2011/10/01

Sep 30 Others

Poor turnout in last all-male Saudi polls
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzTqV0_4tTmjnKmpXDNgh340qCQA?docId=CNG.21683a828449f21039c34f41afe003f8.51
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2011.09.29
By Assad Abboud (AFP) – 1 day ago

RIYADH — Saudi men were voting in municipal elections on Thursday, with a poor turnout in the last all-male polls in the kingdom after King Abdullah this week gave women the right to participate in four years' time.

Some 5,324 candidates are competing for 1,056 seats -- in only the second elections in Saudi Arabian history -- to fill half the seats in the country's 285 councils. The other half are appointed by the government.

The first elections in the Gulf kingdom, which has a population of around 27.5 million, including around 19 million Saudis, were held in 2005, but the government extended the existing council's term for two years.

Around 1.2 million male voters have registered to take part.

But the polls appeared to attract little interest on the first day of the Saudi weekend on Thursday and Friday.

Just a few voters had shown up before midday at a polling station in Al-Olaya neighbourhood in central Riyadh, an AFP correspondent reported.

"The movement is slow before noon. People are still asleep because it is a day off," said candidate Abdulwahab al-Maliki.

At another voting centre at Al-Farazdaq primary school election supervisors waited for voters, but very few turned up.

"I am confused. I don't who I should vote for. Candidates have used Facebook to communicate with us. I prefer direct contact," lamented Mohammed Abdullah, saying: "I don't think I will give my vote to any of them."

Voting was also slow in the country's economic capital, the port city of Jeddah on the west coast.

"I voted for a colleague of mine," said retired teacher Ibrahim Ghazi, adding that he "didn't check any of the manifestos of the candidates and didn't know other names."

The results of the vote are expected on Sunday.

Thursday's polling comes just four days after absolute monarch King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run in the next municipal elections in four years, a historic first for the ultra-conservative country.

Women's rights activists had long fought for the right to vote in Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict version of Sunni Islam and bars women from driving or travelling without the consent of a male guardian.

In addition to women participating in the only public polls in the country, King Abdullah also announced he had decided to admit women to the Shura Council, an all-appointed consultative body.

Saudi Arabia does not have an elected parliament.

The monarch's move was hailed by the United States and Britain, with both calling it a significant "step forward."

But the moves were also seen by some as insufficient.

Hussein Sharif, head of the human rights association in the western city of Mecca, said: "Women still have a long way to go" to gain their rights.

And Fahad Al-Harithi, head of Asbar Centre for Studies, Research and Communications, said: "The road for women to gain their rights is still too long. She is still marginalised... in terms of her rights and duties."

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch also welcomed the king's decision but said it came too late.

"King Abdullah's promise that women will finally be allowed to vote is a welcome move away from the discrimination and exclusion that Saudi women have suffered for so long," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East director.

"Sadly, King Abdullah's promise of reform in 2015 doesn't come soon enough for women to vote in upcoming municipal elections," Whitson said of Thursday's vote.

Amnesty International cautiously welcomed the decision but said the kingdom was moving much too slowly on women's rights.

"It is a welcome, albeit limited, step along the long road towards gender equality in Saudi Arabia," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa.

"It is, however, much overdue and does not go nearly far enough."


US Ottoman parade canceled due to Armenian pressure
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258419-us-ottoman-parade-canceled-due-to-armenian-pressure.html
30 September 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,


Jordan tourism industry survived regional turbulence - PM
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=41832
30 September 2011


Christians now 'most persecuted religious group in world', Vatican tells UN
http://www.lebanese-forces.org/world/Christians-now-most-persecuted-religious-group-in-world-Vatican-tells-UN1005430.shtml
By sofia echo
Sep 30, 2011 - 8:17:46 AM

Sep 30 Economy

328 ألف طن الانتاج الاجمالي.. الرقة تضاعف إنتاجها من الشوندر السكري
328 thousand tons of total production .. al-Raqqah doubled its production of sugar beet
http://www.sana.sy/ara/353/2011/09/30/372097.htm
September 30, 2011

Sep 30 Regional

As eastern Mediterranean's water temperature rises, Turkey should lead an OSCE-type initiative in the Middle East (1)
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258386-as-eastern-mediterraneans-water-temperature-rises-turkey-should-lead-an-osce-type-initiative-in-the-middle-east-1by-mehmet-ogutcu*.html
by Mehmet Öğütçü*
29 September 2011, Thursday / MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ*,

*Mehmet Öğütçü is a former Turkish diplomat, OECD, IEA staffer and currently an executive of a multinational company. He is based in London.


سوريا تقاطع البضائع التركية وتجار تركيا " يتألمون"
Syria, Turkey and the intersection of goods dealers Turkey "suffering"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=76616ce411301c87a9a72a71bee3bff5&ar=48597190
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 12:19:32

Syria decided to stop importing goods from Turkey to start from September 25, the current, which means stop the export of Turkey, which exceeded one billion and revenue of $ 152 million this year, according to the newspaper "Milliyet" Turkish.

According to the paper that "the Prime Minister of Syria Adel Safar, has signed a decree bans the importation of goods by customs drawn more than 5%."

The newspaper said "The resolution has been circulated to all the customs ports in Syria on September 22, to start its implementation on 25 September, but in order not to harass Turkish trucks in the Syrian ports, work has been postponed by another week."

The newspaper said "The Ministry of the Turkish economy from the start on Thursday to inform all exporters associations of this decision in writing, to the associations has in turn inform the exporting companies, one after the other."

And economy minister said the Turkish Zafer Haghalian Friday that his country would reciprocate if Syria decided to boycott Turkish.

The news agency quoted the "Anatolian" Turkish Haghalian saying "if Syria has imposed a ban on Turkish goods, Turkey would reciprocate and impose a ban on Syrian products," he said, "I hope that make sure to correct this error as soon as possible."

He added that the Syrian imports of between 700 and $ 800 million, adding that "this decision will have a greater impact on the Syrian economy than the economy of Turkey or any other country."

The newspaper "Milliyet" a statement by the President of the Association of Exporters of Metal and Metal Industry in Istanbul Murat Akyuz said: "The decision to include nearly all Turkish products exported from the food, and construction, textiles and chemical products, which means stop the export process from Turkey into Syria in final ".

Akyuz said the paper said, "We believe that the decision is tantamount to the death of Turkey, which is issued by a politically motivated".

The head of the East Anatolia Exporters Union, Abdelkader Jkmaz has "interpreted the decision as to reset on Turkish exports to Syria."

The newspaper "Hurriyet" Turkish "The political tension between Turkey and Syria, which impacted negatively on economic relations, and will without any doubt a" painful blow "to Turkish Exports to Syria, which up to $ 152.1 billion dollars."

Relations have been trading the Turkish-Syrian rapid growth in the last five years, where the volume of trade exchange between the two countries in 2005 to 823 million dollars, growing by 200% in 2010, surpassing the $ 2.5 billion, but in the months to 8 First of this year amounted to the volume of trade exchange billion and $ 152 million.

And imports from Turkey, Syria, vegetable oil and synthetic yarn, and iron and steel products, including cement, recent years have witnessed a remarkable increase in exports of chemicals, equipment and machinery.


Turkey threatens sanctions on Syria's export
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258523-turkey-threatens-sanctions-on-syrias-export.html
30 September 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH WIRES,

Turkey threatened on Friday to retaliate against Syria for its decision to impose a sweeping import ban, in a further sign of fraying ties between the two neighbours over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on protesters.

As Western nations broaden sanctions against Syria's ruling elite and protests disrupt the economy, Damascus last week slapped a ban on all imports except grain, raw materials and 51 essential items, to preserve its dwindling foreign reserves.

Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan said he hoped Syria changed its practice as soon as possible and warned that Turkey, Syria's largest trading partner, might decide to target Syria's exports.

"Syria is exporting a significant amount to Turkey. We are not creating obstacles to Syria's exports to Turkey, which amount to $700-800 million annually. But I want to reiterate that if they impose an obstacle to Turkish goods, Turkey will do the same," Çağlayan told reporters in the city of Mersin.

"Turkey, a country with $300 billion trade volume, will be largely unaffected by this. But the possible burden Syria will have to bear will turn the Syrian economy upside down."

Once warm ties between Turkey and Syria are near breaking point over Assad's repression of anti-government protests.

Turkey is preparing a list of sanctions against Damascus after failing to persuade Assad to end violence and implement democratic reforms.

Food and consumer goods prices are rising sharply in Syria, adding to the woes of Syrians who have seen hundreds of their countrymen killed in a crackdown the United Nations says has killed about 2,700 people.

The head of the Turkish Exporters Association, Mehmet Büyükekşi, said the situation in Syria was critical and that violence was "significantly" damaging the Syrian economy.

"Their tourism revenues are next to zero, export revenues are on a freefall, and the forex reserves of the government are running out," Büyükekşi said in a statement.

"Media reports cause a misperception of the issue. This decision impacts imports from not only Turkey but all countries, including Arab states," he said, referring to reports Syria was singling out Turkish goods.

Bilateral trade between Turkey and Syria was worth $2.5 billion in 2010, and investments by Turkish firms in Syria reached $260 million.


Syrian dissidents to draft 'road map' in Istanbul
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=syrian-dissidents-to-draft-8216road-map8217-in-istanbul-2011-09-29
Thursday, September 29, 2011
SEVİL KÜÇÜKKOŞUM
ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News


Al-Maliki: Syria is a Pivotal Country in Region
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/09/30/372525.htm
Sep 30, 2011

BEIRUT, (SANA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, stressed that Syria is a pivotal country in the region that is surrounded by challenges and crises, adding that Syria can overcome the crisis through reforms because stability in Syria based on reforms is the best way.

In an interview with al-Manar TV channel on Thursday, al-Maliki said Iraq, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan are subject to situations similar to that of Syria.

On international stances, al-Maliki stressed that there are long-delayed schemes in the region and it seems that the time has come to implement them, pointing out that the Sykes-Picot agreement divided the Arabs into states and the "Arab spring" will divide those states into smaller ones so that Israel remains the only effective side in the region.


