by Diana Moukalled | Apr 20, 2015 | Opinion
A few days ago, members of the UN Security Council watched a video showing a Syrian doctor attempting to rescue children who had allegedly been the victims of a chlorine gas attack by Syrian government forces. After viewing the video, the United States’ ambassador to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2015 | Middle East
Damascus, Reuters—The PLO said on Thursday it refused to be drawn into supporting any military offensive in the war-battered Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus, backing away from earlier comments by one of its members that lent support to Syrian army action...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, AP—A 54-year-old lawmaker and a former minister, became the second candidate to register his bid in Syria’s almost universally scorned presidential elections, officials said on Thursday. A day earlier, a lawmaker from Aleppo announced his candidacy for...
by Nazeer Rida | Apr 21, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—United Nations officials renewed their warnings of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus on Sunday, the day after they predicted existing food supplies in the camp would run out after...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian military stepped up its airstrikes on Aleppo and Damascus on Friday as peace talks between Syrian government and opposition in Switzerland entered their third day. At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured after...
