in her closed circuit (barter trade), and the use of gravity of Iraq, and financial and market on the other.
The newspaper Al-Akhbar newspaper on Wednesday, 30/11/2011 Iran has moved to a clear shift in the strategy of "defense from the defense, to attack from the defense," has emerged from this latter position during the commander of the Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, the team last Thursday, to recent statements by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, and with it began to run from Moscow from «principled positions» affirms the determination of Russia to defend Syria. Which is a review of the movements of the capitals of objection during the past few months show that it was a «mobility negative» aimed at reducing the damage caused by the steps Axis contrast, especially in Syria, where the only work to help the system with money to reduce the losses of economic and technical means that enable it to framing the popular movement and the face of armed groups, with messages warning is declared and sent to more than one party.
The sources said Tehran and Damascus that there is movement of dense, consultations and daily contact between the two sides, noting that Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad visited Iran last Sunday and discussed the issues that mean the parties and agreed on common positions.
Also revealed the same sources for communications campaign conducted by the capitals with the OIC Member States to prevent the issuance of decisions mimic the decisions of the Arab League against Syria or its supporters, over the extent of the ring, which the West is trying to impose on Damascus, or the minimum gives legitimacy to the decisions of the Arab world.
This decision was made by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday to the Islamic Consultative Assembly and all agencies involved in Iran to stand by Syria and its support by all means and whatever cost. It was the same resolution, which reported to Damascus the same day.
The News quoted its sources as saying that the first decisions taken in this context, the need to provide Syria with all of petrochemicals, this need was met by through import from Saudi Arabia. There is also a decision to enter all Syrian transactions in the closed circuit (barter trade) built by Iran over the past decades.
It should be noted that Iran has set up a network of commercial links with a large number of countries, including China, where there is no need to convert the movement of money through banks. Department based on the Iran imports what you need from these countries of goods and services from private companies to provide the latter bills to the government departments concerned in their countries that also import on behalf of the companies where you need to do the latter from Iran, particularly oil . Instead of paying the value of goods imported from or exported to Iran in cash, paid to the companies that imported or exported goods of the Islamic Republic and the clearing take place within the framework of each period.
In the same context and in the framework of the movement which Turkey and the west aims to deter Iran and to persist in their hostilities against the axis of opposition, the leaders of the Iranian find armed forces about a week since they trade on the statements are in this position. And the beginning of the commander of Qods Force supergroup, Qasim Selmani, last Thursday in his first statement is, in terms of that letter publicly and directly. Uttered without any equivocation: I was born a new Iranian in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, «whether you want it or did not want». On Saturday, followed by the commander of the Air Force of the Revolutionary Guard, Ali Haji Amir Zada, who said Tehran is prepared to attack the missile shield for NATO in Turkey «in the case of our threat, and we will beat the other objectives». Sunday came and went with him and the Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Wahidi threatening Israel with 150 rockets and America with «a real war if the politicians committed any folly». By Monday, the Iranian Navy Commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari announced that Iranian warships will come out soon to the ocean, pointing out that the first step in this framework, the Iranian navy conducted maneuvers in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman.
In the view of sources close to the circles of the Guard that the purpose of all this talk emphasis that the letter of the guide, the principle of defense, the translation process for the system's defense doctrine that line of their frames. "And adds" Perhaps the most important of these statements talk Soleimani, to the effect: If you think you are facing Iran and the one you are wrong, there Airanat along the entire region, "pointing out that« the meaning induces this talk is: If you have Atlantic (NATO) of governments, we have the Atlantic (NATO) of peoples who will encounter them everywhere ». What is meant by NATO is the people here, according to these sources, the axis of traditional stretching from Tehran to Gaza via Iraq, Syria and Lebanon have been added to the minimum, Libya, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen. and that axis, according to the "new defense doctrine" would respond to every attack targeting any of the limbs, on the other hand, all parts of the alliance.
Syria and Iraq to enhance trade and investment ties
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/11/30/385243.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/11/30/385251.htm
Nov 30, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA)-Director of Investment Board Ahmad Diyab discussed Wednesday with a delegation of Iraqi businessmen aspects of enhancing trade and investment relations between Syria and Iraq.
During the meeting, Diyab called on the Iraqi businessmen to benefit from the opportunities and incentives included in the decree No. 8, referring to a new decree that will be issued soon to give new incentives for investors in Syria.
Head of the visiting delegation, Asaad Baki Haidar of Erbil-Drasco said that the delegation scope of work is the nutritional industries and real estates, showing desire to reinforce trade and investment ties between the two countries.
The Iraqi investors underlined that there is a difference between what is being broadcast by the misleading channels and the real situation in Syria.