لبنانيون: سورية تتعرض لمؤامرة غربية كونها دولة مقاومة وممانعة
Lebanese: Syria is exposed to a Western plot being a nation of resistance and reluctance (express of support from Shiite figures in Lebanon)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/09/30/372562.htm
September 30 0.2011


Armed Men Break into al-Mustaqbal Official's Home in North
http://www.lebanese-forces.org/local/Armed-Men-Break-into-al-Mustaqbal-Official-s-Home-in-North1005428.shtml
By Naharnet
Sep 30, 2011 - 6:14:35 AM


الرئيس الأسد: حزب البعث يحتاج إلى "نفضة" جدية كاملة
President Assad: Baath Party needs to "jerk" serious full
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=72868c80ec251fb23e90c60c11551b92&ar=731758846
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 11:45:06

Newspaper al-Akhbar of Lebanon that President Bashar al-Assad said during a meeting with the Association of Christians in the East that. . .

Sep 30 International

السفير الصيني في دمشق: نعارض التدخل الخارجي في الشؤون السورية ومستقبل سورية سيكون مشرقا وستحافظ على تاريخها العريق
Chinese Ambassador in Damascus: We oppose foreign interference in Syrian affairs and the future of Syria will be bright and will maintain its long history (and on other bilateral relations)

http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/30/372596.htm
September 30 0.2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Xun in Damascus that his country opposes interference in the internal affairs of Syria is convinced that Syria's ability to overcome the difficulties and restore security and stability and normalcy.

The ambassador said Cheon in a meeting with agency SANA on the occasion of the Chinese people celebrate the anniversary tomorrow of the sixty-second founding of the PRC, where Syria was the first Arab countries that recognized and established diplomatic relations with it .. That since the establishment of diplomatic relations and over 55 years ago continued to have mutual support and understanding when they committed to Syria firmly to the principle of one China and supported continuously in the issues of Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang, human rights and other issues at a time in which it endorsed China Syria's efforts exerted to preserve state sovereignty and the safety of territory and the restoration of the occupied Golan Heights through negotiations based on relevant resolutions of the United Nations.


Russian aircraft carrier to carry out exercises in Med Sea
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=russian-aircraft-carrier-to-carry-out-exercises-in-the-mediterranean-2011-09-30
Friday, September 30, 2011
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet

Russia is sending its northern fleet led by the country's only aircraft carrier, the "Admiral Kuznetsov," to the Mediterranean Sea for exercises, daily Hürriyet reported on its website Thursday.

The Kuznetsov will sail the waters in the Barents Sea for a week and carry out drills there first, the report said.

The carrier will then start a three-month voyage to the Mediterranean Sea via the Northeast Atlantic. It will be joined by anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" and other vessels.

It was not yet decided which ports the ships would visit but it was possible that the fleet could take part in military exercises with fleets of other countries in the region while it is in the Mediterranean.

The last time the Admiral Kuznetsov sailed in Mediterranean waters was in the winter of 2008-2009, when it visited ports in Turkey and Syria.


روسيا ترفض ثالث صيغة لمشروع القرار الدولي حول سورية
Russia rejects the third version of the draft UN resolution on Syria
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/567911
30.09.2011 12:30

Churkin confirmed after the completion of consultations that Russia categorically rejects any reference to the possibility of imposing further sanctions on Syria, stressing that there are other parties to the UN Security Council, Russia shares this position.

The Russian diplomat stressed that the text of the resolution should include the call to the parties to the conflict in Syria to establish a political dialogue to normalize the situation in the country.


"ايتار-تاس": الدول الغربية حذفت من مشروع القرار الخاص بسورية الاشارة المباشرة الى حظر توريد السلاح
"ITAR - TASS:" Western countries omitted from the draft resolution on Syria direct mention of the arms embargo
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/567974
30.09.2011 20:43

Jelena Melkumian, researcher at the Center for East Policy at the University of Russian Human Sciences, in an interview. . .

For the escalation of U.S. - Syrian over the incident with Ambassador Ford in Damascus indicated researcher Russia to declare Clinton, "I assured to keep its ambassador to Syria and its communications diplomacy with Syria," adding that "this indicates a lack of U.S. efforts to exacerbate the tension in relations between the two countries."


سويسرا توسع عقوباتها و تحظر استثمارات سورية غير موجودة !
Switzerland expanded its sanctions banning investment and Syria does not exist! (Switzerland followed the EU sanctions)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=26a1dcbca2b67267f99ff57cf9f25027&ar=191389621
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 13:12:20


وزير الخارجية البريطاني يلتقي معارضين في لندن
British Foreign Minister meets opposition in London
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=6126fef09e4fa53b76facfe90f118849&ar=21887233
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 1:29:02


Donald Rumsfeld Tells Al Jazeera 'I Am Delighted You Are Doing What You Are Doing'
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/29/donald-rumsfeld-tells-al-_n_986856.html
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The Huffington Post UK
Paul Vale
First Posted: 30/9/11 00:00 GMT Updated: 30/9/11 00:00 GMT


مئات المواطنين يعتصمون أمام مقر بعثة المفوضية الأوروبية بدمشق استنكارا لعقوبات الاتحاد الأوروبي ضد قناة الدنيا
Syrian citizens stage sit-in before EU Commission, condemning sanctions on Addounia TV
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372471.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372482.htm
Sep 29, 2011


سفير أرمينيا: متفائلون بمستقبل مشرق لسورية
Armenian Ambassador in Damascus: We Are Optimistic About the Future of Syria through Fundamental Reforms
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/30/372487.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372495.htm
Sep 29, 2011

Sep 30 Local government

مشروع تنمية البادية بالحسكة يوفر 100 فرصة عمل موسمية
Hasakah Badia Development Project provides 100 jobs, seasonal
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/30/372328.htm
September 30, 2011


المباشرة بدراسة جر مياه الفرات إلى ريف حماة الشرقي
Direct study of drag water from the Euphrates to the countryside east of Hama
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=2175fc38a3f445ac86e49f2ff0506a4b&ar=107689940
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 9:25:51

The company began studies of the technical and investment preparation studies in Damascus for the pipeline project to drag the Euphrates River to the thirsty villages in the eastern region in the province of Hama, and the estimated cost of $ 3 billion Syrian pounds.


بسبب الأحداث التي تشهدها المحافظة.. تدني نسب تنفيذ المشروعات الخدمية في حمص
Because of the events taking place in maintaining .. Low rates of implementation of service projects in Homs
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=bbffaea57dbe1475470a99fa4061ae13&ar=19016065
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 12:03:10

Proportion of the implementation of projects Homs service for up to 22%, where spent 1.5 billion SL on their projects until the first of September.

And according to the newspaper "al-Baath", the Directorate of Planning Homs that the low proportion of spending due to events taking place in the province since the beginning of this year, with a total expenditure of administrative bodies of local projects until the beginning of September, 836 million Syrian pounds by the implementation of 22%, note that the provision the said agencies than 3.7 billion Syrian pounds.

Technical services and occupies the first rank in terms of expenditure spent on projects where more than half a billion pounds, of which 214 million for local road projects, 155 million for the project, solid waste and 110 million on education buildings.

The Health Department came in second, spending on health projects in Homs 121 million Syrian pounds by the implementation of 21%, note that the provision for the year 2011, more than half a billion Syrian pounds, and spent the Directorate of sports facilities 83 million Syrian pounds out of 487 million pounds accreditation is for the current year , The highest rate of implementation was in the Directorate of Education, where spending 82 million pounds out of 90 million pounds by the implementation of more than 91%.

The total appropriation for the projects, the Council of the city of Homs in 2011 amounted to 710 million Syrian pounds, and is expected to decrease this number to 550 million pounds next year, given the low proportion of spending in the months-9 years in the projects, the Council of the city of Homs, where not exceed the rate was 20 % until 31/08/2011, which they spent 144 million out of 710 million pounds.

And exceeded the proportion of spending on investment projects for the Water and Sanitation in Homs 43%, which is good as measured by projects Municipality of Homs and the local administration.

According to a report issued by the institution that the provision of the Foundation for the year 2011 amounted to 220 million pounds, spent his 86 million pounds went mostly to expand the sewerage network in 37 million, and quench the rugged and expansion of 25 million and develop the work of the Foundation of 11 million, and strengthening projects of new water 10 million, the Rayyan irrigation projects and the eastern region of the province did not spend it, note that the provision of the two projects mentioned more than 35 million Syrian pounds.

Sep 30 Central government

الرئيس الأسد: حزب البعث يحتاج إلى "نفضة" جدية كاملة
President Assad: Baath Party needs to "jerk" serious full
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=72868c80ec251fb23e90c60c11551b92&ar=731758846
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 11:45:06

Newspaper al-Akhbar of Lebanon that President Bashar al-Assad said during a meeting with the Association of Christians in the East that the single-party system disappeared real competition, both between multi-party or even in one-party, and lose the Baath Party, the ability to interact with the pulse of the citizens and to their aspirations, and that this single led to the sagging of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, which now needs to "jerk" serious include a complete organizational structure and determine what all of Arabism and how to interact with them and keep up with their people.

The President al-Assad renewed during the meeting, which lasted about an hour and a half-hour commitment to diversity and the political party in Syria, pointing out that the most important items of the reform that will unfold in the next stage is the freedom of political action on the basis of a national, not religious. He stressed his commitment to refusing to do any political parties based on sectarian or ideological or religious rule.

The Syrian president spoke at length about his guests before the identity of Arab cultural renaissance, which accommodate all the ingredients and the care of their interaction to win them. He pointed out the close relationship with the Syrian people in true Arabism and the interaction of this extraordinary people with Arab issues that must be returned to the forefront of attention for the system.

And understand some of the attendees of President al-Assad, according to al-Akhbar that he refuses the solution of "Othmanization" in place of Arabism, and become the center of Ankara's decision to the Arab world, or to leave the stage for the religious parties being controlled by "Muslim Brotherhood" and their headquarters in Ankara on the region.

