Syria

ADO-World.org By MOHAMMAD ALI ATASSI The New York Times: June 26, 2011 Beirut, Lebanon IN 2009, National Geographic published an article on Syria by a special correspondent, Don Belt, who had interviewed President Bashar al-Assad. In 2000, shortly after the funeral of his father, President Hafez al-Assad, the son entered …

Bloomberg, June 28, 2011 MOSCOW, Russia – ADO-World.org – Russia’s envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov called for an end to "all forms of violence" in Syria and urged talks after meeting a delegation of human rights activists from the Middle Eastern country. "We want to see an end to all …

By DAVID NOWAK, Associated Press June 28, 2011 MOSCOW, Russia – ADO-World.org – A Kremlin Mideast envoy told a visiting Syrian opposition delegation on Tuesday that Russia sees no other friend in Syria than its people, saying "leaders come and go." Mikhail Margelov’s comments signal a possible softening of Russia’s …

During a month stationed in Deraa, neither Wasid nor any of his fellow conscripts saw a single armed demonstrator Martin Chulov in Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 ADO-World.org – Wasid, a Syrian conscript, set off for the southern town of Deraa in late April filled with the zeal of …

"Who are these people who will take part in the dialogue?" said Georges Chachan, a member of Syria’s Assyrian community and an opposition activist now living in Belgium. "If they are people chosen by the regime to speak in the language of the regime and to work on the timetable …

ADO-World.org PATRICK MARTIN JERUSALEM — Globe and Mail Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 Above the tomb of Hafez al-Assad in the Syrian mountaintop village of Qardaha is a verse from the Koran: “Obey Allah. Obey the Messenger and those charged with authority among you.” It’s an attempt by the Assad regime …

ADO-World.org Maher al-Assad, the Syrian president’s younger brother, has become a man of many epithets. By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent The Telegraph 09 Jun 2011 To the regime’s opponents, he is "the most feared man in the country"; "the Butcher of Deraa" or simply "the enforcer". As Syria’s uprising …

FRANCE 24 June 8, 2011 ADO-World.org – A woman claiming to be Syria’s ambassador to France announced her resignation live on FRANCE 24 on Tuesday. But in subsequent statements on other news channels, a woman saying she was Syria’s envoy to Paris denied that she had resigned. A woman claiming …

ADO-World.org June 8, 2011 Paris (CNN) — Syria’s ambassador to France, Lamia Shakkour, denied Tuesday that she has resigned her post, declaring late in the day that she would remain in her job until President Bashar al-Assad no longer wants her to remain in it. "At no moment have I …

 Denouncing the cycle of violence in her country, Syrian ambassador to France Lamia Shakkour has resigned live on FRANCE 24.