Sarkozy insists: Turkey not part of EU
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259157-sarkozy-insists-turkey-not-part-of-eu.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a tour of Caucasus countries, repeated his well-known opposition to Turkey's membership in the European Union on Friday, saying his country does not consider Turkey a part of the 27-nation bloc.
"Located in Asia Minor, Turkey has an important role in the world. It is a bridge between the East and the West," Sarkozy was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying at a news conference during his visit to Armenia, his first stop on his Caucasus trip. "But this role is outside the EU. France does not see Turkey in the EU."
Sarkozy, who has said he wants Turkey to be given special partnership status with the EU rather than full membership, is regarded by many Turks as the embodiment of European prejudice towards a Muslim country. The French leader, who seeks to boost his ratings before an April presidential election, said Turkey was "successful," apparently in reference to its growing activism in the region. "But my thoughts on Turkey's EU membership have not changed and there is no reason why they should change," Sarkozy was quoted as saying.
During his visit to Armenia, Sarkozy also urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 killings of Armenians as genocide, threatening to pass a law in France that would make denying this a crime. "The Armenian genocide is a historical reality. Collective denial is even worse than individual denial," Sarkozy told reporters. "Turkey, which is a great country, would honor itself to revisit its history like other great countries in the world have done."
Turkey, in response, said France should confront its colonial past before giving lessons to others on how to face history. "Those who will not be able to face their own history for having carried out colonialism for centuries, for treating foreigners as second-class people, do not have the right to teach Turkey a history lesson or call for Turkey to face its history," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters on Friday.
Turkey calls on Sarkozy to look in the mirror on history controversy
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259138-turkey-calls-on-sarkozy-to-look-in-the-mirror-on-history-controversy.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA
Amidst of the row between the two countries, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant met with Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin to sign an agreement on cooperation in domestic security.
In harsh response to recent remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who called on Turkey to face its history and recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide, Turkey said on Friday that France should look in the mirror before asking Turkey to revisit its history.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters after his meeting with Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) on the country's foreign policy that he finds Sarkozy's remarks as an example of "political populism." He said his statements were wrong and were aimed for [France's] domestic politics. … Any state or society who has a colonial past and cannot face its own history does not have the right to give lessons to Turkey. Those who want Turkey face its history should look into mirror," the minister said. Sarkozy on Thursday urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 incidents as genocide, threatening to pass a law in France that would make denying this a crime.
"The Armenian genocide is a historical reality. Collective denial is even worse than individual denial," Sarkozy told reporters.
"Turkey, which is a great country, would honor itself to revisit its history like other great countries in the world have done," the French president added. On Friday, Sarkozy made further comments on the issue, calling Turkey to "make a gesture of reconciliation," and warning that if Turkey refrained from taking any steps, France would consider amending its legislation to penalize denial, Reuters reported. Sarkozy did not give a date for such a move, but noted that measures could be adopted "in a very brief time."
Turkey's Minister for European Union Affairs Egemen Bağış was also highly critical of Sarkozy's remarks and called on the French president to "think over how he would save his country from the economic turmoil it has fallen into instead of assuming the role of historians."
More senators quit over dual nationality
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=42062
7 October 2011
By Raed Omari
AMMAN - More senators holding dual nationalities on Thursday submitted their resignations in compliance with the new Constitution, which prohibits Jordanians who have another nationality from holding ministerial, senatorial and parliamentary posts.
Senators Muhammad Hamdan and Abdul Hamid Shoman submitted their resignations to Senate President Taher Masri.
Their peers Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Khaled Sharif and Suhair Al-Ali also resigned earlier this week for the same reason.
Under the amendments made to Article 75 of the Constitution, which went into effect Saturday, "no person can become a deputy, senator, minister or a high-ranking official if he/she holds dual nationality".
Masri confirmed the resignations in a telephone interview with The Jordan Times Thursday. "With these new resignations, I think there are no Upper House members now holding dual nationality," he said.
2011/10/08
Oct 7 Local government
الكهرباء: مشروع استراتيجي لتحسين أداء الشبكة في المنطقة الشرقية
Ministry of Electricity: a strategic project to improve the performance of the network in the eastern region
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=3585f4fe597194cdfac46a99d4a2d96a&ar=83120043
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:25:45
Eng "Maher Shahrla" Assistant Director-General of the General Company for Electrical and Communications, the Ministry of electricity is set to improve the performance of the electricity network and services in the Eastern region, through strategic project.
According to the newspaper "al-Thawrah", "Shahrla" made it clear that the company is completing the implementation of a strategic project in the eastern region, which is on the implementation of a high tension line 400 kv. P-value of 301 million pounds and up between Taym Hasaka to serve the entire region.
Ministry of Electricity: a strategic project to improve the performance of the network in the eastern region
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=3585f4fe597194cdfac46a99d4a2d96a&ar=83120043
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:25:45
Eng "Maher Shahrla" Assistant Director-General of the General Company for Electrical and Communications, the Ministry of electricity is set to improve the performance of the electricity network and services in the Eastern region, through strategic project.
According to the newspaper "al-Thawrah", "Shahrla" made it clear that the company is completing the implementation of a strategic project in the eastern region, which is on the implementation of a high tension line 400 kv. P-value of 301 million pounds and up between Taym Hasaka to serve the entire region.
Oct 7 Economy
مشروع لاستمرار جريان العاصي ودوران نواعيــــر حمــــاة
Project to continue the flow of the Orontes and turning of waterwheels (Hama)
http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=31526735820111007224208
http://backupurl.com/qdvjem
Saturday 08/10/2011
Ida al-Mauli
An Iranian company "Yakm" ended the study of the Orontes River project to ensure the continued flow of the river every day of the year and turning of waterwheels.
رغم تكلفتها العالية وإنتاجها المنخفض.. الزراعات التكثيفية الخريفية بدرعا مورد اقتصادي يؤمن فرص عمل ويحافظ على توفر المنتجات الزراعية بالأسواق
Despite their high cost and low production .. Autumn intensive cultivation in Daraa economic resource provides jobs and maintain the availability of agricultural products to markets
http://www.sana.sy/ara/355/2011/10/07/374048.htm
October 07 0.2011
Shield (SANA) -
Project to continue the flow of the Orontes and turning of waterwheels (Hama)
http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=31526735820111007224208
http://backupurl.com/qdvjem
Saturday 08/10/2011
Ida al-Mauli
An Iranian company "Yakm" ended the study of the Orontes River project to ensure the continued flow of the river every day of the year and turning of waterwheels.
رغم تكلفتها العالية وإنتاجها المنخفض.. الزراعات التكثيفية الخريفية بدرعا مورد اقتصادي يؤمن فرص عمل ويحافظ على توفر المنتجات الزراعية بالأسواق
Despite their high cost and low production .. Autumn intensive cultivation in Daraa economic resource provides jobs and maintain the availability of agricultural products to markets
http://www.sana.sy/ara/355/2011/10/07/374048.htm
October 07 0.2011
Shield (SANA) -
Oct 7 Regional
Erdoğan cancels key visit to Syrian refugee camps
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259134-erdogan-cancels-key-visit-to-syrian-refugee-camps.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost his mother on Friday. Mrs. Erdoğan will be laid to rest at the Karacaahmet Cemetery in İstanbul following the noon prayers on Saturday.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has canceled a planned visit to the southern province of Hatay, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
Davutoğlu: Turkey to take all measures if Syrian turmoil poses risk
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259149-davutoglu-turkey-to-take-all-measures-if-syrian-turmoil-poses-risk.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
'Authorities protecting 200 Syrians who fled violence'
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=42061
7 October 2011
By Hani Hazaimeh
AMMAN - Around 200 Syrian citizens who entered Jordan illegally are currently staying under the protection of authorities, a government official said on Thursday.
The official, who spoke to The Jordan Times on condition of anonymity, stressed that the government does not consider Syrians residing in the Kingdom to be refugees, but rather guests who left their country temporarily because of the current unrest there.
Lebanon not obliged to support Syrian opposition: Ghosn
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-07/150715-lebanon-not-obliged-to-protect-syrian-opposition-ghosn.ashx
October 07, 2011 02:18 PM
By The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon is not under any obligation to back members of the Syrian opposition, Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said Thursday.
"U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly and her country can back members of the Syrian opposition, but that does not necessarily oblige Lebanon and its army to do anything," Ghosn told Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar Television Thursday night.
Syrian Army Infiltration Creates Fears of Crisis Spilling over to Lebanon
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16839-syrian-army-infiltration-creates-fears-of-crisis-spilling-over-to-lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk
07 October 2011, 10:05
Israel to Assad: We Will Bomb Gaza, Whole of Lebanon if Tel Aviv Attacked
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16871-israel-to-assad-we-will-bomb-gaza-whole-of-lebanon-if-tel-aviv-attacked
by Naharnet Newsdesk
07 October 2011, 16:52
Israel has warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that should Tel Aviv be attacked, then it will retaliate by bombing the Gaza Strip and the whole of Lebanon.
Israel's NFC website reported that the Jewish state's government relayed this message to the Syrian president through European intelligence circles.
These sources said that seeing as Tel Aviv is Israel's economic and financial hub, a retaliation for an attack against it, by Hizbullah, Hamas, or Syria, will not be limited to Syria, but all of Lebanon and Gaza.
NFC reported Israeli military circles as saying that the Jewish state's message to Assad "is clear in that Damascus' fate, should it be targeted, will not be different than Lebanon's."
These revelations came in light of an Iranian report that Assad had warned that he would "set fire" to the Middle East if foreign forces launched a military strike on his country and would ask for Hizbullah's help to attack Israel.
An Arab source told Iran's Fars news Agency that Assad made the warning to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during his visit to Damascus.
"If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv," the Syrian president said.
On Thursday, an official source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry denied these reports, adding that "no messages were conveyed from or to anyone during the meeting."
The Iranian news agency did not indicate the date of the meeting between the two officials.
الأمين العام للحزب العربي الديمقراطي الناصري: المخطط الذي يستهدف سورية بات مكشوف الأبعاد والجهات التي تقف خلفه وتموله
Secretary-General of the Arab Democratic Party of Nasserists: the plan that is aimed at Syria Exposed dimensions and those who stand behind him and is funded by
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374103.htm
October 07 0.2011
Cairo, (SANA)
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259134-erdogan-cancels-key-visit-to-syrian-refugee-camps.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost his mother on Friday. Mrs. Erdoğan will be laid to rest at the Karacaahmet Cemetery in İstanbul following the noon prayers on Saturday.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has canceled a planned visit to the southern province of Hatay, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
Davutoğlu: Turkey to take all measures if Syrian turmoil poses risk
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259149-davutoglu-turkey-to-take-all-measures-if-syrian-turmoil-poses-risk.html
07 October 2011, Friday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,
'Authorities protecting 200 Syrians who fled violence'
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=42061
7 October 2011
By Hani Hazaimeh
AMMAN - Around 200 Syrian citizens who entered Jordan illegally are currently staying under the protection of authorities, a government official said on Thursday.
The official, who spoke to The Jordan Times on condition of anonymity, stressed that the government does not consider Syrians residing in the Kingdom to be refugees, but rather guests who left their country temporarily because of the current unrest there.
Lebanon not obliged to support Syrian opposition: Ghosn
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-07/150715-lebanon-not-obliged-to-protect-syrian-opposition-ghosn.ashx
October 07, 2011 02:18 PM
By The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon is not under any obligation to back members of the Syrian opposition, Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said Thursday.
"U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly and her country can back members of the Syrian opposition, but that does not necessarily oblige Lebanon and its army to do anything," Ghosn told Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar Television Thursday night.
Syrian Army Infiltration Creates Fears of Crisis Spilling over to Lebanon
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16839-syrian-army-infiltration-creates-fears-of-crisis-spilling-over-to-lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk
07 October 2011, 10:05
Israel to Assad: We Will Bomb Gaza, Whole of Lebanon if Tel Aviv Attacked
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16871-israel-to-assad-we-will-bomb-gaza-whole-of-lebanon-if-tel-aviv-attacked
by Naharnet Newsdesk
07 October 2011, 16:52
Israel has warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that should Tel Aviv be attacked, then it will retaliate by bombing the Gaza Strip and the whole of Lebanon.
Israel's NFC website reported that the Jewish state's government relayed this message to the Syrian president through European intelligence circles.
These sources said that seeing as Tel Aviv is Israel's economic and financial hub, a retaliation for an attack against it, by Hizbullah, Hamas, or Syria, will not be limited to Syria, but all of Lebanon and Gaza.
NFC reported Israeli military circles as saying that the Jewish state's message to Assad "is clear in that Damascus' fate, should it be targeted, will not be different than Lebanon's."
These revelations came in light of an Iranian report that Assad had warned that he would "set fire" to the Middle East if foreign forces launched a military strike on his country and would ask for Hizbullah's help to attack Israel.
An Arab source told Iran's Fars news Agency that Assad made the warning to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during his visit to Damascus.
"If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv," the Syrian president said.
On Thursday, an official source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry denied these reports, adding that "no messages were conveyed from or to anyone during the meeting."
The Iranian news agency did not indicate the date of the meeting between the two officials.
الأمين العام للحزب العربي الديمقراطي الناصري: المخطط الذي يستهدف سورية بات مكشوف الأبعاد والجهات التي تقف خلفه وتموله
Secretary-General of the Arab Democratic Party of Nasserists: the plan that is aimed at Syria Exposed dimensions and those who stand behind him and is funded by
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374103.htm
October 07 0.2011
Cairo, (SANA)
Oct 7 International
Why Russia and China did not support the UN draft Resolution on Syria
http://www.rusemb.org.uk/press/250
07.10.2011
1. The project was of a one-sided nature and was aimed solely at putting pressure upon the Syrian authorities, turning a blind eye on unacceptable actions of armed militants within the ranks of the Syrian opposition.
2. The authors of the resolution did not go halfway to meet our demands to include clauses on the unacceptability of external military intervention into Syrian affairs, thus confirming the suspicions that such a possibility is not being ruled out by them.
3. Following the Libyan experience that has been declared "a model" for future operations by the NATO countries within the framework of the "responsibility to protect", Russia and China are against legitimization of unilateral plans to overthrow undesirable regimes through the UN Security Council.
4. The adoption of a resolution would have had negative and unpredictable consequences for the Middle East and Middle East settlement.
5. We are ready for development of such a concept of the Syrian crisis settlement that would in fact promote the start of a national dialogue and the acceleration of the reform processes in the country.
محلل سياسي روسي: هناك تراكم لأمور سلبية في علاقات روسيا مع الغرب ويمكن توقع أي تطور
Russian political analyst: There is an accumulation of negative things in Russia's relations with the West and can be expected of any development (Sergei Strukan political analyst)
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568459
06.10.2011 18:25
Russian Officials: Russia Recognizes the Reality of Events in Syria, so It Used Veto
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/373997.htm
Oct 07, 2011
MOSCOW, (SANA) - Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachyov. . .
State Duma Council member Valentine Shorshanov and the Communist Party central committee's member Andrey Filipov
Deputy of Russian Duma Council and Director of Political Research Institute in Moscow Sergey Markov
Russian Ambassador in Beirut Alexander Zasypkin
President Dmitry Medvedev on Syria
http://www.rusemb.org.uk/press/253
07.10.2011 (refer to the URL for the full text)
Speaking on 7 October 2011 at a meeting with Russia's national Security Council members, President Dmitry Medvedev said:
Of course Russia wants an end to the bloodshed in Syria no less than any other country. We are using our channels to engage the Syrian leadership actively, calling on them to undertake the adequate changes. If the Syrian leadership proves incapable of carrying out these changes it will have to go, however, this decision is not for NATO or any individual European country to make, but belongs to the Syrian people and Syrian leadership, who have to realise their responsibility for their country's future.
(the same subject)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/374066.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374062.htm
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568520
Who needs new provocations for Syria?
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/07/58335581.html
Garibov Konstantin
Oct 7, 2011 15:52 Moscow Time
Damascus on Thursday rejected allegations that President Bashar Assad threatened to attack Israel and the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf. What definitely seems to be a propaganda hoax was launched on Tuesday just hours before the UN Security met to vote on sanctions against Syria. Although the sanctions failed to get through, it seems that the provocative resource of the above hoax that was circulated by the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars is far from exhausted. Fars alleged that Bashar Assad had told Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that in case the West interfered in Syria's internal affairs, Israel would come under joint rocket strikes by Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Iran would assault U.S. warships in the Gulf.
The hoax was actually meant to persuade the UN Security Council to clamp down on Syria by passing a resolution justifying outside interference in Syrian affairs and targeting the subsequent ouster of the Bashar Assad regime. But those plans were dashed after Russia and China vetoed the draft, making clear they do not want a Libyan scenario in Syria.
The last time Russia and China used their right of veto was in the summer of 2008 when they blocked sanctions against Zimbabwe, and in 2007 they teamed up to veto a resolution on Myanmar. This time again, Moscow and Beijing hoped until the last moment that the draft would be amended, but unfortunately this was not the case. The disappointment was great. The veto will not stop us, Paris warned. Washington demanded explanations from Russia, prompting speculation about the worst diplomatic conflict between Russia and the West in years. Analysts are trying to guess what will happen next. Yevgeny Satanovsky, director of the Institute for Middle East and Israeli Studies, gives his view:
"There is nothing impossible even if the UN resolution was not passed. A strike against Syria may be carried out the way it was carried out against Iran. But this will create certain difficulties for Paris and Washington, the top initiators behind all that is happening around Syria, and of course we should not forget about Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey - certain difficulties, to say the least, because there is only one year to go before presidential elections. Both Obama and Sarkozy will have to hold themselves to account before voters. Why do the United States and France need another war, now in Syria, in addition to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya? That's a big question to which there is still no answer."
Analysts do not rule out that in order to save their face after the failure of the anti-Syrian resolution, the United States and he European Union might announce new unilateral sanctions against Damascus, while simultaneously supplying more arms to the Syrian opposition. They will wait till those arms begin to fire and then they will threaten Bashar Assad with yet another ultimatum, for example, pin-point cleansings, if the regime backfires by using force against force.
Sergei Demidenko of the Institute for Strategic Assessments and Analysis, believes the latter scenario is unlikely.
"Western states cannot change their attitude toward Syria due to their ideological positions. They have already announced that Bashar Assad carries out repressions and that he must be punished. But Russia and China disagree. I think that there will be a good deal of rattle, threats, attempts to create a semblance of a tough anti-Assad stance. But I don't think that this could lead to anything serious, because to topple Bashar Assad now would mean to bring Islamists to power at least in part of Syria. It could be that the West has some strategy of coming to agreement with Islamists, but I doubt that scenario is possible. The Islamists are a very poorly controllable part of the Arab political establishment. A change of regime in Syria will deal a blow to Western interests in the region."
Other analysts say the West will build up pressure on Moscow and Beijing to return to the resolution on Syria and may even agree to soften the wording to avoid a new veto. The latter depends on the success of Syrian reforms and internal political dialogue.