Admitted to President Assad the existence of imbalance in the deal previously with the Kurds, and the delay is not justified in giving them their rights, both in the identity or the protection of their language, warning the other hand, the principle of a coalition of minorities in the region, stressing the lack of a minority in our country and not a swim in the sea one, and pointed to a common vocabulary is necessary to stop use such as coexistence and tolerance, because the communities living as one body cannot be described as coexisting together, and suggests a range of tolerance is more important than another group.

President al-Assad stressed to the delegation of Christian that it should be Oriental Christians par excellence, rooted in their land without a contract from one of their cases and to be issues in the region.

President al-Assad asked for time to move from rhetoric to action, acknowledging the existence of delay and failure somewhere, and acknowledged that the regime has made a mistake when the ability to separate between the protesters right to economic reasons and who would undermine security, pointing out that the plot confused tangle.

And clearly the President said that the security challenge is no longer significant, perhaps the economic challenge is bigger than that, pointing out that the security problem has become clear, and do not represent any direct threat to the homeland.

It is noteworthy that the meeting Christians in the Middle East comprises a group of lay and clergy, who began working for nearly a year and a half cover Their Majesties Patriarchs of Maronite and Orthodox. The meeting, which was made in the knowledge and the news to the Ministry of Interior in Lebanon a few weeks ago most of the Eastern Christian communities. In the context of the preparation of the meeting of the Conference of Christian collector, he began to communicate with officials in the countries of the region, beginning with President Michel Suleiman. And after meeting with Assad on Monday according to select a date twenty days ago, will go in the next few days to Iraq to meet with officials there.

Sep 30 Pro-government

مئات الآلاف في طرطوس يرفعون علم الوطن بطول 2300 متر تأكيدا على استقلالية القرار الوطني ودعما للإصلاح الشامل
Raising 2300-Meter Long Syrian Flag in Tartous to Stress Independence of Syria's Decision
http://www.sana.sy/ara/349/2011/09/30/372497.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372454.htm
Sep 30, 2011


National Dialogue Sessions in Daraa Focus on Development and Services
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372485.htm
Sep 29, 2011


نافذة... كشفت اللعبة...!
Window ... Revealed the game ...!
http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=31376733820110928221310
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Opinion
Thursday 29/09/2011
Salim Abboud

- 1 - Agree with everyone's opinion that Syria is in crisis ..

And disagree with some of the causes and parties and its aims and its tools.

And the credibility of those tips that guide us as it is sure that those who are not offered in good faith and is qualified to offer political and democratic Aarabiya and not a regional thing because someone does not give him.

Yes ... Crisis and its causes are external factors and other words .. «Outsiders» manage known for a long-term struggle against Syria, Syria crisis in large part the product of a conspiracy weaved love both externally and internally many parties to take the dimensions of an international conspiracy ..

Old and new words, «It is the struggle for Syria», says Patrick Seale.

France, Britain, America, «Israel» Remember, Turkey, which colonized the Arab world and put it in a bottle black more than four hundred years under the pretext of protecting the Muslims swept through great Islam and Muslims and sold by the slave market, Egypt has sold to Britain and sold the Maghreb to France and when the thought of Muhammad Ali Pasha, promoting the nation converged by the swords of swords of the Ottoman Empire with Britain and France, and here today to meet with them to Syria as a state of resistance.

- 2 -

Despite the high flames of fire international conspiracy and the intensity of smoke black and the movement of events from the city border to the other and in spite of this pumping Media enormous stations and media outlets Arab, regional and western and American and Zionist working on distortion, deception and exaggeration and stirring sectarian strife, sectarian and ethnic, the Syrians stayed cohesive and unified opinion and attitude and I am sure that the plot will be defeated quickly and that those who incite and move and are funded and provided arms to criminals, killers and raise the dust of lies and deceit, and incitement through the media and in many forums of international and regional political Stnkvi Khasih lost.

- 3 -

No wonder .. To be heroes of plots past, heroes plot the present time and of the methods and objectives that were based on the threat of aggression, blockade, economic and political sanctions and the withdrawal of ambassadors and even, in a move the U.S. ambassador to the inside Syria to meet with groups of conspiracy and incitement to continue demonstrations and murder, a scene repeated over and over we read in the Syrian history over and over again, we recall some of the fifties of the last century under the presidency of Eisenhower and the regional parties interacting with the plot are the same today .. Many remember how the U.S. ambassador claimed during the War of 1967 touring in the Syrian cities and meet with senior Syrian to each association, known as the colonized and induced to cope with the Syrian leadership preoccupied with Aldhuz to defend the country and at the same time the Arab parties paid in Varennes, politicians Syrians to attack on Damascus and topple system.

- 4 -

In recent memory for the Syrians .. The events of 1980-1982 ..

The parties that embrace today's killing squads, were embraced and fueled with arms and money, protection, and pushed her to destabilize Syria's political and economic through the killing of scientists, doctors, military and economic installations burning and service ..

The reasons and one in the eighties was to punish Syria because they refused to «the Camp David» between Egypt and Israel, which was formed to liquidate the Palestinian cause and for the victories Tahedama editorial in October 1973.

Today punish Syria because it is facing a project to give the great Arab ..

What proves that the roots of the foreign conspiracy, a continuation of violence.

- 5 -

If what is happening today by some of them aimed at real reform, to have moved to a consensus on the reform steps that have moved and she attended the march everyone to build Syria, advanced, but this did not happen and this confirms that the decision of the parties moving on the ground with weapons, murder and other steps in the form of demonstrations linked to the parties to the foreign conspiracy.

- 6 -

Syria is facing a war prepared her well.

Money, weapons and training camps and camps for the so-called refugees on the borders of neighboring and the entry of armed elements inside the Syrian and distribution of communication devices developed and the establishment of chambers of fabrication black tarnish the image of Syria and alert the world out and set inside the Syrian religiously and ideologically, ethnically, and the allocation of satellite channels broadcast such as these toxins all this confirms that the conflict to Syria , but the conflict on the Arab world and on the central issue of Palestine and Syria which are old and new pulse to resist.

Syria will prevail and triumph in the last stages of all this that we are witnessing the escalation of America and the West and the forces of Arab and regional evidence of the decline of the conspiracy and betrayal of the conspirators.

Sep 30 Incidents

في جمعة " اليمن والشام".. مظاهرات متفاوتة وشهداء
On Friday "Yemen and the Levant" .. Demonstrations and the martyrs of varying
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=20e377b39842cb51d48c9f9cf9e03ba1&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=305647644
Friday - September 30 - 2011 - 15:44:00

Syria has witnessed Friday demonstrations in several different regions of Syria, after Friday prayers, on Friday dubbed "Friday Victory for our Levant and our Yemen" (nasr li-shaami-naa wa yamani-naa, also saw the fall of the martyrs and the assassination of a brigadier in Homs.

The demonstrations took place in some areas of Damascus and its countryside, and Homs, Deir Al-Zour and al-Hasakah, Daraa, Hama and Idlib and its countryside, and some areas of the countryside of Aleppo (Mari'a, Andan, Tall Rif'at, and some villages al-Manbij).

And Arabic channels broadcast footage it said of the demonstrations in Syria, is difficult to make sure it is correct because of the protesters raised the flag of Yemen with the Syrian flag.

While not made the observatories of human rights opposition statistical number of martyrs today, Tfotaat numbers broadcast satellite stations between 11 and 27 martyrs, cannot be verified.

In Idlib out a demonstration of several mosques, all met in the courtyard of Jama Masjid Saad bin Abi Waqqas and involving nearly 100 women and raised slogans against the regime, and then adjourned without causing any accidents.

And in rural Idlib out several demonstrations in the Khan Shaikhoun, Kafranbil, Binnish, Sarmeen, Taftanaaz, and Saraaqib, and adjourned without causing any friction, while the demonstration was dispersed Ma'arrat al-Numan shot in the air, as reported by one of the sons of that region.

And source to Aks al-Ser said that clashes in Khan Shaikhoun between gunmen and security elements, did not respond any further details of injuries or casualties.

And denied the source to Aks al-Ser news broadcast by one of the Arab channels out for a demonstration in the city Jisr al-Shughour, stressing that the news from the truth.


シリア 離反兵士と政権側が戦闘
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110930/t10015944881000.html
http://backupurl.com/kvr2rq
9月30日 9時29分

反政府デモへの弾圧が続くシリアでは、市民への発砲命令を拒否して離反した兵士と政権側の戦闘で、この2日間で市民14人が巻き添えになって死亡し、市民の犠牲者がさらに増えることへの懸念が高まっています。

シリアでは、デモの弾圧のために配置された兵士が、市民への発砲命令を拒否して離反するケースが増えており、中部のラスタンでは、その数はこの1週間でおよそ200人に上っているということです。これに対して、政権側は戦車で町を包囲したうえ、戦闘機による空爆も行っており、離反した兵士らとの間で激しい戦闘が続いています。シリアの人権団体によりますと、ラスタンではこの2日間で戦闘の巻き添えになって14人の市民が死亡したということです。ラスタンの住民は、NHKの電話取材に対して「銃撃音や戦闘機の爆音が1日中やむことはなく、町の中は政権側の戦車や兵士ばかりで、怖くて外出できない」と緊迫した状況を語りました。政権側が、離反した兵士の鎮圧を口実に市民のデモへの弾圧を強めることに、懸念が広がっています。国外で活動するシリア人の活動家たちは、29日、エジプトのカイロで記者会見をして、「市民は、あくまでも平和なデモを行っている」と強調し、武力で弾圧を続けるアサド政権側を厳しく批判しました。


Child Martyred in Idlib after Being Shot by Armed Terrorist Group (al-Jazeerah fabrication)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372344.htm
Sep 30, 2011

Idlib, (SANA) - Child Muhammad Abdul-Aziz Dahrouj on Thursday was martyred after being shot by an armed terrorist group in Khan al-Sobul Village in Idlib Province on the International Highway to the north of Ma'arat al-Nua'man City.

