By Eric Umansky Before my fiancee and I headed to Syria to study Arabic, we often heard there was one advantage to living in a police state: almost no crime.
Syria is cracking down more on Internet use, imposing tighter monitoring of citizens who link to the Web, as well as jailing bloggers who criticize the government and blocking YouTube and other Web sites deemed harmful to state security.
Beirut - As expected the Lebanese government has officially decided to boycott the Arab summit in Damascus that will be held on March 29, 30 in the Syrian capital.
Beirut - Lebanon will most likely boycott the forthcoming Arab Arab summit in Damascus due to the current presidential crisis in the country, Ambassador Mohammad Chatah a senior adviser to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Tuesday
Beirut- According to Lebanese government Sources , Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora may deliver a televised speech about the Lebanese position regarding the current crisis and Lebanese-Syrian relations
Beirut / Amman - As expected Jordanian king Abdullah Bin Hussein will boycott the Damascus summit and Jordan will send a low level delegation headed by lower level delegation the Jordanian government announced Tuesday
Beirut- MP Akram Chehayeb on Tuesday accused Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah of pledging to shed the blood of writers and journalists who oppose his policy.
Beirut- Lebanon's Information Minister Ghazi Aridi, said "owing to the blocking of the presidential elections and the disruption of the Arab initiative Lebanon has decided to boycott the Damascus summit.
Beirut- The Lebanese political parties in Lebanon are skeptical about any breakthrough that could resolve the Lebanese crisis during the scheduled Arab summit in Damascus.
The "Right Opposition"parliamentary faction joined boycott of TV channels Rustavi 2 and MZEannounced the day before by Georgia's United Opposition, REGNUM correspondent reported. According to one of thefaction leaders Manana Nachkebia, the faction members are not goingto give interviews or
At about 17:00 Moscow time onMarch 25, South Ossetian office of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces forthe Georgian-Ossetian conflict settlement received information,according to which about 30 citizens of South Ossetia, mainly womenand children, were blocked by the Georgian police without explaininga
Georgian opposition, responding to appeal of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia IliaII, has stopped a hunger strike, REGNUM correspondent has reported. The action has also been halted byactivists of the United Opposition who were on the hunger strikeaction since March 9
Starting next month Britain will begin airlifting a total of 2,000 Iraqis out of their native country as part of a plan to help Iraqis who worked for the British military settle here, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Citing documents
A gay Palestinian man has been reunited with his Israeli partner after Israel granted him permission to move from the Occupied West Bank to Tel Aviv, an official said Tuesday. "We granted a temporary permit to this Palestinian, because his
A coalition of Comoran and African Union (AU) troops on Tuesday invaded the rebel island of Anjouan and hunted down its renegade leader, exchanging fire with his supporters along the way. Hours after the pre-dawn operation was launched, the 1,400
A Yemeni man whom British police urgently want to speak to in connection with the murder of a Norwegian student has returned home but is not on the run, his lawyer said Tuesday. British police have been trying to contact
US officials on Tuesday denied reports that an Egyptian was killed when a US Navy chartered ship opened fire on small boats near the Suez Canal, confirming the incident but insisting no one was hurt. Egyptian accounts, however, said one
Osama Hamdan, the Hamas Movement representative in Lebanon, met with Future Movement MP Bahia al-Hariri on Tuesday to discuss recent developments related to the end of violence in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, which is located near the coastal
A Moroccan court convicted Rachid Ninni, head of daily newspaper Al-Massae, of libel Tuesday and ordered him to pay damages of $816,000 to four prosecutors. The court in the capital Rabat also told Ninni, managing editor of the Arabic-language daily,