سيدتشين يؤكد ثبات موقف روسيا الداعم لسورية
Sidchen confirms the stability of Russia's position in support of Syria (Deputy Foreign Minister visits Moscow)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374101.htm
October 07 0.2011
Moscow, (SANA) -
Said Sergei Sidchen Head of Middle East and North Africa, the Russian Foreign Ministry during his talks with Abdul Fattah Amoura, Deputy Minister of Foreign stability of the Russian position in support of Syria and Moscow to continue its efforts and contacts across all channels available to help Syria out of the status quo.
Syrian delegation to thank Russia for its support during Moscow visit (SSNP and SCP visit Moscow)
http://www.en.beta.rian.ru/russia/20111006/167447260.html
20:59 06/10/2011
DAMASCUS, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russian company office in Syria comes under gunfire – embassy
http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-cis-business-and-financial-news-bulletins-in-english/russian-company-office-in-syria-comes-under-gunfire-embassy-2/
By Interfax News, on October 7th, 2011 at 05:56PM GMT
published on the Russia and CIS Business and Financial News wire
MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Russian Business and Financial News) – The office in Homs, Syria, of Russian company Stroytransgaz came under "fire from automatic…
الخارجية الروسية تدين بشدة الهجوم على مقر شركة روسية في حمص السورية
Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the attack on the headquarters of a Russian company in Homs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568547
07.10.2011 21:09
Announced that the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Russian embassy in Syria has to take urgent action to secure the branch's "Stroytransgaz" Russian and Russian citizens was due to the company's headquarters in Homs to fire the night of Wednesday, October 5 / October.
A statement issued by the Russian Foreign on Friday, October 7 / October, the attack on the headquarters of the Russian branch of the company's contribution, which is located on the eighth floor multi-storey care of the maintenance in Homs, did not lead to injuries.
The statement emphasized that Moscow considers this incident, "a clear indication that the Syrian opposition militant seeking to overthrow the current regime in the Syrian Arab Republic by armed follows the behavior of the use of terrorism against civilians as well as institutions and organizations, including foreign, which regulate normal life in the country."
He stressed the Russian foreign ministry statement that the use of terrorist methods such as these must be firmly condemned by the international community.
Also confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry in this regard, the position of Moscow's proposal to stop the violence in the country as soon as possible and use peaceful political means to search for a way out of the crisis in Syria.
المقداد أمام مجلس الأمم المتحدة لحقوق الإنسان: سورية تتعرض لحرب إعلامية من التضليل والكذب وأعداؤها يريدون ثقافة الموت لشعبها
Mikdad: President al-Assad Announced Package of Reforms in Various Fields…Syria is Targeted by Misleading Media Campaign
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/374115.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374095.htm
Oct 07, 2011
GENEVA, (SANA)_Syria submitted on Friday the national report of periodical comprehensive review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, who heads the Syrian delegation comprising officials from various official bodies, gave a speech on Syria's achievements in protecting human rights. . .
''Over the past seven months, Syria has witnessed various forms of war threats, not to mention a media war of deception and of blackmail,'' said Mikdad, adding ''Syria, which plays a pivotal role in confronting Western and US hegemony plans, is the target of terrorist threats in which law enforcement members are intended to be depleted and weakened to deflect their attention from the real enemies.''
''Syria will hand the Human Rights Commission in the coming few days a list of martyrs from the law enforcement members counting more than 1,100 martyrs, killed by the armed terrorist groups funded by some neighboring countries which host their extremist leaders.''
''It is strange that these countries hold conferences for the extremists while vaunting about democracy and human rights, with their full knowledge that they are practicing killings and violations of the right to life,'' Mikdad said, adding that the killings coincided with regional and international media instigation.
Mikdad said that there is plenty of proof exposing the lies and fabrications of these channels, citing the story of Zainab al-Hasni. . .
Mikdad stressed the need for annulling the two decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council be annulled, since they were based on baseless claims and misleading, calling for rectifying the work of the Human Rights Council.
''The human rights culture was inflicted with a serious plague as Western countries market it as a cultural product exported to underdeveloped countries,'' said Mikdad.
''Syria's enemies want the culture of death for its people, while the Syrians want a culture of life derived from their noble values and history dating back to 10 thousand years B.C.''
فيصل المقداد : سنسلم الامم المتحدة لائحة تضم 1100 شخص قتلهم ارهابيون
Faisal Miqdad: We will hand over the UN a list of 1,100 people killed by terrorists
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 12:50:24
Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad Friday in Geneva that Damascus will be delivered to the UN list with 1,100 people killed by terrorists.
Mekdad said to representatives of 47 countries in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva, who teaches the fundamental rights situation in Syria that "Syria is facing terrorist threats."
He noted that "in the coming days we will hand the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a list of more than 1100 killed by terrorists."
He stressed that "Syria faced during the last seven months, several wars of risk: a media war, disinformation and lies and all forms of intimidation and deception."
Mekdad stressed the reforms announced by President Bashar al-Assad, referring to the municipal elections to be held on December 12.
He said: "We have received in the field of humanitarian partners and the International Committee of the Red Cross, and this indicates that we have nothing to hide."
And rejected the criticism made by the Human Rights Council to Syria in the resolutions calling for the formation of an independent international commission of inquiry charged with investigating human rights violations in Syria. He added: "We believe that those decisions must be annulled."
And is expected to receive the Expert Committee report before the end of November to the Secretary General of the United Nations and relevant organizations.
الصحفي ميسان: الجزيرة وسيلة دعائية سوقية.. السلاح يهرب للمجموعات المسلحة عن طريق الأردن ولبنان وتركيا
French Journalist Criticizes Media War against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374014.htm
http://sana.sy/eng/21/2011/10/07/374017.htm
Oct 07, 2011
Criticized the French journalist and author of "Trick major" Thierry Meyssan war propaganda by some space stations against Syria through the fabrication of lies, stressing that Al-Jazeera is working to set up studios in the Qatari capital Doha, similar to two names the Abbasids and the Umayyads as it did when the re-production Home Green Square in Tripoli, Bab Azizia against the former presidential palace to delude the people.
The Meyssan in an interview on Syrian TV said yesterday that what is missing in the Arab press is an overview of what is happening they are often dealing with the details but in a world in which the force has a potential massive military decided to invade everything and we should have a clear understanding of how to deal with the United States and Israel with the Arab region. . .
The Meyssan to the people who have cooperated with NATO in its war on Libya did not think that the situation would get complex, but they thought it would be a quick and Gaddafi will fall but what happened was the fall of more than 50 thousand people dead and more than 200 thousand injured and two million people lost their homes do imagine what will happen if NATO launched a war against Syria.
The Meyssan said the United States wanted to do the same thing in Syria, but could not for two reasons that, in order to succeed, there should be, from the beginning, a lot of weapons. . . in Syria did not make it so they are smuggling arms from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, we find that the armed groups in Syria.
The Meyssan The second reason is that Libya was isolated. . . with the exception of some alliances with some countries on the African continent. . . Syria has a policy of alliances and a very wide, Russia have stopped first attempts to adopt a resolution in the Security Council today and see at a prodigious wielding Russia and China together. . .
the decision to war against Libya had been taken years ago and nothing to do with recent events or the so-called Arab spring. . .
foreigners came with some Libyan militants who took up arms against Gaddafi and they had weapons were not stolen from the warehouses of weapons. . . they have weapons of NATO and American machine guns and weapons of Israel, which underlines that the weapons come from the outside.
The Meyssan that the Libyan intelligence decided to penetrate the e-mail addresses for all journalists gathered at the press center at the Hotel Rixos They found things that do not believe even those who looked as journalists in several places they had contacts with British and American and French intelligence in addition to the Mossad in the sense that they were all spies.
Ukrainian Delegation Warns against Calls for Foreign Interference in Syria… Syrian People and Leadership Able to Preserve Security
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374021.htm
Oct 07, 2011
الناتو: ليس لدينا نية التدخل فى سوريا
NATO: We have no intention to interfere in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=698d35a709df07049f22327638cc5c9b&ar=910324825
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 13:28:43
http://www.rusemb.org.uk/press/250
07.10.2011
1. The project was of a one-sided nature and was aimed solely at putting pressure upon the Syrian authorities, turning a blind eye on unacceptable actions of armed militants within the ranks of the Syrian opposition.
2. The authors of the resolution did not go halfway to meet our demands to include clauses on the unacceptability of external military intervention into Syrian affairs, thus confirming the suspicions that such a possibility is not being ruled out by them.
3. Following the Libyan experience that has been declared "a model" for future operations by the NATO countries within the framework of the "responsibility to protect", Russia and China are against legitimization of unilateral plans to overthrow undesirable regimes through the UN Security Council.
4. The adoption of a resolution would have had negative and unpredictable consequences for the Middle East and Middle East settlement.
5. We are ready for development of such a concept of the Syrian crisis settlement that would in fact promote the start of a national dialogue and the acceleration of the reform processes in the country.
محلل سياسي روسي: هناك تراكم لأمور سلبية في علاقات روسيا مع الغرب ويمكن توقع أي تطور
Russian political analyst: There is an accumulation of negative things in Russia's relations with the West and can be expected of any development (Sergei Strukan political analyst)
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568459
06.10.2011 18:25
Russian Officials: Russia Recognizes the Reality of Events in Syria, so It Used Veto
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/373997.htm
Oct 07, 2011
MOSCOW, (SANA) - Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachyov. . .
State Duma Council member Valentine Shorshanov and the Communist Party central committee's member Andrey Filipov
Deputy of Russian Duma Council and Director of Political Research Institute in Moscow Sergey Markov
Russian Ambassador in Beirut Alexander Zasypkin
President Dmitry Medvedev on Syria
http://www.rusemb.org.uk/press/253
07.10.2011 (refer to the URL for the full text)
Speaking on 7 October 2011 at a meeting with Russia's national Security Council members, President Dmitry Medvedev said:
Of course Russia wants an end to the bloodshed in Syria no less than any other country. We are using our channels to engage the Syrian leadership actively, calling on them to undertake the adequate changes. If the Syrian leadership proves incapable of carrying out these changes it will have to go, however, this decision is not for NATO or any individual European country to make, but belongs to the Syrian people and Syrian leadership, who have to realise their responsibility for their country's future.
(the same subject)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/374066.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374062.htm
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568520
Who needs new provocations for Syria?
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/07/58335581.html
Garibov Konstantin
Oct 7, 2011 15:52 Moscow Time
Damascus on Thursday rejected allegations that President Bashar Assad threatened to attack Israel and the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf. What definitely seems to be a propaganda hoax was launched on Tuesday just hours before the UN Security met to vote on sanctions against Syria. Although the sanctions failed to get through, it seems that the provocative resource of the above hoax that was circulated by the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars is far from exhausted. Fars alleged that Bashar Assad had told Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that in case the West interfered in Syria's internal affairs, Israel would come under joint rocket strikes by Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Iran would assault U.S. warships in the Gulf.
The hoax was actually meant to persuade the UN Security Council to clamp down on Syria by passing a resolution justifying outside interference in Syrian affairs and targeting the subsequent ouster of the Bashar Assad regime. But those plans were dashed after Russia and China vetoed the draft, making clear they do not want a Libyan scenario in Syria.
The last time Russia and China used their right of veto was in the summer of 2008 when they blocked sanctions against Zimbabwe, and in 2007 they teamed up to veto a resolution on Myanmar. This time again, Moscow and Beijing hoped until the last moment that the draft would be amended, but unfortunately this was not the case. The disappointment was great. The veto will not stop us, Paris warned. Washington demanded explanations from Russia, prompting speculation about the worst diplomatic conflict between Russia and the West in years. Analysts are trying to guess what will happen next. Yevgeny Satanovsky, director of the Institute for Middle East and Israeli Studies, gives his view:
"There is nothing impossible even if the UN resolution was not passed. A strike against Syria may be carried out the way it was carried out against Iran. But this will create certain difficulties for Paris and Washington, the top initiators behind all that is happening around Syria, and of course we should not forget about Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey - certain difficulties, to say the least, because there is only one year to go before presidential elections. Both Obama and Sarkozy will have to hold themselves to account before voters. Why do the United States and France need another war, now in Syria, in addition to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya? That's a big question to which there is still no answer."
Analysts do not rule out that in order to save their face after the failure of the anti-Syrian resolution, the United States and he European Union might announce new unilateral sanctions against Damascus, while simultaneously supplying more arms to the Syrian opposition. They will wait till those arms begin to fire and then they will threaten Bashar Assad with yet another ultimatum, for example, pin-point cleansings, if the regime backfires by using force against force.
Sergei Demidenko of the Institute for Strategic Assessments and Analysis, believes the latter scenario is unlikely.
"Western states cannot change their attitude toward Syria due to their ideological positions. They have already announced that Bashar Assad carries out repressions and that he must be punished. But Russia and China disagree. I think that there will be a good deal of rattle, threats, attempts to create a semblance of a tough anti-Assad stance. But I don't think that this could lead to anything serious, because to topple Bashar Assad now would mean to bring Islamists to power at least in part of Syria. It could be that the West has some strategy of coming to agreement with Islamists, but I doubt that scenario is possible. The Islamists are a very poorly controllable part of the Arab political establishment. A change of regime in Syria will deal a blow to Western interests in the region."
Other analysts say the West will build up pressure on Moscow and Beijing to return to the resolution on Syria and may even agree to soften the wording to avoid a new veto. The latter depends on the success of Syrian reforms and internal political dialogue.
سيدتشين يؤكد ثبات موقف روسيا الداعم لسورية
Sidchen confirms the stability of Russia's position in support of Syria (Deputy Foreign Minister visits Moscow)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374101.htm
October 07 0.2011
Moscow, (SANA) -
Said Sergei Sidchen Head of Middle East and North Africa, the Russian Foreign Ministry during his talks with Abdul Fattah Amoura, Deputy Minister of Foreign stability of the Russian position in support of Syria and Moscow to continue its efforts and contacts across all channels available to help Syria out of the status quo.
Syrian delegation to thank Russia for its support during Moscow visit (SSNP and SCP visit Moscow)
http://www.en.beta.rian.ru/russia/20111006/167447260.html
20:59 06/10/2011
DAMASCUS, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russian company office in Syria comes under gunfire – embassy
http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-cis-business-and-financial-news-bulletins-in-english/russian-company-office-in-syria-comes-under-gunfire-embassy-2/
By Interfax News, on October 7th, 2011 at 05:56PM GMT
published on the Russia and CIS Business and Financial News wire
MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Russian Business and Financial News) – The office in Homs, Syria, of Russian company Stroytransgaz came under "fire from automatic…
الخارجية الروسية تدين بشدة الهجوم على مقر شركة روسية في حمص السورية
Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the attack on the headquarters of a Russian company in Homs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568547
07.10.2011 21:09
Announced that the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Russian embassy in Syria has to take urgent action to secure the branch's "Stroytransgaz" Russian and Russian citizens was due to the company's headquarters in Homs to fire the night of Wednesday, October 5 / October.
A statement issued by the Russian Foreign on Friday, October 7 / October, the attack on the headquarters of the Russian branch of the company's contribution, which is located on the eighth floor multi-storey care of the maintenance in Homs, did not lead to injuries.
The statement emphasized that Moscow considers this incident, "a clear indication that the Syrian opposition militant seeking to overthrow the current regime in the Syrian Arab Republic by armed follows the behavior of the use of terrorism against civilians as well as institutions and organizations, including foreign, which regulate normal life in the country."
He stressed the Russian foreign ministry statement that the use of terrorist methods such as these must be firmly condemned by the international community.
Also confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry in this regard, the position of Moscow's proposal to stop the violence in the country as soon as possible and use peaceful political means to search for a way out of the crisis in Syria.
المقداد أمام مجلس الأمم المتحدة لحقوق الإنسان: سورية تتعرض لحرب إعلامية من التضليل والكذب وأعداؤها يريدون ثقافة الموت لشعبها
Mikdad: President al-Assad Announced Package of Reforms in Various Fields…Syria is Targeted by Misleading Media Campaign
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/07/374115.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374095.htm
Oct 07, 2011
GENEVA, (SANA)_Syria submitted on Friday the national report of periodical comprehensive review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, who heads the Syrian delegation comprising officials from various official bodies, gave a speech on Syria's achievements in protecting human rights. . .
''Over the past seven months, Syria has witnessed various forms of war threats, not to mention a media war of deception and of blackmail,'' said Mikdad, adding ''Syria, which plays a pivotal role in confronting Western and US hegemony plans, is the target of terrorist threats in which law enforcement members are intended to be depleted and weakened to deflect their attention from the real enemies.''
''Syria will hand the Human Rights Commission in the coming few days a list of martyrs from the law enforcement members counting more than 1,100 martyrs, killed by the armed terrorist groups funded by some neighboring countries which host their extremist leaders.''
''It is strange that these countries hold conferences for the extremists while vaunting about democracy and human rights, with their full knowledge that they are practicing killings and violations of the right to life,'' Mikdad said, adding that the killings coincided with regional and international media instigation.
Mikdad said that there is plenty of proof exposing the lies and fabrications of these channels, citing the story of Zainab al-Hasni. . .
Mikdad stressed the need for annulling the two decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council be annulled, since they were based on baseless claims and misleading, calling for rectifying the work of the Human Rights Council.
''The human rights culture was inflicted with a serious plague as Western countries market it as a cultural product exported to underdeveloped countries,'' said Mikdad.
''Syria's enemies want the culture of death for its people, while the Syrians want a culture of life derived from their noble values and history dating back to 10 thousand years B.C.''
فيصل المقداد : سنسلم الامم المتحدة لائحة تضم 1100 شخص قتلهم ارهابيون
Faisal Miqdad: We will hand over the UN a list of 1,100 people killed by terrorists
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 12:50:24
Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad Friday in Geneva that Damascus will be delivered to the UN list with 1,100 people killed by terrorists.
Mekdad said to representatives of 47 countries in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva, who teaches the fundamental rights situation in Syria that "Syria is facing terrorist threats."
He noted that "in the coming days we will hand the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a list of more than 1100 killed by terrorists."
He stressed that "Syria faced during the last seven months, several wars of risk: a media war, disinformation and lies and all forms of intimidation and deception."
Mekdad stressed the reforms announced by President Bashar al-Assad, referring to the municipal elections to be held on December 12.
He said: "We have received in the field of humanitarian partners and the International Committee of the Red Cross, and this indicates that we have nothing to hide."
And rejected the criticism made by the Human Rights Council to Syria in the resolutions calling for the formation of an independent international commission of inquiry charged with investigating human rights violations in Syria. He added: "We believe that those decisions must be annulled."
And is expected to receive the Expert Committee report before the end of November to the Secretary General of the United Nations and relevant organizations.