Gunmen, who were inside a black car without a plate, opened fire on the child near the shop of his father which sells bread.

Father and Uncle of the child denied what al-Jazeera TV station has broadcast, attributing to the terrorist act of "al-Shabbiha".

They said that while our son was going to bring some bread to the family, a Kia-black car stopped and armed men began shooting fires randomly, adding "those gangs want to exert pressure on the people to force them demonstrate or they will die."


Military Source: 7 Army, Law Enforcement Members Martyred, 32 Others Injured in Confrontations with Armed Terrorist Groups in al-Rastan (al-Jazeerah fabrication)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372492.htm
Sep 30, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA)-An official military spokesman on Thursday denied reports by some TV stations that warplanes have raided al-Rastan, stressing that these reports are baseless and untrue.

"Law Enforcement forces, backed by army units confronted the armed terrorist groups who had terrified citizens in al-Rastan, crippled life circle in the city, sabotaged private and public properties and killed civilians as well as blocked roads with explosives and roadblocks," the spokesman said.

He added "in a specific operation, the Army units have successfully fulfilled their duties, arresting a number of the armed groups' members, seizing their weapons, explosives and different ammunitions."

The spokesman said clashes have led to the martyrdom of seven Army and law-enforcement members, including two officers, wounding 32 others among them 7 officers, adding" the army members are pursuing the terrorist groups to restore security and stability to al-Rastan and its citizens,"

The fabricated news of warplanes come in the framework of a series of false news which some TV stations, particularly al-Jazeera, deliberately broadcast before Friday, hoping to achieve projects that call for foreign intervention in Syria's internal affairs.

This is not the first time when al-Jazeera broadcasts false and fabricated news. Since events have begun, it persisted to broadcast untrue events about mass demonstrations, warplanes' flights, but the Syrian people are aware of their lies.


Martyring 75 Year-old Woman and Injuring Child
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/10/01/372615.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372616.htm
Sep 30, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) – The Syrian Human Rights Network (SHRN) said that its fact-finding committee learned that an armed terrorist group on Friday opened fire on a group of women in al-Rastan, martyring 75 year-old Addoul Sleiman al-Ghajari and injuring 10 year-old Reem Nasser Hadid in her left thigh.


استشهاد 3 عناصر من الهندسة خلال تفكيك عبوة ناسفة بدوما و3 مدنيين في كفر زيتا بحماة بنيران مسلحين.. ضبط أسلحة في تل الشور بحمص وتفكيك عبوة ناسفة تزن 12 كغ بدرعا
3 Engineering Unit Members Martyred, 3 Injured while Dismantling Explosive Device in Douma (al-Jazeerah "predicted" shootings 2 hours before the incident happened)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/09/30/372546.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372575.htm
Sep 30, 2011

PROVINCES, (SANA)-Three members of a military engineering unit were martyred, 2 others were injured, when they were trying to dismantle an explosive device in Douma, Damascus Countryside.

A Police source told SANA correspondent that the explosive device, planted in a place expected to witness a turnout of protesters following Friday Prayers, suddenly blasted which caused the death of the three martyrs.

The source said that the competent authorities immediately summoned a military engineering unit to dismantle the explosive device before the prayers leave the mosques, which was placed in an iron tube and aimed to kill the largest number of citizens in Douma city.

Three Civilians Martyred, Law Enforcement Members Injured by Gunmen Fire in Hama

SANA correspondent in the central province of Hama reported that gunmen opened fire on the law enforcement forces and the civilian citizens in Kafr Zaita area, which caused the death of three civilians and the injury of a number of law enforcement members.

The firing started two hours after al-Jazeera TV had reported that intensive fire shooting and mass protests took place in Hama, whereas this news was dismissed as completely false by SANA correspondent who confirmed that life was quite normal at that time.

Explosive Device to the South of al-Omari Mosque in Daraa Dismantled

Military engineering units in Daraa province, south Syria, dismantled a 12 kg explosive device planted to the south of al-Omari Mosque.

Idlib Governorate witnessed scattered demonstrations after the Friday prayers, dispersed by themselves.

Armed Terrorist Groups Kill, Kidnap and Torture Citizens in Idlib

In Idlib, the armed terrorist groups in Idlib province on Friday killed citizen Raed Mohammed Zeidany, from Idlib inhabitants, who was kidnapped on September 6 near Binnish city after threatening him many times for refusing the calls for murder and sabotage and the participation in demonstrations.

The body of citizen Zeidany was found yesterday evening between Khan al-Sobol and Debsi towns, informed sources told SANA reporter, adding that it was transported to Idlib National Hospital.

The source added the examination of the body clarified that the death resulted from a fatal gunshot wound with the appearance of torture effects around the body and the distortion of facial features.

Lawyer, Fuad Sheikh Omar, from Baider Shamso town in Jabal al-Zawiya, refuted the news broadcast by tendentious channels, especially al-Jazeera, on his resignation from the Bar Association in Idlib.

Sheikh Omar, who is now receiving treatment at Idlib National Hospital, denied as "baseless" the news broadcast by such channels that broadcast lies and distort facts.

Earlier, the lawyer was abducted by an armed group as he was returning home accompanied by his father and one of his relatives. The terrorists pulled him out of the car, took him to one of the valleys, tortured and beat him, then they contacted his family and threatened them of killing and burning properties is a case of informing about the incident before releasing him.

For his part, Bayan al-Kart from Saraaqib city narrated to SANA correspondent how he was tortured and threatened with death after he was kidnapped by the armed groups on Wednesday for refusing to respond to their calls to take part in demonstrations and how they blackmailed his family for money.


Young Men from Daraa: We Videotaped Areas in Damascus to Fabricate Protests (confession)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372480.htm
Sep 30, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Two students from Daraa province confessed to participating in fabricating footages of protests and videotaping areas in Damascus to fabricate footages of protests inside Damascus.

Shkr al-Bardan told the Syrian TV on Thursday that he filmed protests and sent them to TV channels and fimled the police headquarters in Khaled bin al-Walid St. in Damascus and sent the film to other terrorists who wanted to fabricate footages of protests there.

For his part, Muhammad Meri said he took part in three protests in his village in Daraa, adding that he knew that the people who invited him to participate in the protests received SYP 3 millions from al-Jiza village intended to be given to the protesters.


Matir and al-Jasem: Terrorist Abdel Hadi al-Dalla Opened Fire at Protesters in Homs to Accuse Security Forces (confession)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372527.htm
Sep 30, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Barakat Mohamad Matir and Mwafaq Muhammad al-Jasem from Hama recounted how terrorist Abdel Hadi Ad-Dalla opened fire at protesters in Homs from a white Hyundai car to film the event and send the footage to al-Jazeera channel to accuse security forces of committing it.

In his confessions broadcast by the Syrian TV on Thursday, Matir said that the gunmen appeared in the video broadcast by the Syrian TV opening fire at protesters near al-Fairouza traffic signal in Homs are Firas al-Batesh, Abdel Hadi al-Dalla and his brother-in-law Mwafaq al-Jasem.

He added that he was arrested as he is the owner of the car seized at a checkpoint near al-Rastan while transporting weapons, indicating that one of his relatives Naser al-Jayez and someone called Sultan al-Ahmad borrowed the car.

For his part, Mwafaq al-Jasem said that he participated in protests that call for reforms in al-Asheera neighborhood.

He confessed that Abdel Hadi opened fire at protesters and homes randomly from a white Sonata Hyundai car.

Al-Jasem said some masked gunmen provoked children and youth to set up barricades on the roads claiming that the security forces will enter the neighborhoods and open fire at the inhabitants.

He narrated what he repeatedly heard from some gunmen who claimed to protect protesters that they themselves participated in protests, opened fire at protesters or sent some of them to do so as to accuse the security of committing their crimes.

Over 4 months, they continued to instigate protests, destroy streets and electricity power stations to deceive people and convince them that the security forces will storm their homes, he said.

Al-Jasem said that Sheikh Yousef provoked prayers in al-Refaei Mosque to participate in protests claiming that the state is killing people and at night he carries a gun in the streets side by side with the armed groups.

He recognized Firas al-Batesh, Maher al-Na'es and Abdel Hadi al-Dalla cousin and some of al-Asheera inhabitants while watching videos about gunmen opening fire at the citizens broadcast by the Syrian TV.

2011/09/29

Sep 29 Others

Egypt could be the next GCC member state, Gulf sources say

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/29/169297.html
Thursday, 29 September 2011
By Dina al-Shibeeb
Al Arabiya

Egypt is being considered for incorporation into the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC).

Discussions are under way about making Egypt a GCC member, the Kuwaiti al-Watan newspaper reported Gulf sources as saying.

The sources also said that the GCC states are enthusiastic about Egypt joining, as the country has the capabilities and shares mutual strategic interests with the Gulf states. Egypt's security historically has also been linked to the security of the Gulf, they added.

Egypt and Morocco are the only Arab economies classified as emerging markets, and Egypt boasts the biggest army in the Arab world.

In addition, Egypt and the GCC states have strong mutual interests.

On September 11, Morocco and Jordan attended their first GCC ministerial meeting, in Jeddah.

The sources said that an Egyptian role is increasingly necessary to the stability of the region, especially after the change of regime in Iraq and the increasing Iranian interference in the Iraqi political sphere.

Meanwhile, sources said that the close ties of Tehran and Cairo is not a problem, because the Gulf States are convinced that any ties connecting Egypt and Iran will benefit the region as a whole.

Egyptian officials welcomed the news.

Last week, Egypt's deputy prime minister, Hazem al-Beblawi, said Arab governments or their investment arms may soon buy Egyptian treasury bills to help the Cairo government reduce its borrowing costs.

Beblawi specifically mentioned Saudi Arabai and the UAE when discussing the treasury bills.

