Tuesday, 23 April 2013 19:54
Posted by Muhammad Iqbal
DAMASCUS: An EU plan to buy oil from rebel-held areas of Syria is illegal and an "act of aggression," the Syrian foreign ministry warned on Tuesday in letters to the United Nations."In an unprecedented decision that contradicts international law and the UN Charter the European Union has decided to allow member states to import petrol under the pretext of supporting the opposition," it said, quoted by state news agency SANA. "It is an illegal decision and an act of aggression." Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
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DAMASCUS: An EU plan to buy oil from rebel-held areas of Syria is illegal and an "act of aggression," the Syrian foreign ministry warned on Tuesday in letters to the United Nations."In an unprecedented decision that contradicts international law and the UN Charter the European Union has decided to allow member states to import petrol under the pretext of supporting the opposition," it said, quoted by state news agency SANA. "It is an illegal decision and an act of aggression." Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
BEIRUT: Syria's opposition condemned on Tuesday the kidnapping of two Orthodox Christian bishops seized in the north of the country, and blamed the regime of President Bashar al-Assad for their capture. "Efforts to uncover the identities of the clerics' kidnappers and to liberate them indicate that the Syrian regime is responsible for the kidnapping, and (the) killing of Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim's driver," said the National Coalition. Ibrahim, the head of Aleppo's Syriac Orthodox diocese and ...
KIRKUK: Clashes Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead and about 70 injured, top army officers said.The clashes broke out around 5:00 am (0200 GMT) when security forces entered an open area in Hawijah, west of Kirkuk, where demonstrations have been held since January, the high-ranking officers said.Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
JERUSALEM: President Bashar al-Assad is using chemical weapons against rebel forces in Syria, a senior Israeli army officer told a conference on Tuesday."Assad is using chemical weapons in Syria," said Brigadier General Itai Brun, head of research and analysis in the army's military intelligence division, in remarks quoted on the army's official Twitter feed.Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
JERUSALEM: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel was meeting Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday at the end of a three-day trip which saw him touting strong backing for Israel despite differences over Iran's nuclear project.With US-Israeli relations strained over questions about the imminence of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear programme and Hagel dogged by his past criticisms of Israel, the Pentagon chief has stressed his full-throated support for the Jewish state in his first visit ...
DOHA: A Qatari court has sentenced a Muslim barber from an unknown Asian country to 40 lashes over consuming alcohol in the Gulf state, a local daily reported on Monday.
The man was arrested following a complaint by another who accused him of harassing his domestic worker by throwing at her a piece of paper on which he scribbled his phone number, Al-Sharq daily reported.
Police found him drunk when they arrived, it said.
"As a Muslim, the ...
BEIRUT: Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made new advances on Sunday on the rebel stronghold town of Qusayr near the border with Lebanon, reports said.Activists say the army, backed by pro-regime militia and the Lebanese Hezbollah, is aiming to crush insurgents in villages surrounding Qusayr, and to then launch an assault on the town itself.Three new shells launched from the Qusayr area landed in eastern Lebanon, the official National News Agency reported, in ...