الصحفي ميسان: الجزيرة وسيلة دعائية سوقية.. السلاح يهرب للمجموعات المسلحة عن طريق الأردن ولبنان وتركيا
French Journalist Criticizes Media War against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/07/374014.htm
http://sana.sy/eng/21/2011/10/07/374017.htm
Oct 07, 2011
Criticized the French journalist and author of "Trick major" Thierry Meyssan war propaganda by some space stations against Syria through the fabrication of lies, stressing that Al-Jazeera is working to set up studios in the Qatari capital Doha, similar to two names the Abbasids and the Umayyads as it did when the re-production Home Green Square in Tripoli, Bab Azizia against the former presidential palace to delude the people.
The Meyssan in an interview on Syrian TV said yesterday that what is missing in the Arab press is an overview of what is happening they are often dealing with the details but in a world in which the force has a potential massive military decided to invade everything and we should have a clear understanding of how to deal with the United States and Israel with the Arab region. . .
The Meyssan to the people who have cooperated with NATO in its war on Libya did not think that the situation would get complex, but they thought it would be a quick and Gaddafi will fall but what happened was the fall of more than 50 thousand people dead and more than 200 thousand injured and two million people lost their homes do imagine what will happen if NATO launched a war against Syria.
The Meyssan said the United States wanted to do the same thing in Syria, but could not for two reasons that, in order to succeed, there should be, from the beginning, a lot of weapons. . . in Syria did not make it so they are smuggling arms from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, we find that the armed groups in Syria.
The Meyssan The second reason is that Libya was isolated. . . with the exception of some alliances with some countries on the African continent. . . Syria has a policy of alliances and a very wide, Russia have stopped first attempts to adopt a resolution in the Security Council today and see at a prodigious wielding Russia and China together. . .
the decision to war against Libya had been taken years ago and nothing to do with recent events or the so-called Arab spring. . .
foreigners came with some Libyan militants who took up arms against Gaddafi and they had weapons were not stolen from the warehouses of weapons. . . they have weapons of NATO and American machine guns and weapons of Israel, which underlines that the weapons come from the outside.
The Meyssan that the Libyan intelligence decided to penetrate the e-mail addresses for all journalists gathered at the press center at the Hotel Rixos They found things that do not believe even those who looked as journalists in several places they had contacts with British and American and French intelligence in addition to the Mossad in the sense that they were all spies.
Ukrainian Delegation Warns against Calls for Foreign Interference in Syria… Syrian People and Leadership Able to Preserve Security
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374021.htm
Oct 07, 2011
الناتو: ليس لدينا نية التدخل فى سوريا
NATO: We have no intention to interfere in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=698d35a709df07049f22327638cc5c9b&ar=910324825
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 13:28:43
Oct 7 Pro-government
Syrian delegation to thank Russia for its support during Moscow visit (SSNP and SCP visit Moscow)
http://www.en.beta.rian.ru/russia/20111006/167447260.html
20:59 06/10/2011
DAMASCUS, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
http://www.en.beta.rian.ru/russia/20111006/167447260.html
20:59 06/10/2011
DAMASCUS, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
Oct 7 Anti-government
تيار جديد معارض يضم ليبراليين سيعلن في اسطنبول.. خلافات في " المجلس الوطني" واتهامات باستئثار " الاخوان"
Stream of new shows featuring liberal will be announced in Istanbul .. Differences in the "National Council" and accusations Bastithar "Brotherhood"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=8ef3c857b16322485d3b82719763abe3&ar=545083234
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 13:19:18
Falters Syrian activists to organize a meeting in Turkey, including the leaders of the liberal currents, while the activists stressed that there are attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the recent takeover of the National Council by calling for the election of the President of the Council's alternative to Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun.
The activists told the Saudi newspaper "al-Thaqafah" that they would meet soon in Istanbul to form a stream comprising liberal Syrians, and indicated that they would not try to fight the National Council of the latter which has been adopted recently in Istanbul and considered that "the large number of differences removed the road from the main objective."
They said that "this Council included only the far right and the left does not include between them, who would stand together and form the trend will be in the service of the revolution away from the political blocs."
The names which fall under the banner of this movement, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Eid, Salah al-Badr al-Din, and only Sakr, and Ammar Qurabi, and Dr. Amr bone, and Zia Dughmosh, and Salah Bilal, Shadi Khc.
ومن الاسماء التي ستنضوي تحت لواء هذا التيار الدكتور عبد الرزاق عيد، وصلاح بدر الدين، ووحيد صقر، وعمار قربي، والدكتور عمرو العظم، وضياء دغمش، وصلاح بلال، وشادي خش.
Revealed activists that there is an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the takeover of the council through arranging meetings intense media with Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun and then collapse for a meeting of the Council in Cairo tomorrow, and the election management body and the new President of the Council as a substitute for Ghaliyoun, and because the majority in the Council with a nice one, an Islamist will lose Ghaliyoun the election, particularly after he criticized the media after his meetings last considered by the Syrian activist Mr. Sibai, for example, a "failure."
It is expected to lose votes, Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun under Muslim control for most members of the Council will not win the Syrian National Council headed by the latter.
It was Mr. Sibai has attacked Ghaliyoun, saying "on Ghaliyoun to meet with Ahmed Mansour, I'd like to say to Ghaliyoun:" I do not like it at all your words and your meeting and Atrivtk to talk not of your thoughts and Araaak (to see if there already). "
"The National Council was the representative of Syria, the whole shaken and hesitant and without a plan of action and self-confident this is a disaster."
He asked "Do you really think he cannot be president of the Council of others? There are a lot of the Liberal, who trust them."
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=031e302f7d116ba9553b8d35a524052c&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=690804036
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:21:09
The Saudi "Elaf" reports, quoting activists, that they will meet in Istanbul soon to form a stream comprising liberal Syrians.
The activists quoted as saying that "this Council (national) included only the far right and the left does not include between them, who would stand together and form the trend will be in the service of the revolution away from the political blocs."
The names Stnazavi under the banner of this movement, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Eid, Salah al-Badr al-Din, and only Sakr, and Dr. Amr bone, and Zia Dughmosh, and Salah Bilal, Shadi Khc.
ومن الاسماء التي ستنضوي تحت لواء هذا التيار الدكتور عبد الرزاق عيد، وصلاح بدر الدين، ووحيد صقر، وعمار قربي، والدكتور عمرو العظم، وضياء دغمش، وصلاح بلال، وشادي خش.
Revealed activists that there is an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the takeover of the council through arranging meetings intense media with Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun and then collapse for a meeting of the Council in Cairo tomorrow, and the election management body and the new President of the Council as a substitute for Ghaliyoun, and because the majority in the Council are Islamists with a nice one, Ghaliyoun will lose the election, particularly after he criticized the media after his meetings last considered by the Syrian activist Mr. Sibai, for example, a "failure."
It was Mr. Sibai has attacked Ghaliyoun, saying "on Ghaliyoun to meet with Ahmed Mansour, I'd like to say to Ghaliyoun:" I do not like at all your words, meetig with you and the way you talk, your thoughts and your opinion (if there is ever such a a thing). "
"The National Council was the representative of Syria, the whole shaken and hesitant and without a plan of action and self-confident this is a disaster."
He asked "Do you really think he cannot be president of the Council of others? There are a lot of the Liberal, who trust them."
It is expected to lose votes, Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun under Muslim control for most members of the Council will not win led by a "Syrian National Council," the latter.
(For your info, the way how Burhan Ghaliyoun speaks.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUlf4KXBIfM
Syrian opposition wants peaceful campaign despite calls for war
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259207-syrian-opposition-wants-peaceful-campaign-despite-calls-for-war.html
07 October 2011, Friday / NOAH BLASER, İSTANBUL
War is only option to topple Syrian leader, colonel says (Riyad al-As'ad in Turkey)
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259140-war-is-only-option-to-topple-syrian-leader-colonel-says.html
07 October 2011, Friday / REUTERS, ANTAKYA
رفضت التدخل الخارجي.. هيئة التنسيق الوطنية السورية تدعو الى تغيير النظام والانتقال إلى نظام برلماني ديمقراطي
Rejected outside interference .. Syrian national coordinating body calls for regime change and the transition to a democratic parliamentary system (lawyer Hassan Abdel-Azim)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=e0520a2ebbc5a7062b0e76bce03d0fcc&ar=462107283
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:22:40
Stream of new shows featuring liberal will be announced in Istanbul .. Differences in the "National Council" and accusations Bastithar "Brotherhood"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=8ef3c857b16322485d3b82719763abe3&ar=545083234
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 13:19:18
Falters Syrian activists to organize a meeting in Turkey, including the leaders of the liberal currents, while the activists stressed that there are attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the recent takeover of the National Council by calling for the election of the President of the Council's alternative to Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun.
The activists told the Saudi newspaper "al-Thaqafah" that they would meet soon in Istanbul to form a stream comprising liberal Syrians, and indicated that they would not try to fight the National Council of the latter which has been adopted recently in Istanbul and considered that "the large number of differences removed the road from the main objective."
They said that "this Council included only the far right and the left does not include between them, who would stand together and form the trend will be in the service of the revolution away from the political blocs."
The names which fall under the banner of this movement, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Eid, Salah al-Badr al-Din, and only Sakr, and Ammar Qurabi, and Dr. Amr bone, and Zia Dughmosh, and Salah Bilal, Shadi Khc.
ومن الاسماء التي ستنضوي تحت لواء هذا التيار الدكتور عبد الرزاق عيد، وصلاح بدر الدين، ووحيد صقر، وعمار قربي، والدكتور عمرو العظم، وضياء دغمش، وصلاح بلال، وشادي خش.
Revealed activists that there is an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the takeover of the council through arranging meetings intense media with Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun and then collapse for a meeting of the Council in Cairo tomorrow, and the election management body and the new President of the Council as a substitute for Ghaliyoun, and because the majority in the Council with a nice one, an Islamist will lose Ghaliyoun the election, particularly after he criticized the media after his meetings last considered by the Syrian activist Mr. Sibai, for example, a "failure."
It is expected to lose votes, Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun under Muslim control for most members of the Council will not win the Syrian National Council headed by the latter.
It was Mr. Sibai has attacked Ghaliyoun, saying "on Ghaliyoun to meet with Ahmed Mansour, I'd like to say to Ghaliyoun:" I do not like it at all your words and your meeting and Atrivtk to talk not of your thoughts and Araaak (to see if there already). "
"The National Council was the representative of Syria, the whole shaken and hesitant and without a plan of action and self-confident this is a disaster."
He asked "Do you really think he cannot be president of the Council of others? There are a lot of the Liberal, who trust them."
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=031e302f7d116ba9553b8d35a524052c&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=690804036
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:21:09
The Saudi "Elaf" reports, quoting activists, that they will meet in Istanbul soon to form a stream comprising liberal Syrians.
The activists quoted as saying that "this Council (national) included only the far right and the left does not include between them, who would stand together and form the trend will be in the service of the revolution away from the political blocs."
The names Stnazavi under the banner of this movement, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Eid, Salah al-Badr al-Din, and only Sakr, and Dr. Amr bone, and Zia Dughmosh, and Salah Bilal, Shadi Khc.
ومن الاسماء التي ستنضوي تحت لواء هذا التيار الدكتور عبد الرزاق عيد، وصلاح بدر الدين، ووحيد صقر، وعمار قربي، والدكتور عمرو العظم، وضياء دغمش، وصلاح بلال، وشادي خش.
Revealed activists that there is an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria for the takeover of the council through arranging meetings intense media with Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun and then collapse for a meeting of the Council in Cairo tomorrow, and the election management body and the new President of the Council as a substitute for Ghaliyoun, and because the majority in the Council are Islamists with a nice one, Ghaliyoun will lose the election, particularly after he criticized the media after his meetings last considered by the Syrian activist Mr. Sibai, for example, a "failure."
It was Mr. Sibai has attacked Ghaliyoun, saying "on Ghaliyoun to meet with Ahmed Mansour, I'd like to say to Ghaliyoun:" I do not like at all your words, meetig with you and the way you talk, your thoughts and your opinion (if there is ever such a a thing). "
"The National Council was the representative of Syria, the whole shaken and hesitant and without a plan of action and self-confident this is a disaster."
He asked "Do you really think he cannot be president of the Council of others? There are a lot of the Liberal, who trust them."
It is expected to lose votes, Dr. Burhan Ghaliyoun under Muslim control for most members of the Council will not win led by a "Syrian National Council," the latter.
(For your info, the way how Burhan Ghaliyoun speaks.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUlf4KXBIfM
Syrian opposition wants peaceful campaign despite calls for war
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259207-syrian-opposition-wants-peaceful-campaign-despite-calls-for-war.html
07 October 2011, Friday / NOAH BLASER, İSTANBUL
War is only option to topple Syrian leader, colonel says (Riyad al-As'ad in Turkey)
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259140-war-is-only-option-to-topple-syrian-leader-colonel-says.html
07 October 2011, Friday / REUTERS, ANTAKYA
رفضت التدخل الخارجي.. هيئة التنسيق الوطنية السورية تدعو الى تغيير النظام والانتقال إلى نظام برلماني ديمقراطي
Rejected outside interference .. Syrian national coordinating body calls for regime change and the transition to a democratic parliamentary system (lawyer Hassan Abdel-Azim)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=e0520a2ebbc5a7062b0e76bce03d0fcc&ar=462107283
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:22:40
Oct 7 Incidents
المرصد السوري المعارض يقول ان 12 شخصا بينهم 7 من الجيش سقطوا في ادلب
Observatory Syrian opposition says 12 people, including 7 of the army were killed in Idlib
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=bc65921ae94006668776ba419a3c9536&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=73482081
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 14:51:35
إصابة ضابط وعدد من عناصر حفظ النظام والجهات المختصة برصاص مجموعات مسلحة بريف دوما وحمص ومقتل 3 من المسلحين.. تفكيك عبوات ناسفة في درعا ودير الزور
An Officer, Law Enforcement Members Injured by Gunmen in Duma Countryside, Nationalistic Opposition Figure Mashaal Tammo Assassinated
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374064.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/10/07/374058.htm
Oct 07, 2011
PROVINCES, (SANA)-An officer and a number of law-enforcement members were injured by armed terrorist groups in Duma countryside and Bab al-Duraib neighborhood in Homs.
An informed source told SANA that an attack by an armed terrorist group on a law enforcement forces patrol in the countryside of Duma city in Damascus Countryside resulted in injuring a number of the members of the competent authorities which confronted the gunmen, killing three of them.
The attack took place an hour after al-Jazeera TV broadcast a news report on shooting in Duma at the time when the city was quite calm and life was normal.
Two Law enforcement Members Injured in Bab al-Duraib in Homs, Explosive Devices Dismantled in Daraa, Deir Ezzour
(omitted)
The competent authorities in Deir Ezzor released a law enforcement member who had been kidnapped by an armed terrorist group, the source pointed out.
In another context, a group of gunmen riding a motorcycle attempted to kidnap the mayor of al-Ashareh Municipality in Deir Ezzor. The gunmen were confronted by some citizens and were forced to flee away leaving their motorcycle behind.
(omitted)
Fawwaz al-Bashir Refutes al-Arabiya News on Shaikh Nawwaf al-Bashir Tortured to Death
Shaikh Fawwaz al-Bashir, cousin of Shaikh Nawwaf al-Bashir, denied al-Arabiya news claiming that Shaikh Nawwaf was tortured to death.
In a phone call with the Syrian TV on Friday, al-Bashir said ''We were shocked at a news broadcast by al-Arabiya claiming that Shaikh Nawwaf was killed under torture. It was a real calamity his family and friends.''
Al-Bashir added that he visited on Friday Shaikh Nawwaf and ascertained that he is safe and sound and the news completely baseless.
Al-Bashir condemned, in the name of al-Bashir family and al-Bakkara (al-Baggarah) clan, the fake news broadcast by al-Arabiya. ''I've been trying to contact al-Arabiya by phone since 09:00 a.m. and they told me that they will call me soon, but it didn't happen,'' said al-Bashir.
He said that he intended to call the channel in order to deny the news, but to no avail.
News on Besieging Mosques in Lattakia, Tartous, Hama and Deir Ezzor Refuted (in Banyas, not in Tartous city)
(omitted)
Economic and trade activities in al-Zabadani city in Damascus said the news broadcast by al-Jazeera on killing protesters is "a complete lie", stressing that no protests were witnessed in the city which is perfectly calm and the people are pursuing their habitual activities normally.
Nationalistic Opposition Figure Mashaal Tammo Assassinated, His Son Marcel and Companion Wounded by Armed Terrorist Group (Kurdish)
An armed terrorist group on Friday afternoon assassinated the nationalistic opposition figure Mishaal Tammo and wounded his son Marcel and Zahida Rash Kilo.
Informed sources told SANA that four gunmen using a black car opened fire from machineguns on Tammo who was invited to lunch at a friend's in the western district of Qamishli city accompanied by his son and Kilo.
The attack led to the martyring of Tammo immediately, while his son was injured with a gunshot to the abdomen and Kilo was shot in the foot.
People in Qamishli said the assassination of Tammo aims at undermining national unity and civil peace.
Mashaal Tammo was an agricultural engineer who entered the political arena in 1990, establishing the Kurdish Future Party in 2005 with a group of others. He was against the calls by the opposition abroad for interfering in Syria's affairs and rejected the use of arms.
Tammo had continously stressed the importance of national unity and comprehensive political, economic and social reforms. He left behind a wife and six son.
Official Military Source: Armed Terrorist Group Abducted Retired Brig. Gen. Radwan al-Madlush (in Hama)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374116.htm
Oct 07, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – An official military source said that an armed terrorist group abducted retired Brigadier General Radwan Jarrouh al-Madloush on the night of Thursday 6/10/2011.
The source said that al-Madloush was abducted from his home in Kafr Houd in Mharde area and taken along with his car to an unknown destination, adding that it's not unlikely that he might be filmed and shown on instigation channels dissenter in order to rally the masses and defame the army.
Fayssal al-Madloush, Radwan's brother, told SANA that "About 10 gunmen came to my brother's house at 11:20 pm on Thursday. They knocked on the door and his wife opened, my brother heard noise… When he went to see what was happening, the armed group abducted him and stole his car."
مظاهرات متفاوتة وأنباء عن شهداء في جمعة " المجلس الوطني " وانقسام المعارضة في اسطنبول !
Demonstrations and varying reports of martyrs in the Friday "National Council" and a split opposition in Istanbul! (Summary of Friday demonstrations)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=031e302f7d116ba9553b8d35a524052c&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=690804036
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:21:09
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (oppositions based in Britain, to him), said eight civilians were killed Friday, including four, one of them elderly, in Bab al-lions in the city of Homs.
The Observatory said in a statement: "Three civilians were killed by snipers in Duma, near Damascus."
The Syrian Observatory said that "the young man died at dawn in the city of Zabadani from wounds suffered in a shooting ambush in the wanted security."
The Syrian Observatory said heavy gunfire and explosions heard in the city of Homs.
"The fire and heavy explosions heard in the neighborhood of the door and the door Aldreb wild animals and the door of Homs in the Hood."
And saw different parts of Syria, on Friday demonstrations after Friday prayers, on Fri-called opponents Friday "National Council".
