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An interview with Bassam Alkadi, President of the Syrian Women Observatory ___________________ Posted by Camille Otrakji for Syria Comment. Bassam Alkadi is President of Syria’s main women rights organization. A relentless fighter for human rights in Syria. Although he has been fired from his job, arrested, jailed and forbidden from traveling, he continues to be [...]
Syrian opposition conference held in Semiramis hotel in Damascus with 200 opposition members. This marks the first time the opposition has meet openly in Syria. Opposition members have come out from hiding and into the open to voice their desire for democracy and reform. “Every step that helps bring together an opposition is a positive [...]
Buthaina Shaaban has just announced on behalf of the Regional Command of the Baath Parth a list of reforms on al-Jazeera. Here is what I got On the social side – Raise the salaries – today. Syria To Raise State Employees’ Wages By Up To 30% Zawya. Next week we will have another decision to [...]
I received the following email from a Syrian friend, which summarizes a debate a number of Syrian friends have been having. I suspect it mirrors the sort of debate that many other Syrians have been having. He writes: I have been on the sideline of this debate….. Let me try to summarize my position about [...]
CBS news reports that “The government of Syria has already reassigned hundreds of niqab-wearing school-teachers to administrative offices where they would not have contact with students.” AP’s Edward Yeranian writes that the recent ban “follows a decision last month to dismiss 1200 Syrian school teachers who wear the face veil in class. Education officials, at [...]
Syrian political writer set free after 3 years in jail Tue May 19, 2009 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian authorities released prominent writer Michel Kilo from prison Tuesday after he completed a three-year sentence for political crimes related to his calls to mend relations with neighboring Lebanon. “Michel Kilo was set free [...]
Private sector fills Syria’s learning gap By Anna Fifield in Deir Atiah, Financial Time, 2009-03-04. Zaina had two options: she could study engineering for free at a state university, or she could study medicine, her preferred subject, at a private institution for $10,000 a year. The choice was simple. “I didn’t want to be an [...]
Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman Briefs on Meetings With Syrian … QUESTION: Hisham Melham. AMBASSADOR FELTMAN: Hi, Hisham. QUESTION: What would you expect the Syrians to do as a prelude for higher-level meetings and a return of the American ambassador to Damascus? AMBASSADOR FELTMAN: You know, Hisham, this was not a meeting where the Syrians set [...]
By Erich Follath DER SPIEGEL [posted by Alex] Washington still counts him as part of its axis of evil, but Europe and Russia — and, more recently, even archenemy Israel — are courting him as a negotiating partner. The ruler of Damascus, Syrian President Bashar Assad, wants to lead his country back to the international [...]
Posted by Alex Syrian economist and highly respected reformer Aref Dalileh who has been serving a 10 years sentence in jail since 2001 has been released following a presidential pardon. افرجت السلطات السورية اليوم الخميس "بموجب عفو رئاسي" عن المعارض عارف دليلة المعتقل منذ سبع سنوات حسب ما ذكر رئيس المنظمة الوطنية لحقوق الانسان عمار [...]
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