2011/11/19

Nov 18 Others

Libyan rebels: Algeria to explode next
16.11.2011
http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/16-11-2011/119634-algeria-0/


الكويت: الآلاف يقتحمون البرلمان للمطالبة باستقالة رئيس الحكومة
2011.11.17
http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionId=2005&ChannelId=47486&ArticleId=1723&Author=
http://backupurl.com/yo6vuq

Thousands of Kuwaitis, yesterday, broak into the building of the National Assembly (parliament) in Kuwait City after the police beat demonstrators who were participating in a march demanding dismissal of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

Kuwait holds crisis talks amid tensions
Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:33PM
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210622.html

Nov 18 Economy

Assets of Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) affected little by the EU sanctions
التجاري السوري : أرصدة المصرف المجمدة قليلة
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 19:05:06
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=57a1f9bb9a0bbce2f3d351ba777067fc&ar=476972025


ندوة الاعتمادات المستندية تناقش وسائل وطرق وتعاملات المصرف التجاري السوري في ظل العقوبات الاقتصادية
Symposium on documentary credits and discussed ways and means and transactions Commercial Bank of Syria in light of the economic sanctions
http://www.sana.sy/ara/343/2011/11/02/379628.htm
November 2, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

Focused seminar documentary credits set up by the Damascus Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Commercial Bank of Syria in the symposium weekly on the means and methods of transactions Commercial Bank of Syria Documentary Credits under the application of economic sanctions imposed on Syria and the facilities provided by the dealings from the public and private sectors to ensure the needs of the local market.

The Chairman of Damascus Chamber of Commerce Mohammad Ghassan Qallaa to the difficulties faced by importers in securing goods and materials Jordunha of some European countries as a result of excess shipping costs from a third country and the ban on some banks in the world.

Qallaa said there are many friendly countries expressed their cooperation for the import of goods en route noting the reputation of the Syrian merchants and its ability to supply goods to meet the needs of the local market.

For its part, explained assist the Director of External Relations in the Commercial Bank of Syria Maha Abdel Rahman, it is not the first time that the unjust sanctions imposed on Syria in general or on the Commercial Bank in particular has already been overcome such crises.

And confirmed the ability of the bank now is to continue to work despite the sanctions, thanks to the efforts made by the bank staff at all levels functional so that everyone works to deal flexibly large selection of banking solutions suitable for all cases indicating the presence of many banks across the world that believe that the sanctions imposed on the commercial bank is unjust sanctions are not based bank to any irregularities committed by the bank and thus does not feel compelled to bow to such sanctions, as in the past will work in line with their domestic laws and in the framework of banking methods used.

For his part, between the infectious Knight, Deputy Director of Operations in Commercial Bank of Syria that there are negative effects of sanctions undeniable reflected by increasing the cost of some banking operations as a result of the need to implement through more than one bank as well as to arrange commissions, additional in the event of payment in a different currency from the currency contracted upon between the parties Kaltsudaid trading in euros instead of dollars, for example, and in some cases having to deal with banking solutions, the highest risks sending the documents collection fee instead of dealing Documentary Credits.

Turn between the handsome Jblaga of the operations center bank to deal with type traditional credits / familiarized themselves or deferred payment / is prevalent in Syria but in the light of existing economic sanctions was needed to deal with other types of funds focused on two types of funds appropriations convertible or appropriations opposite.

And that reliance convertible is used when a seller is not the product of any that dealer and broker buys the goods from the party and sells it to another party and that reliance converter is the knowledge of all parties and participating banks have the right to the bank which received accreditation does not accept the transfer to the beneficiary that little dependence explicitly in it issued transferable.

A number of participants in the symposium on the conditions that can be changed with the transfer of credit, as explained opposite cases of the use of funds and mechanisms and the role of the intermediary bank in the responsibility of coordination in this case.


Tax seminar by Damascus Chamber of Commerce
ندوة غرفة تجارة دمشق تركز على الإجراءات المتخذة بشأن تأدية الضرائب والرسوم المالية والتعرفة الجمركية
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/11/16/382099.htm


Fuel crisis
Electricity consumption jumps 32% suddenly!!! (people abandoned fuel heater, and begin to use electric heater instead.)
لأول مرة بتاريخ سورية.. وزير الكهرباء: قفزة كبيرة في استهلاك الطاقة والطلب زاد 32%
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 9:18:46
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=55b5d60a006e2c774039611a03df85a3&ar=374630870

Fuel consumption increases 17% compared to the same period last year.
17% زيادة في استهلاك المازوت خلال شهر تشرين الأول مقارنة بالفترة نفسها من العام الماضي
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=fc6f34f80c43d218e9def86aa4ed6135&ar=869213208

(Note: It seems that the fuel crisis is caused by (1) excessive subsidy on fuel (Syrian price is one eighth of Turkish) and (2) physical disruption of energy transfer due to terrorist bomb attacks on railways.)

Electric Power Company in Aleppo announces rationing. 2 hours from 15 - 21 everyday.
جدول ساعات تقنين الكهرباء في حلب
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 15:44:28
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=9f38a6f6dc4a01b531d0307f7cc8481a&h=%CD%E1%C8&ar=25048024


Gulfsands reaches deal with Syria on oil payments
November 17, 2011 04:37 PM
Reuters
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2011/Nov-17/154400-gulfsands-reaches-deal-with-syria-on-oil-payments.ashx

"They advised us they will make a partial payment for our operating costs. They said they will pay us the rest if they can resume exports," Gulfsands' President Mahdi Sajjad told Reuters.


Chamber of Tourism in Aleppo submitted a set of policy recommendations to the ministry
غرفة سياحة حلب تقدم مقترحات لمواجهة الظروف الصعبة التي يمر بها القطاع السياحي
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 18:48:22
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=b41986ea7b1871b7c70852a17827cd65&ar=998780307


Cotton production in Aleppo
حلب تتوقع أن يقفز إنتاجها من الزيتون إلى 325 ألف طن الموسم الجاري
http://www.sana.sy/ara/134/2011/11/16/382010.htm

Cotton sales figures by region
تسويق أكثر من 561 ألف طن من الأقطان إلى محالج المؤسسة العامة للأقطان
http://www.sana.sy/ara/345/2011/11/17/382282.htm

Conference of Agricultural Engineers in Damascus discusses organic agriculture and medical plants
المشاركون في مؤتمر فرع دمشق لنقابة المهندسين الزراعيين يوصون بدعم الزراعة العضوية والتوسع في إنتاج النباتات الطبية
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/17/382314.htm

Hama Cement
تطوير المعمل رقم 2 يرفع قدرة شركة اسمنت حماة الإنتاجية 100 %
http://www.sana.sy/ara/347/2011/11/15/381752.htm


Tartous hit by rain storm, damage worth 7mil SL (USD 14 thousands)
عاصفة مطرية بطرطوس تتسبب بأضرار تقدر بـ7 ملايين ليرة
18 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/18/382332.htm


Damascus stock price index for this week
Massive trading volume ahead of the Arab League meeting
DSE recorded the historical low and historical trading volume. The previous record volume was 441 thousand on August 2, 2011. Since the drop rate was only 1%, we should pay our attention to the volume rather than the index. Official sources may have been intervened in order to support the market.

14/Nov/2011 897.35 trading volume 6 thousand
15/Nov/2011 889.71 trading volume 8 thousand
16/Nov/2011 880.96 trading volume 551 thousand

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

16/Dec/2010 1752.50 (historial high)
24/Oct/2011 896.68 (historical low)

Weekly closing rates
19/May/2011 1323.11
26/May/2011 1256.80
02/Jun/2011 1234.13
09/Jun/2011 1136.82
16/Jun/2011 1133.09
23/Jun/2011 1057.36
30/Jun/2011 1031.04
07/Jul/2011 1067.50
14/Jul/2011 1032.62
21/Jul/2011 1010.06
28/Jul/2011 1013.81
04/Aug/2011 993.89
11/Aug/2011 950.89
17/Aug/2011 951.66
24/Aug/2011 950.73
29/Aug/2011 951.05
07/Sep/2011 933.34
14/Sep/2011 909.16
21/Sep/2011 927.12
28/Sep/2011 957.97
05/Oct/2011 931.37
12/Oct/2011 910.37
19/Oct/2011 897.91
24/Oct/2011 896.68
02/Nov/2011 903.82

Nov 18 Regional

قواعد في قطر والسعودية وتركيا لتدريب مرتزقة وإرسالهم لسورية... الفيصل زار القاهرة سراً.. حمد هدد بإسقاط الأنظمة التي لا تدعم قرار الجامعة ضد سورية
Bases in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to train mercenaries and send them to Syria ... Faisal secretly visited Cairo .. Hamad threatened to shoot down systems that do not support the League's resolution against Syria

http://www.syriandays.com/?page=show_det&select_page=73&id=28837
http://backupurl.com/mv8k3u
Tuesday 15/11/2011
08:42:23

Revealed an intelligence report prepared by the Department's Middle East intelligence European state that there are rules established for more than a year in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey for the training of mercenaries from Muslim and Arab countries, and bringing them into Syrian territory, and these mercenaries are of different nationalities are trained by soldiers of the Israel and the United States and Turkey, and receive high salaries for the implementation of plans of aggression against the Syrian people.

The report, obtained by (Al Manar) Jerusalem, there are stations for the transfer of weapons into Syria to these gangs, mercenaries, and one of these schemes in Beirut in the region that are influential to Hariri and Samir Geagea and Doha and Riyadh encyclopedia financed purchase, and the majority of weapons are delivered from the warehouses of American, Turkish and Israeli and deal with it, citing the smuggling networks of private arms dealers, receive their wages are high, and under the supervision of members of the company "Blackwater" terrorist recently transferred its headquarters to Abu Dhabi and has owners and managers have immunity against prosecution, in light of the crimes committed against Iraqis under the eyes the U.S. military.

The report points out that the embassies of the countries concerned to play a major role in the implementation of the planned sabotage against Syria, and the effect that the supervisors of the scheme against Syria are the devices the U.S., who issue their instructions to low levels such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the leaders of the Future Movement and Geagea's militiamen and Ankara, started implementation of a new episode of the said scheme is based on the terrorist attacks against public institutions in Syria, and the liquidation of the Syrian scientists and competencies especially in the Syrian universities.

The European report that Turkey has established on its territory stations, communication centers and recruiting and training bases of mercenaries and increase in number, and that in this context, the launch of the "army of Syria," free of those indulging in sabotage and incitement, which infiltrate mercenaries are smuggling weapons across the Turkish border into Syrian territory .

Does not exclude the European report carry out attacks against Syrian diplomats abroad, and the burning of foreign embassies in Syria and paste the responsibility of the Syrian leadership, the report reveals desperate attempts to move the "shoulder-launched missiles," an American-made into Syria and launched on sensitive sites and public facilities.

In the report a serious point, you say, that the participants in the conspiracy against Syria Osdora instructions to the mercenaries of various nationalities who have managed to sneak into Syria intensified their military operations against the army and security forces killed more civilians and military personnel and intimidate the Syrians to stop them from going out in the marches and mass demonstrations in support of the leadership in Damascus, to proceed with the smuggling of tools and communication devices and support for media incitement laboratories scattered in neighboring countries, and one of them within the Office of Samir Geagea responsible for the massacres of Sabra and Shatila, the candidate for the presidency Hariri of Lebanon.

On the other hand revealed sources in the Egyptian capital that the decision to suspend the membership of Syria in the Arab League was prepared in advance in communications took place between Qatar and Washington, Paris and Riyadh, which was held by the amendments in the form of incitement and mobilization, and a blatant interference in the affairs of Syria, under the pretext of protecting the Syrian people.