The demonstrations took place in parts of Daraa, and Damascus, and Idlib and surroundings, and Homs, and Hama some areas, some areas of Aleppo (Mingh, Haritan, Tall Rif'at).
In Idlib Hundreds of citizens of the city in a demonstration of several mosques and gathered in the courtyard of Mosque of Saad bin Abi Waqas in the neighborhood of al-Thawrah.
And said one of the sons of the city to Aks al-Ser that "hundreds walked out in the city of Idlib demonstration, involving about 120 women, during which slogans against the system, and then adjourned without causing any major incidents."
And in the rural town of Idlib seen Ma'arrat Numan never to fire, as reported by a city's inhabitants.
And source in the city that "gunmen who opened fire on an army out taking advantage of the demonstration, prompting the army to fire bursts of air, and on the ground."
And said one of the sons of the city Ma'arrat Numan "that a citizen was shot in the foot, as seen armed carrying a bomb in his hand he escaped on board a motorcycle driven by someone else."
The source continued, and that he "had been identified the gunman who was carrying a bomb in his hand and called the (m - i), which is required for security forces, noting that does not have armed the bomb and threw it in his hand when he fled."
And between the source in the National Hospital Palmarh that "did not reach any infected gunshot wound to the hospital, but he arrived two wounded as a result of shrapnel resulting from the explosion of a motorcycle was burned, as were wounded while they stood near them, pointing to a wounded wounded in the hand and the other in back and in stable condition. "
And saw the countryside on Friday Idlib out several demonstrations in the Punch and Fnaz and Hac and Kvromh and account yet? And Sarmeen and Saraaqib, and did not record any incidents as reported by the residents of those areas.
In Aleppo, demonstrations took place in some rural areas close to the city (Tall Rif'at, Mingh, Haritan), where she attended the cars from the forces of order, was unseal using "tear gas," according to a population "Haritan."
(omitted)
Life in Syrian capital relatively calm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/07/c_131178166.htm
English.news.cn 2011-10-07 21:50:13
DAMASCUS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Life became relatively calm on Friday in several areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus, with heavy army and security presence in some suburbs that witnessed massive protests over the past six months.
A heavy security and army presence was noticed at the entrances of some hotspot suburbs near Damascus, including Maadamiyah, Daraya, Harasta and Duma.
In Damascus' central Midan neighborhood, pro- and anti-government protests were seen that only lasted for a couple of minutes.
In Harasta and Duma, which have emerged as hubs of protests, there were about five army check points along the main road that connects Harasta to Duma.
An eye witness in Duma told Xinhua reporter that a small anti-government rally was held there but was dispersed quickly.
Meanwhile, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that an army officer was injured by armed groups in Zamalka area near Damascus, without giving further details.
Al-Jazeera cited activists and witnesses as saying that at least nine people were killed Friday as thousands of people thronged to streets demanding the ouster of President Bashar al- Assad.
The report couldn't be verified as there were no official comments on the civilian toll.
Syria has been wracked by six-month unrest that it blamed on foreign conspiracy and foreign thugs.
Syrian president's political and media adviser Buthayna Shaaban recently put the number of army officers and law-enforcement troops killed since the eruption of protests in Syria in mid March at 800, while a recent UN tally put the number of civilians who were killed at 2,900.
Russian company office in Syria comes under gunfire – embassy
http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-cis-business-and-financial-news-bulletins-in-english/russian-company-office-in-syria-comes-under-gunfire-embassy-2/
By Interfax News, on October 7th, 2011 at 05:56PM GMT
published on the Russia and CIS Business and Financial News wire
MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Russian Business and Financial News) – The office in Homs, Syria, of Russian company Stroytransgaz came under "fire from automatic…
الخارجية الروسية تدين بشدة الهجوم على مقر شركة روسية في حمص السورية
Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the attack on the headquarters of a Russian company in Homs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568547
07.10.2011 21:09
Announced that the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Russian embassy in Syria has to take urgent action to secure the branch's "Stroytransgaz" Russian and Russian citizens was due to the company's headquarters in Homs to fire the night of Wednesday, October 5 / October.
A statement issued by the Russian Foreign on Friday, October 7 / October, the attack on the headquarters of the Russian branch of the company's contribution, which is located on the eighth floor multi-storey care of the maintenance in Homs, did not lead to injuries.
The statement emphasized that Moscow considers this incident, "a clear indication that the Syrian opposition militant seeking to overthrow the current regime in the Syrian Arab Republic by armed follows the behavior of the use of terrorism against civilians as well as institutions and organizations, including foreign, which regulate normal life in the country."
He stressed the Russian foreign ministry statement that the use of terrorist methods such as these must be firmly condemned by the international community.
Also confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry in this regard, the position of Moscow's proposal to stop the violence in the country as soon as possible and use peaceful political means to search for a way out of the crisis in Syria.
هددوا صاحبها بالقتل .. مسلحون يسرقون سيارة و صيدلية تحت تهديد السلاح في حي الشهباء بحلب
Threatened to kill the owner .. Gunmen steal a car and a pharmacy at gunpoint in the neighborhood of Aleppo Shahba
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=94b4f04c78ca32ecb4f070a7073a3c72&h=%CD%E1%C8&ar=927832937
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 15:25:38
Gunmen stole the private car in front of the pharmacy-Ghazali, after they robbed the pharmacy and the owner threatened at gunpoint and forced into silence, on Wednesday evening in the neighborhood of Shahba Aleppo.
نجل الشيخ محمد نديم شهابي ينفي ما تناقله ناشطون حول إصدار "بيان ملحق ببيان علماء حلب"
Son of Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Shihabi denying activists handed down on the issue "an appendix to the statement made by Ulama Aleppo"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=9a2d23475e36a1195f62ba5e5a4c23d7&h=%CD%E1%C8&ar=188990545
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 16:26:01
Denied Dr. "Abdul-Qadir al-Shihabi," the son of Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Shihabi what activists handed down over the issuance of a statement "Supplement to a statement Ulama of Aleppo."
Dr. "Abdul-Qadir al-Shihabi," in a telephone call to Aks al-Ser that "stated in the statement titled (Further to the statement scholars of Aleppo), and communication should be as Shaikh Muhammad Nadim Al-Shihabi, a pure fabrication and a lie and untrue, a false have nothing to do it."
He advised Shaikh (Shihabi) written statement of repentance, saying "that was afraid of God should fear God in the Ulama, if not feared, so let him fear the wrath of the nation and its people by fear and anger," he said.
It was not possible to reverse the move to get a copy of the statement was denied.
He was issued a group of Ulama of Aleppo on August 7 statement which denounced what is happening in Syria of "bloodshed", where the authorities carry the statement of responsibility toward the larger of these events, demanding at the same time to "maximize the sanctity of mosques, its sanctity and inviolability."
It is worth mentioning that Shaikh Muhammad Nadim Al-Shihabi is one of the top scholars in Aleppo, a preacher and Imam Mosque open for more than thirty years.
زريق: حرضنا الناس على التظاهر لاستغلال الوضع إعلامياً على القنوات وحصلنا على تمويلات من الخارج
Terrorist Zuraiq: We Instigated People to Protest, Received Funds from Abroad (confession)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374113.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/10/07/374089.htm
Oct 07, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Terrorist Fadi Zuraiq on Friday confessed to participating in the huge media campaign against Syria in the last few months.
In confessions broadcast on the Syrian TV, terrorist Zuraiq said that he received guidance from some instigating media channels and he worked as a false eye-witness during Hama events, especially after the armed terrorist groups had set blockades and killed innocents.
Terrorist Zuraiq added that he worked, along with other people, on instigating people to protest, indicating that people from outside Syria phoned him and asked him to videotape the protests.
"Bilal Taha in Belgium, who is the webmaster of the so called 'Sham Network', phoned me and told me to videotape the protests and send the photages to him. Abdul-Kadir Shakaki and Samih Marmar in Saudi Arabia also phoned me saying they were from the abroad opposition. Attar Terkawi also called me."
"We fabricated many rumors in Hama city in order to make people participate in the protests… We said that if the number of people wasn't large, the army will enter the city and commit massacres." He added.
He pointed out that Bilal Taha sent him a Saudi SIM card to call some media channels, adding that Taha communicated with several media channels such as al-Jazeera, BBC, al-Arabiya, and news agencies such as AP and AFP telling them to cooperate with Zuraiq and broadcast the protests.
"Misleading media presented me several times as the eye-witness 'Ahmad al-Hussein'… All news on the number of people killed or the lack of food or water were mere lies." He confessed.
"Attar Terkawi and someone called Abdul-Samad al-Issa had received huge amounts of money from someone called 'Abu Nasir' from the Saudi Arabia. Abdul-Kadir Shakaki, also lives in the KSA, sent me about 900 thousand Syrian pounds." He concluded.
إلغاء الموافقات الأمنية عن كافة المهن السورية ماعدا مقاهي الانترنت و الأسلحة النارية
Cancellation of security clearances for all professions except the Syrian internet cafes and firearms
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=940cd7028ef19f9c2e819fd4b07620b1&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=833424545
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 8:52:00
Declared, "Haitham Daghistani" Associate Director of professions (occupations) and licenses in Damascus that all security clearances for the professions were canceled, including about 200 industry related to the Ministry of Defense, except the Internet and firearms, as well as the abolition of the clearance of the social insurance and approvals of some state ministries that used to take approved 6 to 12 months, with reduced treatment time and material.
According to the newspaper "al-Thawrah", he stressed that all the approvals which was abolished by the Ministry of Local Administration now be void in all provinces.
And Eng "Ghassan Mamola" that the cancellation of security clearances followed by monitoring subsequent to all the procedures and steps to obtain licenses, which means that the citizen gives the license and carries on his work, and thus be circulated to other parties that were involved and directly to obtain a license before they were granted to the citizen.
The Ministry of Interior issued a circular last April which eliminated the need to obtain approval of security with respect to several aspects of civil affairs, immigration, passports, criminal security.
And abolished security clearance when applying for the adoption of the representatives of nightclubs with a view to completion of their transactions with the approval after presenting the Artists Association, and the granting of licenses for import of electronic games and accessories.
The circular canceled obtain clearance when the registration of marriages to foreigners, registration of marriage Syrian citizen of orders heads under the Hasaka, recording maktoumeen (Kurds) recorded one of their parents (if the father is Syrian), and transactions of the birth registration of children of citizens of the province of Hasaka older than a month.
And abolished the approval of security when granting the ID card instead of lost or damaged, and the granting of the identity card for the first time, those over the age of 14 years of age, or acquired Syrian Arab nationality, or cases of access card new personal "instead of the card the old", as well as requests for cards personal rather than lost in Lebanon, and Syrian Muslim declaration of transactions, and re-group to work, and the granting of passports to residents outside the country instead of a corrupted or missing.
With regard to the Palestinians, Syrians, did not return according to the mainstream, need the approval of Secretary when brought requests following the loss of tickets, accommodation or travel documents outside Syria or loss for the second time inside the country, as well as their applications for tickets to stay for the first time for those over the age of 15 years, applications have the Palestinians, the Syrians .
Canceled and the security required when accepting licensing renewal to allow carry weapons, and the granting of export licenses for swords and daggers of the decoration, and the renewal of licenses carry and possession of handguns and hunting weapons of war ended, and licenses the practice of copying the keys.
And it also becomes all right for (Syrian) nationals coming from Jordan and nationals wishing to travel to Iraq to complete travel arrangements without the need for security approval.
ضبط 3 سوريين حاولوا دخول مصر بجوازات تركية مزورة
Set 3 Syrians tried to enter Egypt forged passports Turkish
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=ebca4aaefd1a53fef60e511e1064e18e&h=%CF%E3%D4%DE&ar=611067617
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:34:22
Control of airport security Cairo 3 Syrians tried to enter Egypt false Turkish passports, were coming to the Egyptian plane coming from Damascus.
The newspaper said the "seventh day" Egyptian "is now being brought before the security authorities for deportation to the point of arrival."
The newspaper did not give any details of the names of the Syrians or the reason for entering Egypt forged passports.
Observatory Syrian opposition says 12 people, including 7 of the army were killed in Idlib
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=bc65921ae94006668776ba419a3c9536&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=73482081
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 14:51:35
إصابة ضابط وعدد من عناصر حفظ النظام والجهات المختصة برصاص مجموعات مسلحة بريف دوما وحمص ومقتل 3 من المسلحين.. تفكيك عبوات ناسفة في درعا ودير الزور
An Officer, Law Enforcement Members Injured by Gunmen in Duma Countryside, Nationalistic Opposition Figure Mashaal Tammo Assassinated
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374064.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/10/07/374058.htm
Oct 07, 2011
PROVINCES, (SANA)-An officer and a number of law-enforcement members were injured by armed terrorist groups in Duma countryside and Bab al-Duraib neighborhood in Homs.
An informed source told SANA that an attack by an armed terrorist group on a law enforcement forces patrol in the countryside of Duma city in Damascus Countryside resulted in injuring a number of the members of the competent authorities which confronted the gunmen, killing three of them.
The attack took place an hour after al-Jazeera TV broadcast a news report on shooting in Duma at the time when the city was quite calm and life was normal.
Two Law enforcement Members Injured in Bab al-Duraib in Homs, Explosive Devices Dismantled in Daraa, Deir Ezzour
(omitted)
The competent authorities in Deir Ezzor released a law enforcement member who had been kidnapped by an armed terrorist group, the source pointed out.
In another context, a group of gunmen riding a motorcycle attempted to kidnap the mayor of al-Ashareh Municipality in Deir Ezzor. The gunmen were confronted by some citizens and were forced to flee away leaving their motorcycle behind.
(omitted)
Fawwaz al-Bashir Refutes al-Arabiya News on Shaikh Nawwaf al-Bashir Tortured to Death
Shaikh Fawwaz al-Bashir, cousin of Shaikh Nawwaf al-Bashir, denied al-Arabiya news claiming that Shaikh Nawwaf was tortured to death.
In a phone call with the Syrian TV on Friday, al-Bashir said ''We were shocked at a news broadcast by al-Arabiya claiming that Shaikh Nawwaf was killed under torture. It was a real calamity his family and friends.''
Al-Bashir added that he visited on Friday Shaikh Nawwaf and ascertained that he is safe and sound and the news completely baseless.
Al-Bashir condemned, in the name of al-Bashir family and al-Bakkara (al-Baggarah) clan, the fake news broadcast by al-Arabiya. ''I've been trying to contact al-Arabiya by phone since 09:00 a.m. and they told me that they will call me soon, but it didn't happen,'' said al-Bashir.
He said that he intended to call the channel in order to deny the news, but to no avail.
News on Besieging Mosques in Lattakia, Tartous, Hama and Deir Ezzor Refuted (in Banyas, not in Tartous city)
(omitted)
Economic and trade activities in al-Zabadani city in Damascus said the news broadcast by al-Jazeera on killing protesters is "a complete lie", stressing that no protests were witnessed in the city which is perfectly calm and the people are pursuing their habitual activities normally.
Nationalistic Opposition Figure Mashaal Tammo Assassinated, His Son Marcel and Companion Wounded by Armed Terrorist Group (Kurdish)
An armed terrorist group on Friday afternoon assassinated the nationalistic opposition figure Mishaal Tammo and wounded his son Marcel and Zahida Rash Kilo.
Informed sources told SANA that four gunmen using a black car opened fire from machineguns on Tammo who was invited to lunch at a friend's in the western district of Qamishli city accompanied by his son and Kilo.
The attack led to the martyring of Tammo immediately, while his son was injured with a gunshot to the abdomen and Kilo was shot in the foot.
People in Qamishli said the assassination of Tammo aims at undermining national unity and civil peace.
Mashaal Tammo was an agricultural engineer who entered the political arena in 1990, establishing the Kurdish Future Party in 2005 with a group of others. He was against the calls by the opposition abroad for interfering in Syria's affairs and rejected the use of arms.
Tammo had continously stressed the importance of national unity and comprehensive political, economic and social reforms. He left behind a wife and six son.
Official Military Source: Armed Terrorist Group Abducted Retired Brig. Gen. Radwan al-Madlush (in Hama)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374116.htm
Oct 07, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – An official military source said that an armed terrorist group abducted retired Brigadier General Radwan Jarrouh al-Madloush on the night of Thursday 6/10/2011.
The source said that al-Madloush was abducted from his home in Kafr Houd in Mharde area and taken along with his car to an unknown destination, adding that it's not unlikely that he might be filmed and shown on instigation channels dissenter in order to rally the masses and defame the army.
Fayssal al-Madloush, Radwan's brother, told SANA that "About 10 gunmen came to my brother's house at 11:20 pm on Thursday. They knocked on the door and his wife opened, my brother heard noise… When he went to see what was happening, the armed group abducted him and stole his car."
مظاهرات متفاوتة وأنباء عن شهداء في جمعة " المجلس الوطني " وانقسام المعارضة في اسطنبول !
Demonstrations and varying reports of martyrs in the Friday "National Council" and a split opposition in Istanbul! (Summary of Friday demonstrations)
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Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:21:09
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (oppositions based in Britain, to him), said eight civilians were killed Friday, including four, one of them elderly, in Bab al-lions in the city of Homs.
The Observatory said in a statement: "Three civilians were killed by snipers in Duma, near Damascus."
The Syrian Observatory said that "the young man died at dawn in the city of Zabadani from wounds suffered in a shooting ambush in the wanted security."
The Syrian Observatory said heavy gunfire and explosions heard in the city of Homs.
"The fire and heavy explosions heard in the neighborhood of the door and the door Aldreb wild animals and the door of Homs in the Hood."
And saw different parts of Syria, on Friday demonstrations after Friday prayers, on Fri-called opponents Friday "National Council".
The demonstrations took place in parts of Daraa, and Damascus, and Idlib and surroundings, and Homs, and Hama some areas, some areas of Aleppo (Mingh, Haritan, Tall Rif'at).
In Idlib Hundreds of citizens of the city in a demonstration of several mosques and gathered in the courtyard of Mosque of Saad bin Abi Waqas in the neighborhood of al-Thawrah.
And said one of the sons of the city to Aks al-Ser that "hundreds walked out in the city of Idlib demonstration, involving about 120 women, during which slogans against the system, and then adjourned without causing any major incidents."
And in the rural town of Idlib seen Ma'arrat Numan never to fire, as reported by a city's inhabitants.
And source in the city that "gunmen who opened fire on an army out taking advantage of the demonstration, prompting the army to fire bursts of air, and on the ground."
And said one of the sons of the city Ma'arrat Numan "that a citizen was shot in the foot, as seen armed carrying a bomb in his hand he escaped on board a motorcycle driven by someone else."
The source continued, and that he "had been identified the gunman who was carrying a bomb in his hand and called the (m - i), which is required for security forces, noting that does not have armed the bomb and threw it in his hand when he fled."
