Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin this week on the need for diplomatic progress to end the conflict i...
Barack Obama will host David Cameron at the White House on Monday; with Syria, terrorism and the global economy set to top the agenda. The meeting...
Nerve agent Sarin appears to have been used in the devastating two-year civil war in Syria, David Cameron said, as he prepared to travel to Russia for...
The ten things you need to know on Wednesday 8 May 2013... 1) A MODEST SPEECH FROM HER MAJESTY From the Times: "The Queen will open a new ses...
Syria likely has little choice in continuing to acquiesce in the shipments of weapons to Hezbollah via its territory. The last thing the Assad regime needs now is a war with Israel, but it is now far too weak to call the shots itself.
The ten things you need to know on Tuesday 7 May 2013... 1) LET'S GET OUT OF EUROPE Poor Dave. Last week, the Tories were trying to fend off the...
I joined Unicef after about six months of working with the NGO. Being in Unicef gives me the chance to stay in my country, keep a job, and help vulnerable children at the same time. Life here does get lonely sometimes, with my family and friends out of the country. Everyone goes home before sunset and prefers to stay indoors for safety, which leaves no room for social life after work. I go home in the evening and continue working. Power supply is erratic, and water is available only every few days, and only for a few hours.
There is little evidence to suggest that sending in our bombers or arming the rebels will ratchet down, rather than ratchet up, the violence. Remember: weapons are fungible. We have no way of preventing the al-Qaeda-affiliated members of the opposition from getting hold of bombs and bullets supplied by Britain and France. Nor does anyone have a credible plan of action for the day after Assad falls.
The ten things you need to know on Sunday 5 May 2013... 1) DEPUTY COMMONS SPEAKER ARRESTED FOR RAPE It's Nigel Evans MP. "Top Tory arrested f...
Thousands of Syrians have fled coastal towns, amid reports that roving pro-government gunmen were targeting people in the area, killing men, women and...
Syria is the deadliest place for journalists, who are deliberately targeted by both the government and rebel groups, according to a new human rights r...
The United States said it was considering arming the Syrian rebels, as another massacre was reported. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said handing we...
Only 12 per cent of Americans back arming the Syrian opposition movement a new poll has found, after President Obama suggested he would consider inter...
Out of all the places to meet Zuheir Salem, the number two man of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB), a David Brent-style office in Alperton, north London, is probably the least expected. The office of the SMB is so elusive that even the security guard does not know what the SMB are or what they do.
The French should come up with a plan, seek NATO support, and begin its operation. This would force America's hand at not wanting to be seen deserting its oldest ally....another "special relationship" one might say.
The ten things you need to know on Sunday 28 April 2013 (aka 'Ed Balls Day', see below]... 1) GIVE US BACK YOUR BENEFITS (PLEASE) From the Sunda...
There is "limited but growing evidence" that chemical weapons have been used in Syria's civil war, David Cameron has said. The Prime Minister said ...
Callous though it may sound, the needle on the horror-meter has not yet gone high enough.
Britain has echoed the United States, saying there is "limited but persuasive" evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria's bloody civil w...
The ten things you need to know on Tuesday 23 April 2013... 1) 'YOU'VE GOT TO SPEND MONEY' Ahead of this Thursday's potentially dire GDP figures...
A couple of days ago I was invited onto RT Arabic TV to do an interview about the ongoing clusterfuck that is Syria, with a particular focus on the is...
A hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army has attacked an American news organisation's website - but is refusing to say exactly why. ...
Foreign ministers from the G8 are holding talks in London on Thursday with tensions on Korea high on the agenda, as well as discussions about the ongo...
Halabja is one of those place names, like Srebrenica and Katyn, that are etched into the collective memory of the extremes of man's inhumanity.
According to Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), there are about 200,000 persons in need of humanitarian assistance in the governorate, but the actual number is expected to have increased recently. People have come from other parts of the country including Homs, Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, Idleb, and Deraa. New arrivals continue to flow into Tartous on a daily basis.