The sources said the amendments and the final wording prompted the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal to come to Cairo for the night, and met for hours with the Nabil al-Arabi and Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Al-Thani, on the morning of the meeting and before the opening session cycle the Arab League, distributed Hamad Qatar threats to the representatives of Arab countries, saying that the Doha will topple the regime and decision support you prepared against Syria.

The sources added that the communications Libya that preceded the hearing conducted for the American side, David Hill and the U.S. ambassador in Cairo, on the other end Saud al-Faisal, Hamad Al Thani, and with them, Arab League Secretary General, who turned into a puppet in the hands of the Saudis and Qataris, though they are the ones who dragged him from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, to carry him responsibility for the decision, a decision primer for U.S. military intervention French Israel against Syria in various forms, similar to the decision announced by Amr Moussa, before the expiry of the period of his mandate against Libya, which resulted in bringing the colonial NATO to the Libyan territory, in support of the charts, "Israel."


AL resolution
الجامعة العربية تمهل سورية ثلاثة أيام للتوقيع على مذكرة إرسال مراقبين
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 20:10:48
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=dadbb4058fdea5d72e6235f118ebd417&ar=967098844

Arab League to send observers to Syria within three days
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/17/c_131251370.htm

وزراء الخارجية العرب يتفقون على ارسال مراقبين إلى سورية ويلوحون بعقوبات اقتصادية
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571833

Arabs give Syria 3 days to halt 'bloody repression'
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-16/154276-arab-league-meeting-to-enforce-syria-suspension.ashx

Arab Foreign Ministers to Send Memo to Syrian Foreign Ministry on Protocol to Send Observers to Syria
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/17/382150.htm


Condemnation against the Arab League resolution
Wide Condemnation of AL Decision against Syria Continues (Iran)
Nov 16, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/382061.htm

Lebanese PM and MPs
المؤتمر الشعبي اللبناني: التهديدات الأجنبية والصهيونية لسورية تتطلب من الجامعة وقف سياسة تصفية الحسابات ووضع خطة لحماية الأمن القومي
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/16/382039.htm

PFLP
الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين تدين قرار الجامعة بشأن سورية وتقول إنه " خطير"
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=83edb81c698ab93fe58b61d0c932df20&ar=73140809

تونسيون يتظاهرون احتجاجاً على قرارالجامعة ضد سورية
Tunisian Citizens protest against the AL Decision on Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/16/382050.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/16/382076.htm

Political parties of Tunisia
حزب تونسي : قرار الجامعة العربية بشأن سوريا خطير ومُدان
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=0173045379344c4990802689561716dd&ar=364101536


Syrian Ambassador to the US attacks Qatar and Turkey as "a tool for a dirty war to us"
عماد مصطفى : قطر وتركيا أدوات لحرب قذرة ضدنا
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=bcf4a91bd63e49eead5a3ad37d0554c5&ar=662764009


Arab-Turkish Forum in Rabat (convened in parallel to the AL meeting)
المنتدى العربي التركي يدعو إلى حل الأزمة السورية دون تدخل أجنبي
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 16:29:18
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=1995b8549c38e318aaed8b0e35252954&ar=849222733


Asharq al-Awsat: To accept observers is the last chance for al-Assad
مصادر لـ«الشرق الأوسط»: أمام الأسد فرصة واحدة قبل تدويل الملف.. وهي القبول بدخول مبعوثين مراقبين
2011.11.16
http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&issueno=12041&article=650087&feature=
http://backupurl.com/seywnm


Reaction from regional countries
Algerian FM
وزير الخارجية الجزائري : الجامعة العربية على الطريق الصحيح لإنجاح مهمتها في سوريا
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:14:45
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=340f950dc3e36c7322435ecb92f9a7a0&ar=967051123

Lebanon's Minister of State Qanso: Syria Will Come Triumphant out of Conspiracy
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/17/382249.htm

Jordan on embassy attack in Damascus
الخارجية الأردنية : سوريا اعتذرت عن اعتداء تعرضت له سفارة الأردن بدمشق
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:41:15
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=4559c0f82256f9657f1b4cd444e87a92&ar=703473040

Adviser to Iranian Islamic Revolution Leader Critizes AL Decision against Syria
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/17/382222.htm

Iraq: Talk of reduction of diplomatic mission in Syria is premature
الخارجية العراقية : تخفيض البعثة الدبلوماسية في سوريا موضوع سابق لأوانه
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 14:07:31
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=8862800fa1d5d75e4be8040904bfeb02&ar=575023377

Iraq's Sadr backs embattled Assad (Iraqi Shiites)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-17/154406-iraqs-sadr-backs-embattled-assad.ashx


Syrian Ambassador to the US: Syria will study the request of observers, Qatar is the spearhead of the plot
عماد مصطفى: سوريا تدرس طلب إرسال مراقبين وقطر رأس الحربة في المخطط
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 10:59:19
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=abedc4d71b49a97ab902e2e58a02ea89&ar=342912587


Lebanon's Geagea returns from "official visit to the UAE"
جعجع عاد من دولة الامارات بعد لقاءات مع ولي العهد ووزير الخارجية
By NNA
Nov 16, 2011 - 8:24:33 AM
http://www.lebanese-forces.org/local/geagea-emirates-visit1005576.shtml


Turkish intelligence disclosed the US plan to assassinate President al-Assad
المنار: رئيس جهاز المخابرات التركية أبلغ السوريين بمخطط معد لاغتيال الرئيس الأسد
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:48:50
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=cea2745e520d78d64c261a9a0f557ce9&ar=906749283

Nov 18 International

Instead of War on Syria: Siege, Sanctions, and Sabotage
http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/24891
http://megalodon.jp/2011-1117-1726-30/www.al-akhbar.com/node/24891
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/instead-war-syria-siege-sanctions-and-sabotage
http://megalodon.jp/2011-1117-1721-22/english.al-akhbar.com/content/instead-war-syria-siege-sanctions-and-sabotage
By: Ibrahim al-Amin
Published Wednesday, November 2, 2011 (Arabic original published on Nov. 1)

The Arab clients of Washington have a plan for Syria. A sizable group of Arab states are demanding that Bashar Assad relinquish power. Not via the street, but by dissolving his regime himself. After months of confrontations, justifiable or not, between the regime and protesters ― or collaborators with foreign powers near and far― America's Arabs are telling Assad the following:

Withdraw the army and security forces from the streets. Release all political and security detainees. Leave people to take to the streets to demand your overthrow. Remove your appointees from state and public bodies. Change the constitution now. Make your party relinquish all official positions. Then begin a dialogue with the Syrian National Council (SNC), which the world has decided is the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian opposition. You must hold this dialogue at Arab League headquarters in Cairo, because you cannot be trusted to keep your word. You will then arrange for early parliamentary elections on terms to be drawn up by experts in the field (including from the Gulf states, no less). And get ready to make an early exit from office.

If you refuse these orders; and you are now qualified to do no more than listen to our demands; you will be held responsible for the consequences of your actions. In other words, you will be punished. A number of steps will be taken in this regard:

The Arab and Western countries that operated in Libya will try to avoid repeating the organizational and logistical errors that occurred in the former jamahiriyya's cities before they were destroyed.First, we will isolate you in the Arab world (don't you remember trying that in 2005). We will withdraw all remaining Arab ambassadors from your capital, and expel your diplomatic missions from our countries. We will officially declare the SNC the sole representative of the Syrian people. We will turn over Syria's embassies and diplomatic missions to the SNC, as we did with Libya. We will name Radwan Ziadeh as Syrian foreign minister (he currently works out of the office of a junior minion at the US State Department; but he will only be required to read out prepared statements, so he can practice his pronunciation). Burhan Ghalioun will be accorded the protocol and VIP treatment worthy of a president (special suites at top hotels, police motorcades, etc.). He will be entitled to select the members of the delegations that he will lead as he travels the world to attend ceremonies of appointing new Syrian ambassadors.

After that, the Arab regimes will add, we will announce the severing of economic and trade relations with Syria. Our airlines will no longer fly to and from the country. We will only offer undisclosed flights to anyone wanting to join the rebel army. We will cut off whatever aid we provide to any organization that does not declare its recognition of the SNC. Our blacklists will grow longer than many think possible. We will endorse anyone; civilian, military, or security; who defects from the regime, and support any action taken against its various institutions.

All will come under the heading of legitimate self-defense. We will also promote civil disobedience. We will back any insurrection in the regular army. And if the opposition should suddenly decide that it has turned into an army and wants to form a rebel military force, we'll back that too. Isn't it worth studying the experience of Libya? The Arab and Western countries that operated in Libya will try to avoid repeating the organizational and logistical errors that occurred in the former jamahiriyya's cities before they were destroyed.

To make a long story short, a worldwide campaign of sanctions and embargoes will be mounted against you. If that can't be done by means of UN Security Council resolutions, countries and groups will take steps of their own. The European Union and the institutions of civil society, no less, will file for indictments in every national and international court, including new ones that may be created especially for Syria. Anyone who retains any connection with the regime will be damned. Learned religious scholars, clerics, and thinkers, sponsored by the Ford Foundation and others, will pronounce it sinful to have anything to do with the regime in Syria. Within weeks, Syria's only remaining ties will be with rogues like Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and a few delinquents who support the resistance against Israel.

On top of all that, life will become difficult for those Syrians who stayed at home and failed to take to the streets to sacrifice their lives for the sake of Basma Kadmani and Riad al-Shaqfa and his comrades. Assassinations will be one means of accomplishing this. Operatives and targets are currently being readied. Car-bombings of the kind previously employed in Iraq are another means. A decision has been taken to transfer their use; yes, a decision to transfer; to Syria and Lebanon. The regime's supporters in Lebanon must pay a price too. Never mind that there will be more casualties. The media will say; quoting anonymous and invisible activists, observers, or eyewitnesses; that the regime perpetrates these terrorist atrocities because it is in crisis.

All this will compensate for the impossibility of a regular military war, directly or by proxy, similar to Libya's. Practical considerations do not allow an operation of this kind to be launched in Syria at present. But this does not mean there are no alternatives available to those who may be interested. The moment will eventually arrive when the West weighs in with the final fireworks display. This will take the form of an attack aimed at killing whoever needs to killed, exiling whoever needs to be exiled, and destroying whatever remains to be destroyed. The intention is for the country, by then, to resemble nothing the Arabs have ever seen before ― not in Iraq, Libya, or Palestine. It must serve as an example for others. After that, let the world inquire about human rights in Syria.

Ibrahim al-Amin is editor-in-chief of al-Akhbar.
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.


