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The violent response to a peaceful protest to save Istanbul’s Gezi Park symbolizes an autocratic government’s increasing encroachment on the civil rights of the country’s citizens. We hope for new dialogue—one that can restore the trust of…

MOSCOW-  European Council President Herman Van Rompuy reaffirmed the absence of any alternative to a political solution to the crisis in Syria in his speech at the opening of the Russia-EU summit in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday. The European…

MOSCOW-  European Council President Herman Van Rompuy reaffirmed the absence of any alternative to a political solution to the crisis in Syria in his speech at the opening of the Russia-EU summit in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday. The European…

Syria has ever been committed to dialogue among all Syrians as a means of political solution to the ongoing crisis in the country. The political leadership repeatedly underlined and asserted such a wise way out from the crisis and away from…

    Ala'a Najm Al-Deen Kordo Date of Birth: 1988 Date of Martyrdom: April 9, 2012 Civil Status: Single                 Hamed Jawdat Ghosoun Date of Birth: 1981 Date of Martyrdom: April 10, 2012 Civil Status: Single               Hatem…

Damascus, (ST)_ Environmental Affairs State Minister, the Natheera Serkis, has chaired the first meeting of the national committee to improve air quality in Syria. “The meeting aimed to lay down a national plan that includes the schemes and…

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ People 's Assembly (PA) head of the National Reconciliation Committee Omar Osei stressed on Monday in a meeting with citizens from several Damascus neighborhoods that the parliament is working closely for settling the issue…

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ The Republic 's Grand Mufti Dr. Ahmad Badr Eddine Hassoun, stressed that Syria is a country of love and peace that embraced all Arabs and Muslims, pointing out that having some misled young Tunisians does not change the fact…

California musician Brad Carter plays guitar with a finger-picking style. So when Parkinson’s disease caused his fingers to tremble, he gradually lost his touch. Drugs helped for awhile but eventually doctors told Carter he could get a…

He was born in the countryside of Antakya, Syria, in 1930. Naim Ismail was  considered as one of the most outstanding Syrian plastic artists . In 1953 , he graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul, specialized in oil painting.…