[06 July 2012] Bahrain revolution still alive - English
[06 July 2012] Bahrain revolution still alive - English
The Persian Gulf Island of Bahrain has experienced near daily anti-govt. protests for more...
[06 July 2012] Bahrain revolution still alive - English
The Persian Gulf Island of Bahrain has experienced near daily anti-govt. protests for more than 16 months, but you don't hear an outcry from Western countries like the US, or the international community for that matter over the situation there, unlike their reaction to Syria. The Bahraini regime even arrested an 11 year old boy recently for taking part in demonstrations.
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[06 Nov 2013] Riyadh urged to halt policy of terrorism against Syria And...
The Syrian information minister says Saudi Arabia is responsible for death and destruction throughout the Muslim world today -- including in Syria....
The Syrian information minister says Saudi Arabia is responsible for death and destruction throughout the Muslim world today -- including in Syria. Omran al-Zoubi made the remarks in a television interview, in which he advised Riyadh to halt its policy of terrorism against Syria and other regional countries, such as Iraq, Lebanon, and Algeria. He had particularly scathing criticism of the Saudi foreign minister, saying Saud al-Faisal has always driven Saudi policy toward failure. The comments came after a meeting between Faisal and his U-S counterpart, John Kerry. During the meeting on Monday, the Saudi official reportedly lamented the international community\'s inaction on the Syrian crisis, particularly the U-S decision not to intervene militarily. Syria has long accused Saudi Arabia of being one of the main regional patrons of the foreign-backed militants, which provides military and financial support to them.
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[10 Feb 2014] Syria calls for urgent UN condemnation of massacre of...
Syria has demanded a stern and urgent UN condemnation of the massacre of Alawite villagers committed on Sunday by foreign-backed insurgents.
The...
Syria has demanded a stern and urgent UN condemnation of the massacre of Alawite villagers committed on Sunday by foreign-backed insurgents.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has written a letter to the UN secretary general and the chairman of the Security Council detailing the bloodshed. Officials say more than 50 people --including women and children -- were killed in the attack on the village of Ma\'an in Hama province. Damascus has called for the condemnation of both the militants and their international backers. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has also acknowledged that the massacre happened. The tragedy occurred hours before the launch of the second round of peace talks in Geneva. On Monday, the government delegation began the talks with a draft statement on the massacre. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said that the foreign-backed opposition should have condemned the incident out of patriotic and moral duty.
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[30 May 13] The Debate: Crackdown on Bahraini people continues - English
Targeting of activists, who demand freedom and change, continues by the authorities in Bahrain. Scores of people remaining in prison or detained...
Targeting of activists, who demand freedom and change, continues by the authorities in Bahrain. Scores of people remaining in prison or detained for opposing the government, including prisoners of conscience and people sentenced after unfair trials.
Human rights defenders and other activists harassed and imprisoned. And people dying from inhaling teargas fired by Saudi-backed regime forces.
In a fresh sign of its unrelenting crackdown, Bahrain\\\'s regime forces attack the funeral procession of a 31-year old man, Omran al-Seyed, who died after inhaling tear gas in the village of Karzakan. Regime forces tried to disperse mourners by firing tear gas and stun grenades.
Bahrainis have been protesting against the Al Khalifah regime for over two years now. Manama has responded with an iron fist. Scores have been killed and many injured or arrested during the crackdown. The U.S. and its allies have turned a blind eye to the atrocity which has been facilitated by Saudi Arabia\\\'s intervention in Bahrain.
In this edition of the Debate, we\\\'ll discuss Bahrain, including new developments, such as UK\\\'s arms sale, and why the international bodies and countries who promote democracy have failed to do anything about the cries coming from this tiny Persian Gulf Kingdom.
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[31 Jan 2014] Syrian FM accuses US of sabotaging talks - English
The Syrian foreign minister says the Geneva two conference had no tangible results because of the foreign-backed opposition\'s quote immaturity....
The Syrian foreign minister says the Geneva two conference had no tangible results because of the foreign-backed opposition\'s quote immaturity. Walid al-Muallem also accused the United States of interfering in the meetings.
Speaking on the last day of the talks on Syria, Muallem said the government delegation had agreed to discuss everything but the opposition refused to address the issue of terrorism and threatened to derail the talks. Earlier in the day, Syrian information minister Omran al-Zoubi said the opposition delegation will not win concessions from Damascus in any future talks. Meanwhile, Loay Safi a member of the so-called Syrian National Coalition says Damascus was forced to attend the talks because of the actions of the insurgents who are QUOTE the true voice of the Syrians.
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