Russia
شخصية اجتماعية روسية: يتعين على روسيا منع التدخل العسكري في سورية مهما كانت الحجج
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571818

Pravda Russian Newspaper: AL Decision against Syria Brings Arab Joint Action to an End
Nov 16, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/16/381932.htm

لافروف: اللاعبون الخارجيون يحاولون العمل لزيادة احتدام الوضع في سورية لتبرير التدخل في شؤونها
Lavrov: AL Must Follow up Implementing its Demands for All Parties in Syria to End Violence
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/17/382343.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/17/382324.htm
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/17/60543237.html
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/17/60544622.html

دبلوماسيون: موسكو تتعامل مع الملف السوري كمسألة أمن قومي.. ,وايران تبذل جهودا لمنع انهيار البيت العربي
الأربعاء, 16 تشرين الثاني 2011 12:39
al-Baath, its cache

Lavrov urges pressure on all parties to Syrian conflict
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/17/60576193.html

لافروف: يجب تقديم مبادرة الجامعة العربية بشأن سورية بتفاصيل أكثر
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571854

محلل روسي: التحالف العربي سيجبر الأسد على التنحي
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571894

خبير استراتيجي: الغرب وقوى إقليمية تسعى إلى عزل النظام السوري تمهيدا لاسقاطه
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571744


China
China Hopes for Finding Solutions to Crisis in Syria through Dialogue
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/17/382309.htm

China urges relevant parties to implement AL's solution in Syria
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/17/c_131253426.htm


India
وزير خارجية الهند يدعو لتجنب قيام حرب أهلية في سوريا
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:57:48
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=b38cf45d1559c13a43490bcfdf6e9537&ar=354402239


Foreign journalists visit Syria
خمسة وفود دولية تزور مدينة حماة وتكشف زيف ما بثته القنوات التحريضية عن تدمير المشافي الخاصة فيها
17 تشرين الثاني , 2011
حماة-سانا
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/11/17/382345.htm

زارت خمسة وفود أجنبية من الصين الشعبية وروسيا وأسبانيا وألمانيا وكوبا مدينة حماة اليوم للاطلاع على عدد من المرافق العامة والخاصة التي تعرضت لأعمال التخريب والحرق والسرقة على يد المجموعات الإرهابية المسلحة ومن بينها نادي الضباط والقصر العدلي.


Syrian websites hosted in Canada, US
November 17, 2011 08:49 PM
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-17/154422-syrian-websites-hosted-in-canada-us.ashx

Overall, the report said, 17 Syrian government websites are hosted by Canadian providers, seven are hosted by U.S. providers and two by German companies.

The report also said Syrian state television station Addounia TV, which has been sanctioned by Canada and the European Union for inciting violence against Syrian citizens, uses Canadian-based Web servers to host its website.


ICRC
وفد من اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر العربي السوري بدمشق يطلع على ما تقدمه مشافي حمص من خدمات صحية للمرضى والمواطنين
International Committee For the Red Cross inspects medical situation in Homs
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382084.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/382097.htm


France
Ankara, Paris seek to unite Syria dissidents
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=ankara-paris-seek-to-unite-syria-dissidents-2011-11-16
http://backupurl.com/yii6ii

وزير الخارجية الفرنسي يبحث مع المسؤولين الاتراك الخميس الاوضاع في سوريا
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 15:44:09
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=2adbf1fbee28bacc60e138241f719a30&ar=189163435

فرنسا تقرر استدعاء سفيرها من سوريا
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=9fbe50aa7382564397c125d4cec87655&ar=680973698


EU
البنك الأوروبي يبدأ بإيقاف تمويل مشاريع المياه و الكهرباء
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 9:25:03
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=0058b20ba1e13af17566ed586be63dab&ar=657639159

محام سوري يعتزم مقاضاة الاتحاد الأوروبي أمام المحافل الدولية
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:15:20
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_articles&id=90995c4e0cc90cea20b71a071f51782a&ar=634557566

نصيب الفرد منها 40 ليرة سنوياً.. هيئة التخطيط: لا تأثير على إيقاف منح الاتحاد الأوربي
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 17:36:46
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=97770500fac7f20dce7fdf2d711aac80&ar=247438938


UN
"السعودية والأردن وقطر والمغرب والكويت" تسعى لإدانة سورية في الجمعية العامة
الخميس, 17 تشرين الثاني 2011 13:03
al-Baath, its cache


US
واشنطن تحاول التغطية على دعمها للمجموعات الإرهابية المسلحة
United States Attempt to Cover Support of Armed Terrorist Groups in Syria By Making Contradictory Statements
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/16/382134.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/17/382137.htm

الحكومة الأمريكية تقاضي شركة باعت معدات لمحركات الديزل لسورية
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 12:47:10
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=04573d2f97bd23d7a3abd31286287bad&ar=601777372


البناء: معلومات عن حضور دبلوماسي أميركي –فرنسي تكشف الدور المرسوم لاجتماع الرباط
al-Binaa' newspaper: Information on the presence of a U.S. diplomat - French reveal the role of a decree for the Rabat meeting

al-Binaa'
Thursday, November 17, 2011 14:25
al-Baath, its cache

The statement issued by the Arab foreign ministers in Rabat yesterday evening the content of malicious against Syria, especially in terms of "setting a deadline 3 days of the signing of a memorandum of sending international observers," above the call of Syria to be a protocol technically and balanced, which means that the Arab ministers do not see only a "half eye "as forgetting what the terrorist groups of armed terrorism and attacks on innocent citizens and security forces.

It is not strange in anything that comes from the Rabat meeting such decisions, especially if it is confirmed that the growing of "construction" of the information that the American and French diplomats attended the Arab ministers meeting yesterday, even in the shade.

"Israel" entered yesterday on the line of direct intervention in the campaign against Syria and saw the head of the political and security of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Amos Gilad said, the fall of the regime in Syria would result in a disaster that destroys the "Israel", as a result of the emergence of Islamic empire in the Middle East under the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Nov 18 Local government

Preparations for the local election completed.
المحافظات تنهي استعداداتها لإنجاح تجربة انتخابات الإدارة المحلية في 12 من الشهر القادم
16 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382070.htm

حلب تنجز استعداداتها لانتخابات الإدارة المحلية ... الحصول على البطاقة الانتخابية من أية أمانة سجل مدني في القطر
http://jamahir.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=96209531620111117001226
http://backupurl.com/h6qm3t


يشمل 250 ألف أسرة ويوفر مؤشرات دقيقة للبطالة والنمو السكاني.. مسح اجتماعي اقتصادي هو الأضخم في تاريخ الحسكة
16 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/134/2011/11/16/381995.htm

افتتاح مركز صحي بجبلة ووضع حجر الأساس لمشروعي عيادات شاملة بمدينة اللاذقية
17 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/348/2011/11/17/382333.htm

القرى الصحية.. دعوة للمجتمع الأهلي للمساهمة في التنمية الصحية والاستجابة لاحتياجات السكان
http://www.sana.sy/ara/18/2011/11/17/382291.htm

Nov 18 Central government

في الذكرى 41 للحركة التصحيحية.. إصرار على الثوابت الوطنية والقومية والتمسك بالقرار الوطني المستقل والتطلع إلى سورية المستقبل
41st Anniversary of Glorious Correctionist Movement: Adherence to National Stances and Independent Decision
Nov 16, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/381895.htm
http://sana.sy/eng/21/2011/11/16/381940.htm

قواتنا المسلحة الباسلة تحتفل بذكرى الحركة التصحيحية المجيدة
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382126.htm


Fuel (diesel) crisis
إجراءات لتسهيل توزيع المازوت للمواطنين وفق التسعيرة الرسمية
Measures to facilitate the distribution of fuel oil to the citizens in accordance with official pricing
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/11/16/382014.htm
November 16, 2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

The Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources, a number of measures to facilitate the distribution of diesel fuel to the citizens according to the official pricing as soon as possible.

The Engineer Sufian Alao, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said, during a meeting with the managers of Syrian Company for distribution of petroleum products (fuel) in the southern region today, that such actions will be through increased reliance on cars direct distribution in Damascus and its countryside and to review the amounts allocated to the gas stations that do not role in the distribution of diesel fuel as the best and add the quantities that are reduced from these stations to the amounts allocated to the direct distribution as well as coordination with the Conservatives to form committees and village councils commissioning party and teams to help out the distribution.

It called on the oil minister of all stakeholders, especially regulators to do their part in the supervision and follow-up and organization of minutes taken against violators who tempted to exploit the needs of citizens of diesel fuel, pointing out that the article is available in stores fuel, and will be delivered to the citizens most convenient ways.

He asked Alao branches of fuel increasing the amounts allocated to the direct distribution and maximum utilization of the capacities of tanks allocated to it in the provinces of Damascus and its countryside.

For his part, director of fuel Damascus Ali Ghanem that the Damascus branch distributed directly during the last month, about 8 million liters of diesel, with 34 car working around the clock, pointing out that the branch carried out 29 thousand request of the citizens since the beginning of last month, and until mid-month rate about 600 applications a day.

In turn, pointed Mansour Taha, director of fuel Damascus that the allocations to maintain the diesel fuel in November of 111 million liters, up more than 17 percent from the provisions of last November were distributed to 50 million liters of which until the fifteenth of this month as the work of the section in full capacity even during the holiday Eid al-Adha, pointing out that the Damascus branch of fuel distributing material through the 200 cars were contracted with each with a capacity of about 6000 liters and is working to meet the demands of citizens registered in the foot of the fuel station.

And about the availability of gas domestic fuel managers emphasized that the centers of production and distribution of gas working at full capacity to meet the high demand for this material to coincide with the onset of winter and the increased need for gas for heating purposes.


تضمنت إعادة النظر في الكميات والتوزيع المباشر.. وزارة النفط: إجراءات لتسهيل توزيع المازوت وفق التسعيرة الرسمية
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 19:04:27
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=deca88eb7bc420ab3886bdc243e1a85a&ar=267220701

رفض ربط الأزمة بالتهريب ..وزير النفط : مشكلة المازوت في التوزيع ومشكلة الغاز في طريقها إلى الحل
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 11:05:44
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=77e330b3e65e425f6fdcfda56d438196&ar=906335101

مجلس الشعب يقر التوصيات المقدمة من اللجنة المكلفة بدراسة آلية لتوزيع المازوت بالسعر الرسمي إلى المواطنين
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 17:29:50
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=378cb9f3952f855e2d8eb1dcc7db9883&ar=751938245


ميالة: ارتفاع الدولار مقابل الليرة طبيعي وضمن الحدود ويعود إلى الانخفاض الحاد في سعر صرف اليورو
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/11/16/382102.htm


الداخلية تحذر كل من يحاول انتهاك حرمة المباني الدبلوماسية باتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية المناسبة
16 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382139.htm


Local administration reform
تضمنت "أمين عام" و "مدير مدينة" و "مدير بلدة".. جديد الإدارة المحلية إحداث أمانات عامة في كل محافظة
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 8:54:31
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=6b98e2b1be70b41542a887abcf003cc1&ar=257303165


وزير الاقتصاد : سوريا تتطلع لأسيا وإفريقيا للتغلب على العقوبات
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 14:28:38
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=aba91c1ddf4f5d8be9a2c8087ef5185d&ar=49513042


Syrian representative to the Arab League was requested to go back home
أسرة السفير السوري في مصر تعود إلى دمشق وسط تسريبات عن طلب تغييره
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 15:44:07
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=534a52b70fae07e472c733a542030a71&ar=743792370

Nov 18 Pro-government

70 thousand Christians prayed for President al-Assad in Nov. 12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2NcdMBNwM


Pro-al-Assad Rally erupted inside and outside Syria, rejecting AL resolution on Nov. 16
السوريون يقولون كلمتهم في ذكرى التصحيح المجيد: سورية عصية على المؤامرات ولن تفرط بقرارها الوطني المستقل
Syrian Citizens Flock to Public Squares to Express Rejection of AL Decision
Nov 16, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/381933.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/381991.htm

الجبهة الوطنية التقدمية تستنكر قرار الجامعة العربية الذي يخالف ميثاقها ويفتح الطريق أمام تفكيك العمل العربي المشترك
National Progressive Front condemns the Arab League resolution against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382091.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/382108.htm

اتحادات وأحزاب وهيئات ومنظمات عربية وسورية: قرار الجامعة العربية بحق سورية غير قانوني ويستهدف العمل العربي المشترك
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382098.htm