And between the source in the National Hospital Palmarh that "did not reach any infected gunshot wound to the hospital, but he arrived two wounded as a result of shrapnel resulting from the explosion of a motorcycle was burned, as were wounded while they stood near them, pointing to a wounded wounded in the hand and the other in back and in stable condition. "
And saw the countryside on Friday Idlib out several demonstrations in the Punch and Fnaz and Hac and Kvromh and account yet? And Sarmeen and Saraaqib, and did not record any incidents as reported by the residents of those areas.
In Aleppo, demonstrations took place in some rural areas close to the city (Tall Rif'at, Mingh, Haritan), where she attended the cars from the forces of order, was unseal using "tear gas," according to a population "Haritan."
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Life in Syrian capital relatively calm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/07/c_131178166.htm
English.news.cn 2011-10-07 21:50:13
DAMASCUS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Life became relatively calm on Friday in several areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus, with heavy army and security presence in some suburbs that witnessed massive protests over the past six months.
A heavy security and army presence was noticed at the entrances of some hotspot suburbs near Damascus, including Maadamiyah, Daraya, Harasta and Duma.
In Damascus' central Midan neighborhood, pro- and anti-government protests were seen that only lasted for a couple of minutes.
In Harasta and Duma, which have emerged as hubs of protests, there were about five army check points along the main road that connects Harasta to Duma.
An eye witness in Duma told Xinhua reporter that a small anti-government rally was held there but was dispersed quickly.
Meanwhile, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that an army officer was injured by armed groups in Zamalka area near Damascus, without giving further details.
Al-Jazeera cited activists and witnesses as saying that at least nine people were killed Friday as thousands of people thronged to streets demanding the ouster of President Bashar al- Assad.
The report couldn't be verified as there were no official comments on the civilian toll.
Syria has been wracked by six-month unrest that it blamed on foreign conspiracy and foreign thugs.
Syrian president's political and media adviser Buthayna Shaaban recently put the number of army officers and law-enforcement troops killed since the eruption of protests in Syria in mid March at 800, while a recent UN tally put the number of civilians who were killed at 2,900.
Russian company office in Syria comes under gunfire – embassy
http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-cis-business-and-financial-news-bulletins-in-english/russian-company-office-in-syria-comes-under-gunfire-embassy-2/
By Interfax News, on October 7th, 2011 at 05:56PM GMT
published on the Russia and CIS Business and Financial News wire
MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Russian Business and Financial News) – The office in Homs, Syria, of Russian company Stroytransgaz came under "fire from automatic…
الخارجية الروسية تدين بشدة الهجوم على مقر شركة روسية في حمص السورية
Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the attack on the headquarters of a Russian company in Homs
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/568547
07.10.2011 21:09
Announced that the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Russian embassy in Syria has to take urgent action to secure the branch's "Stroytransgaz" Russian and Russian citizens was due to the company's headquarters in Homs to fire the night of Wednesday, October 5 / October.
A statement issued by the Russian Foreign on Friday, October 7 / October, the attack on the headquarters of the Russian branch of the company's contribution, which is located on the eighth floor multi-storey care of the maintenance in Homs, did not lead to injuries.
The statement emphasized that Moscow considers this incident, "a clear indication that the Syrian opposition militant seeking to overthrow the current regime in the Syrian Arab Republic by armed follows the behavior of the use of terrorism against civilians as well as institutions and organizations, including foreign, which regulate normal life in the country."
He stressed the Russian foreign ministry statement that the use of terrorist methods such as these must be firmly condemned by the international community.
Also confirmed the Russian Foreign Ministry in this regard, the position of Moscow's proposal to stop the violence in the country as soon as possible and use peaceful political means to search for a way out of the crisis in Syria.
هددوا صاحبها بالقتل .. مسلحون يسرقون سيارة و صيدلية تحت تهديد السلاح في حي الشهباء بحلب
Threatened to kill the owner .. Gunmen steal a car and a pharmacy at gunpoint in the neighborhood of Aleppo Shahba
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=94b4f04c78ca32ecb4f070a7073a3c72&h=%CD%E1%C8&ar=927832937
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 15:25:38
Gunmen stole the private car in front of the pharmacy-Ghazali, after they robbed the pharmacy and the owner threatened at gunpoint and forced into silence, on Wednesday evening in the neighborhood of Shahba Aleppo.
نجل الشيخ محمد نديم شهابي ينفي ما تناقله ناشطون حول إصدار "بيان ملحق ببيان علماء حلب"
Son of Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Shihabi denying activists handed down on the issue "an appendix to the statement made by Ulama Aleppo"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=9a2d23475e36a1195f62ba5e5a4c23d7&h=%CD%E1%C8&ar=188990545
Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 16:26:01
Denied Dr. "Abdul-Qadir al-Shihabi," the son of Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Shihabi what activists handed down over the issuance of a statement "Supplement to a statement Ulama of Aleppo."
Dr. "Abdul-Qadir al-Shihabi," in a telephone call to Aks al-Ser that "stated in the statement titled (Further to the statement scholars of Aleppo), and communication should be as Shaikh Muhammad Nadim Al-Shihabi, a pure fabrication and a lie and untrue, a false have nothing to do it."
He advised Shaikh (Shihabi) written statement of repentance, saying "that was afraid of God should fear God in the Ulama, if not feared, so let him fear the wrath of the nation and its people by fear and anger," he said.
It was not possible to reverse the move to get a copy of the statement was denied.
He was issued a group of Ulama of Aleppo on August 7 statement which denounced what is happening in Syria of "bloodshed", where the authorities carry the statement of responsibility toward the larger of these events, demanding at the same time to "maximize the sanctity of mosques, its sanctity and inviolability."
It is worth mentioning that Shaikh Muhammad Nadim Al-Shihabi is one of the top scholars in Aleppo, a preacher and Imam Mosque open for more than thirty years.
زريق: حرضنا الناس على التظاهر لاستغلال الوضع إعلامياً على القنوات وحصلنا على تمويلات من الخارج
Terrorist Zuraiq: We Instigated People to Protest, Received Funds from Abroad (confession)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/07/374113.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/10/07/374089.htm
Oct 07, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Terrorist Fadi Zuraiq on Friday confessed to participating in the huge media campaign against Syria in the last few months.
In confessions broadcast on the Syrian TV, terrorist Zuraiq said that he received guidance from some instigating media channels and he worked as a false eye-witness during Hama events, especially after the armed terrorist groups had set blockades and killed innocents.
Terrorist Zuraiq added that he worked, along with other people, on instigating people to protest, indicating that people from outside Syria phoned him and asked him to videotape the protests.
"Bilal Taha in Belgium, who is the webmaster of the so called 'Sham Network', phoned me and told me to videotape the protests and send the photages to him. Abdul-Kadir Shakaki and Samih Marmar in Saudi Arabia also phoned me saying they were from the abroad opposition. Attar Terkawi also called me."
"We fabricated many rumors in Hama city in order to make people participate in the protests… We said that if the number of people wasn't large, the army will enter the city and commit massacres." He added.
He pointed out that Bilal Taha sent him a Saudi SIM card to call some media channels, adding that Taha communicated with several media channels such as al-Jazeera, BBC, al-Arabiya, and news agencies such as AP and AFP telling them to cooperate with Zuraiq and broadcast the protests.
"Misleading media presented me several times as the eye-witness 'Ahmad al-Hussein'… All news on the number of people killed or the lack of food or water were mere lies." He confessed.
"Attar Terkawi and someone called Abdul-Samad al-Issa had received huge amounts of money from someone called 'Abu Nasir' from the Saudi Arabia. Abdul-Kadir Shakaki, also lives in the KSA, sent me about 900 thousand Syrian pounds." He concluded.
إلغاء الموافقات الأمنية عن كافة المهن السورية ماعدا مقاهي الانترنت و الأسلحة النارية
Cancellation of security clearances for all professions except the Syrian internet cafes and firearms
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Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 8:52:00
Declared, "Haitham Daghistani" Associate Director of professions (occupations) and licenses in Damascus that all security clearances for the professions were canceled, including about 200 industry related to the Ministry of Defense, except the Internet and firearms, as well as the abolition of the clearance of the social insurance and approvals of some state ministries that used to take approved 6 to 12 months, with reduced treatment time and material.
According to the newspaper "al-Thawrah", he stressed that all the approvals which was abolished by the Ministry of Local Administration now be void in all provinces.
And Eng "Ghassan Mamola" that the cancellation of security clearances followed by monitoring subsequent to all the procedures and steps to obtain licenses, which means that the citizen gives the license and carries on his work, and thus be circulated to other parties that were involved and directly to obtain a license before they were granted to the citizen.
The Ministry of Interior issued a circular last April which eliminated the need to obtain approval of security with respect to several aspects of civil affairs, immigration, passports, criminal security.
And abolished security clearance when applying for the adoption of the representatives of nightclubs with a view to completion of their transactions with the approval after presenting the Artists Association, and the granting of licenses for import of electronic games and accessories.
The circular canceled obtain clearance when the registration of marriages to foreigners, registration of marriage Syrian citizen of orders heads under the Hasaka, recording maktoumeen (Kurds) recorded one of their parents (if the father is Syrian), and transactions of the birth registration of children of citizens of the province of Hasaka older than a month.
And abolished the approval of security when granting the ID card instead of lost or damaged, and the granting of the identity card for the first time, those over the age of 14 years of age, or acquired Syrian Arab nationality, or cases of access card new personal "instead of the card the old", as well as requests for cards personal rather than lost in Lebanon, and Syrian Muslim declaration of transactions, and re-group to work, and the granting of passports to residents outside the country instead of a corrupted or missing.
With regard to the Palestinians, Syrians, did not return according to the mainstream, need the approval of Secretary when brought requests following the loss of tickets, accommodation or travel documents outside Syria or loss for the second time inside the country, as well as their applications for tickets to stay for the first time for those over the age of 15 years, applications have the Palestinians, the Syrians .
Canceled and the security required when accepting licensing renewal to allow carry weapons, and the granting of export licenses for swords and daggers of the decoration, and the renewal of licenses carry and possession of handguns and hunting weapons of war ended, and licenses the practice of copying the keys.
And it also becomes all right for (Syrian) nationals coming from Jordan and nationals wishing to travel to Iraq to complete travel arrangements without the need for security approval.
ضبط 3 سوريين حاولوا دخول مصر بجوازات تركية مزورة
Set 3 Syrians tried to enter Egypt forged passports Turkish
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Friday - October 7 - 2011 - 14:34:22
Control of airport security Cairo 3 Syrians tried to enter Egypt false Turkish passports, were coming to the Egyptian plane coming from Damascus.
The newspaper said the "seventh day" Egyptian "is now being brought before the security authorities for deportation to the point of arrival."
The newspaper did not give any details of the names of the Syrians or the reason for entering Egypt forged passports.
2011/10/07
Oct 6 Others
East Saudi Arabia sees more demos
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/202989.html
Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:0PM
The Saudi nationals have once again held demonstrations in the kingdom's east in favor of implementation of political reforms in the absolute monarchy, Press TV reports.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, the protesters took to the streets in the Awamiyah village, the city of Qatif, and Al-Qaddih on Wednesday, calling for an end to Riyadh's crackdown on dissent and demanding the release of political prisoners, a Press TV correspondent reported.
According to Saudi activists, most of the detained political thinkers are being held without trial or legitimate charges and have been arrested for merely 'appearing suspicious.' Some of the detainees are reported to have been held without trial for more than 16 years.
New footage posted on the internet showed Saudi troops being deployed in Awamiyah to crush the protests.
Clashes erupted after the forces opened fire to disperse hundreds of protesters, chanting slogans against Riyadh's policies. Several protesters including women were injured in the confrontations.
Similar rallies have turned violent in the past few days, following attacks by Saudi security forces. A security official speaking on condition of anonymity said an unspecified number of demonstrators had been arrested.
Shaikh Nimr Nimr, a prominent cleric in Awamiyah, has accused Saudi authorities of "provoking" the protesters by firing on them with live bullets and urged the protesters to avoid clashes with the government forces.
He said, "Saudi authorities depend on bullets… and killing and imprisonment. We must depend on the roar of the word, on the words of justice."
A video posted on YouTube dated October 4 showed demonstrators chanting 'Down with Mohammed bin Fahd,' referring to the governor of the Eastern Province -- which has turned into a focal point for anti-regime rallies -- and the son of Saudi Arabia's former ruler, the late King Fahd.
On Monday, the Saudi police arrested two men, both in their 70s, in Awamiyah in an attempt to force their wanted sons, accused of taking part in pro-reform protests, to surrender, one activist said.
The ultraconservative Saudi regime is known for its intolerance of dissent. Earlier in the year, the Saudi Interior Ministry imposed a ban on all kinds of demonstrations and public gatherings.
Human Rights Watch says hundreds of dissidents have been arrested since February as part of the Saudi government's suppression of anti-government protests.
According to the Saudi-based Human Rights First Society (HRFS), the detainees were subjected to physical and mental torture.
The kingdom is also deeply wary of the wave of Islamic Awakening, which has started sweeping the North Africa and the Middle East.
Riyadh especially found pro-democracy protests in neighboring Bahrain, which borders the Eastern Province, a matter to be reckoned with, dispatching its military forces to the island to assist Manama's suppression of demonstrations there.
Saudi cleric asks Shiite protesters to avoid arms (in al-Awamiyyah, al-Qatif)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150555-saudi-cleric-asks-shiite-protesters-to-avoid-arms.ashx
October 06, 2011 12:48 AM
RIYADH: A Saudi Shiite village where protesters clashed with police was calm Wednesday as a prominent cleric urged his followers to avoid the use of firearms and fingers of blame were pointed at Iran.
"Iran is trying to export its problems to avenge what happened in Bahrain, and reduce pressures on Syria," Tehran's Arab ally, said Anwar Eshki, director of the Saudi-based Middle East Institute for Strategic Studies.
Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, referred to "concrete evidence of Iran's involvement" in this week's unrest, including "telephone calls from Tehran that were intercepted" by Saudi Arabia.
This is "a message from Iran to Gulf states after its failure in Syria and its loss of a strategic ally. It will respond … and we will begin to see escalation in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province," he said.
Kuwait Protesters in Porsches Say Gulf Can't Spend Way Out of Arab Spring
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-05/kuwait-protesters-in-porsches-shake-gulf-s-democracy-pioneer.html
http://backupurl.com/gf9vhk
By Fiona MacDonald - Thu Oct 06 09:55:12 GMT 2011
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Meshal al-Zaidi says he was drawn into Kuwait's protest movement by political ideals, not the economic grievances that helped spur revolts in poorer Arab countries.
"My friend drives a Porsche Cayenne, another a Porsche Panamera, you'll see the best cars at Kuwaiti protests," said al-Zaidi, a 25-year-old who runs a public relations firm and attends rallies seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah. "It's not about money, it's not about oil, it's about real democracy."
Demands for a change of government are growing louder in Kuwait, where per-capita gross domestic product was about $39,000 last year. . .
Youth groups including al-Zaidi's 'September 16' cite inspiration from the Arab Spring and demand a constitutional monarchy and elected government. . .
Kuwaitis call on govt. to quit
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203000.html
Thu Oct 6, 2011 2:44AM
Thousands of Kuwaitis have held a demonstration in the country's capital, calling for stiff action against the country's corrupt lawmakers and demanding the government to quit.
On Wednesday, the speakers among the roughly 3,000 protesters, who had taken to the streets in Kuwait City, warned that failure to bring the corrupt officials to account could spark bigger demonstrations in the oil-rich emirate, AFP reported.
The protesters also demanded the ouster of the government, which has been led by Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser al-Muhammad Al-Sabah since 2006. The premier is a member of the ruling family and nephew of Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait.
Kuwaiti lawmaker, Khaled al-Sultan, said, "This unprecedented crime will not pass without punishment ... If we do not force this government and its head to step down, the country will go to catastrophe."
The public prosecutor in the emirate has launched a probe into the bank accounts of about 14 MPs, who are accused of receiving illegal deposits of about USD 350 million. Some say as many as 20 lawmakers could eventually be found corrupt in the 50-member parliament.
Some other speakers accused the government of spending the money to buy the votes of lawmakers to ensure the appointment of the prime minister and his cabinet.
An opposition MP, Mussallam al-Barrak, asserted that "we are before an organized gang led by the government and the corrupt MPs."
Another opposition parliamentarian, Jamaan al-Harbash, called Shaikh Nasser's government's continued tenure an insult to the Kuwaiti people.
Kuwaitis have occasionally been holding demonstrations in the emirate since the widespread launch of anti-regime protests in North Africa and Middle East early in the year.
Opposition rally banned in Bahrain
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=opposition-rally-banned--in-bahrain-2011-10-04
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
DUBAI - Agence France-Presse
Bahraini authorities banned Tuesday the Shiite opposition from organizing a demonstration against the jailing of medics and activists over their roles in pro-democracy protests quelled in mid-March.
The head of Public Security, Major General Tareq Mubarak bin Daina, turned down the request by Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq to organize a "human chain" protest in Manama, BNA state news agency said.
The security chief said the location for the protest, which had been planned to take place outside the offices of Al-Wefaq in Zinj, west of Manama, "is not suitable security-wise." He said the protest "could cause traffic bottlenecks... while it will be difficult for organizers and security bodies to control the human chain, which might affect the safety of participants and those using the road." Bin Daina ordered security measures to ban the event, BNA said.
Al-Wefaq slammed the ban as "illegal" and an "indication of constraints on the freedom of expression," in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
On Monday, a Bahraini special court established to try defendants accused of taking part in a month-long Shiite-led protests slapped jail verdicts ranging between 15 and 25 years on 36 Shiites.
Syrian unrest choking tourism to Lebanon: minister
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Oct-06/150626-syrian-unrest-choking-tourism-to-lebanon-minister.ashx
October 06, 2011 05:29 PM
Reuters
BEIRUT: The number of Arab tourists who drive into Lebanon is down by 90 percent this year after months of political unrest in Syria, the only neighbouring country with an open border into Lebanon, its tourism minister said on Thursday.
Fadi Abboud said: "600,000 Arab tourists normally drive through Syria (into Lebanon) every year ... 90 percent of all overland arrivals have been lost in 2011."
Overland arrivals through Syrian border crossings account for about a quarter of tourist arrivals to Lebanon, which has long promoted itself as a diverse country boasting Roman ruins, limestone caves, ski resorts, beaches and a vibrant night life.
Tourists from the Gulf, Jordan and Iraq usually drive through Syria to get to Lebanon, but the escalation of violence in Syria since anti-government demonstrations began in March has slowed the flow.
Some 2,900 civilians have been killed in Syria in a military crackdown against protesters aiming to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, according to the U.N. human rights office.
The U.N. World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says tourism revenues in Lebanon were down 20 percent in the first six months of 2011. Tourism accounts for 22 percent of GDP.
Abboud added Western tourists had shied away from the Middle East due to the "Arab spring" unrest.
But he said he believed Lebanon's tourism sector could weather the storm.
"The main percentage of tourists coming to Lebanon are the jet setters and playboys of the Middle East ... who come for the night life and cuisine," he said. "They come into Lebanon through the airport and so they are not affected."
