Political Parties of Syria

Alleged Baathists confess to attacks

Iraqi officials air videos showing alleged confessions by Baath Party members Men in videos say they helped in bombings that killed 160 last month Some say government trying to discredit Sunni Muslims so they won't run for...

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Abboud says no obstacles preventing an understanding between Future Movement, FPM

Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud told New TV on Sunday that there are no obstacles that prevent reaching an understanding between the Future Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement, saying that “it does not mean an alliance will...

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Lebanese Cabinet's saga finally ends

The formation of a Lebanese unity government on Monday by Prime Minister Saad Hariri was a triumph for the opposition bloc rather than for his majority coalition. Since the FPM is the key Christian component of the Shiite...

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Syria jails four Kurds for banned party membership: watchdog

DAMASCUS, Nov 10, 2009 (AFP) - A Syrian court of exception has sentenced four Kurds to six-year prison terms for belonging to a banned political party, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. "The State Security Court...

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The Warlord in His Castle

'This country is like a cake. On the top it is cream. Underneath it is fire.' - Hezbollah spokesman 'We don't want the great Syrian prison.' - Kamal Jumblatt The Middle East is a rough part of the world, especially for its...

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Kanso says Sfeir’s rhetoric resembles that of Kataeb, LF

In an interview with NBN television on Wednesday, State Minister Ali Kanso commented on Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir’s recent statement that the majority and the minority cannot meet in one cabinet, saying,...

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Iraq urges UN to stop neighbours' meddling

Baghdad (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed on Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours he accused of meddling in its internal affairs as he met a UN special envoy.

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Iraq urges UN to stop neighbours' meddling (AFP)

AFP/File – Destroyed vehicles litter the street outside the ministries of justice and labour following last week's … by Prashant Rao Prashant Rao – 13 mins ago BAGHDAD (AFP) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to...

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Fares: Sfeir’s positions biased, impede cabinet formation

Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) bloc MP Marwan Fares said that Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir is still following a policy biased toward March 14 and added that his rhetoric is impeding the formation of the...

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Soueid says Jumblatt has right to be open to SSNP, Syria

March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soueid said after the secretariat’s meeting on Wednesday that Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt has the right to be open to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party...

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