أبناء الجالية السورية ومواطنون أردنيون ينظمون اعتصاما في العاصمة الأردنية تنديدا بقرار الجامعة العربية بحق سورية
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/16/382133.htm

Syrian Community in Chile Denounces AL Decision against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/16/381938.htm

Syrian Community in Czech Republic Condemns Al Decision against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/16/381960.htm

الشبكة السورية لحقوق الإنسان تدعو منظمات حقوق الإنسان في العالم إلى التحقق من حالات الإرهاب والتحريض التي تتعرض لها سورية
Syrian Network for Human Rights calls on international organizations to verify acts of terror
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382068.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/382081.htm

Syrian Community in Saudi Arabia Organize Sit-In to Express Rejection of AL Decision
Nov 17, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/17/382271.htm

Archbishop Hanna: Arab League Should Correct Its Mistake against Syria
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/17/382212.htm

حزب الاتحاد العربي الديمقراطي: ما يجري في سورية هو مخطط سافر مبيت ضدها للنيل من مواقفها الوطنية والقومية وضرب وحدتها وأمنها واستقرارها
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/17/382328.htm

'Great majority of Syrians back Assad'
Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:24PM
Interview with Tahsin al-Halabi, political analyst
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210641.html


Embassies in Damascus are attacked
Morocco, UAE embassies in Damascus pelted with eggs and stones
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/17/c_131251321.htm


SSNP celebrates 79th anniversary of foundation
November 16, 2011 01:33 AM
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-16/154221-ssnp-celebrates-79th-anniversary-of-foundation.ashx

Nov 18 Anti-government

العقيد المنشق رياض الأسعد يعلن تشكيل مجلس عسكري وينتقل إلى سوريا لقيادة العمليات
Colonel dissident Riad Asaad announced the formation of the military and moved to Syria to lead the operations
Louay Safi told «Asharq al-Awsat»: the decision on the militarization of the revolution will be made according to the course of political events
http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&issueno=12041&article=650058&feature=
http://backupurl.com/72klf5
Beirut: Caroline Akoum
2011.11.16

Said a Syrian officers dissidents told «Asharq al-Awsat» a leader of the Syrian army's free, military junta provisional, led by Colonel Riad Al-Assaad, who announced his split from the Syrian army on July 4 (July 2001) after about 4 months of the start of the Syrian revolution, to announce later in the July 29 founding of the Syrian army free and chairing his leadership. While the officer pointed out that this announcement came after the Arab League to take its decision to suspend the membership of Syria, he noted that since then, today joined the ranks of the Syrian army, which exceeded their number of free-20 alpha, more than 5 thousand troops. The officer confirmed that he and two days ago, go to the Colonel happiest Syrian territory where he directs the military operations on the ground. With regard to weapons that are used in operations, pointed out that they are limited to those that smuggled them dissidents, all of which are light weapons from machine guns and the «RPG» and the «Kalashnikov».

And the opinion of the National Council by-step announcement of the military junta, and whether there was any coordination has been with him in this context, he stressed member of the Council, Dr. Louay Safi told «Asharq al-Awsat» that «have been several meetings between Colonel Asad and members of the National Council, and we were aware of this step, but the main disagreement remains on the principle of the militarization of the revolution, which calls for the army and free the military or maintain Slmatha that still stick by the National Council, in addition to making sure that the military leadership and the commitment of political leaders, the military perception of the revolution ». While striking the net that there was a complete rejection by the National Council of the militarization of the revolution, but the resolution was taken, according to the course of events and the political situation, but to date we are still determined to complete the march to overthrow the regime peacefully, depending on the regional powers and the international community and Arab world.

The Official Site of the junta, led by Assaad, had published a statement, signed on behalf of his commander, Colonel Riad Al-Assaad, confirms the Declaration on the Military Council, which includes in addition to the happiest nine other members of the rank of colonel, and they are the owner of a Kurd and Ahmed Hijazi and Arafat-Hamoud, Arif Noor-Hamoud, Abdul Razzaq Rahmon and Abdul Sattar Jamil, Ghassan Aonso and Maher Hlehel Rahmon, who was appointed battalion commander Muawiyah in Damascus, Captain Amar Wawi, who was appointed battalion commander Alababil in Aleppo. The objectives have been defined by the Military Council statement of 24 items, and most importantly, drop the current regime in Syria and Syrian citizens to protect and preserve public and private property and to prevent chaos after the fall of the regime and stand against any reprisals. The board shall count the military mission, organization, and places Tmrkzh and arming and equipping, training, and decisions relating to the armed forces. Also, the military council exercises the functions of the Amnesty Commission provided for in the laws in force for the judgments of military courts and all the judgments of ordinary courts concerning the events of the Syrian revolution since its establishment. The council's headquarters will be in Damascus and in case of necessity can choose any other place, as is the science that chooses the Syrian National Council is a science-based army.

While giving the right of the military liaison to foreign governments or organizations, or individuals or entities military inside Syrian territory or abroad, has announced the formation of a military tribunal of the revolution shall hold accountable members of the regime who proved to be involved with the killings and attacks on the Syrian citizens or destruction of public or private property, which determines army commander and forwarded to this Court applied texts on the field of military courts.


معارضون سوريون يناشدون أهالي حمص: أوقفوا العنف و تآخوا كي لا تهلكوا
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 14:36:00
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=bb28ff06757eb18cbda37da56520b070&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=51889107

Syrians would accept Turkish intervention, brotherhood leader says
17 November 2011, Thursday / REUTERS, İSTANBUL
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-263093-syrians-would-accept-turkish-intervention-brotherhood-leader-says.html

A leader of Syria's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday the Syrian people would accept military intervention by Turkey, rather than Western countries, to protect them from President Bashar al-Assad's security forces.

Mohammad Riad Shaqfa, who lives in exile in Saudi Arabia, told a news conference in İstanbul the international community should isolate Assad's government to encourage people in their struggle to end more than four decades of Assad family rule.

(note: This person is a wanted man in Syria.)

Hundreds of people have been killed this month, one of the bloodiest periods in the revolt that began in March. The United Nations says more than 3,500 people have died in the unrest.

If Assad's government refused to halt its repression, Shaqfa said Turkish intervention would be acceptable.

"If the international community procrastinates then more is required from Turkey as a neighbour to be more serious than other countries to handle this regime," Shaqfa said.

"If other interventions are required, such as air protection, because of the regime's intransigence, then the people will accept Turkish intervention. They do not want Western intervention," Shaqfa said.

The Syrian authorities have banned most independent media and blame the unrest on armed terrorist gangs and foreign-backed militants who they say have killed 1,100 soldiers and police.

NATO-member Turkey had close ties with Assad, but now says the Syrian government cannot be trusted after it ignored Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's repeated entreaties for a halt to violence and swift enactment of political reforms.

Ankara is considering imposing economic sanctions that would target Assad's government without harming the people, and is working with Arab governments to increase pressure on Damascus.

Several thousand Syrians, including army defectors who have taken up arms against Assad, have fled to Turkey, which has also hosted meetings of the opposition Syrian National Council.

The council is the foremost opposition group, bringing together people ranging from exiled dissidents to grassroots activists and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

After mobs attacked Turkey's diplomatic missions in Syria at the weekend, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hosted representatives of the Syrian opposition at dinner on Sunday.

Turkish officials have repeatedly denied media speculation that one of the contingencies being planned is the creation of a buffer zone inside Syrian territory to protect civilians and to make it easier for members of the Syrian military to desert.

On Thursday, Turkish officials denied a report in Sabah, a newspaper regarded as close to the government, that Syrian opposition representative had requested Turkey make plans for a no-fly zone a few kilometres (miles) inside Syrian territory that would gradually be expanded to cover the city of Aleppo.

Sabah said Turkey told the Syrian opposition that three conditions would have to be met: the no-fly zone must have a UN mandate, Arab League support and guarantees from the United States and European Union.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told French BFM Radio on Thursday that France was helping Syrian opposition groups become more organised. Juppe was due to visit Turkey for talks on Thursday and Friday that would focus on Syria.

Shaqfa said members of the opposition council would meet British Prime Minister David Cameron within days.

"They (British officials) have told us that they will soon recognize the Syrian National Council as a representative of the Syrian opposition and the Syrian people," he said.

Shaqfa expressed admiration for the progress Turkey's democracy has made since Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AK Party) swept to power over a decade ago, and said the Muslim Brotherhood would not seek to impose a religious state in Syria if it ever joins a government.

"We and our people admire the Turkish experiment. If we reach power, we will deal with everyone. We will make laws .. that focus on freedom, justice and equality.

"These are all taken from principles of the Muslim religion. We will benefit from the instructions of Islam to make laws to achieve freedom, but it will not be a religious state."

The AK Party government, whose leaders came from a banned Islamist party, has overseen a period of unprecedented prosperity in Turkey.

It has also introduced reforms that have reduced chances for military coups that have dogged Turkey in the past, without making any overt moves to roll back the republic's secularism.

Nov 18 Incidents

Terrorist attacks kill 115 Syrian Shias
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210481.html
Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:40PM

The Shia community in the Syrian city of Homs has been the main target of armed groups since the beginning of unrest in the country.

According to local reports, more than 115 Shias have been killed in the restive city in the past few months.

Assailants have also destroyed and set ablaze dozens of Shia-owned homes and businesses.

The violence has forced many families to flee the area and seek refuge elsewhere.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have rallied across the country on Wednesday to express their support for President Bashar al-Assad.

The demonstrators also stressed the need for national unity, security and stability. They also condemned the AL decision to suspend Damascus from the 22-member bloc.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations held both against and in support of President Assad.

According to the United Nations, more than 3,000 people, including the members of the security forces, have been killed in the turmoil.

On Tuesday, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 34 Syrian soldiers were killed in an attack by armed groups in the southern province of Dara'a. According to the observatory, 12 armed men and over 20 civilians were also killed in the clashes.

The opposition and Western countries accuse Syrian security forces of being behind the killings in the country, but the government blames what it describes as outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.


Mine planting on the Jordanian border
صحيفة أردنية : سوريا تضع ألغاماً على الشريط الحدودي مع الأردن
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 9:57:42
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=44a93664b5186678dc6517e53f552cbc&ar=64993396


Dismantling bombs
تفكيك عيوتين ناسفتين في معرة النعمان
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 18:31:07
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=2db6365ba78c1776362a36540fd08187&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=482135108


Killings, kidnappings, clashing
Terrorist attacks kill 115 Syrian Shias
Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:40PM
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210481.html

استشهاد طبيب برصاص إرهابيين بحلب وتفكيك عبوتين بإدلب
16 تشرين الثاني , 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/382067.htm

مسلحون يغتالون رئيس المنطقة الصحية بالأتارب
الخميس17– 11 - 2011
http://jamahir.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=96209531620111117001020
http://backupurl.com/v7gl2i
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/382073.htm

SSNP's regional leader assassinated
اغتيال القيادي في الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي الدكتور "هيثم عزوز" في إدلب
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 12:51:45
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_articles&id=68b68a13399d01a23d4600638dd0296a&ar=926180441

اختطاف مدير مرصد نساء سورية من منزله في ظروف غامضة
الخميس - 17 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 19:39:37
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_articles&id=0cc4dd77bd0379fd5f8258ea7bb50a36&ar=935633613

سرقة البنزين بـ "الريموت كنترول" ..المستهلك يفقد ليترين من كل صفيحة عند تعبئة سيارته
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 12:07:17
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=9c042e45beb56b00faa80ff214078a45&ar=675910953


Large Number of Advanced Communication and Satellite Devices Seized with the Terrorist Groups
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/381907.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQ3nsmdsLQ
Nov 16, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA)- The authorities concerned confiscated a large number of highly advanced communication means and satellite devices found with the armed terrorist groups and the members working with the seditious and instigative TV channels targeting Syria.

