MENA News Syria’s Economy Goes Underground As Black Market Thrives Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 5, 2013 0 With his truck fully laden with vegetable oil, driver Mustafa Demir makes his regular trip to the Syrian border…
International News Obama Wins Backing For Syria Strike From Key Figures In Congress Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 4, 2013 0 President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for…
MENA News As Obama Pushes To Punish Syria, Lawmakers Fear Deep U.S. Involvement Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 3, 2013 0 President Barack Obama's efforts to persuade the U.S. Congress to back his plan to attack Syria were met with…
International News Obama Sends Kerry, Hagel To US Senate On Syria Vote Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 3, 2013 0 US President Barack Obama will send his diplomatic and defense chiefs to Congress Tuesday, intensifying a fervent…
MENA News Syria Attack Causes Divisions At Arab League Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 2, 2013 0 Saudi Arabia and the Syrian opposition called on Arab states to support a Western attack on the regime of Bashar Al…
MENA News Arab League Shies away from Backing Action Without UN Support Yomna Yasser Sep 2, 2013 0 The Arab League urged the world to punish the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons, but failed to…
MENA News Samples Show Sarin Gas Used in Syria, Kerry Says Yomna Yasser Sep 2, 2013 0 The Obama administration asserted Sunday for the first time that the Syrian government used the nerve gas sarin to…
MENA News Why the Outcry over Chemical Attack, But Not the Earlier 100K Deaths? Yomna Yasser Sep 1, 2013 0 After the guns of World War I fell silent, the world’s nations convened in Geneva to outlaw for the first time an…
International News Obama Asks Congress To Approve Military Strike Against Syria Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 1, 2013 0 President Barack Obama stepped back from the brink on Saturday and delayed an imminent military strike against…
MENA News Middle East ‘Crisis of Confidence’ in U.S. Dampens Support for Syrian Strikes Yomna Yasser Aug 31, 2013 0 Middle Eastern nations that desperately want to rid the region of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been…