The GCC's six member-states include: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Sep 29 Economy

معاون وزير النقل لشؤون النقل البحري: إنتاجية مرفأ طرطوس انخفضت بحدود مليون طن
Deputy minister of transport for shipping: the productivity of the port of Tartus decreased up to a million tons
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=109403
http://backupurl.com/m1z6vs
29/09/2011

Said Deputy Transport Minister for Transport Marine Dr. Imad Abdul Hai's «alwatan.sy» that by tracking the movement of ports and the movement of number of vessels was noted that the position of the productivity in the port of Latakia, very close to the same period of last year's hit production until the date of September 20, the current up to 5 million 751 thousand tons, down slightly from last year and attributed this decline to the economic crisis facing the world on the one hand and to the conditions experienced by Syria on the other hand have influenced events in the beginning of the movement of production, but soon returned the movement of ships and movement production to the situation it was in the last year and almost monthly during the tracking of the movement was noted that the movement in the months of August and September, very close to the same period last year.

And Abdul Hai, the number of containers total in the port of Lattakia has reached 386 thousand and 489 containers of which about 234 thousand containers and incoming and 43 thousand and 591 containers issued is less than last year, but Overall numbers close in months due to that with the start of each year there is a decreased movement because the movement of import and export dependent or affected by the opening credits and return to normal activity in the second half of the year has reached the amount of goods coming into the harbor limits of 1.00097 million tons the amount of goods was made of 47 thousand and 295 tons.

And movement in the port of Tartous, said Abdul Hai, the figures productivity until the date of September 20, this indicates a slight decrease in productivity compared with last year, but during the months of August and September have returned to normal and up to a million tons per month in the port of Tartus decline in productivity last year, up to a million tons from the beginning of the year and up to less than 10%.

The total production in 2010 in the same period, 8,000,675 tons in the year amounted to production 7.0002 million tons and the number of containers a close with last year with a slight decrease, the number of containers in 2011 about 32 thousand and 895 containers, while in last reached the 36 958 thousand containers.

And the impact of this decline in the Syrian economy, said Abdul Hai: «For the ports we consider that we are emotional and we are not actors and this has nothing to imports and exports of the country by economic activity in the port of Tartus on all the sidewalks are filled in the port of Latakia, there are four or five ships for containers and four general cargo ships and then there is no problem in the work of the harbor and Altersif much as ships come there is activity we are responsible for providing services, which provide an excellent harbors in the road without problems ».

He said Abdul Hai: in the port of Tartous, the productivity in the last year about $ 3 billion and 400 million pounds in the port of Latakia, the productivity estimated two billion and 500 million pounds, except the share of the container terminal, and we expect this year to reach productivity in the port of Tartus to 3 billion pounds and will keep in the port of Latakia on the border of two and a half billion pounds.

And the expansion of ports, said Abdul Hai that the project is still in the process of cooperation with the UNDP for the provision of studies have been identified priorities, including the expansion of the port of Latakia and restructuring and the issue of supplies and equipment and establishment of a silo grain, etc. In the port of Tartous is coordinated in order to provide experience to study the expansion of the port towards the rear or create a port of another of these projects need to be a period of time to finish the studies and are then putting the dossier and then the Declaration and to submit bids and the establishment offers all of that will be in line Eleventh Five-Year and projects ports of fishing there are two projects for the establishment of two ports for fishing and pleasure in each of the Hamidiya The text of the coast and now as a result of setting priorities will be starting one of the two projects, including the work of harbors Home is the trading of goods and speed of clearance in addition to providing quick service to the customer and the subject shared by the port with a number of stakeholders has been agreed between representatives of the ministries multiple operating laboratories in the ports of Latakia and Tartous and will be presented to the Commission services in the Council of Ministers for approval.


شبكة الآغا خان تنفذ مشاريع استفاد منها 65 ألف شخص
Aga Khan's projects are benefiting 65 thousand people

http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372415.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/24/2011/09/29/372424.htm
September 29 0.2011


تقرير : سوريا بين أرخص 19 دولة عالمية و11 دولة عربية في سعر المازوت
Report: Syria among the lowest 19 countries worldwide and 11 Arab countries in the price of diesel
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=a99632230ccd707bc16e3cc231978f36&ar=19582039
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 11:51:43


المؤسسة العامة للإسمنت: رفع أسعار الفيول سيتسبب في خسارة المؤسسة 3.8 مليار ليرة
General Organization for Cement: raise the prices of fuel will cause loss of the institution 3.8 billion pounds
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=d30d0ef0e35f765837646632dd4aec1e&ar=743561451
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 13:59:27

Sep 29 Regional

President al-Assad, Karami Review Events in Syria and Bids of Targeting its Security (Omar Karami of Lebanon)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372388.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372403.htm
Sep 29, 2011


اللجنة الأمنية السورية اللبنانية تبحث الوضع عند نقطتي العبودية والدبوسية الحدوديتين
Syrian-Lebanese security committee are looking at the points situation of al-Dabbousiyyah and al-'Abboudiyyah border

http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/09/29/372446.htm
September 29 0.2011


الخارجية التركية تدعو مواطنيها في سوريا إلى أخذ الحذر و الحيطة في التنقل
Turkish Foreign Ministry calls on its citizens in Syria to take caution and prudence in the movement
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=32652df226d1a46342a78e5ee2675c41&ar=342624497
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 15:19:51


Report: Turkey offered help to Assad if Brotherhood included in cabinet
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258405-report-turkey-offered-help-to-assad-if-brotherhood-included-in-cabinet.html
29 September 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly offered his help to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to help him manage an uprising that rocked Turkey's southern neighbor for months if Syria's president allows Muslim Brotherhood to take up at least one fourth of the cabinet.

"In June, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered, if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ensured between a quarter and a third of ministers in his government were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, to make a commitment to use all his influence to end the rebellion," a Western diplomat said, AFP news agency reported on Thursday.

"The head of the Syrian state refused such a proposal," the diplomat added.

According to AFP, another European diplomat also confirmed that Turkey made the request to Assad in exchange of giving four major ministries to Muslim Brotherhood, the banned movement in Syria for decades.

"The Turks proposed at first that the Muslim Brotherhood occupy four major ministries and explained that they are part of the political components of this country," the diplomat said, according to AFP.

The report said that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu delivered a written letter to Assad from Turkish President Abdullah Gül. Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency unveiled the letter, which included no such a request.

During Davutoğlu's marathon talks in Damascus earlier last month, Turkish foreign minister called for the return of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, a Syrian official with knowledge of the talks said.

"President Assad told him that as individuals they could certainly come back and enjoy Syrian nationality, but never as a party, because they have a religious foundation which is incompatible with Syria's secular character."

According to human rights advocates, there are currently thousands of Syrians serving in prisons for decades accused of being affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Erdoğan, in an interview with Time magazine in New York, said Assad earlier told him that he had liberated most of the political offenders. "Assad told me 'we only have about 83 political offenders in prison.' But actually there are thousands and thousands. Those individuals have never been involved in violent attacks or uprisings," Erdoğan said, adding that they've been unfortunately incarcerated based on their faith or their expressions.

The report said Turkish Foreign Ministry official didn't confirm the claims and said "this is the first I have heard of that, but we have always said (to Syria) that if you do not share power through elections, and if you do not make reforms ... things will become difficult for you."

Erdoğan's chief foreign policy adviser İbrahim Kalın dismissed the allegations through his Twitter feed as "absolutely false, fabricated."


Damascus film festival postponed
http://arabnews.com/lifestyle/offbeat/article508477.ece
By ARAB NEWS
Published: Sep 28, 2011 22:13 Updated: Sep 28, 2011 22:13

DAMASCUS: According to an Egyptian daily, Syrian officials decided to postpone the Damascus International Film Festival after many Arab countries announced their intention to boycott the event scheduled for November.

Arab country's main aim is to send a political message to the Syrian regime after its violent crackdown on unarmed protesters. Egyptian and Syrian actors are the most divided over the issue.

Syrian actress Raghda earlier announced her full support of the Syrian regime and accused the revolutionist of having a foreign agenda.

Sep 29 International

UNSC may agree measures on Syria - Russia's UN ambassador
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/29/56910366.html
Sep 29, 2011 09:58 Moscow Time


دبلوماسيون يرجحون توصل مجلس الأمن الى حل وسط بشأن الملف السوري خلال الأسبوع الجاري
Diplomats reckon the Security Council reached a compromise on the Syrian file during the current week
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/567822
29.09.2011 07:48


Mark C. Toner
Deputy Spokesperson (US Dept. of State)
Daily Press Briefing
Washington, DC
September 26, 2011
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2011/09/173972.htm

QUESTION: Syria?

MR. TONER: Yeah. Go ahead, sir. Syria's fine.

QUESTION: Yeah. Could you update us on the activities of Ambassador Ford and what is the situation there?

MR. TONER: I don't have an update on Ambassador Ford's whereabouts or his activities. I do – sorry about it. I mean, I don't have – I don't know what his most recent activities have been. He obviously remains engaged on the ground. I don't know that he's traveled recently. We'll try to get you an update on that.

In general terms, we've seen continued oppression by the Syrian Government, including credible reports that Syrian intelligence services are imprisoning and torturing and killing relatives of dissidents inside Syria as a means of forcing activists to give themselves up. We've seen increased violence over the weekend in other parts of Syria, and we just reiterate our call for the Syrian Government to stop the violence.

QUESTION: Okay. There has been reports that Jandali is an American Syrian musician and his parents were smuggled out of Syria, that this was done in coordination with the American Embassy. Do you have any more information on that?

MR. TONER: I'm aware of the individual, I'm aware of the case. I don't know that I can comment beyond that, no.

QUESTION: And lastly, there has been reports that (inaudible), volatile times ahead with a grouped – military groups congregating outside the Syrian army. Do you have any comment on that?

MR. TONER: Again, one more time the question.

QUESTION: There is apparently some arms being sent to the opposition and a group that –people that have defected from the army, members of the armed forces have formed their own units. Would you, at this point, give them aid?