وفد محافظة البلقاء الأردنية يزور السفارة السورية في الأردن ليعلن تضامنه مع سورية واستنكاره لقرارات الجامعة
Jordanian al-Balkaa delegation visits Syrian Embassy in Amman
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/30/385242.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/30/385245.htm
Nov 30, 2011
Head of Jordan's Writers Association: AL Decisions Target Syria's Role
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/30/385072.htm
Nov 30, 2011
تجار وصناعيو الأردن يرفضون العقوبات الاقتصادية على سورية
Traders and industrialists Jordan refuse to economic sanctions on Syria
http://www.syriandays.com/?page=show_det&select_page=43&id=29004
Wednesday 11/30/2011
03:15:52
Traders and industrialists warned of the consequences of Jordan's economic sanctions on Syria, stressing that the Jordanian economy will be the most affected by these sanctions. They pointed out that Syria is the only land outlet to direct the Lebanese and Turkish markets, noting that the Jordanian private sector rejects any decision to stop the trade between the two countries.
The traders and industrialists that the Jordanian trade exchange between Jordan and Syria differ completely from the rest of it includes all the activities of trade at the official level, transit and trade of individuals.
For his part, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Jordan, Nael Kabariti, that any decision will be taken to freeze trade between Jordan, Syria, Jordan will be the biggest victim of this decision, pointing out that the Syrian market of the most important commercial markets for the Jordanian private sector.
He noted that any decisions will be taken to freeze the work of trade between Jordan and Syria, Saudi Arabia will pay the price the first place and the private sector, stressing that the Jordanian private sector rejects any decision to stop the trade between the two countries.
Also revealed the President of Irbid Chamber of Industry, Raed Samara, said that the relationship between the Jordanian private sector with his Syrian counterpart, is a close relationship and historical view of the geographical proximity between the two countries. He hoped that the return of trade exchange between the two countries to its previous status in the interest of both parties.
He pointed out that Samara any alternatives in the event of a ban trade between Jordan and Syria will be of very high costs on local commerce in Jordan and useless.
In the context captain announced cashiers Jordanians, Ala Deiranieh, local exchange companies that rely on business dealings with Syrian traders and exchange companies in Syria.
He Deiranieh he did not circulate any decision on the local exchange companies banning transactions with exchange companies Syrian or Syrian merchants.
A statement issued by the Jordan Chamber of Industry, the hope of industrialists that are not affected by the movement of trade exchange between the two countries and to continue as they are, according to the statement, he hopes to industrialists that are not affected by trade with Lebanon and Turkey, the fact that Syria is the only land direct of the two countries who are linked with the movement of trade exchange well.
The volume of trade of the kingdom with Syria at about 14.8% during the first nine months of the year 2011, reaching around 390 million dinars, compared to 340 million dinars for the same period last year.
And recorded the Jordanian exports to Syria grew by about 8.0%, rising from 137 million to 148 million dinars, and increased goods and goods re-exported about 89% to $ 18.6 million dinars, compared to 9.8 million dinars, while increased imports by about 15.6% to $ 223 million dinars compared to 193 million for the same period in 2010.
And industrial fixed Alor said that more than half the size of bilateral trade in Jordan is with the Arab states, particularly neighboring countries such as Iraq and the Syrian market and other neighboring markets, which are directly linked with the Jordanian border.
He pointed out that the imposition of further sanctions on Syria will reflect a negative impact on the Jordanian economy and private sector industrial and commercial.
A member of the Jordan Chamber of Industry and Oman Musa Saket, the market is the Jordanian market is small compared with other markets is totally dependent on exports to the Arab countries, especially neighboring markets, including the Syrian market.
The Saket he and we are a small market, the adoption of our industry in the first instance to the neighboring markets, regional, pointing out that if the parking of import and export between Jordan and Syria, it is this reflected a negative impact on the local manufacturing sector, adding that Jordan made some industries to Syria and neighboring Arab countries, dependent to import the Syrian imports.
A professor of economics at the University of Jordan, Dr. Abdul Kharabsheh The deal between the Jordanian market and the Syrian market and a great deal years-old, whether at the level of food or raw materials or clothing and other products traded between the two countries.
He Kharabsheh that is expected to be negative and significant impact on the Jordanian economy in the event any action is working to ban the flow of goods between the two countries.
According to JIB figures, the total size of the Syrian investments benefiting from the Investment Promotion Law since 1996 until this month, 28.7 million dinars.
According to the numbers "to encourage investment", the volume of Syrian investments in the industrial sector about 28.3 million dinars, while the total size of the Syrian investments in the agricultural sector of 400 thousand dinars.