The first group of the confiscated devices included handheld two-way simplex system communication devices operating in the very high and ultrahigh frequency (VHF/UHF) ranges.

The devices were confiscated in a number of tension areas as they were used to ensure communication between the terrorists and criminals and organize the course of their movement to carry out attacks against the law enforcement personnel.

The devices operate by wireless scanning of the frequency ranges to pick up the calls of the security and law enforcement forces and monitor the movement of their personnel.

The second group included Thuraya satellite mobile phone sets which were used for satellite communication among the terrorists and those who work with them and between them and the misleading satellite TV channels and the external sides.

SIM cards for the Thuraya phones, charged through Arab and foreign providers, were used by the terrorists to avoid the monitoring of the authorities.

With the development of the crisis, various advanced generations of these devices appeared, such as Thuraya mobile phones powered by AB internet, which allows the possibility of connecting these devices to the internet via computer and transmitting text documents, photos and videos via satellite at high speed.

These devices were illegally infiltrated across the border from Arab countries and foreign developed countries and parties, on top the U.S.A. and Israel.

The information found in these devices included the phone numbers of all the misleading satellite channels- al-Jazeera, al-Arabiya, BBC, France 24 and others- and the phone numbers of Arab and foreign personalities involved in the events, in addition to tendentious and biased messages stored in advance.

The third group included Iridium satellite devices operated by the U.S. military satellite communication network made up of 66 satellites covering the globe which provides audio and data transfer services of different advanced generations.

The devices were used by the terrorists and agents during the events.

The group also comprised Iridium satellite phone accessories, which are antenna placed on the vehicle's surface and connected to a phone inside the car via a cable since most satellite communication devices need Line-of -Sight between the phone and the satellite.

The fourth group included the global Inmarsat mobile communication satellite systems which operate by directing concentrated radiations towards certain points on the earth to provide voice and digital calls, videos and internet services with high accuracy and speed.

Such systems are used by the UN organizations and the embassies in Syria. There has been an increase in the number of these systems which are being imported to Qatar in unusual quantities before and during the events, which raised several question marks.

The fifth group seized a bulk which, after technical examination, was found to be a kind of an Israeli-made antenna operating on very special frequency ranges for satellite communication, which is part of an integrated satellite communication system using a network of US military satellites to provide high speed internet services to transfer data.

Unlike the previously mentioned communication systems, these systems are not commercially marketed as they require the authorization and approval of the Ministry of Defense in the manufacturing countries. The existence of these devices in Syria indicates the clear involvement of these countries, particularly that diplomats and politicians from these countries have announced intention to back the terrorists in Syria with advanced internet and communication systems.

The sixth group included radios with advanced audio players that were used by the armed terrorist groups and saboteurs to create chaos and confusion. These devices store audio clips including recorded slogans and sounds to be replayed during the gatherings near the mosques and in the crowded markets to film them as anti-government protests.

Most of these equipment and advanced devices are illegal and prohibited since they have been used without getting license from the General Telecommunications Establishment. The use of these systems and devices violate the regulating rules and legislations which guarantee that such use must not affect the security of Syria or undermine the state's position and those responsible for possessing, importing and illegally investing them should be held accountable, as it is the case in any country in the world.

These devices can be classified, according to the circumstances Syria is going through, the places where they were seized, the sides which communicated through them and the purposes for which they were used to transfer information, fabricate events and plot to undermine the country's position and security, as falling under the crime of espionage and treason.

The high cost of the seized satellite systems in terms of the equipment or the subscription confirms the big financial support provided to the terrorist and criminal groups and the involvement of some instigative satellite channels in providing these equipment.

Cellular coverage on the borders with neighboring countries has also been exploited by the terrorist groups to ensure cell phone calls and internet services benefiting from the coverage of neighboring countries, which reached between 30 and 50 km in a flagrant violation of agreements signed between Syria and these countries which set the limits of the overlapping coverage area between 1 and 3 km.

This violation can be put within the plan of some of these countries in supporting the terrorists in Syria during the events through raising the signal levels to maximum limits.


القبض على 57 مطلوباً ومصادرة أسلحة في إدلب وعلى 8 من أخطر الإرهابيين بحمص.. إرهابيون ينتحلون صفات أمنية في ريف دمشق
Arresting 57 Wanted and Confiscating Weapons and Communication Devices in Qualitative Operation in Idleb
Nov 17, 2011
Armed Terrorist Groups Kill 3 Citizens in Idlib, Sabotage Public and Private Properties
Armed Terrorist Group Storms Houses and Terrorizes People in Damascus Countryside
http://www.sana.sy/ara/336/2011/11/17/382323.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/17/382334.htm


Other incidents
وفاة شخصين وإصابة آخر بانهيار سقف بناء مخالف في حي " السكري " بحلب
الاربعاء - 16 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 10:37:29
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=758a7ee285cfd3473782473d82bf159a&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=587243527

حريق و انفجار يصيب خمسة أشخاص بجروح في حي الجميلية بحلب
الثلاثاء - 15 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 22:42:08
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=979fb32259768bedec32706c254032fe&h=%CD%E3%D5&ar=610747822

2011/11/15

Nov. 15 Regional

Pro-Syrian reactions to the Arab League resolution

AL Decision Receives Wide Condemnation among Arab Figures and Institutions
Nov 15, 2011
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/15/381823.htm
CAPITALS, (SANA) – Editor -in -Chief of Egyptian Al-Anbaa Newspaper, Abdo al-Magribi

Secretariat-General of the Arab National Conference: Arab League's Decision against Syria is Dangerous
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/15/381689.htm
Nov 15, 2011

Workers of Iraq, Yemen and Palestine Voice Support to Syria in Face of Conspiracy
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/15/381787.htm
Nov 15, 2011

Patriarch Hanna: What Happened at the Arab League indicates to big conspiracy
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/14/381617.htm
Nov 14, 2011
Occupied Palestine, (SANA)-

Archbishop of Sebastia for Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Attalla Hanna said

Lebanese Bekaa People Denounce AL Resolution against Syria (including SSNP)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/14/381597.htm
Nov 14, 2011

منتدى عربي دولي ببيروت للتصدي للتدخل الأجنبي في سورية
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381767.htm
15 تشرين الثاني , 2011
بيروت-سانا

دعا المركز العربي الدولي

شخصيات وأحزاب ونقابات لبنانية: قرار الجامعة بحق سورية استجابة لأمر عمليات أمريكي (a collection of speeches by PM, former President, MPs, etc.)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381803.htm
15 تشرين الثاني , 2011

قبلان يستنكر الانحدار الخطير في المسلك السياسي العربي (Jaafarite Mufti)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381735.htm
15 تشرين الثاني , 2011
بيروت-سانا


بنك مصر يؤجل إنشاء مصرف بسوريا لحين استقرار الأوضاع
Banque Misr postpone the establishment of a bank in Syria until the situation stabilizes
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=7dc5c42c64b4e4fecbe6d0f0e77e5cc6&ar=352752262
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 15:16:55

He revealed: "Muhammad Barakat," Chairman of Bank of Egypt said that the bank had decided to postpone the process of establishing a bank in Syria, in collaboration with the Bank of Egypt - Lebanon, which was planned to complete their licenses during the last period, but the escalation of events in Syria have led the World Bank postponed its plans to create Bank in the joint Syrian banking market.

According to the site the "seventh day", he noted, "Barakat" that the decision to postpone plans to set up the Bank joint approved by the Board of Directors of Bank of Egypt with the escalation of the bloody events of the crisis, the Syrian, not linked to the decision of the Council of the League of Arab States to suspend all the activities of Syria within The Arab League, and may be followed by of the economic repercussions.

And said, "Barakat": "The plans to build a bank of common still exist, but are waiting for stability of the political situation there, and shape and clarity of vision and the political future there, to proceed to the construction process, after obtaining the necessary licenses and approvals from the Syrian authorities concerned."

He added: "The idea of ​​establishing a joint bank in the Libyan, Syrian Arab emerged during the past year, and they include, according to Syrian law regulating the banking sector, the gradual rise of the bank's capital over several years, with the development of its work, and distributed the ownership structure of the bank's capital by 55%, in favor of Bank of Egypt, and 5%, the Bank of Egypt - Lebanon, and 15%, to Syrian investors, and 25%, for public subscription in the Syrian market. "

The bank official said a high level that the share of the Syrian Arab Investment Bank, will not be affected by the recent decision of the League of Arab States, especially as the ownership structure is divided between the "states of three-revolutionary" Egypt, Libya and Syria, a banking institution continues to provide all the services and banking, has a share the Syrian side, "the Arab investment," the Syrian people, and not owned by individuals affiliated with the system.


صحيفة قطرية : البنك المركزي الأردني يراقب الودائع السورية في 5 بنوك محلية
Qatari newspaper: Central Bank of Jordan watching the Syrian deposits in 5 local banks
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=043be1238e87b200b909b68c4c7a9c9b&ar=628234212
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 13:24:28

Qatari newspaper said that the Central Bank of Jordan imposes controls on the Syrian deposits in 5 local banks.

According to the newspaper, "The Arabs today," the country, "the Central Bank of Jordan watching and bank deposits belonging to the Central Bank of Syria and the Commercial Bank of Syria, worth $ 400 million, spread over five Jordanian banks."

The newspaper quoted a source said he refused to give his name, that "the Jordanian Central Bank is closely watching the movements of any of these deposits in the five banks of Jordan."

The Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary Daniel Glaser, has discussed with Jordanian officials in the banking sector yesterday, the possibility of preventing any attempts by the Syrian government, to avoid the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on the Syrian regime.

And held Central Bank of Syria, mid-September last, financial transactions, multiple on its assets in the Kingdom, for fear of a United Nations decision to freeze his assets abroad, most notably the transfer and deposit of $ 400 million, located in a local bank major, to the Saudi riyal, while keeping them in the bank the same, and deposit and withdraw from other banks, a $ 30 million, and around to the other bank, took over - in turn - cash transfers to Syria.

He attributed the source measures its assets on the Central Bank of Syria in Jordan, saying it was fear of a UN decision to freeze his assets. And the imposition of the European Union and the United States last April, as a result of sanctions on Damascus to use violence to suppress popular protests.


وليد المعلم يسافر إلى المغرب للمشاركة في الاجتماع الوزاري العربي
Walid al-Muallim travels to Morocco to participate in the Arab Ministerial Meeting
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=1be2624007780a47bea204ecd7ae67b7&ar=41077394
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 15:34:55

The Lebanese newspaper "al-Safir" to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Walid Moallem went on board a private plane to Morocco.

The newspaper added that "Prior to this guidance and foreign ministers of Egypt and Algeria, a request to the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil el-Arabi, invited the Foreign Minister of Syria to the Arab ministerial meeting to be held tomorrow in Rabat, for discussion of the Syrian crisis."

Also "al-Safir" said that, "the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria sent a letter to the Arab world, calling on him to form a committee of legal experts to decide the legality of the decision the Arab Ministerial Council to suspend the membership of Syria, which, on the committee will submit its report to the Rabat meeting tomorrow to decide it."


Syria Decides Not to Participate in the AL Two Meetings in Rabat
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/16/381899.htm
http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2011/11/16/381894.htm
Nov 16, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA)- An official source in the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Tuesday said Syria decided not to participate in the ministerial meeting of the Arab League (AL) Council and the Arab-Turkish cooperation meeting, due on Wednesday in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.