MR. TONER: Well, look, I think it's not surprising, given the level of violence over the past months, that we're now seeing members of the military – or, rather, members of the opposition begin to turn violent, or, rather, begin to use violence against the military as an act of self-preservation. I would say that the opposition's shown extraordinary restraint in the face of the regime's brutality and demanding their rights through peaceful unarmed demonstrations.

It goes without saying that the longer the regime continues to repress, kill, and jail these peaceful activists, the more likely that this peaceful movement's going to become violent. And we would – the onus for this remains on the Syrian Government and the Syrian regime that continues to use violence against innocent civilians.

So think what you're saying is, unfortunately, a natural development.

QUESTION: Well, do you urge the opposition to not –

MR. TONER: It's not really for us, frankly, to urge the opposition to do anything. They are – clearly, it's a matter of self-defense. Again, we just – we've seen – what we've seen so far in the struggle, this largely nonviolent struggle, is extraordinary restraint on the part of the opposition.

QUESTION: A lot of your expressions of support for the opposition have been grounded in part on the fact that they have been nonviolent and peaceful. Are you saying that you would continue to support them if they actively took up arms and essentially became an armed insurrection that you would – they would receive the full backing from you? If the movement loses its nonviolent character, does that change, in any way, U.S. support for its goal?

MR. TONER: I think what remains unchanged is that Asad is no longer the legitimate leader of that country. He, by using violence against his people, has created the present situation. These are unarmed protestors. They remain unarmed, for the large part. But the dynamic is changing because – due to this continued violence by Asad and his regime.

So the responsibility, the onus, is on Asad. We're calling for him to step down so that a democratic transition can take place. That's what our focus is.

QUESTION: But what's your reaction to reports that elements in the military are defecting and threatening to use force against the regime?

MR. TONER: Well, I – just what I said, which is that you're seeing this dynamic --

QUESTION: (Inaudible.)

MR. TONER: -- you're seeing this shift because average Syrians, who have thus far been nonviolent, are trying to take action against this continued violence, this continued repression, the deaths, the mounting death toll of innocent Syrian civilians. And so it's not surprising that we're seeing this happen.

But again, let's be clear. The responsibility lies with Asad and his regime that continue to use violence against innocent, peaceful demonstrators. And they need to step aside and allow a democratic transition. That call remains crystal clear: Asad needs to step down.

QUESTION: But to follow up on Andy's point, there are elements, in Dara'a in particular, that are issuing statements saying that if we take up arms, if we form our own basis and so on, then the U.S. will come and support us, as happened in Libya. Wouldn't it be, in fact, in the interest of the United States to caution against the use of violence on the premise that this will engender U.S. aid?

MR. TONER: Well, I think from our understanding, the vast majority of the Syrian people are adamant that they don't want any kind of military intervention, and this does remain a largely peaceful opposition movement. But as I said, the government's continued use of violence against innocent civilians, I think, is engendering the opposition to use violence back at the Syrian authorities.

QUESTION: And then just so we're clear on this, and you condone the use of that violence by the opposition to defend themselves? You think that's perfectly okay?

MR. TONER: I just think that it is a dynamic that has been borne of this ongoing repression and violence against them. It's a matter of self-defense.

Yeah. Go ahead, in the back.


Official Source: Statements by American Officials Prove US Involvement in Encouraging Violence against Syrian Army
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372335.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372340.htm
Sep 29, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) - An official source at the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs said the recent statements made by American officials including what was said by Spokesman of the US Department of State Mark Toner on Sep 26th about supporting the armed terrorist groups in using violence against the Syrian Arab Army, clearly indicate that the US is involved in encouraging the armed groups to carry out acts of violence against the Syrian Army.

In a statement to SANA, the source added that describing the terrorist acts as normal by the Deputy of the US Department of State Spokesman is an irresponsible attitude that would encourage the acts of violence and sabotage serving the foreign agendas which contradict with the interests of the Syrian people.

The source said that Syria strongly condemns these American statements, and affirms determination to perform its duty in preserving its security and stability, defending its citizens, and in confronting all the attempts of interference in its internal affairs.


Syria protesters attack U.S. ambassador
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/29/501364/main20113228.shtml
(CBS/AP)
September 29, 2011 6:59 AM
Last Updated 9:30 a.m. ET

Supporters of President Bashar Assad pelted the U.S. ambassador to Syria with eggs and tomatoes Thursday as he entered an office for a meeting with a leading opposition figure and then tried to storm the building in the capital Damascus, the opposition activist said.

Ambassador Robert Ford, an outspoken critic of Assad's crackdown on the 6-month-old anti-government uprising, was trapped in the office for about three hours until Syria security forces showed up and escorted him out.

An official at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus later told CBS News that Ford was "safe and unharmed" following the attack. The embassy provided no further information about what happened, saying a statement would likely be issued by the State Department in Washington later in the day.

Ford came under attack as he arrived for a meeting with Hassan Abdul-Azim, who heads the outlawed Arab Socialist Democratic Union party.

"Now that security forces are here, I believe his life is not in danger," Abdul-Azim told The Associated Press.

Ford has angered the Syrian regime in past months by visiting a couple of the protest centers outside of Damascus in a show of solidarity with the anti-government uprising. The latest incident could further raise tensions between Washington and Damascus, which has accused the United States of helping incite violence in Syria. In August, President Barack Obama demanded Assad resign, saying he had lost his legitimacy as a ruler.

Abdul-Azim said Ford was inside his office when the Assad supporters tried to force their way in, breaking some door locks. Office staff prevented them from rushing in, but the ambassador was trapped inside for about three hours with some 100 hostile pro-government protesters outside.

Abdul-Azim said Syrian security arrived about an hour after the attack began.

The U.S. Embassy had no immediate comment on the confrontation.

The attack on Ford came five days after government supporters threw eggs and stones at France's ambassador as he left a meeting in Damascus with a Greek Orthodox patriarch. Ambassador Eric Chevallier was unharmed.

Tension between the West and Syria — Iran's closest Arab ally — have been rising for months.

Washington and the European Union have imposed sanctions on some Syrian officials, including Assad, because of Assad's crackdown that has left some 2,700 people, according to the United Nations.

A trip in July by the U.S. and French ambassadors to the central city of Hama to express support for protesters drew swift condemnation from the Syrian government, which said the unauthorized visits were proof that Washington was inciting violence in the Arab nation. Authorities then warned both ambassadors not to travel outside the capital without permission.

A month later, the Obama administration brushed off a complaint by Syrian authorities that Ford violated their travel rules by leaving Damascus without permission. The Syrian foreign ministry registered concern over Ford's trip in August from Damascus to the southern village of Jassem, where he met opposition activists.

Last month, Ford and several other ambassadors expressed their condolences to the family of a rights advocate who was killed.

The U.S. has maintained diplomatic relations with Syria even while protesting Assad's efforts to crush the uprising.


Foreign Ministry: Necessary Procedures Taken to Protect US Ambassador while Visiting a Lawyer's Office in Damascus
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372394.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372429.htm
Sep 29, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) - " The US Embassy informed the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Thursday morning that the US Ambassador Robert Ford, was faced by some Syrians who gathered to protest his presence and movements while visiting lawyer Hassan Abdel Azim at his office," an official source at Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said.

The source added that in order to meet Syria's international obligations, the Ministry contacted the competent authorities to take necessary procedures to protect the Ambassador and ensure his safe return to the Embassy headquarters as soon as it knew about the issue.

Hundreds of Syrian citizens gathered in front of lawyer Abdel Azim's office at al-Nasr Street in Damascus in protest of the US Ambassador's movements.

The participants chanted slogans that express their rejection of the foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs and the US policy.


أميركا تعدل عقوباتها ضد سورية وتسمح بدعم التعليم والجفاف والصحة
America adjusted its sanctions against Syria and allow the support of education, health and drought
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=fdafefbd12c43c36d50dadf268870854&ar=63909858
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 14:41:40

Issued a U.S. Treasury Department two days before the licenses considered exceptions to the sanctions imposed on Syria recently.

The "Economist" that the new exceptions (or the so-called license) included two parts:

The first license:

Allow non-governmental organizations to issue and re-export services to Syria to be able to perform the following activities:

- Activities to support humanitarian projects, including but not limited to: the fight against drought, helping refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of conflicts, the distribution of food and medicines, and serve the health services.

- Activities to support democracy-building in Syria, including but not limited to, the rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability, and development projects of civil society.

- Activities to support education in Syria, including but not limited to: fighting illiteracy, promoting education and access to people, projects and support education reform.

- Activities to support development projects (non commercial) according to which Syrian citizens directly, including but not limited to: combating the spread of infectious diseases, promotion of maternal and child health, sustainable agriculture, and assistance in the provision of clean water.

Thus allowing financial institutions to U.S. companies trading in securities and money transfer companies, to transfer money for expenses of operating the work of non-governmental non-US and non-Syrian, provided that the financial transfers across the Syrian government or any of the persons applied to them penalties.

In addition to that, the license allows for non-governmental non-US and non-Syrian, that the financial operations with the Syrian government, what is necessary for the activities mentioned above, including but not limited to: payment of taxes, import duties, fees for approvals, licenses, or public services from the government Syria.

Second license:

Allows financial institutions to U.S. companies trading securities and money transfer companies, to transfer money for expenses of operating the work of diplomatic missions, non-US and non-Syrian or consular functions in Syria, provided that the financial transfers across the Syrian government or any of the persons applied to them penalties.

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued four licenses are excluded from U.S. sanctions on Syria two weeks ago, included to allow international organizations of the United Nations and its respective programs and employees continue their activities and their dealings with Syria, and allow U.S. citizens resident in Syria, a Maamlahm daily, allowing moving accounts bank within the territory of the United States, which belong to the Syrian citizens.

