Assyrian Democratic Organization ADO
The US says Mr Kanaan ensured Syria dominated Lebanese politicsThe US has frozen the financial assets of Syria’s interior minister and its head of intelligence for Lebanon, saying they aided terrorism in Lebanon. Washington also said Americans were now forbidden from doing business with Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan and …
Read More »Who’s who in Syria’s leadership
Abdul Halim Khaddam, Vice-President Born in 1932, Mr Khaddam has exercised considerable influence for three decades and is regarded as a leading hardliner. Khaddam is linked to Lebanon and attended ex-PM Hariri’s funeral A Baath Party official in the 1960s, he became foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the …
Read More »G.I.’s and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border
The firefight, between Army Rangers and Syrian troops along the border with Iraq, was the most serious of the conflicts with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, according to American and Syrian officials. It illustrated the dangers facing American troops as Washington tries to apply more political and military pressure on a …
Read More »The Syrian National Front
The who’s who ( 1 / 2 ) ALL4SYRIA- with cooperation with Syria Today –July 2005 The right of the Ba’ath Party to lead the state and country is written into Article 8 of the Syrian constitution. That’s not to say there aren’t other political organisations working. Here Syria Today …
Read More »Syria Stonewalls Prosecution of Murderers of Two Assyrians
Hassake, Syria (AINA) — The murder of two Assyrians in Syria last Fall (AINA 10-31-2004) by a Syrian National Guard officer and the subsequent Syrian government inaction have highlighted a profound vulnerability of and discrimination towards the indigenous Christian community there. On the evening of October 16, 2004, Mr. Ibrahim …
Read More »Syrien will heute mit Truppenabzug beginnen
Nach dem steigenden internationalen Druck soll der Abzug der syrischen Soldaten aus dem Libanon heute beschlossen werden. In Damaskus trete der syrisch-libanesische Oberste Rat zusammen, um den vom syrischen Präsidenten Baschar el Assad angekündigten syrischen Truppenabzug aus Libanon formell zu beschließen. Danach werde die Rückverlegung der syrischen Truppen beginnen, sagte …
Read More »An Interview with Bachir Saadi Chairman ADO
An Interview with Bachir Saadi Chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Organization’s Political Bureau [Zinda: The following interview was carried by an Amuda journal staff on 27 December 2004 with Mr. Bachir Saadi, chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Organization’s Political Bureau. ADO stands as the largest Assyrian political organization in Syria …
Read More »Full Details of What Happened in Hassake, Syria
An Assyrian man named Ibrahim Nasim Abdul-Ahhad owns a coffee shop in the neighborhood. About 2 weeks ago, the members of this Arab family had an internal fight in the family. Some of their men went to coffee shop of this Assyrian man and sat their playing cards and drinking …
Read More »Syrian Police Round Up More Assyrians, 38 Detained
Background A personal conflict between an Arab Muslim from the al-Radhi family and an Assyrian Christian from the Abraham family culminated in the murder of an Assyrian man on October 16. The Arab member of the Al-Radhi family enlisted the aid of members of his family and klan, including an …
Read More »More Than Twenty Assyrians Detained in Syria
On October 16 Naseem Abraham, a 35 year old married Assyrian man, was murdered; his friend Yalda Yacoub was shot when he attempted to help him and subsequently died at the hospital (story). Representitives of the Assyrian Democratic Organization in Syria have stated that more arrests are expected. © …
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