The source explained that after the issuance of the Arab League decision to suspend Syria's membership in the League on November 12, some brotherly Arab countries worked on suggesting solutions to restore the credibility and legitimacy to the AL work method and role, as they stressed the extreme importance of Syria's attending of the mentioned meetings.

"Therefore, Syria had decided to participate in those two meetings in response to the desire of these Arab countries and out of its belief in the consolidation of the joint Arab action away from reactions and despite its knowledge of the pressures targeted against it that had been exerted on the countries which worked to issue this disgraceful decision [on suspending Syria's membership," the source added.

"In light of the statements issued by officials in Morocco which we were officially informed of, Syria decided not to participate in those two meetings," the source said.

It concluded that "Syria, whose permanent concern was the protection and preservation of the present and the future of the Arab Nation and keeping away the threats against its decisive causes, will continue playing its pan-Arab role in spite of all the attempts aimed at undermining the joint Arab action and its institutions."


'Turkey must put an end to Syria threats'
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=8216turkey-must-put-an-end-to-syria-threats8217-2011-11-14
Monday, November 14, 2011
ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey's main opposition has called on the government to stop "threatening" Syria over a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protestors, arguing that President Bashar al-Assad should be unseated through democratic means and not foreign meddling.

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman Faruk Loğoğlu condemned weekend attacks on Turkey's diplomatic missions in Syria and warned that such action against premises considered as Turkish territory could lead to "very heavy consequences" for Syria. He denounced Assad for going down the "wrong path" and wasting "numerous opportunities" to introduce reform and end the bloodshed.

Loğoğlu, however, warned that Ankara's policy of "taking sides" in the turmoil was exacerbating the tensions and might eventually plunge Turkey into a conflict with its southern neighbor.

"Turkey must stop being a country that is constantly threatening Syria. Turkey must stop taking sides in Syria's internal unrest. If we continue with such statements, one day we could be forced to carry out these threats and may come easily to the point of conflict with Syria," he said.

"If you follow Europe and the United States in making Assad's removal a policy by itself, then you are dooming Syria to internal conflict. You are telling the people of Syria to solve the issue through violence and bloodshed," he said. "If the internal conflict grows in Syria, Turkey's interests, its national security, and the entire region will face very serious problems."

Opposition lawmakers also questioned the government's policy on Syria at Parliament's Planning and Budget Commission, which convened yesterday to debate the Foreign Ministry's 2012 budget.

CHP deputy Osman Korutürk likened Turkey's close ties with the Syrian opposition to the support that Damascus had given in the past to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He also questioned whether agreements inked with Syria during the two countries' recently flourishing bilateral ties were still valid.

Mehmet Günal of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) urged the government to explain how it "has come to a position of interfering in Syria's domestic affairs [so] soon after joint Cabinet meetings were held."

The MHP's Tuğrul Türkeş, meanwhile, said Ankara was neglecting the plight of the Turkmens in Iraq, claiming that a spate of abductions of Turkmen doctors, teachers and businessmen had cost the community a total of $4 million paid in ransom since August.

"I'm afraid the situation will get even more dramatic in January" after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, he said.


Turkey cancels oil search plans in Syria, threatens to cut electricity
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-262871-turkey-cancels-oil-search-plans-in-syria-threatens-to-cut-electricity.html
15 November 2011, Tuesday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM,

Turkey may consider terminating the sale of electricity to neighboring Syria if tensions continue to escalate over a Syrian crackdown on anti-regime protests, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on Tuesday.

Yıldız also announced that Turkey had shelved plans for Turkey's petroleum company, TPAO, to jointly explore oil with Syria's state oil company in six wells within Syria.

"We are currently supplying electricity to Syria. If this trend continues, however, we may have to revise all these decisions," Yıldız said.

Yıldız's statement came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the Syrian government following attacks on Turkish diplomatic missions in Syria over the weekend following an Arab League decision to suspend Syria's membership over its crackdown on the eight-month uprising. Turkish President Abdullah Gül also warned Syria that Turkey will have a "different reaction" if attacks similar to Saturday's are repeated.


وزارة الاقتصاد التركية تنشئ مكتب متابعة للأوضاع في سوريا
Turkish Ministry of Economy and establish the Office of follow-up of the situation in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=ec5cbb043369373f86d10941e0d726fc&ar=98615685
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 11:36:21

The Ministry of Economy of Turkey on Tuesday for the establishment of "Office of follow-up Syria," which means to examine the problems faced by businessmen, exporters and transport companies on the Turkish-Syrian territory.

The news agency quoted the "Anatolia" the ministry as saying that the office established by the follow-up will answer questions from businessmen and exporters and transport companies looking Turkish and they face problems in Syria, after a series of social and political developments in that country.

In a related context, he meets Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Haglian representatives and officials from the Turkish companies and institutions operating in Syria, as well as non-governmental organizations in Istanbul on November 17 now.

Will be discussed during the meeting the problems faced by companies and how to solve them.


في موقف يعكس عدم التقدير لما يحيط العمل العربي المشترك من مخاطر.. مجلس التعاون الخليجي يعتبر عقد قمة عربية طارئة مخصصة لمعالجة الأزمة السورية غير مجد
Gulf Cooperation Council Considers Holding Urgent Summit to Deal with Syrian Crisis Futile
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381794.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/15/381795.htm
Nov 15, 2011

RIYADH, (SANA) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Tuesday that holding an urgent Arab summit at this time is futile, a stance reflecting the lack of proper consideration of the dangers facing Arab joint action.

In a statement, Secretary General of the Council Abdul Latif al-Zayyani said that the GCC affirms support and commitment to the Arab League's resolution regarding the Syrian crisis.

Syria called on Sunday for holding an urgent Arab summit to deal with the Syrian crisis and consider its negative repercussions on the Arab situation.

Nov 15 Economy

هل نعود لزمن الحطب ؟؟ .. أزمتي المازوت والغاز تؤرقان الشارع الحلبي
Do you go back to the time of the wood?? .. Diesel and gas crises roiling the streets of Aleppo
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_articles&id=bb64b6fb2fdb29ab29a2750c2fa5c0a3&ar=329336644
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 14:36:44

Resulted in the crisis in the lack of diesel fuel in the market, creating a new crisis is the lack of gas and its monopoly by distributors, while the officials returned to the reason for this holiday and I fell on the cold early and not having a culture of equality and a belief among citizens.

Were still alive and the city of Aleppo suffer from a growing shortage of diesel fuel, followed by newly-gas crisis and the monopoly by the distributors and an increase in the price of regular.

During the survey the views of the Aleppo street, the accusations and the inability of officials to ensure the needs of the country with the largest share of their views, in light of the crisis faced by Syria, and brought them to the crisis, the greed of some citizens and Anthazethm.

Depends on the availability of fuel oil from the know!!

A citizen told Aks al-Ser that "in the crisis in Syria is still some of the officials and merchants from the youngest to the administrator of the law dealing Sadcop (nepotism and cronyism), and the availability of fuel oil or gas is linked to every family who knows how much to pay??.

While another said "the inefficiency of some and their ability to deal with the crisis led to the emergence of the crisis when he was in them often ignores the fact that there is a crisis."

Provide back .. Back to the wood heater

It is interesting to the attention of the citizens a say, "We now proceed to the back," because Azva from the use of ethylene gas oil and gas and the use of firewood as fuel for the use of each house.

He added, did not they stop for expensive fuel oil, gas, and not provided by, moved it to the wood material, which is now difficult to obtain and almost be classified in the list of diesel and gas, despite the high price.

While a re-citizens to the cause of the crisis most citizens do not have wisdom in dealing with crises that the country going through a difficult situation.

Responsible for Aks al-Ser: early cold attack caused the increase in demand for ethylene fuel oil and gas

And the Aks al-Ser source in the province of Aleppo said that "the attack early cold caused the increase in demand for ethylene fuel oil and gas, while most citizens do not have a culture of equality in the distribution and total advantage of the opportunity to trade its share of the diesel.

The committees were composed of mayors, district had registered the names of residents living in neighborhoods to distribute fuel oil on them, each according to his needs.

The source said: "We sent tanks, each starting with a popular neighborhood of Karam pigment until the Ashrafieh district, for the distribution of fuel oil under the supervision of government officials."

The source added that "the quantities of fuel oil available, but demand Bidder with the start of winter cause of the crisis and congestion."

The gas, the source said: "The growing demand for diesel fuel, resulted in a tendency of people to use gas for heating and cooking Almighty utilize it daily in the cold."

Source of supply in Aleppo: stop the gas plant at the feast has led to a lack of material

As the source of the Directorate of Supply in Aleppo, that "the holiday of eight days led to the suspension of production of the gas plant, and therefore natural that a crisis in the market as a result of his request as an alternative to diesel."

He said: "The crisis will end within days pending the sufficiency of the citizens of gas and therefore there will be a surplus in the market."

The diesel fuel, which is now considered the backbone of life for all the family, the source explained that "there is congestion on the normal distribution in the tanks during neighborhoods, causing many people not get it."

Use by citizens

"The recent discovery of a number of citizens recruited a large number of parents and relatives, to buy a larger quantity of fuel oil, it was worth the formal from the tank, while the cars they sell a wide margin in the price due to the need of car for that."

"We asked the owners of most of the tanks from the Directorate that is the distribution of fuel oil to the severity of congestion and the problems that arise during the distribution."

Is defined within the laws of buying and selling that "the increased supply leads to a decrease in demand," we say in the inverse equation: supply is low and therefore there is a crisis!!.

An economist's Aks al-Ser: the cause of the crisis and there are some weak people and Exploited

He attributed the cause of the crisis economic expert for the presence of a number of their souls vulnerable and exploited at the same time the inability to meet supply and demand.

He added that it pays citizens to search for alternative energy source, fuel oil and other gas. "

He continued, "now there is an increased demand for ethylene fuel oil and gas, electricity is expected in the future, which will make us go into another episode of crisis."

He concluded by saying, "Foundation will then work on the electricity rationing plan, will have a share in the discontent of citizens, and therefore the continued existence of those weak souls crisis than the crisis."


فقدان مادة المازوت وتصريحات المعنيين مستمرة !!...المواطنون يتساءلون ولا جواب من ( سادكوب ) !! الأمر لم يعد يحتمل التصريحات بل يجب حله ميدانياً وفوراً
Loss of diesel fuel and the statements of concerned citizens continues !!... no answer from the wonder (Sadcop)! It's no longer possible, but the statements must be resolved in the field and immediately
http://jamahir.alwehda.gov.sy/__archives.asp?FileName=96183501720111114224415
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Tuesday 15 - 11 - 2011
Abdul Rahman Al-Hammadi

By the cold and rain, it became the modern main and almost only is the loss of diesel fuel, which means the word (loss) per Matnih of a word, we are not talking about (the crisis) or (bottleneck) article, but talking about the (scarce) material in the stations and shops and tanks ..

Citizens with the loss of material on vigil tried to find alternatives is the gas for those who have heater works on gas, which led to the loss of material as well, and ultimately the solution is the use of heaters that run on electricity without thinking bill exorbitant that will come inevitably has led to pressure huge power grid has led to long interruptions lasting more than two days in some areas as in the hand Aghanndorh where he continued power cuts of four in the morning on Saturday and until the fourth Sunday evening And so on the rest of the areas and neighborhoods in Aleppo.