Sep 29 Local government

اللجنة العليا للانتخابات تعقد اجتماعها الأول وتشكل اللجان القضائية الفرعية في الدوائر الانتخابية بالمحافظات
Election Commission held its first meeting and a sub-judicial committees in the electoral districts in the governorates

http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372265.htm
September 29 0.2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

Higher Committee held its first meeting for the elections yesterday in the plenary Court of Cassation in Damascus and issued the decision No. 1 / / judge to form sub-committees in the judicial districts for the rest of the provinces.

According to the Commission's decision that under the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 101, date 03.08.2011 and the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 374 of 2011 decided the Supreme Committee for the elections to form sub-committees in the judicial districts as follows:

(a list of judges appointed for sub-committes of each province)

Sep 29 Central government

3 استثناءات جديدة تضاف لقرار تعليق الاستيراد...تجارة دمشق تطالب الحكومة بإعادة دراسة القرار تمهيداً لإلغائه
3 new exceptions added to the decision to suspend the import trade ... Damascus, calling on the government to re-consider the resolution in preparation for the cancel
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=109405
http://backupurl.com/691u3j
2011-09-29


Cabinet to Take Steps to Monitor Market and Prices, Reconsider Some Articles of Import Suspension Decision
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/28/371904.htm
Sep 28, 2011


اللجنة العليا للانتخابات تعقد اجتماعها الأول وتشكل اللجان القضائية الفرعية في الدوائر الانتخابية بالمحافظات
Election Commission held its first meeting and a sub-judicial committees in the electoral districts in the governorates

http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/09/29/372265.htm
September 29 0.2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

Higher Committee held its first meeting for the elections yesterday in the plenary Court of Cassation in Damascus and issued the decision No. 1 / / judge to form sub-committees in the judicial districts for the rest of the provinces.

According to the Commission's decision that under the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 101, date 03.08.2011 and the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 374 of 2011 decided the Supreme Committee for the elections to form sub-committees in the judicial districts as follows:

(a list of judges appointed for sub-committes of each province)


وزارة الصناعة تسمح لشركاتها التشغيل لمصلحة جهات أخرى مقابل أجور عينية
Ministry of Industry to allow its companies operating in the interest of others in return for wages in kind
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=524695d494872d7f4927354f17fbc78f&ar=878124626
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 14:39:55

Issued by the Minister of Industry, "Adnan Slakhu" a decision which allowed for industrial companies of the industrial enterprises related to the Ministry of public industrial operation for the benefit of third parties against payment in kind or cash to be agreed between the parties, in order to take advantage of the production capacities in excess of their need.

Sep 29 Pro-government

Raising 2300-Meter Long Syrian Flag in Tartous to Stress Independence of Syria's Decision
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372454.htm
Sep 29, 2011

Civil, Popular Activities in Lattakia Stress Adherence to National Unity, Preserving Syria's sovereignty


انتهاء تصوير السلسلة الفيلمية (نعشق أرضك سورية) التي توثق لحقيقة الأحداث التي تشهدها سورية
The end of filming the series film (love your land Syria), which document the fact that the incidents in Syria
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/09/29/372447.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/9/2011/09/29/372462.htm
September 29 0.2011
Damascus, (SANA) -


اللجنة الأمنية السورية اللبنانية تبحث الوضع عند نقطتي العبودية والدبوسية الحدوديتين
Syrian-Lebanese security committee are looking at the points situation of al-Dabbousiyyah and al-'Abboudiyyah border
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/09/29/372446.htm
September 29 0.2011
Beirut, (SANA) -

The Committee discussed the joint Syrian-Lebanese security at points of al-Dabbousiyyah and al-'Abboudiyyah during its meeting today at the center of Lebanese General Security in the town of slavery on the ground and ways of overcoming the confusion of traffic resulting from the direct use of the Lebanese side of the new offices at the point of al-'Abboudiyyah in the border public security and customs.

A statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of the National Agency quoted the Lebanese media that it was decided to extend the passage of trucks between the two countries at four in the morning until five in the afternoon of each day instead of trucks crossing from eleven o'clock noon until four o'clock in the afternoon.

The statement noted that it was assigned to riders of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces organize the passage of trucks and cars on the international road leading to the crossing point into al-'Abboudiyyah inside Lebanese territory as the meeting asked the Lebanese authorities to work fast to expand the international highway from the Lebanese side and resurfaced and the allocation of spaces customs and wide from the Lebanese side as garages for trucks.

Sep 29 Anti-government

ميشيل كيلو: معارضو الداخل يرفضون الانضمام إلى " المجلس الوطني السوري "
Michel Kilo: Opponents of home refuse to join the "Syrian National Council"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=4cd8badcd2ef34b5c16c3e569ef317c6&ar=696906154
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 17:24:46

He and writer Michel Kilo, Syria's opposition to "Syria's opponents in the home who met in mid-September in Damascus does not intend to join the so-called "Syrian National Council ", which announced its establishment in Istanbul.

And justified the decision kilo internal opposition by saying, "This body (the Council) is open to the idea of ​​foreign intervention."

Sep 29 Incidents

استشهاد طفل بإدلب و3 من حفظ النظام في تلكلخ برصاص مجموعات إرهابية مسلحة..مصدر عسكري: ما نقلته فضائيات عن إغارة طيران حربي على الرستن عار عن الصحة
Child killed in Idlib and 3 to maintain order in Tall Kalakh shot by armed terrorist groups .. military source: satellite channels reported on the raid on a military aircraft Rastan untrue
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/09/29/372341.htm

(English)
Child Martyred in Idlib after Being Shot by Armed Terrorist Group
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372344.htm
Sep 29, 2011

Idlib, (SANA) - Child Mohammad Abdul-Aziz Dahrouj on Thursday was martyred after being shot by an armed terrorist group in Khan al-Sobul Village in Idlib Province on the International Highway to the north of Ma'arat al-Nua'man City.

Gunmen, who were inside a black car without a plate, opened fire on the child near the shop of his father which sells bread.


Three Law Enforcement Members Martyred in Armed Ambush in Homs
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372440.htm
Sep 29, 2011

HOMS / Idlib, (SANA) - Three law enforcement members were martyred on Thursday in an ambush set by an armed terrorist group on al-Hwash road near Tall Kalakh in Homs governorate.

A source at Homs Police Command told SANA correspondent that the martyrs Ahmad Haider, Yasser Dardar and Ahmad Amin were attacked by an armed terrorist group which opened fire at them while performing their national duty in preserving security.

Citizen Amr Mohammad al-Tarfi was transported to Homs National Hospital after he was found dead with gunshot wounds in al-Jossiyeh area in al-Qssair.

A medical source said that the hospital also received citizen Ahmad al-Debjan from Um al-Amad village with several gunshot wounds as he was targeted in Dier B'albeh neighborhood in Homs.

In Idlib, Pharmacist Wassim al-Yousef from Khan Sheikhon was abducted and found shot in his leg by the fire of an armed terrorist group few hours later.

(Arabic)
A military source: satellite channels reported the news of the warplanes raided Rastan unfounded

On the other hand denied the military source reported on some satellite channels for the warplanes raided the city of Rastan and confirmed that these reports are completely untrue.

http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372492.htm


وفاة شرطي إثر تعرضه للتعذيب من قبل مسلحين قاموا بخطفه مع ابن شقيقه في جبل الزاوية
The death of a policeman after being tortured by gunmen who kidnap with the son of his brother in Jabal al-Zawiyah (Shannaan village)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=420d060d0ad84bec8f6cb35660fea72b&h=%C7%CF%E1%C8&ar=887329547
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 17:45:01


مسلحون يستولون على سيارة تابعة لفرع المواصلات الطرفية في ادلب
Gunmen seize a car belonging to the branch transportation terminals in Idlib (Khan Shaikhoun)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=970deb76814884d6a59a7e80d9ca802f&h=%C7%CF%E1%C8&ar=849169399
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 13:44:56


الحادثة الثانية خلال أسبوع .. إحراق مدرسة في ريف معرة النعمان
The second incident within a week .. The burning of a school in rural Ma'arrat Numan (Shamaareen village)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=080d7304a47acabf4383e053fcf552c5&h=%C7%CF%E1%C8&ar=183409154
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 13:36:20


إصابة سبعة عناصر من القوى الأمنية في انفجار عبوة ناسفة على طريق ادلب - أريحا
Wounding seven elements of the security forces in a bomb explosion on a road Idlib - Ariha
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=a289dff25e0dbfe5e4669ff6d662a842&h=%C7%CF%E1%C8&ar=931422157
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 11:45:49


シリア 離反兵士が政権側と戦闘か
9月29日 10時39分
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110929/t10015921301000.html
http://backupurl.com/br9bcy


Syrian troops cross Lebanon border, briefly kidnap 2
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Sep-29/150024-syrian-troops-cross-lebanon-border-briefly-kidnap-2.ashx
September 29, 2011 12:33 PM


Authorities Seize Large Amounts of Weapons and Ammunition Set for Smuggling to Syria from Lebanon
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/09/29/372442.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372455.htm
Sep 29, 2011


Lebanese Army Seizes 5 Trucks with Goods to Be Smuggled into Syria (in Rashayyiah region)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/09/29/372327.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/09/29/372332.htm
Sep 29, 2011


Terrorist Confesses to Murdering Dr. Eid and Opening Fire on Soldiers, Civilians, Funerals and Schools
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/29/372272.htm
Sep 29, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Terrorist Bilal Abdelhalim Hassoun confessed to being a member of an armed terrorist group that assassinated Dr. Hasan Eid a few days ago in Homs, in addition to opening fire on military personnel, civilians, funerals and schools.

In confessions broadcast by the Syrian TV on Wednesday, Hassoun confessed to murdering Dr. Hasan Eid at the request of a man called Jassem Afara because Dr. Eid worked at Homs National Hospital and treated injured people, adding that Afara recruited a group to keep watch over Dr. Eid two weeks prior to the assassination.

Hassoun, a blacksmith living in Bab al-Siba'a in Homs who was born in 1985 and was arrested four times for various charges including a narcotics charge, said that he planned the assassination with Bilal Oudeh, Bilal Awwameh, Yousef al-Hosni, Omar al-Hosni and Jassem Afara in Bilal Oudeh's house.