Syriac Christians to get first church in Istanbul
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=syriac-christians-to-get-first-church-in-istanbul-2011-10-05
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Vercihan Ziflioğlu
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from officials for the construction of its first church. The church, planned to be constructed in the Yeşilköy neighborhood, is expected to host 17,000 Syriacs who live in Istanbul
Prominent Syriac community leader, Kenan Altınışık (C) says the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands for the new church building are allotted.
Prominent Syriac community leader, Kenan Altınışık (C) says the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands for the new church building are allotted.
After years of tussling and hairsplitting, Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from both the prime minister and the president for the construction of its first church in the Yeşilköy neighborhood on the European side of Istanbul.
“Half of our community lives in and around Yeşilköy. We rent churches for Sunday rites, but we can only start morning mass at 11:30, whereas we are supposed to finish our Sunday rites before 10:30 in accordance with our tradition,” Kenan Altınışık, a prominent Syriac community leader, told the Hürriyet Daily News via e-mail.
The church site will be allocated to the ancient community by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, while construction expenses will be paid for by the Syriacs. An official from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Hürriyet Daily News that they are searching for a suitable location for the new church.
The church architecture is planned to bear traces of the Syriac’s thousands-of-years-old culture, while the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands are allotted.
Community representatives held a series of talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Abdullah Gül and EU Minister Egemen Bağış regarding their problems concerning the new church, including the allocation of land for its construction, Altınışık said.
“Afterward, we also met with the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Construction Affairs Committee upon a directive issued by the Istanbul metropolitan mayor,” he said, adding they have no communication problems.
“We presented several files to the head of the construction affairs committee and he offered a few places, but they were not suitable for us,” said Altınışık, a businessman and head of the Syriac community’s Foundation for the Church of Mother Mary, which is located in the Tarlabaşı neighborhood in central Istanbul.
The community holds the title deed to the Church of Mother Mary and the metropolitan center that houses it, Altınışık said, adding that about 17,000 Syriacs live in Istanbul with scant numbers still living in the southeast as well.
A metropolitan center acts as a higher institution for an orthodox church. Many of Turkey’s Syriacs migrated to Europe during the mid-1980s, when there was political turmoil in the southeast.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/202989.html
Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:0PM
The Saudi nationals have once again held demonstrations in the kingdom's east in favor of implementation of political reforms in the absolute monarchy, Press TV reports.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, the protesters took to the streets in the Awamiyah village, the city of Qatif, and Al-Qaddih on Wednesday, calling for an end to Riyadh's crackdown on dissent and demanding the release of political prisoners, a Press TV correspondent reported.
According to Saudi activists, most of the detained political thinkers are being held without trial or legitimate charges and have been arrested for merely 'appearing suspicious.' Some of the detainees are reported to have been held without trial for more than 16 years.
New footage posted on the internet showed Saudi troops being deployed in Awamiyah to crush the protests.
Clashes erupted after the forces opened fire to disperse hundreds of protesters, chanting slogans against Riyadh's policies. Several protesters including women were injured in the confrontations.
Similar rallies have turned violent in the past few days, following attacks by Saudi security forces. A security official speaking on condition of anonymity said an unspecified number of demonstrators had been arrested.
Shaikh Nimr Nimr, a prominent cleric in Awamiyah, has accused Saudi authorities of "provoking" the protesters by firing on them with live bullets and urged the protesters to avoid clashes with the government forces.
He said, "Saudi authorities depend on bullets… and killing and imprisonment. We must depend on the roar of the word, on the words of justice."
A video posted on YouTube dated October 4 showed demonstrators chanting 'Down with Mohammed bin Fahd,' referring to the governor of the Eastern Province -- which has turned into a focal point for anti-regime rallies -- and the son of Saudi Arabia's former ruler, the late King Fahd.
On Monday, the Saudi police arrested two men, both in their 70s, in Awamiyah in an attempt to force their wanted sons, accused of taking part in pro-reform protests, to surrender, one activist said.
The ultraconservative Saudi regime is known for its intolerance of dissent. Earlier in the year, the Saudi Interior Ministry imposed a ban on all kinds of demonstrations and public gatherings.
Human Rights Watch says hundreds of dissidents have been arrested since February as part of the Saudi government's suppression of anti-government protests.
According to the Saudi-based Human Rights First Society (HRFS), the detainees were subjected to physical and mental torture.
The kingdom is also deeply wary of the wave of Islamic Awakening, which has started sweeping the North Africa and the Middle East.
Riyadh especially found pro-democracy protests in neighboring Bahrain, which borders the Eastern Province, a matter to be reckoned with, dispatching its military forces to the island to assist Manama's suppression of demonstrations there.
Saudi cleric asks Shiite protesters to avoid arms (in al-Awamiyyah, al-Qatif)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150555-saudi-cleric-asks-shiite-protesters-to-avoid-arms.ashx
October 06, 2011 12:48 AM
RIYADH: A Saudi Shiite village where protesters clashed with police was calm Wednesday as a prominent cleric urged his followers to avoid the use of firearms and fingers of blame were pointed at Iran.
"Iran is trying to export its problems to avenge what happened in Bahrain, and reduce pressures on Syria," Tehran's Arab ally, said Anwar Eshki, director of the Saudi-based Middle East Institute for Strategic Studies.
Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, referred to "concrete evidence of Iran's involvement" in this week's unrest, including "telephone calls from Tehran that were intercepted" by Saudi Arabia.
This is "a message from Iran to Gulf states after its failure in Syria and its loss of a strategic ally. It will respond … and we will begin to see escalation in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province," he said.
Kuwait Protesters in Porsches Say Gulf Can't Spend Way Out of Arab Spring
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-05/kuwait-protesters-in-porsches-shake-gulf-s-democracy-pioneer.html
http://backupurl.com/gf9vhk
By Fiona MacDonald - Thu Oct 06 09:55:12 GMT 2011
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Meshal al-Zaidi says he was drawn into Kuwait's protest movement by political ideals, not the economic grievances that helped spur revolts in poorer Arab countries.
"My friend drives a Porsche Cayenne, another a Porsche Panamera, you'll see the best cars at Kuwaiti protests," said al-Zaidi, a 25-year-old who runs a public relations firm and attends rallies seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah. "It's not about money, it's not about oil, it's about real democracy."
Demands for a change of government are growing louder in Kuwait, where per-capita gross domestic product was about $39,000 last year. . .
Youth groups including al-Zaidi's 'September 16' cite inspiration from the Arab Spring and demand a constitutional monarchy and elected government. . .
Kuwaitis call on govt. to quit
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203000.html
Thu Oct 6, 2011 2:44AM
Thousands of Kuwaitis have held a demonstration in the country's capital, calling for stiff action against the country's corrupt lawmakers and demanding the government to quit.
On Wednesday, the speakers among the roughly 3,000 protesters, who had taken to the streets in Kuwait City, warned that failure to bring the corrupt officials to account could spark bigger demonstrations in the oil-rich emirate, AFP reported.
The protesters also demanded the ouster of the government, which has been led by Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser al-Muhammad Al-Sabah since 2006. The premier is a member of the ruling family and nephew of Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait.
Kuwaiti lawmaker, Khaled al-Sultan, said, "This unprecedented crime will not pass without punishment ... If we do not force this government and its head to step down, the country will go to catastrophe."
The public prosecutor in the emirate has launched a probe into the bank accounts of about 14 MPs, who are accused of receiving illegal deposits of about USD 350 million. Some say as many as 20 lawmakers could eventually be found corrupt in the 50-member parliament.
Some other speakers accused the government of spending the money to buy the votes of lawmakers to ensure the appointment of the prime minister and his cabinet.
An opposition MP, Mussallam al-Barrak, asserted that "we are before an organized gang led by the government and the corrupt MPs."
Another opposition parliamentarian, Jamaan al-Harbash, called Shaikh Nasser's government's continued tenure an insult to the Kuwaiti people.
Kuwaitis have occasionally been holding demonstrations in the emirate since the widespread launch of anti-regime protests in North Africa and Middle East early in the year.
Opposition rally banned in Bahrain
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=opposition-rally-banned--in-bahrain-2011-10-04
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
DUBAI - Agence France-Presse
Bahraini authorities banned Tuesday the Shiite opposition from organizing a demonstration against the jailing of medics and activists over their roles in pro-democracy protests quelled in mid-March.
The head of Public Security, Major General Tareq Mubarak bin Daina, turned down the request by Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq to organize a "human chain" protest in Manama, BNA state news agency said.
The security chief said the location for the protest, which had been planned to take place outside the offices of Al-Wefaq in Zinj, west of Manama, "is not suitable security-wise." He said the protest "could cause traffic bottlenecks... while it will be difficult for organizers and security bodies to control the human chain, which might affect the safety of participants and those using the road." Bin Daina ordered security measures to ban the event, BNA said.
Al-Wefaq slammed the ban as "illegal" and an "indication of constraints on the freedom of expression," in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
On Monday, a Bahraini special court established to try defendants accused of taking part in a month-long Shiite-led protests slapped jail verdicts ranging between 15 and 25 years on 36 Shiites.
Syrian unrest choking tourism to Lebanon: minister
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Oct-06/150626-syrian-unrest-choking-tourism-to-lebanon-minister.ashx
October 06, 2011 05:29 PM
Reuters
BEIRUT: The number of Arab tourists who drive into Lebanon is down by 90 percent this year after months of political unrest in Syria, the only neighbouring country with an open border into Lebanon, its tourism minister said on Thursday.
Fadi Abboud said: "600,000 Arab tourists normally drive through Syria (into Lebanon) every year ... 90 percent of all overland arrivals have been lost in 2011."
Overland arrivals through Syrian border crossings account for about a quarter of tourist arrivals to Lebanon, which has long promoted itself as a diverse country boasting Roman ruins, limestone caves, ski resorts, beaches and a vibrant night life.
Tourists from the Gulf, Jordan and Iraq usually drive through Syria to get to Lebanon, but the escalation of violence in Syria since anti-government demonstrations began in March has slowed the flow.
Some 2,900 civilians have been killed in Syria in a military crackdown against protesters aiming to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, according to the U.N. human rights office.
The U.N. World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says tourism revenues in Lebanon were down 20 percent in the first six months of 2011. Tourism accounts for 22 percent of GDP.
Abboud added Western tourists had shied away from the Middle East due to the "Arab spring" unrest.
But he said he believed Lebanon's tourism sector could weather the storm.
"The main percentage of tourists coming to Lebanon are the jet setters and playboys of the Middle East ... who come for the night life and cuisine," he said. "They come into Lebanon through the airport and so they are not affected."
Syriac Christians to get first church in Istanbul
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=syriac-christians-to-get-first-church-in-istanbul-2011-10-05
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Vercihan Ziflioğlu
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from officials for the construction of its first church. The church, planned to be constructed in the Yeşilköy neighborhood, is expected to host 17,000 Syriacs who live in Istanbul
Prominent Syriac community leader, Kenan Altınışık (C) says the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands for the new church building are allotted.
Prominent Syriac community leader, Kenan Altınışık (C) says the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands for the new church building are allotted.
After years of tussling and hairsplitting, Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from both the prime minister and the president for the construction of its first church in the Yeşilköy neighborhood on the European side of Istanbul.
“Half of our community lives in and around Yeşilköy. We rent churches for Sunday rites, but we can only start morning mass at 11:30, whereas we are supposed to finish our Sunday rites before 10:30 in accordance with our tradition,” Kenan Altınışık, a prominent Syriac community leader, told the Hürriyet Daily News via e-mail.
The church site will be allocated to the ancient community by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, while construction expenses will be paid for by the Syriacs. An official from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Hürriyet Daily News that they are searching for a suitable location for the new church.
The church architecture is planned to bear traces of the Syriac’s thousands-of-years-old culture, while the construction is set to begin as soon as suitable lands are allotted.
Community representatives held a series of talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Abdullah Gül and EU Minister Egemen Bağış regarding their problems concerning the new church, including the allocation of land for its construction, Altınışık said.
“Afterward, we also met with the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Construction Affairs Committee upon a directive issued by the Istanbul metropolitan mayor,” he said, adding they have no communication problems.
“We presented several files to the head of the construction affairs committee and he offered a few places, but they were not suitable for us,” said Altınışık, a businessman and head of the Syriac community’s Foundation for the Church of Mother Mary, which is located in the Tarlabaşı neighborhood in central Istanbul.
The community holds the title deed to the Church of Mother Mary and the metropolitan center that houses it, Altınışık said, adding that about 17,000 Syriacs live in Istanbul with scant numbers still living in the southeast as well.
A metropolitan center acts as a higher institution for an orthodox church. Many of Turkey’s Syriacs migrated to Europe during the mid-1980s, when there was political turmoil in the southeast.
Oct 6 Economy
صناعيو حلب يطالبون بمعالجة أوضاع التجمعات الصناعية الواقعة خارج التنظيم وتسهيل اجراءات الترخيص
Aleppo industrialists are demanding to address the situation of industrial clusters outside the organization and facilitate the licensing procedures
http://www.sana.sy/ara/345/2011/10/06/373887.htm
06 Oct, 2011
Aleppo, (SANA) -
وزيرة السياحة: السياحة الداخلية في أحسن أحوالها
Secretary of Tourism: Domestic tourism at its best
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=695e07d90e9c829234f965731c69645f&ar=188901847
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 12:59:50
The Minister of Tourism "Lamia Asi" that domestic tourism in Syria are at their best, especially during the ninth month of the year, which saw hotels and attractions occupancy rate is excellent.
According to the newspaper, "the Baath," indicated "Asi" that religious tourism in Syria did not back down and has seen an overwhelming response as there are 2000 visitors a day to serve the Prophet, "Abel", which requires us all the support and shed light on this mausoleum, which was frequented by visitors from different nationalities , and an increase of 25% from last year.
She said, "Asi": "The future will be better, and this is what is visible to all investors because there is many requests to invest in Syria, but today we are targeting Syrian investors first, and the Gulf Arab investors who have started their investments in Syria did not withdraw."
"Asi" called on investors to set prices and the inclusion of prices and promotional offers and tour packages to attract tourists, so that the "customer" a key partner in the project in addition to taking the lead creative in order to support and encourage any tourist activity.
The minister pointed to the excellence of natural and unique "to the Cave of Moses", which combine nature and human creativity, where the ministry will in turn promote tourism and support to these unique places in Syria.
Aleppo industrialists are demanding to address the situation of industrial clusters outside the organization and facilitate the licensing procedures
http://www.sana.sy/ara/345/2011/10/06/373887.htm
06 Oct, 2011
Aleppo, (SANA) -
وزيرة السياحة: السياحة الداخلية في أحسن أحوالها
Secretary of Tourism: Domestic tourism at its best
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=695e07d90e9c829234f965731c69645f&ar=188901847
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 12:59:50
The Minister of Tourism "Lamia Asi" that domestic tourism in Syria are at their best, especially during the ninth month of the year, which saw hotels and attractions occupancy rate is excellent.
According to the newspaper, "the Baath," indicated "Asi" that religious tourism in Syria did not back down and has seen an overwhelming response as there are 2000 visitors a day to serve the Prophet, "Abel", which requires us all the support and shed light on this mausoleum, which was frequented by visitors from different nationalities , and an increase of 25% from last year.
She said, "Asi": "The future will be better, and this is what is visible to all investors because there is many requests to invest in Syria, but today we are targeting Syrian investors first, and the Gulf Arab investors who have started their investments in Syria did not withdraw."
"Asi" called on investors to set prices and the inclusion of prices and promotional offers and tour packages to attract tourists, so that the "customer" a key partner in the project in addition to taking the lead creative in order to support and encourage any tourist activity.
The minister pointed to the excellence of natural and unique "to the Cave of Moses", which combine nature and human creativity, where the ministry will in turn promote tourism and support to these unique places in Syria.
Oct 6 Regional
Foreign Ministry Refutes Alleged Meeting between President al-Assad and Davutoglu
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/06/373877.htm
Oct 06, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) - An official source at the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs denied what has been said by some mass media on information about a meeting they claimed that it has been recently held between President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Davutoglu, stressing that what has been published about this alleged meeting is untrue.
In a statement to SANA, the source indicated that the last meeting with the Turkish Foreign Minister was held last August and no messages were conveyed from or to anyone during the meeting.
The source added that the fabrication and misleading by some media bodies, which reflect the hugeness and fierceness of the aggressive campaign launched against Syria, will not succeed in affecting the rightness and wisdom of the Syrian stances.
سفير تركيا بلبنان: سوريا تقوم بـ"بروباغندا" ضدنا..!
Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon: Syria is the "propaganda" against us ..!
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=9807fea7337eb3fc51dec0e591123ebc&ar=304213979
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 9:43:47
Syria lifts ban on imports but troubles continue for Turkish firms
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258991-syria-lifts-ban-on-imports-but-troubles-continue-for-turkish-firms.html
05 October 2011, Wednesday / NOAH BLASER , İSTANBUL
Syrian officials on Tuesday announced the lifting of a two-week import ban, reversing a decision that barred imports from Turkey and other trading partners who had become critical of Syria's regime.
The ban, which was originally designed to conserve the country's foreign currency reserves in the face of internal turmoil, was abandoned by the regime of Bashar al-Assad after spiking and evoking ire from Syria's merchant class. The lifting of the ban is likely to be only a brief respite for businesses both in Turkey and Syria, who have suffered from Syria's political instability and now face the likelihood of Turkish and European sanctions against the Syrian regime.
"In the past years, we enjoyed serious increases in bilateral trade and tourism," said Cahit Erbalcı, chairman of the Federation of Gaziantep Industrialists and Businessmen (GـNSAİF), told Today's Zaman on Wednesday. Now, says Erbalcı, trade has "greatly suffered" in the wake of worsening violence and instability in Syria.
Turkish-Syrian trade rose dramatically from a modest $820 million in 2005 to roughly $2.5 billion in 2010, but this year Turkish exports to Syria have failed to top $1.2 billion. Erbalcı says a broad range of industries have been impacted by Assad's crackdown against dissenters, commenting that instability has greatly complicated cross-border logistics. "We have not seen any Syrian companies unable to pay their bills; however, it is hard to do business in Syria because most often companies can only contact each other on the Internet," the chairman stated.
Erbalcı says that communications difficulties have been just one problem for the regional tourism trade, which often shuttles visitors between Turkish and Syrian border cities. Ever since al-Assad began his campaign to violently quell opposition, Erbalcı says, "cross-border tourism has been affected more than any other industry. It has almost reached zero."
Now, faced with the likelihood of comprehensive sanctions imposed by both Turkey and European nations, Erbalcı says the worst fear of regional businessmen is that the border between Syria and Turkey might be closed. "The land transport from Syria connects Turkey to the whole of the Middle East," Erbalcı stated. If the border is closed to trade, the chairman believes it could seriously disrupt Turkey's burgeoning eastern trade. Fortunately, Balcı added, "the closure of the border is unlikely."
