Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:52
Posted by Muhammad Iqbal
AL SHUNAH: King Abdullah II of Jordan, where some 500,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria are being sheltered, called on Saturday for an urgent political solution to the conflict raging north of the border."In Syria, a political solution is urgently needed to stop that country's dangerous fragmentation and to resolve the dire refugee crisis," the king said."Our Jordanian population is now hosting 10 percent of its size in Syrian refugees and this may double by year-end," and its people are "generously sharing scarce water and other resources"."For host countries like us and Lebanon; for displaced and vulnerable Syrians, both inside and outside their country, increased humanitarian assistance from the global community is vital. But what is ultimately needed is an immediate end to the violence, so all the Syrian people can rebuild their country."The king's appeal comes as world powers are trying to bring the Syrian regime and its ...
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AL SHUNAH: King Abdullah II of Jordan, where some 500,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria are being sheltered, called on Saturday for an urgent political solution to the conflict raging north of the border."In Syria, a political solution is urgently needed to stop that country's dangerous fragmentation and to resolve the dire refugee crisis," the king said."Our Jordanian population is now hosting 10 percent of its size in Syrian refugees and this may double by year-end," and its people are "generously sharing scarce water and other resources"."For host countries like us and Lebanon; for displaced and vulnerable Syrians, both inside and outside their country, increased humanitarian assistance from the global community is vital. But what is ultimately needed is an immediate end to the violence, so all the Syrian people can rebuild their country."The king's appeal comes as world powers are trying to bring the Syrian regime and its ...
DUBAI: Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged the United Arab Emirates not to deport migrant building workers for staging a rare strike to demand better pay and conditions."It would be scandalous if the UAE deported workers who have taken a courageous stand for their basic rights," HRW Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson said in a statement. The New York-based group cited media reports claiming authorities in the UAE had slapped deportation orders on 43 ...
BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman cautioned the Shiite group Hezbollah on Friday over its militia fighting alongside regime troops in neighbouring Syria."The resistance is more noble and more important than anything, and should not get bogged down in the sands of dissension, whether in Syria or Lebanon," he said in a statement, referring to Hezbollah's strong stance against Israel.Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia said on Friday it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.The Saudi health ministry has "collected large samples from bats and other animals, including camels, sheep and cats," said Saudi Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish.So far, there have been 44 lab-confirmed cases worldwide of the virus, which until now has been ...
SANAA: Attackers blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline on Friday, halting the flow of crude, the defence ministry and industry sources said."Subversive elements" in Serwah in the central Maarib province had blown up the pipeline which leads to the Red Sea, the statement said.The pipeline had been pumping around 125,000 barrels per day (bpd), an industry source told Reuters.Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
AMMAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to Israel on Thursday as he kept up a push to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to peace negotiations amid a growing scepticism over his efforts.Making his fourth trip to Israel since he began his tenure as the US chief diplomat in February, Kerry was due to arrive later Thursday and head straight into talks with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders.The meetings come after a long ...
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have arrested 10 more suspects in an alleged Iranian spy ring unveiled two months ago, an interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.The eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk bring the number of people arrested to 28, the official SPA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.However, a Lebanese arrested in March has since been released."The results of investigations by security services have led to the arrest of the other 10 involved ...