In the context of connected, with capital funds registered with the Companies Control Department until the end of last August, about 88.6 million dinars.
And invests in the financial market of Jordan 2797 contributor to Syria have 12 million shares worth a market total of 53.9 million dinars, according to the end of last month, while the total number of shareholders in the past year 2840 contributions and the size of 11.7 million securities and market value of 67.9 million dinars. The main investments are the Syrian Land Transport Company Company and the Jordanian-Syrian Free Zones and white cement company and the shipping company and the Jordanian-Syrian Company for industries.
الأردن : زيادة التبادل التجاري مع سوريا بنسبة 8.14 % خلال الأشهر 9 الماضية
Jordan: increased trade with Syria increased by 8.14% during the last 9 months
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=13cc6be4c76ec7191dafce3d103864f3&ar=456089289
Tuesday - November 29 - 2011 - 22:07:48
Jordan Chamber of Industry revealed on Monday that the volume of trade of the Kingdom of Jordan with Syria increased by 8.14 percent during the past nine months of the year 2011.
Quoted Jordan News Agency (Petra) a statement from the Chamber saying that "the volume of trade of the kingdom with Syria increased by 8.14 percent during the past nine months of this year, while 390 million dinars, compared to 340 million dinars for the same period of 2010."
She added that, "as well as increased numbers of imports for the same period by 6.15 percent to reach 223 million dinars, compared to 193 million dinars during the first nine months of last year."
And imports from Jordan, Syria, textiles, clothing, animal and plant products and foodstuffs, as are products and chemicals, agricultural and plant products, machinery and electrical equipment of the leading national exports to Syria.
She expressed the hope that the Chamber "is not affected by the movement of trade exchange between the two countries, given the political conditions experienced by Syria and impose an economic embargo by the Arab and continue as it is due to the depth of the brotherly relations and family that combines the two brotherly peoples."
The Arab foreign ministers, decided on Sunday, the imposition of sanctions on Syria included a stop dealing with the Central Bank of Syria, to stop business with Syria, as well as to freeze the assets of Syrian officials, as described media Syria this action as unprecedented and targets of the Syrian people.
It also expressed Jordan's room is also the hope that "are not affected by the movement as well as trade with the Kingdom of Lebanon and Syria that Turkey is the only land outlet direct to Jordan with the two countries are linked with the movement and exchange of good business."
Previously, Jordanian Foreign Minister stressed that in an earlier statement on the need to be decisions of the Arab League "consistent with the interests of each country," adding that the Kingdom "the interests and well-known imports come by land through Syria."
The ministers decided at their meeting on Sunday, the formation of a technical committee of executives from senior officials and experts under the chairmanship of the State of Qatar and the membership of Jordan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Egypt, Morocco and the Secretariat of the Arab League mission to consider exceptions for things human, which directly affect the lives of the people Syria, as well as on the neighboring Arab countries of Syria, is also is also developing a strategy and a list of goods according to specific criteria and provide periodic reports to the Council, via the Arab Ministerial Committee on the situation in Syria.
The volume of Syrian exports to Jordan, according to official statistics for 2009 to 363.828 tons (161.817.16) thousand Syrian pounds, and constitute 6.31% of the total Syrian exports to Arab countries.
With the volume of imports from Jordan about 354.076 thousand tonnes (830.607.1) thousand Syrian pounds, and are accounted for 7.07% of the total Syrian imports from Arab countries for the same year.
كتّاب عرب: قرارالجامعة ضدسورية استجابة لإملاءات خارجية (Egyptian and Omani writers)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/30/385177.htm
30 تشرين الثاني, 2011
'Western media outlets lie about Syria'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212930.html
Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:24AM
A senior Turkish lawmaker says Western media outlets are not reflecting the reality in Syria and the West is playing a game in the Arab country, Press TV reports.
MP Birgul Ayman Guler, the deputy chairperson of Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), who visited Syria about one month ago as part of a Turkish delegation comprised of 38 women, said on Tuesday that the reality in Syria is different from what Western media outlets are reporting.
In an exclusive interview with Press TV's Ankara correspondent, Guler stated, "What we understood during the visit was that the Western media were lying about the situation in Syria."
"We were told [by the Western media] that there was bloodshed underway by the administration of [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad, but we did not see any violence in Syria," she added.
Guler visited the cities of Alepo, Damascus, and Latakia during her four-day trip to Syria.
She said that fighting was reported only in Hama and Homs, where Syrian government forces were engaged in clashes with groups that had launched attacks on government forces and civilians.
"When we returned to Turkey, we shared the realities with the Turkish people, the media, and the international community," the Turkish MP stated.
Guler added that foreign elements, such as the United States and the European Union, are trying to implement a plot in Syria.
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