Cross-border trade is nonetheless likely to continue to suffer in the coming months, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announcing on Tuesday his intentions to go ahead with unilateral sanctions against Assad's regime. Erdoğan's announcement followed the veto of a UN plan to impose sanctions in the Security Council earlier in the day, and the prime minister, stating that "it is not possible for us to remain silent on this issue," told reporters at a press conference in South Africa that Turkey and other countries would impose sanctions despite the veto. Sanctions are likely to cause further damage to an already reeling Syrian economy, which is currently suffering from an EU and American embargo on the Syrian oil industry.
As political tensions between Turkey and its southern neighbor increase, Balcı believes that the economic situation will likely continue on its current downward course. "It will take some time before we maintain the figures reached prior to the latest political crisis," he stated.
Turkey starts drills near Syria border
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203121.html
Thu Oct 6, 2011 4:52PM
The Turkish military has launched planned military exercises in the southern province of Hatay, near the border with Syria, as tensions remain high between Ankara and Damascus.
The eight-day drills began on Wednesday and will test the army's mobilization system and the communication between public institutions and the armed forces in case of any mobilization or war.
Forty military vehicles and 730 stand-by personnel will participate in the exercise, codenamed Yildirim (Lightning)-2011.
The Turkish military has described the drills as routine but analysts believe the move is intended to increase pressure on neighboring Syria.
Relations between Syria and Turkey saw unprecedented strains since unrest erupted in the Arab nation in mid-March.
Meanwhile, Turkey has halted its arms deals with Syria.
Turkey is also preparing sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over what it calls the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Syria insists that the unrest has been largely orchestrated by elements that are well-paid and armed by foreign powers and some neighboring states, including Turkey, as well as the Israeli regime.
Syria state TV has also broadcast reports and images of arms caches seized from armed gangs and confessions by terrorists that elaborated on how they obtained weapons from foreign sources.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Hazim: We hope crisis in Syria is coming to an end (Syrian ambassador in Lebanon visited the Patriarchate)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373975.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/06/373974.htm
Oct 06, 2011
Beirut, (SANA)- Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Ignatius IV Hazim said "we are not willing for any division between Syria and Lebanon, adding "we don't believe that Lebanon stands alone or Syria to be alone."
"We hope the crisis in Syria is coming to an end… President Bashar al-Assad is working day and night to end the crisis," Patriarch Hazim said during a meeting with the Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul-Kareem.
Abdul-Kareem, for his part, said that he discussed with the Patriarch issues that concern the Arab nation, expressing happiness over the optimistic vision of Mr. Hazim.
On Syrian military vehicles' penetration of the Lebanese lands, the Syrian Ambassador underlined that both countries respect sovereignty of each other, adding "no need for exaggerating events by some sides."
No fear for Christians in Lebanon, Syria: Hazim (Hizballah visited Greek Orthodox Patriarchate)
October 06, 2011 12:50 AM
By Antoine Amrieh
The Daily Star
IVKOURA, Lebanon: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim said Wednesday that there is no fear for Christians living in Lebanon and Syria but only of forces "working to destroy us."
Following a meeting with a Hezbollah delegation at the patriarchate in Balamand, Hazim said "I refuse that there be fear for Christians.
We are present in Lebanon and Syria, and we have no fear for Christians; we only fear when there are forces working on destroying us."
Hazim added that Christians will remain in Syria and will coexist with everyone as they are no strangers to the region.
Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, a member of Hezbollah's political bureau, described the meeting as a good opportunity to discuss national issues.
Saudi cleric asks Shiite protesters to avoid arms (in al-Awamiyyah, al-Qatif)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150555-saudi-cleric-asks-shiite-protesters-to-avoid-arms.ashx
October 06, 2011 12:48 AM
RIYADH: A Saudi Shiite village where protesters clashed with police was calm Wednesday as a prominent cleric urged his followers to avoid the use of firearms and fingers of blame were pointed at Iran.
"Iran is trying to export its problems to avenge what happened in Bahrain, and reduce pressures on Syria," Tehran's Arab ally, said Anwar Eshki, director of the Saudi-based Middle East Institute for Strategic Studies.
Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, referred to "concrete evidence of Iran's involvement" in this week's unrest, including "telephone calls from Tehran that were intercepted" by Saudi Arabia.
This is "a message from Iran to Gulf states after its failure in Syria and its loss of a strategic ally. It will respond … and we will begin to see escalation in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province," he said.
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/06/373877.htm
Oct 06, 2011
DAMASCUS, (SANA) - An official source at the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs denied what has been said by some mass media on information about a meeting they claimed that it has been recently held between President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Davutoglu, stressing that what has been published about this alleged meeting is untrue.
In a statement to SANA, the source indicated that the last meeting with the Turkish Foreign Minister was held last August and no messages were conveyed from or to anyone during the meeting.
The source added that the fabrication and misleading by some media bodies, which reflect the hugeness and fierceness of the aggressive campaign launched against Syria, will not succeed in affecting the rightness and wisdom of the Syrian stances.
سفير تركيا بلبنان: سوريا تقوم بـ"بروباغندا" ضدنا..!
Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon: Syria is the "propaganda" against us ..!
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=9807fea7337eb3fc51dec0e591123ebc&ar=304213979
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 9:43:47
Syria lifts ban on imports but troubles continue for Turkish firms
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258991-syria-lifts-ban-on-imports-but-troubles-continue-for-turkish-firms.html
05 October 2011, Wednesday / NOAH BLASER , İSTANBUL
Syrian officials on Tuesday announced the lifting of a two-week import ban, reversing a decision that barred imports from Turkey and other trading partners who had become critical of Syria's regime.
The ban, which was originally designed to conserve the country's foreign currency reserves in the face of internal turmoil, was abandoned by the regime of Bashar al-Assad after spiking and evoking ire from Syria's merchant class. The lifting of the ban is likely to be only a brief respite for businesses both in Turkey and Syria, who have suffered from Syria's political instability and now face the likelihood of Turkish and European sanctions against the Syrian regime.
"In the past years, we enjoyed serious increases in bilateral trade and tourism," said Cahit Erbalcı, chairman of the Federation of Gaziantep Industrialists and Businessmen (GـNSAİF), told Today's Zaman on Wednesday. Now, says Erbalcı, trade has "greatly suffered" in the wake of worsening violence and instability in Syria.
Turkish-Syrian trade rose dramatically from a modest $820 million in 2005 to roughly $2.5 billion in 2010, but this year Turkish exports to Syria have failed to top $1.2 billion. Erbalcı says a broad range of industries have been impacted by Assad's crackdown against dissenters, commenting that instability has greatly complicated cross-border logistics. "We have not seen any Syrian companies unable to pay their bills; however, it is hard to do business in Syria because most often companies can only contact each other on the Internet," the chairman stated.
Erbalcı says that communications difficulties have been just one problem for the regional tourism trade, which often shuttles visitors between Turkish and Syrian border cities. Ever since al-Assad began his campaign to violently quell opposition, Erbalcı says, "cross-border tourism has been affected more than any other industry. It has almost reached zero."
Now, faced with the likelihood of comprehensive sanctions imposed by both Turkey and European nations, Erbalcı says the worst fear of regional businessmen is that the border between Syria and Turkey might be closed. "The land transport from Syria connects Turkey to the whole of the Middle East," Erbalcı stated. If the border is closed to trade, the chairman believes it could seriously disrupt Turkey's burgeoning eastern trade. Fortunately, Balcı added, "the closure of the border is unlikely."
Cross-border trade is nonetheless likely to continue to suffer in the coming months, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announcing on Tuesday his intentions to go ahead with unilateral sanctions against Assad's regime. Erdoğan's announcement followed the veto of a UN plan to impose sanctions in the Security Council earlier in the day, and the prime minister, stating that "it is not possible for us to remain silent on this issue," told reporters at a press conference in South Africa that Turkey and other countries would impose sanctions despite the veto. Sanctions are likely to cause further damage to an already reeling Syrian economy, which is currently suffering from an EU and American embargo on the Syrian oil industry.
As political tensions between Turkey and its southern neighbor increase, Balcı believes that the economic situation will likely continue on its current downward course. "It will take some time before we maintain the figures reached prior to the latest political crisis," he stated.
Turkey starts drills near Syria border
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203121.html
Thu Oct 6, 2011 4:52PM
The Turkish military has launched planned military exercises in the southern province of Hatay, near the border with Syria, as tensions remain high between Ankara and Damascus.
The eight-day drills began on Wednesday and will test the army's mobilization system and the communication between public institutions and the armed forces in case of any mobilization or war.
Forty military vehicles and 730 stand-by personnel will participate in the exercise, codenamed Yildirim (Lightning)-2011.
The Turkish military has described the drills as routine but analysts believe the move is intended to increase pressure on neighboring Syria.
Relations between Syria and Turkey saw unprecedented strains since unrest erupted in the Arab nation in mid-March.
Meanwhile, Turkey has halted its arms deals with Syria.
Turkey is also preparing sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over what it calls the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Syria insists that the unrest has been largely orchestrated by elements that are well-paid and armed by foreign powers and some neighboring states, including Turkey, as well as the Israeli regime.
Syria state TV has also broadcast reports and images of arms caches seized from armed gangs and confessions by terrorists that elaborated on how they obtained weapons from foreign sources.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Hazim: We hope crisis in Syria is coming to an end (Syrian ambassador in Lebanon visited the Patriarchate)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373975.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/10/06/373974.htm
Oct 06, 2011
Beirut, (SANA)- Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Ignatius IV Hazim said "we are not willing for any division between Syria and Lebanon, adding "we don't believe that Lebanon stands alone or Syria to be alone."
"We hope the crisis in Syria is coming to an end… President Bashar al-Assad is working day and night to end the crisis," Patriarch Hazim said during a meeting with the Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul-Kareem.
Abdul-Kareem, for his part, said that he discussed with the Patriarch issues that concern the Arab nation, expressing happiness over the optimistic vision of Mr. Hazim.
On Syrian military vehicles' penetration of the Lebanese lands, the Syrian Ambassador underlined that both countries respect sovereignty of each other, adding "no need for exaggerating events by some sides."
No fear for Christians in Lebanon, Syria: Hazim (Hizballah visited Greek Orthodox Patriarchate)
October 06, 2011 12:50 AM
By Antoine Amrieh
The Daily Star
IVKOURA, Lebanon: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim said Wednesday that there is no fear for Christians living in Lebanon and Syria but only of forces "working to destroy us."
Following a meeting with a Hezbollah delegation at the patriarchate in Balamand, Hazim said "I refuse that there be fear for Christians.
We are present in Lebanon and Syria, and we have no fear for Christians; we only fear when there are forces working on destroying us."
Hazim added that Christians will remain in Syria and will coexist with everyone as they are no strangers to the region.
Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, a member of Hezbollah's political bureau, described the meeting as a good opportunity to discuss national issues.
Saudi cleric asks Shiite protesters to avoid arms (in al-Awamiyyah, al-Qatif)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150555-saudi-cleric-asks-shiite-protesters-to-avoid-arms.ashx
October 06, 2011 12:48 AM
RIYADH: A Saudi Shiite village where protesters clashed with police was calm Wednesday as a prominent cleric urged his followers to avoid the use of firearms and fingers of blame were pointed at Iran.
"Iran is trying to export its problems to avenge what happened in Bahrain, and reduce pressures on Syria," Tehran's Arab ally, said Anwar Eshki, director of the Saudi-based Middle East Institute for Strategic Studies.
Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center, referred to "concrete evidence of Iran's involvement" in this week's unrest, including "telephone calls from Tehran that were intercepted" by Saudi Arabia.
This is "a message from Iran to Gulf states after its failure in Syria and its loss of a strategic ally. It will respond … and we will begin to see escalation in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province," he said.
Oct 6 International
露中 第三次世界大戦阻止に向けて
http://japanese.ruvr.ru/2011/10/06/58282034.html
リュドミラ マツェンコ
6.10.2011, 17:35
国連安保理事会常任理事国であるロシアと中国が、対シリア制裁導入に道を開く決議案に拒否権を行使した事への反響は、非常に大きなもので、それは今も続いている。
シリア政府は「露中両国は不公正に反対する国民の側に立った」と強調し、両国が決議案採択を阻止した事を歓迎した。一方西側の政治家達は、露中が足並みを揃えた立場を激しく批判している。
中でも最も激しく非難したのはアメリカで、クリントン国務長官は、露中両国が公式的に斥けた法案は、仏・英・独・ポルトガルといった西欧諸国だったにもかかわらず、どこよりも激烈な批判を浴びせた。おそらく彼女は｢西側案｣の正しさを最後まであくまでも守り抜くつもりのようだ。 クリントン国務長官は、訪問先のドミニカで「拒否権を行使した国は、シリア国民と世界中で自由と人権のために戦っているすべての人々に、その理由を今後説明しなければならない」と述べている。 また米国務省のヌランド報道官は「シリア体制の首に巻いた紐を引っ張る｣用意のある国が増えるよう期待を明らかにした。
どのような犠牲を払ってもアサド体制の首を絞めたいという考えは、今や公然と語られているが、これは中東地域のみならず、世界全体にとって破滅的な影響をもたらす恐れのあるものだ。実際、そうした火花が第三国に飛び火する可能性がある。 ロシア科学アカデミー極東研究所のセルゲイ・ルズャニン副所長は、次のように警告してる―
「ロシアと中国が、中東で大きな戦争が起きるのを抑えている。もし、連合国がシリアの内政に干渉したなら、自動的にそうした干渉の延長として、シリア・イスラエル戦争を導く事になるのはあまりに明らかだからだ。イランも、第三者でいる事はできず、シリアの側に立つだろう。つまり、予測できない長期にわたる軍事紛争が始まるのだ。 多くの大国の利益がもつれ合い、核保有一歩手前の国々が存在する中東での軍事紛争のエスカレートは、グローバルな対立に発展する恐れがある。現在『リビア的シナリオ』の勝利に浮かれている者達は、その事を肝に銘じなくてはならない。」
露中が葬った決議案は、対決という考えの上に作られたもので、中東が真の意味での火薬樽だという事を念頭に置いていない。 決議案は、一方的にシリア政府を非難するばかりで、やはり暴力に訴え、テロ行為さえ始めているシリアの在野勢力については何も言っていない。
西側諸国は事実上、シリア国内で完全な民族間・宗派間紛争が始まるよう状況を炊きつけている。 アサド体制は、改革に向け動き出しているが、西側はそれに目を向けようとせず、事実上、力による政権交替を強く主張している。 ロシア議会下院・国家会議国際問題委員会のコンスタンチン・コサチョフ委員長は、次のように指摘した―
「シリア政府には、一党システムからの脱却や民主的基盤に立った選挙の組織、マスコミへの大きな報道の自由付与を目指した一まとまりとなった法的イニシアチブがある。 革命的な道でなく漸次的改革の道に沿った前進の可能性を斥けるのは、理性的ではないし、シリア国民自身の利益に応えない。 露中両国の、国連安保理事会での立場の意味はまさにここにある。 シリア国内の政治プロセスに外から人為的影響を与える事は、新たな流血の事態を、新たな騒乱と悲劇をもたらすだけだ。」
内戦によりシリアが崩壊すれば、中東全域の状況に破壊的な影響を与える事になる。 そうならないためにロシアと中国は、国連安保理事会に対し、独自の決議案を提案している。 その中では、西側はシリア当局と在野勢力の間の紛争に軍事干渉してはならないという点が特に強調されている。
Markov: President al-Assad's Policy Defends Rights of all Spectrums of Syrian Society
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373921.htm
Oct 06, 2011
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Deputy of Russian Duma Council and Director of Political Research Institute in Moscow Sergey Markov said that President Bashar al-Assad's policy defends the rights of all spectrums of the Syrian society which strongly support this policy.
Markov warned that the Syrian Opposition, which includes many of al-Qaeda supporters, will commit acts of harassment against the Syrian people the moment it came into power as dictatorship seems so clear in its acts, adding that the US seeks to sow religious and racial conflict in Syria.
Markov considered Russia and China's veto of a UNSC draft resolution against Syria as a serious failure of the US regarding the situation in Syria.
He added that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statements on that Moscow and Beijing should explain why they vetoed a UNSC draft resolution on Syria indicate the great failure of Washington diplomacy.
Indian Foreign Ministry: International Community Measures on Syria Should Not Complicate Situation by Threats of Sanctions
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/06/373988.htm
Oct 06, 2011
سفارة سوريا لدى إيطاليا: لا صحة لتصوير المتظاهرين بهدف الاقتصاص من ذويهم
Syria's embassy in Italy: no truth to shoot demonstrators in order to punish the parents
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=bcb3793592c930397ee55e0dbbb00d52&ar=904811956
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:18:54
EU moves towards further sanctions on Syria, Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-eu-sanctions-idUSTRE7945RC20111005
http://backupurl.com/y33ntv
Wed Oct 5, 2011 3:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - The European Union is set next week to consider blacklisting the Syrian central bank as well as imposing sanctions against more Iranian individuals, according to sources on Wednesday familiar with the situation.
A decision to impose sanctions on the Syrian central bank had been taken in principle, and would be presented to an EU foreign affairs committee on Monday, said a person familiar with the situation.
A written procedure for adoption could then follow, possibly in a week or so, the source said.
(the same subject)
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16810-new-eu-sanctions-to-hit-syria-commercial-bank-29-iranians
سلفيون سوريون يعقدون لقاءات سرية مع أميركيين ومسيحيين لبنانيين
Salafists Syrian holding secret meetings with U.S. and Lebanese Christians
http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&article=643732&issueno=12000
http://backupurl.com/uvsjtk
2011.10.06
US ambassador in Lebanon demands protection for Syrian opposers
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/202991.html
Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:7PM
Altaf Ahmed, Press TV, Beirut
In a meeting with Lebanese Defense Minister, "Fayez Ghosn", US ambassador to Lebanon "Maura Connelly" emphasized the US's expectations of the Lebanese government and its Armed Forces in implementing, quote, "The International Legal Obligations" of protecting members of the Syrian opposition residing in Lebanon, as well as supporting and funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Lebanese officials, including MP "Fayez Ghosn", contradicted "Connelly's" points of view, viewing this as one of many Washington's blunt interferences in Lebanon's internal policies.
Observers and experts read Connelly's demands as an extension to her administration's sanctions meant to prolong unrest in Syria and weaken and limit the influence of its allies in the Middle East.
Moreover, officials have stressed that Connelly's demands come at a time when her country's military and intelligence cooperation in Syria proved to be sporadic and limited, and thus she is on a search for channels of influence in order to preserve US interests in the region.
Due to profound relations and security accords that bond the sister states of Lebanon and Syria, Lebanese officials have assured that the country will never become a conspirator against Syria; that which they believe only the US and Israel can benefit from.