Frustrating round:

Day pause feast took Daikm "Ppaduna" empty and began a tour of all the gas stations in Aleppo and its environs in the hope of obtaining liter diesel no more, but every station there was a crowd of holders of "Alipidonat" may have preceded me some of them beg the owner of the plant and its workers, some of whom are waiting and he knows that awaited in vain and the majority complained in the case of do not have the only complaint most owners of the stations confirmed that the diesel did not come to them a few days ago, and there are stations outside the city takes diesel to fill the cars that run on diesel so we went for stations outside the city was the case on what is .. Crowds of holders of "Alipidonat" and disappointment on the faces of everyone and ... Not diesel!!.

What the citizens:

Here and there some Haorna holders "Alipidonat" waiting Here are examples of those interviewed:

Shaher j citizen (50 years) time ago did not enter my house to one liter of diesel .. Now as you can see intense cold and we are in a pause of Eid, Edwar since morning from place to place to get to two liters just for the bathroom but to no avail .. I ask the government where the diesel .. My brother Oaidoh to what it was twenty pounds of any but the scalp ..

Mahmoud N. (35 years) last year was the price for a liter of diesel of 20 pounds, but it is available and buy Ballitr Barrel without any trouble .. Now lower the price of diesel, what happened? The answer is clear .. Diesel is smuggled and smuggle them past that is not me and these people .. But known to run away diesel.

Khaled's (30 years) I have a small child in the house cold and bone necrosis hardest thing to see your child shivering from the cold and cannot do anything, and secure the Oases-liter diesel to him about the cold ..

Angry citizen who refused to be named, said: I am the moral upbringing prevents me from just thinking procuring electricity illegally, but now changed my convictions .. I will go back home and (steal) power because that is the only solution to warm my family we do not find a need to mention the rest of the dialogues because they are similar to what we have on the whole whiny .. Mlhov to get a few liters of diesel .. In the end, not diesel!!

Words and promises, GOVERNMENT:

On the other hand is still overwhelms us and told the minister of oil and other concerned the subject of diesel .. Overwhelmed with numbers large quantities of diesel fuel the huge and is pumped to milk with every statement reassuring the Oil Minister citizens that the Aigrul, Vhajthm of fuel oil available and will reach them and continued statements and promises that have signed the ax head and was cold and the rain and I wish remarks of the Minister were not only statements.

Everyone is wondering:

Is it possible to remain concerned material and fuel oil supplied to the citizens so silent powerless?!

Yes (silent powerless) citizens as a whole because we are no longer convinced stream of statements and promises from this side or that all decisions and actions.

Is the inability of the Executive Office of strict field procedures and immediate reach of the diesel citizens?.

Is unable to adjust the fuel for their tanks to unload their cargoes in plants is governed by the supervision of the points of fair filled Pedonat holders Alipidonat crowds waiting on the gas stations? .

Is unable to the Directorate of Economics and Commerce, the operational elements of the stations to prevent tampering and smuggling article? .

Do you .. Is it ... Did we ask dozens of questions every day in front of officials in Aleppo, without exception, since each bears the official part of this unacceptable situation (Executive Office - the economy and trade sections of the police party apparatus ... etc.).

And on the outside of the responsibility.

According to the following:

We promise to stand on this, we were told that a decision that was issued to the owner's family registration book to get his name (500) liters, and the citizen about this decision do not know where his name will go down and when its quantity will come along?

We hope the agency that issued the decision that was true clarification through the media to know the researcher for diesel (the head of the legs), as the saying goes.

And after

Our name and on behalf of the citizens of Aleppo say to all concerned officials and that there is no longer any time for apathy in providing diesel fuel to citizens, there is no longer convinced to all the promises and statements, but must develop solutions in the field and an immediate end to this situation ... We are confident that the concerned authorities in the province of Aleppo will not fail us .. and follow-up.


استبعد استجابة الدول العربية للعقوبات الاقتصادية ..مدير صندوق تنمية الصادرات : توقعات بتجميد اتفاقية التجارة الحرة العربية مع سورية
Ruled Arab states in response to economic sanctions .. Director of the Development Fund for Exports: Outlook to freeze Arab Free Trade Agreement with Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=4c91b070dc917b8af0902ccdbe221502&ar=778584479
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 8:57:50

The Director of the Export Promotion Fund "Ihab Ismandar" It is difficult to predict the economic sanctions which will be announced by the League of Arab States towards Syria, but it may take the form of freeze deal Convention Greater Arab Free Trade (Gafatta) with Syria, which came into full implementation in early 2005 to facilitate and develop trade exchange between Arab countries and the pursuit of Arab economic integration, according to the newspaper "home."

And "Ismandar" that the size and impact of sanctions varies depending on the business relationship between Syria of all Arab countries, this impact would be dangerous if applied by a country like Iraq, for example the fact that the share of Syrian trade with up to 25%, ruling out simultaneously to respond to some countries Arabic such as Iraq, Lebanon, the sanctions would be imposed by the Arab League because the damage will be common to both parties.

He predicted the lack of response to other countries because of these sanctions would be harmed more affected side, such as Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, where the percentage of exchanged trade with the latter to 15%.

And said, "Ismandar": "The impact will be huge, as are his marketing the Arab world, and can be psychologically rather than physically, and this does not mean that Syria will not be affected by the decision also because there are Arab states will respond to sanctions and the volume of trade exchange Syrian Arab up to 50%, and therefore, this decision could open the front of some friendly Arab states, fraud ports for export and import from Syria and creates a double disruption. "

The "Ismandar" that there are solutions, outlets can be used by traders, and these methods are used even before the talk about sanctions, Arab, such as China imports goods from Syria and the return of the issued and this allows marketing Syrian products abroad without origin, Syria, stressing the need to search for Always new outlets, since the interest of any country in the world, whether sanctions or not to diversify its trade relations with the countries of the world, it may be very useful for Syria to expand its activity with China, especially the commercial and other friendly European countries.

Although the Syrian trade affected about the introduction of European Union sanctions on Syria, but Ismandar is that this damage would be based on Syria, even if it does not impose these EU sanctions, Europe is experiencing the problems of the financial crisis and debt and build them to reduce European consumption, and become those countries resort to import for countries with low-price goods such as China, for example.

The Arab countries are the most important destination for Syrian exports, with an estimated share of about 53% of the total Syrian exports in 2009, The European Union in the second place by about 30%, and, if applied to the Arab economic sanctions imposed by the League of Arab States to be Syria lost the most important markets for the disposal of their products, and it remains her only activate their relationship to trade with friendly European countries like Russia, China and some other countries as statistics indicate that the volume of trade exchange with countries that Syria can resort to are: China, 8.49% of its imports, and South Korea 5.17%, and Brazil 3.22%, and India 2.14%, Argentina 2.05%, Malaysia 1.67%, Romania 1.34%, Japan 1.23%, Spain 1.22%, Taiwan 1.08%.

Nov 15 International

مجلس الأمن يدين الاعتداء على السفارات في سوريا
Security Council condemns attack on embassies in Syria
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=1b2fb63f934b9fe3fc83c67de5bc1cce&ar=560276667
Tuesday - November 15 - 2011 - 11:49:45

UN Security Council condemned, the attack on the diplomatic embassies and consulates located in Syria, where the damage, violation of the inviolability of diplomatic missions, in addition to a breach of the Vienna Convention of 1961, which require host countries to protect diplomatic missions.

And include such conviction under silent procedure in the Security Council, which passed into the actual implementation of what has not contested any of the Member States to a conviction, within twenty-four hours to reach a verdict.

This indictment comes after the crowd armed with sticks and knives, attacked the embassy in Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Syrian capital Damascus, French and Turkish consulates in the city of Latakia on Saturday, after it suspended the membership of the League of Arab Syria.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that a group of demonstrators, "the illegal assembly in front of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Damascus and stoned, then Oakbwa that stormed the building, did not the Syrian forces procedures to ensure to prevent them, where they manipulating the contents of the embassy and stay for a period that the security forces intervened Syrian and drove them out. "

The statement, carried by the Saudi Press Agency that "it deplores the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strongly this incident, it carries the Syrian authorities responsible for security and protection of interests of all its employees in Saudi Arabia and Syria under international conventions and treaties."

Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador from Damascus in August.

Residents said that similar attacks have occurred in Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, where mobs targeted French and Turkish consulates.

A spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, that France has only an honorary consulate in Latakia and that he was not aware of their vulnerability to attack.

He quoted the French ambassador in Syria, he said, he had no aware of any attacks on French diplomatic interests or other interests in Syria.

The attacks came hours after the suspension of the membership of the League of Arab Syria, for its failure to implement a promise to halt the armed suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations that began eight months ago and opened a dialogue with opponents. The senior diplomat in Damascus and the occurrence of such attacks.

For his part, the Gulf Cooperation Council condemn strongly "attacks" experienced by Saudi Arabia and Qatar embassies in Damascus, by a group of Syrian demonstrators.

The Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Gulf Arab Abdul Latif Al Zayani in a statement: "This attack is a violation of diplomatic norms of international diplomatic missions," and called on Syrian authorities to take necessary security measures to protect diplomatic missions and their personnel, and to hold the aggressors so as not to repeat such actions unacceptable, as required by international conventions and treaties. "

Also directed the Libyan embassy in Damascus a memorandum of protest to the Syrian Foreign Ministry after he was pelted with stones located by the Syrian protesters Sunday.

A number of Syrians attacked the embassy building located in the neighborhood of Abu Rumana famous center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, and they bent to break the glass facades of the building and destroy the surveillance cameras, installed on the walls of the embassy, ​​while enabling a group of protesters from entering the building and climb to the surface where lowered the flag of Libya.


سيناتور روسي: موسكو تتفق مع المعارضين السوريين على عدم عسكرة الازمة في سورية
Senator Russian: Moscow agrees with the Syrian opposition to the non-militarization of the crisis in Syria
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/571723
15.11.2011 20:41

Enable the Russian side of the agreement with the Syrian opposition to the principle of preventing the militarization of the crisis in Syria. This came on 15 Nov. / November in the words of Elias Omakhanov Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation in the wake of his talks with the delegation of the Syrian National Council headed by Burhanuddin pipe.

He admitted that the modern Ahumakhanov did not witness the accordance of all situations. He said: "After all we can agree on some matters of principle," adding that "he had reached an understanding to the effect that any form of foreign military intervention is considered to be unacceptable. And we agreed that moving forward requires overcoming differences and tactical Seralbed about the other. According to the words of Deputy President of the Federation Council, "the participants in the meeting agreed to do everything in their power to stop the violence and preventing the escalation of the confrontation agent turns to the serious political tension militarization of the conflict, where it is impossible to talk about democratic change and there is the security factor on both sides."

Ahumakhanov He said: "We have agreed to transfer this signal to the Syrian authorities to make every effort to avoid further escalation of the situation and stop the fighting, the Syrian." He added: "But this reference also to the armed groups engaged in, including the work of supporters and those with a terrorist nature."

In this regard, the Russian senator said: "Unfortunately, there are armed formations of armed attacks."

He Ahumakhanov expressing Moscow's constant lies in the intention to bring the warring sides to sit down as soon as possible to the negotiating table and stop the bloodshed in the republic, said: "We would like to hope that the changes are long awaited by the Syrian people in the context of peaceful engagement and dialogue Syrian year."

The Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation, which has already visited Syria recently headed a delegation of members of the Russian Federation for the field on the situation in this country, pointed to the correspondence is full of the positions of the opponents of the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria and abroad. He said: "There are certain differences between the testimony of representatives of the Syrian opposition, and opinions are followed by the internal opposition. He said:" We met with these and those. What unites them is the concern over the fate of Syria and the fate of the Syrian people. "

He stressed that the dialogue Ahumakhanov Moscow with a broad spectrum of the Syrian political forces will continue. He recalled that the Russian leadership, parliament and public opinion Russians are following carefully what is happening in the Republic. The deputies visited the Supreme Council of the Russian parliament cities experiencing disturbances, and whether they met with representatives of the leadership of the country's policy Aorjal who follow different political opinions.