He said that each member of the group carried a rifle and a pistol and took two cars early in the next morning to Jeb al-Jandali where Dr. Eid lives, with Hasoun and another gunman waiting on one corner while another pair waited at the opposite corner, while the rest waited two buildings away from the doctor's house.

"When Dr. Eid came down from his house and turned on his car, Jassem Afara, Hilal al-Douri and Osama al-Dada approached him and opened fire on him, killing him," Hassoun said, adding that Afara then ordered them to retreat and headed to Bab al-Siba'a.

Afterwards, where Hasoun was given a pistol to give to a man named Mamdouh al-Masri and was arrested on the way.

Hassoun confessed to opening fire on army personnel and civilians, saying that the group headed to an army checkpoint in two cars without license plates and opened fire on the military personnel for half an hour, with one of the terrorists firing RPG rounds.

He said that a man called Mahmoud Salameh aka Abu Khaled used to bring them firearms and RPG rounds from Wadi Khaled in Lebanon with the help of a man called Iyad Berakdar, adding that Afara paid for the weapons.

Hassoun said that he committed his crimes for money, starting with participating in protests in exchange for SYP 500 given out by Afara. Later, Afara gave him a pistol and camouflaged military clothing and instructed him to wear them and walk behind protestors and shoot at them to make people think that security forces are opening fire on protestors, promising him 1,000 pounds for each time he shoots at the protestors.

"After three days from shooting at protestors, Afara came and asked me to shoot at mourners in funerals taking place in Bab al-Siba'a area and I agreed… I then started attending each funeral and opening fire at mourners in exchange for 1,000 pounds for each time," he said.

Hassoun said that Afara told them that no student must go to school, and so they used the two aforementioned cars to al-Istiklal School where Afara entered the teachers' room and prevented the teachers from giving lessons, telling them that they will also prevent parents from sending their children to school. After that, they opened fire at the school's gates to scare children from attending, and on the next day they went to another school and opened fire on its gates.


Newsletter / TTA / French armed groups carry out operations in Syria and ambushes against the army and security

http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/09/29/372456.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/09/30/372564.htm
September 29 0.2011
Damascus, (SANA) -


موظفان يزوران إيصالات و يختلسان 6 ملايين ليرة و يستمران على رأس عملهما في ادلب
Two employees forged receipts and embezzling 6 million pounds and continue to apply on top of their work in Idlib (Khan Shaikhoun)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=ca80c5e66d6143bb89c0c3dc4598b580&ar=491674725
Wednesday - September 28 - 2011 - 15:46:56


ضبط 10 أطنان من الطحين المهرب في حلب
Confiscate 10 tons of smuggled wheat flour in Aleppo
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=2ff0159b68f3cd875da42c8b72446ee4&ar=694643266
Thursday - September 29 - 2011 - 12:08:04

Sep 28 Economy

Aleppo is the industry decision to suspend the importation «hinders» Trade and Damascus is its note ... prices become inflamed and angry at the merchants and citizens
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=109356
http://backupurl.com/753w6c
2011-09-28

Search the Council of Ministers in its session held yesterday the development of goods and basic materials in the local markets and procedures for provision and security, the Council requested the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to take practical measures to control the movement of market prices and prevent the exploitation of comments the temporary import of some goods with a view to raising prices, particularly food, manufactured goods and domestically produced and re- of some items of the suspension in order to achieve the national interest.

This came as byproducts coming in and the feelings of anger when a large number of traders and industrialists of the government's decision to suspend the import of materials that increase the tariffs of 5 percent of profits to the street, economic, commercial and industrial due to its effects on the markets. (Details p. 9)

A number of traders and industrialists for their discontent to the issuance of this decision and in its current form and shape of a sudden, without the government can convince the Syrian street without Bembrradtha and also be able to respond to thousands of questions received in respect of goods shipped or in free zones.

To the surprise of the Syrian citizen with a sudden rise for all prices, especially of imported materials, while a number of agencies and electrical items and vehicles to close centers, sale and storage of their cars and goods to the later stages of the center of a number of traders buy large quantities of material from the market for resale at higher prices a few days after, as A number of citizens also purchased large quantities of imported materials for storage, for fear of losing markets.

Having announced the Aleppo merchants before yesterday they were against the resolution because of its negative aspects of the internal market, issued the Aleppo Chamber of Industry yesterday issued a statement indicating that the «opinion the economic year is that this government decision detriment of the national economy and caused a stir both materially and morally in the street and hinder business activity and industrial » for most of the work and sends « a message of weakness» abroad.

The statement said the decision, issued by the government last Thursday, cannot be a solution acceptable to the economic activities «, which refuses to bear the brunt of the errors accumulated from some government financial and banking, which led to the imbalance in the balance of foreign exchange especially with regard to the mechanism of financing imports and secure Cutting them ».

The statement added: «sees room to comment, even if temporarily cause a monopoly and high prices and encourage smuggling and corruption and lead to lower quality local product and adversely affects the rights of consumers and believes that the protection of national industry is not by raising the walls of protectionism but through giving competitive advantages to the domestic industry of the incentives and facilities with the survival markets open, provided that imports adjusted according to the control mechanisms to ensure fair and equal competition between all the products and goods ».

Al «alwatan.sy» the Damascus Chamber of Commerce held a meeting yesterday attended by the entire membership to consider the resolution referred to the view that the decision of many negative while its advantages are limited.

The Chamber Board of Directors decided today submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister and Minister of Economy in order to clarify the negative aspects of the decision.

And on the resolution, the Governor of Central Bank of Syria Adib Mayyaali yesterday to reduce imports to Syria will provide six billion dollars a year to cope with sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union.

The inclined told «AFP» that «the goods covered by this decision represents about 25 percent of the imports and this will provide at least six billion dollars, including $ 4.5 billion of import cars».

He said «It is a preventive measure to protect our currencies on the foreign exceed 17 billion dollars». And about a decision, Mayyaali said «I cannot give a deadline because it is linked to a period of pressure on Syria by European countries».


الصناعات الهندسية: لا ارتفاع على أسعار سيارة شام وسيامكو تعمل على زيادة طاقتها الانتاجية
Engineering Industries: No increase in the prices of car Saamku Cham and working to increase its production capacity
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/09/28/372211.htm
September 28, 2011

The Director-General of the General Establishment for Engineering Industries and the company's vice president of the Syrian-Iranian car industry Saamku Dr. Nidal clefts there would be no increase in the price of a car produced by the Cham Saamku.

. . . Iran Khodro Company owns 40 percent of the capital of the company has with the General Organization for Engineering Industries, 35 percent of the Company and the authority of Commerce 25 percent.


Syria signed a memorandum of understanding with the Russian company to provide them with three new passenger planes in 2013
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=31271e0deb84b687cf3288d21c2564d8&ar=526167944
Wednesday - September 28 - 2011 - 14:29:08


شركة "توبليف" تزود الخطوط الجوية السورية باحدث طائراتها
Company "Tupolev" provide the airline with modern aircraft, the Syrian
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/567776
28.09.2011 15:16


الرقم القياسي للمستهلك يرتفع 0.65% بسبب ارتفاع أسعار الأغذية واللحوم و البيض
Record of the consumer rises 0.65% due to higher food prices, meat and eggs
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=bb7fa8bdb14f564f570def4cbb76a7d3&ar=730015841
Wednesday - September 28 - 2011 - 12:38:15

Issued the Central Bureau of Statistics indices of consumer prices for the month of August when it reached the record differences for July rose 0.65 points the previous record 146.49%.

The Bureau noted that it was due to a slight rise in the group food and non-alcoholic beverages amounted to 1.48 points, in addition to higher prices for milk, cheese, eggs, reaching difference 5.18 points, meat 4.08 points, pulses and vegetables 4.01 points, and food products under another 14.48 points, while the prices of fruits, where differences amounted to 11.3 points and non-alcoholic beverages 1.82 points, coffee, tea and cocoa 2.17 points.

For his part, and restored the Central Bureau of Statistics reason for the rise to higher meat prices at a rate of 23.3 percent, sugar and sweets 21.2%.

The monthly inflation August for the last two in July stood at 0.45%, while the annual inflation for the month of August 2011 for August 2010 amounted to 3.9%.

Group were also affected by restaurants and hotels at such a high as well as higher milk prices and cheese for 9.75% June 2011 Despite the low prices of the group rate of 18.9% fruit and vegetables, 13.03% for June 2011.


رويترز : سوريا لا تشتري في مناقصة لتوريد 100 ألف طن قمحا بسبب الاسعار الباهظة
Reuters: Syria does not buy in a tender to supply 100 thousand tons of wheat due to high prices
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=0a18c070a34423b14e518b2f93e50f02&ar=782902228
Wednesday - September 28 - 2011 - 15:22:28


Damascus stock price index for this week
The index has recovered by 5.9% from the historical low just recorded last week.

26/Sep/2011 951.33 volume 114 thousand
27/Sep/2011 966.64 volume 408 thousand (2nd biggest volume in history after Aug. 2))
28/Sep/2011 957.97 volume 27 thousand

(In a temporal measure, the market is open for 3 days a week only.)

16/Dec/2010 1752.50 (historial high)
19/Sep/2011 904.67 (historical low)

Weekly closing rates
19/May/2011 1323.11
26/May/2011 1256.80
02/Jun/2011 1234.13
09/Jun/2011 1136.82
16/Jun/2011 1133.09
23/Jun/2011 1057.36
30/Jun/2011 1031.04
07/Jul/2011 1067.50
14/Jul/2011 1032.62
21/Jul/2011 1010.06
28/Jul/2011 1013.81
04/Aug/2011 993.89
11/Aug/2011 950.89
17/Aug/2011 951.66
24/Aug/2011 950.73
29/Aug/2011 951.05
07/Sep/2011 933.34
14/Sep/2011 909.16
21/Sep/2011 927.12