MP Qanso of Lebanese al-Baath asks Mikati to expel U.S. ambassador
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-06/150617-mp-qanso-asks-mikati-to-expel-us-ambassador.ashx
October 06, 2011 01:15 PM
By Hasan Lakiss
The Daily Star
Germany summons Syrian ambassador over UN tirade
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150615-germany-summons-syrian-ambassador-over-un-tirade.ashx
October 06, 2011 01:02 PM
Agence France Presse
BERLIN: Germany has summoned the Syrian ambassador to Berlin over a tirade by Damascus's envoy to the United Nations, the foreign ministry said in a statement here Thursday.
"At the meeting, the verbal attack by the Syrian UN ambassador was rejected in the strongest terms," it added.
Jaafari said those seeking action against Syria were "our enemies" and had no "humanitarian motive".
The meeting ended in acrimony with US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice leading her delegation out after Jaafari said the United States was linked to "genocide".
And German daily Bild reported Tuesday that Jaafari had also singled out Berlin for a bitter rebuke.
"Germany, which persecuted the Jews in Europe, is trying to play the honest broker for a mendacious and fraudulent resolution," he was quoted as saying.
The foreign ministry said the Syrian ambassador to Germany had also been told that "spying on and intimidating Syrian opposition members in Germany is in no way acceptable."
It's time to expel the Syrian ambassador to the UK
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100109163/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-expel-the-syrian-ambassador-to-the-uk/
By Michael Weiss Politics Last updated: October 6th, 2011
Joint Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch statement on Zaynab al-Hosni
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/joint-amnesty-international-and-human-rights-watch-statement-zaynab-al-hosn
5 October 2011
Syria: Reports regarding Zainab al-Hosni
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/syria-reports-regarding-zainab-al-hosni-2011-10-05
5 October 2011
Al-Husni Story Uncovers Lies of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373995.htm
Oct 06, 2011
CAPITALS, (SANA) – The story of Zainab al-Husni and the reaction of some international organizations which hold the mottos of "Human Rights", including the Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have uncovered the reality of such organizations and their relationship with the Western countries and their schemes in the region.
The organizations considered the interview the Syrian TV held with Zainab al-Husni as needing more inspection because the situation is unclear; however, when they believed the fabricated story of Zainab broadcast by some instigative channels, they did not make sure of its correctness.
Zainab al-Husni appeared through the Syrian TV safe and sound after some TV channels reported she was mutilated and tortured to death before she was given to her family.
The Human Rights Watch phoned the family of al-Husni to make sure that the girl who appeared in the report broadcast by the Syrian TV was their daughter.
The family confirmed the girl was their daughter; however the organization only issued a statement to say it was "deceived" but they did not apologize for Zainab and her family.
The way TV channels and international organizations dealt with the Syrian TV interview proves the magnitude of conspiracy being orchestrated against Syria to affect its image and reputation at the international, Arab and local public opinion.
Syria: Assad family 'selling off overseas property empire'
A multimillion pound property empire that includes flats and houses in London is being sold off and turned into hard cash by members of Syria's Assad family, it has been reported.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8811097/Syria-Assad-family-selling-off-overseas-property-empire.html
http://backupurl.com/utxuhq
By Nabila Ramdani
5:55PM BST 06 Oct 2011
Properties include a £10 million town house in Mayfair bought by Rifaat al-Assad, the so-called 'Butcher of Hama', who is accused of leading a massacre of up to 40,000 people 30 years ago.
His nephew, Bashar al-Assad, is currently leading a ruthless and bloody campaign against pro-democracy campaigners. The UN human rights office on Thursday raised the tally of people killed during seven months of unrest to more than 2,900.
The selling off of the property suggests the Assads are liquidating their assets in the chance the regime is forced from power in Syria.
London property belonging to toppled dictators Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, was seized soon after they fell.
According to the French satirical and current affairs magazine Charlie Hebdo, Rifaat, Bashar al-Assad's uncle, "has sold off his huge property portfolio in the United States, London, Spain and France", with the clan wanting to "liquidate their oversease homes as quickly as possible". The liquidation of the properties was reportedly being carried out by two of Rifaat's four wives, as well as his children.
The magazine, which has obtained official bank documents confirming the transactions, says that two "huge lots" belonging to the Assads in Puerto Banus, the marina town on Spain's Costa del Sol, are on the market for up to £600 million.
Even this figure has been discounted by many millions, suggesting that the Assads are eager to get rid of their property as quickly as possible.
Rifaat al-Assad, 73 and the former vice president of Syria, moved into a Georgian mansion off Park Lane in 2009.
Although he has never been indicted by an international court for the Hama massacre in 1982, there are numerous independent accounts of his alleged involvement. Rifaat, who spends most of his time living in France nowadays, denies the claims. He was unavailable for comment.
Asma al-Assad, the wife of Bashar al-Assad, is a UK passport holder who was born and raised in London, where her parents still live, and where she still owns homes.
http://japanese.ruvr.ru/2011/10/06/58282034.html
リュドミラ マツェンコ
6.10.2011, 17:35
国連安保理事会常任理事国であるロシアと中国が、対シリア制裁導入に道を開く決議案に拒否権を行使した事への反響は、非常に大きなもので、それは今も続いている。
シリア政府は「露中両国は不公正に反対する国民の側に立った」と強調し、両国が決議案採択を阻止した事を歓迎した。一方西側の政治家達は、露中が足並みを揃えた立場を激しく批判している。
中でも最も激しく非難したのはアメリカで、クリントン国務長官は、露中両国が公式的に斥けた法案は、仏・英・独・ポルトガルといった西欧諸国だったにもかかわらず、どこよりも激烈な批判を浴びせた。おそらく彼女は｢西側案｣の正しさを最後まであくまでも守り抜くつもりのようだ。 クリントン国務長官は、訪問先のドミニカで「拒否権を行使した国は、シリア国民と世界中で自由と人権のために戦っているすべての人々に、その理由を今後説明しなければならない」と述べている。 また米国務省のヌランド報道官は「シリア体制の首に巻いた紐を引っ張る｣用意のある国が増えるよう期待を明らかにした。
どのような犠牲を払ってもアサド体制の首を絞めたいという考えは、今や公然と語られているが、これは中東地域のみならず、世界全体にとって破滅的な影響をもたらす恐れのあるものだ。実際、そうした火花が第三国に飛び火する可能性がある。 ロシア科学アカデミー極東研究所のセルゲイ・ルズャニン副所長は、次のように警告してる―
「ロシアと中国が、中東で大きな戦争が起きるのを抑えている。もし、連合国がシリアの内政に干渉したなら、自動的にそうした干渉の延長として、シリア・イスラエル戦争を導く事になるのはあまりに明らかだからだ。イランも、第三者でいる事はできず、シリアの側に立つだろう。つまり、予測できない長期にわたる軍事紛争が始まるのだ。 多くの大国の利益がもつれ合い、核保有一歩手前の国々が存在する中東での軍事紛争のエスカレートは、グローバルな対立に発展する恐れがある。現在『リビア的シナリオ』の勝利に浮かれている者達は、その事を肝に銘じなくてはならない。」
露中が葬った決議案は、対決という考えの上に作られたもので、中東が真の意味での火薬樽だという事を念頭に置いていない。 決議案は、一方的にシリア政府を非難するばかりで、やはり暴力に訴え、テロ行為さえ始めているシリアの在野勢力については何も言っていない。
西側諸国は事実上、シリア国内で完全な民族間・宗派間紛争が始まるよう状況を炊きつけている。 アサド体制は、改革に向け動き出しているが、西側はそれに目を向けようとせず、事実上、力による政権交替を強く主張している。 ロシア議会下院・国家会議国際問題委員会のコンスタンチン・コサチョフ委員長は、次のように指摘した―
「シリア政府には、一党システムからの脱却や民主的基盤に立った選挙の組織、マスコミへの大きな報道の自由付与を目指した一まとまりとなった法的イニシアチブがある。 革命的な道でなく漸次的改革の道に沿った前進の可能性を斥けるのは、理性的ではないし、シリア国民自身の利益に応えない。 露中両国の、国連安保理事会での立場の意味はまさにここにある。 シリア国内の政治プロセスに外から人為的影響を与える事は、新たな流血の事態を、新たな騒乱と悲劇をもたらすだけだ。」
内戦によりシリアが崩壊すれば、中東全域の状況に破壊的な影響を与える事になる。 そうならないためにロシアと中国は、国連安保理事会に対し、独自の決議案を提案している。 その中では、西側はシリア当局と在野勢力の間の紛争に軍事干渉してはならないという点が特に強調されている。
Markov: President al-Assad's Policy Defends Rights of all Spectrums of Syrian Society
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373921.htm
Oct 06, 2011
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Deputy of Russian Duma Council and Director of Political Research Institute in Moscow Sergey Markov said that President Bashar al-Assad's policy defends the rights of all spectrums of the Syrian society which strongly support this policy.
Markov warned that the Syrian Opposition, which includes many of al-Qaeda supporters, will commit acts of harassment against the Syrian people the moment it came into power as dictatorship seems so clear in its acts, adding that the US seeks to sow religious and racial conflict in Syria.
Markov considered Russia and China's veto of a UNSC draft resolution against Syria as a serious failure of the US regarding the situation in Syria.
He added that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statements on that Moscow and Beijing should explain why they vetoed a UNSC draft resolution on Syria indicate the great failure of Washington diplomacy.
Indian Foreign Ministry: International Community Measures on Syria Should Not Complicate Situation by Threats of Sanctions
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/06/373988.htm
Oct 06, 2011
سفارة سوريا لدى إيطاليا: لا صحة لتصوير المتظاهرين بهدف الاقتصاص من ذويهم
Syria's embassy in Italy: no truth to shoot demonstrators in order to punish the parents
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=bcb3793592c930397ee55e0dbbb00d52&ar=904811956
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:18:54
EU moves towards further sanctions on Syria, Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-eu-sanctions-idUSTRE7945RC20111005
http://backupurl.com/y33ntv
Wed Oct 5, 2011 3:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - The European Union is set next week to consider blacklisting the Syrian central bank as well as imposing sanctions against more Iranian individuals, according to sources on Wednesday familiar with the situation.
A decision to impose sanctions on the Syrian central bank had been taken in principle, and would be presented to an EU foreign affairs committee on Monday, said a person familiar with the situation.
A written procedure for adoption could then follow, possibly in a week or so, the source said.
(the same subject)
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16810-new-eu-sanctions-to-hit-syria-commercial-bank-29-iranians
سلفيون سوريون يعقدون لقاءات سرية مع أميركيين ومسيحيين لبنانيين
Salafists Syrian holding secret meetings with U.S. and Lebanese Christians
http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&article=643732&issueno=12000
http://backupurl.com/uvsjtk
2011.10.06
US ambassador in Lebanon demands protection for Syrian opposers
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/202991.html
Wed Oct 5, 2011 11:7PM
Altaf Ahmed, Press TV, Beirut
In a meeting with Lebanese Defense Minister, "Fayez Ghosn", US ambassador to Lebanon "Maura Connelly" emphasized the US's expectations of the Lebanese government and its Armed Forces in implementing, quote, "The International Legal Obligations" of protecting members of the Syrian opposition residing in Lebanon, as well as supporting and funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Lebanese officials, including MP "Fayez Ghosn", contradicted "Connelly's" points of view, viewing this as one of many Washington's blunt interferences in Lebanon's internal policies.
Observers and experts read Connelly's demands as an extension to her administration's sanctions meant to prolong unrest in Syria and weaken and limit the influence of its allies in the Middle East.
Moreover, officials have stressed that Connelly's demands come at a time when her country's military and intelligence cooperation in Syria proved to be sporadic and limited, and thus she is on a search for channels of influence in order to preserve US interests in the region.
Due to profound relations and security accords that bond the sister states of Lebanon and Syria, Lebanese officials have assured that the country will never become a conspirator against Syria; that which they believe only the US and Israel can benefit from.
MP Qanso of Lebanese al-Baath asks Mikati to expel U.S. ambassador
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-06/150617-mp-qanso-asks-mikati-to-expel-us-ambassador.ashx
October 06, 2011 01:15 PM
By Hasan Lakiss
The Daily Star
Germany summons Syrian ambassador over UN tirade
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-06/150615-germany-summons-syrian-ambassador-over-un-tirade.ashx
October 06, 2011 01:02 PM
Agence France Presse
BERLIN: Germany has summoned the Syrian ambassador to Berlin over a tirade by Damascus's envoy to the United Nations, the foreign ministry said in a statement here Thursday.
"At the meeting, the verbal attack by the Syrian UN ambassador was rejected in the strongest terms," it added.
Jaafari said those seeking action against Syria were "our enemies" and had no "humanitarian motive".
The meeting ended in acrimony with US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice leading her delegation out after Jaafari said the United States was linked to "genocide".
And German daily Bild reported Tuesday that Jaafari had also singled out Berlin for a bitter rebuke.
"Germany, which persecuted the Jews in Europe, is trying to play the honest broker for a mendacious and fraudulent resolution," he was quoted as saying.
The foreign ministry said the Syrian ambassador to Germany had also been told that "spying on and intimidating Syrian opposition members in Germany is in no way acceptable."
It's time to expel the Syrian ambassador to the UK
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100109163/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-expel-the-syrian-ambassador-to-the-uk/
By Michael Weiss Politics Last updated: October 6th, 2011
Joint Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch statement on Zaynab al-Hosni
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/joint-amnesty-international-and-human-rights-watch-statement-zaynab-al-hosn
5 October 2011
Syria: Reports regarding Zainab al-Hosni
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/syria-reports-regarding-zainab-al-hosni-2011-10-05
5 October 2011
Al-Husni Story Uncovers Lies of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/06/373995.htm
Oct 06, 2011
CAPITALS, (SANA) – The story of Zainab al-Husni and the reaction of some international organizations which hold the mottos of "Human Rights", including the Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have uncovered the reality of such organizations and their relationship with the Western countries and their schemes in the region.
The organizations considered the interview the Syrian TV held with Zainab al-Husni as needing more inspection because the situation is unclear; however, when they believed the fabricated story of Zainab broadcast by some instigative channels, they did not make sure of its correctness.
Zainab al-Husni appeared through the Syrian TV safe and sound after some TV channels reported she was mutilated and tortured to death before she was given to her family.
The Human Rights Watch phoned the family of al-Husni to make sure that the girl who appeared in the report broadcast by the Syrian TV was their daughter.
The family confirmed the girl was their daughter; however the organization only issued a statement to say it was "deceived" but they did not apologize for Zainab and her family.
The way TV channels and international organizations dealt with the Syrian TV interview proves the magnitude of conspiracy being orchestrated against Syria to affect its image and reputation at the international, Arab and local public opinion.
Syria: Assad family 'selling off overseas property empire'
A multimillion pound property empire that includes flats and houses in London is being sold off and turned into hard cash by members of Syria's Assad family, it has been reported.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8811097/Syria-Assad-family-selling-off-overseas-property-empire.html
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By Nabila Ramdani
5:55PM BST 06 Oct 2011
Properties include a £10 million town house in Mayfair bought by Rifaat al-Assad, the so-called 'Butcher of Hama', who is accused of leading a massacre of up to 40,000 people 30 years ago.
His nephew, Bashar al-Assad, is currently leading a ruthless and bloody campaign against pro-democracy campaigners. The UN human rights office on Thursday raised the tally of people killed during seven months of unrest to more than 2,900.
The selling off of the property suggests the Assads are liquidating their assets in the chance the regime is forced from power in Syria.
London property belonging to toppled dictators Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, was seized soon after they fell.
According to the French satirical and current affairs magazine Charlie Hebdo, Rifaat, Bashar al-Assad's uncle, "has sold off his huge property portfolio in the United States, London, Spain and France", with the clan wanting to "liquidate their oversease homes as quickly as possible". The liquidation of the properties was reportedly being carried out by two of Rifaat's four wives, as well as his children.
The magazine, which has obtained official bank documents confirming the transactions, says that two "huge lots" belonging to the Assads in Puerto Banus, the marina town on Spain's Costa del Sol, are on the market for up to £600 million.
Even this figure has been discounted by many millions, suggesting that the Assads are eager to get rid of their property as quickly as possible.
Rifaat al-Assad, 73 and the former vice president of Syria, moved into a Georgian mansion off Park Lane in 2009.
Although he has never been indicted by an international court for the Hama massacre in 1982, there are numerous independent accounts of his alleged involvement. Rifaat, who spends most of his time living in France nowadays, denies the claims. He was unavailable for comment.
Asma al-Assad, the wife of Bashar al-Assad, is a UK passport holder who was born and raised in London, where her parents still live, and where she still owns homes.
Oct 6 Local government
مجلس مدينة حلب يحدد ساحتي "صلاح الدين" و"الأعظمية" لاستيعاب 400 بسطة
Aleppo City Council determines 2 rotaries "Salah al-Din" and "al-A'zamiyyah" to absorb the 400 basta (illegal shops under the sun)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=71bccc2027c2186b3f512a3fe8657c8a&ar=936373279
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:09:28
She said "Lama Ma'maar" the President of the City Council was allocated initially Ttodaan two disparate regions between Saladin and Adhamiya for more than 400 Basta, in order to eliminate the phenomenon completely and stalls of various kinds.
And select the city council is also located near Souq al-Houl dedicated to the stalls, especially sellers of vegetables and fruits, and can accommodate between 50-70 Basta, and was allocated a place in the Bab Janin most congested, and a number of stalls which will be expanded this place for more than 275 various basta, and is expected to be invested this spot within days.
محافظ اللاذقية يدعو الموظفات للتخلي عن الكعب العالي والمكياج
Latakia Governor calls for employees to give up high heels and make-up
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=5cb53472471186d299d828c9c92f183e&ar=719393649
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 16:19:30
Request of the Governor of Latakia, Shaikh Abdul Qadir of the commitment of municipal employees working away from the dress high heels and make-up, the fact that these two things are not proportionate to the work of the unit and guidelines that require their workers walk outside the unit on and off the land.
Aleppo City Council determines 2 rotaries "Salah al-Din" and "al-A'zamiyyah" to absorb the 400 basta (illegal shops under the sun)
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=71bccc2027c2186b3f512a3fe8657c8a&ar=936373279
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 15:09:28
She said "Lama Ma'maar" the President of the City Council was allocated initially Ttodaan two disparate regions between Saladin and Adhamiya for more than 400 Basta, in order to eliminate the phenomenon completely and stalls of various kinds.
And select the city council is also located near Souq al-Houl dedicated to the stalls, especially sellers of vegetables and fruits, and can accommodate between 50-70 Basta, and was allocated a place in the Bab Janin most congested, and a number of stalls which will be expanded this place for more than 275 various basta, and is expected to be invested this spot within days.
محافظ اللاذقية يدعو الموظفات للتخلي عن الكعب العالي والمكياج
Latakia Governor calls for employees to give up high heels and make-up
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=5cb53472471186d299d828c9c92f183e&ar=719393649
Thursday - October 6 - 2011 - 16:19:30
Request of the Governor of Latakia, Shaikh Abdul Qadir of the commitment of municipal employees working away from the dress high heels and make-up, the fact that these two things are not proportionate to the work of the unit and guidelines that require their workers walk outside the unit on and off the land.
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