Omakhanov believes that such meetings "Tattabrdharoria very fact that they reflect the mood prevailing in the society." He said: "We have today agreed to continue consultations, whether by social organizations, for example, by the Russian Association for Solidarity and Cooperation between the peoples of Asia and Africa, which had invited the delegation to visit Russia or by the Parliament and diplomatic channels if necessary."

Source: "Itar - Tass," Russian news agency reported.


موسكو: أبلغنا المعارضين السوريين بموقفنا الداعي إلى الالتزام بموقف بناء للحيلولة دون التدخل الخارجي
Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow Informed Syrian Opposition about its Stance in Rejection of any Foreign Interference
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381785.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/15/381809.htm
Nov 15, 2011

MOSCOW,(SANA)- Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received on Tuesday a delegation of the Syrian opposition abroad which is currently in Moscow upon an invitation by the Russian Society for Solidarity and Cooperation with Nations of Asia and Africa.

In a press statement, the Ministry added that the delegation was informed about Russia's stance which calls for adhering to a constructive stance to overcome the issues raised in Syria today, implementing reforms that would serve the interests of all the Syrians, and preventing the foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs.

In its statement, the Ministry indicated that the Russian side clearly called upon all the Syrian opposition groups, which reject violence as a means for achieving political goals, to immediately participate in the Arab League's initiative on settling the internal Syrian crisis through launching dialogue between the Syrian authorities and the opposition.

Bogdanov Stresses that Overcoming Crisis in Syria without any Foreign Interference

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov called for exerting more efforts to implement the Arab League initiative and achieve a political settlement in Syria through ending all forms of violence and starting an open dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition.

Meeting Syria's Ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, the two sides discussed the situation in Syria.

Bogdanov stressed Russia's stance which calls for overcoming the internal crisis by the Syrians themselves through dialogue and reforms without any foreign interference.

Umakhanov Calls for Starting Dialogue between Syrian Government and Opposition

Deputy chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Ilyas Umakhanov stressed the need for a peaceful internal dialogue in Syria.

Umakhanov's remarks came during the council's meeting with representatives of the Syrian opposition abroad.

He added that the talks dealt with the situation in Syria, peaceful cooperation and means of holding a wide internal dialgoue with the support of the Syrian society, ending violence and avoiding escalating the confrontation in the country.

Umakhanov reiterated the need for stoping the killing, indicating to the armed groups that commit illegal and terrorist acts.

He said that the situation in Syria should be solved peacefully without any foreign interference, adding that Russia is interested in initiating dialogue between the Syrian authority and the opposition.

Umakhanov highlighted the strong economic and military cooperation between Syria and Russia, indicating that the Russian leadership, the Russian public opinion and the Council's members are carefully monitoring what is happening in Syria.


Lavrov meets Syrian opposition in Moscow
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/15/60450371.html
Lada Korotun, Alexander Vatutin
Nov 15, 2011 21:53 Moscow Time

"The crisis in Syria must be settled without foreign interference", Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a meeting with a senior leader of the Syrian National Council, Burhan Ghalioun in Moscow on Tuesday.

Sergei Lavrov urged members of the SNC to immediately join the implementation of the Arab League`s initiative to settle the crisis through diplomatic talks between the government and the opposition. The talks in Moscow focused on finding the means to stop the bloodshed in Syria, and this is where President Assad`s critics expect Moscow to tak an active role as a mediator.

In the meantime, Moscow announced that supporting the opposition does not mean accepting the president`s resignation, which is demanded by the SNC. Even the Arab League does not submit such kind of demands. When asked by the VoR`s correspondent to comment on the issue, Mr. Ghalioun said that Assad must go as the only remaining obstacle in the way to democracy:

"He has not fulfilled any of the conditions set forward by the League. The initiative urged to halt the bloodshed in Syria. As we know, between 20 and 40 civilians are being killed in Syria every day. Obviously, this impedes the negotiation process. The initiative also demands the release of all political prisoners. Assad has not freed anyone. He must order a crackdown on his special forces since they have been terrorizing the local population. And finally, the Arab League`s initiative stresses that those officials who are found responsible for killing the demonstrators must be prosecuted," Burhan Ghalioun said.

Deputy speaker of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, Ilyas Umakhanov, who was also present at the talks in Moscow, told the VoR that although the sides failed to agree on all the issues on the agenda, they still see eye to eye on many crucial things:

"Russia has repeatedly stated its position which is about diplomacy and dialogue. Moscow opposes any third country interference into a state`s domestic policies, not to mention the use of force. We believe that the Syrian nation should decide its future by way of peaceful democratic reforms."

On his part, Burhan Ghalioun said the Syrian opposition insists that the UN Security Council should ensure the security of protest campaigns:

"The Syrian nation is very sensitive to any interference from outside. We always say that we want to resolve our issues ourselves. We have asked our Russian friends to help us with it meaning that Russia, together with international organizations, the West, and the Arab League would create a balance of forces to guarantee a peaceful and calm way out of the crisis."

The protection of civilians does not imply military interference but involves sending observers from the UN, for example, UN blue helmets, to Syria, Ghalioun said. He added that if the opposition comes to power in Syria, Russia's interests in Syria will be fully observed:

"During these talks, we managed to remove serious tension between the Syrian opposition and Russia. Our Russian friends have come to better understanding of what is going on in Syria and that all the efforts should be aimed at meeting the Syrians' needs for freedom and democracy."

As for the conflict in Israel, here Syria's position is also unchangeable. Ghalioun said that the opposition would resume talks with Israel from the point at which they had been halted by the current regime. The return of the occupied territories, the Golan Heights, and the creation of a Palestinian state are the principal demands of the Syrian party. However, these issues will need to be discussed at future talks.


Syrian opposition fails to shift Russia stance on Assad
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-15/154157-syrian-opposition-fails-to-shift-russia-stance-on-assad.ashx
November 15, 2011 05:04 PM
By Benoit Finck
Agence France Presse

MOSCOW: The exiled Syrian opposition on Tuesday failed to convince Moscow to toughen its stance against the regime of defiant leader Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the Paris-based dissident delegation said.

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The Arab winter
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/15/60415392.html
Igor Siletsky
Nov 15, 2011 13:40 Moscow Time

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the Western nations against encouraging the opposition in Syria to stage a coup. Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on Monday, he urged them to hold themselves responsible for the unraveling situation in the country with a lot of conventional weapons being funneled to local extremists. Sergey Lavrov is meeting the Syrian opposition leaders in Moscow on Tuesday.

The antigovernment protests have been raging in Syrian cities from March. According to the UN estimates, about three and a half thousand people have been killed in these clashes, which prompted the West to impose sanctions on the government of Bashar Assad. The mood is changing though, as tens of thousands took to the streets the other day to show their support for the President. People in Syria got angry over the decision of the Arab League to suspend the membership of their country and burned several foreign embassies, driving Turkish diplomats out of the country. Syria, one of the League founders, was not happy about this step either and urged the League to call a special summit, but the Arab countries have not responded so far.

Several days ago the League proposed a road map plan to solve the Syrian crisis. One week later it blamed Mr. Assad for not complying with the proposed plan. Sergey Lavrov reminded at the press conference in Moscow that after the road map has been unveiled, France described it as a "dead" one, while the US advised the opposition not to respond to Assad's calls to ground arms in exchange for amnesty. The Western nations are encouraging Syrian radicals to stage a coup and reject any dialogue with the authorities.

This slapdash step, taken by the League is uncharacteristic of the East. In an interview with the Voice or Russia the expert in Oriental studies Boris Dolgov points out that it is a sign that the decision was forced by the Western coalition.

"Syria is seen in the West as a close ally of Iran, as a country which supports the Palestinian radical movements. So they want to change the rule of Bashar Assad with a power more loyal to the West. This explains constant pressure, including that of the Arab League that blindly follows the Western politics."

xThe expert from the Russian Institute for strategic studies Azhdar Kurtov says that Syria is bound to become the next victim of NATO.

"This very campaign that includes attempts to turn the Arab allies against Syria and accuse Bashar Assad of scaremongering is a sign that Syria will be the next victim of the experiment that the US is conducting in the Middle East. Russia and China as permanent members of the UN Security Council can at least prevent the Western nations from legitimizing their efforts to destabilize the situation in Syria and stage a coup. The Libyan scenario should not repeat in Syria."

Not all the US allies are comfortable with this ongoing Arab spring that is changing into the Arab winter. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liebrman stressed that his country is opposed to a possible upheaval in Syria. The West will have to build relations with new Middle East democracies that show anti-Israeli sentiments. And these disturbances only add fuel to the fire. The Israeli political scientist Alex Cogan explained this phenomenon in an interview with the Voice of Russia.

"We are not especially happy about the Syrian authorities, but at least this government is stable. This is our enemy, but it has brakes to stop. Those forces which may replace it will be unstoppable. Bearing in mind the fact that Syria possesses not only missiles, it is hard to predict repercussions. All this Arab spring was promoted by people who did not have a clue what was about to happen when those whom they supported would come to power."

"The European Union meanwhile has its own way and is toughening sanctions against Syria adding another 18 names to the black list. The list still features 19 Syrian organizations the accounts of which have been frozen by the EU."

Russia believes that no sanctions are able to resolve the problem. Instead of encouraging new protests and arming radicals, it is necessary to help the sides to launch a constructive dialogue. This is exactly what Sergey Lavrov will be pushing for at a meeting with the Syrian opposition leaders in Moscow on Tuesday. Syria supports the role of Russia and hopes to avoid the Libyan scenario.


Pro-Syrian reaction to the Arab League resolutions

مثقفون هنود يستنكرون قرار الجامعة تعليق عضوية سورية
Indian intellectuals condemn the decision to The Arab League suspended the membership of Syria (India)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381808.htm
November 15, 2011
NEW DELHI (SANA) -

رئيس تحرير(الأنباء) المصرية: مؤامرة ل ضرب عناصر القوة بالأمة.
Egyptian daily (al-'Anbaa') plot to striking elements of power to the nation (Egypt and India)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/15/381720.htm
November 15, 2011
Cairo - New Delhi - SANA

Lebanese and Syrian Communities in Argentina Denounce AL Resolution against Syria (Angentina)
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/14/381609.htm
Nov 14, 2011


Syria stops oil payments to France's Total: company
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2011/Nov-15/154161-syria-stops-oil-payments-to-frances-total-company.ashx
November 15, 2011 05:32 PM
Agence France Presse

PARIS: Total said Tuesday the Syrian government has stopped paying for oil the French energy giant produces in the country, which is the target of a European Union ban on oil exports.

"We are no longer being paid," a Total spokesman said, confirming media reports. He said the company had since late September "slightly" reduced its production in Syria but was continuing to produce oil and gas there.

The spokesman would not say when the payments had stopped, nor how much money was involved.

Total and the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell are the largest foreign international oil producers in Syria, where the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has brutally cracked down on anti-government protests.

Last week, the Financial Times newspaper reported that both companies were no longer being paid the by the government in Damascus.

In September, the European Union banned crude oil imports from Syria, a tough measure against Damascus as the 27-nation bloc buys 95 percent of its oil exports, providing a third of the regime's hard currency earnings.

More than 70 people died on Monday in one of the bloodiest days of Syria's eight-month uprising, activists said, as Assad's loyalists reacted angrily to growing isolation.