Lawrence Davidson, a professor of Middle-East History at West Chester University, believes that it would be premature to state that Syria is on the brink of all-out civil war. However, a part of the country’s opposition, he says, wants the violence to continue, whereas the voice of peaceful protesters has been lost amid the foreign-funded uprising.
One person has been killed and several people have been wounded by gunshots fired on an anti-American demonstration in Kabul, Reuters reports. Police reportedly opened fire on violent protesters, who were smashing cars and charging the police line. ...
Large numbers of people have turned up for angry demonstrations in Afghanistan after US-led forces in the war-wracked country burned copies of the Holy Qur’an, Press TV reports. ...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that "Russia will not participate in the meeting of Friends of Syria in Tunisia", asserting that his country has many questions about the meeting scheduled on February 24th.
The Algerian State Minister and the Secretary General of the National Liberation Front Party Abdelaziz Belkhadem on Sunday criticized the Arab League (AL) stance towards what is taking place in Syria, saying that it needs deep reconsideration.
Several academic and popular figures across the Syrian provinces expressed confidence that the new draft constitution meets the aspirations of the Syrian society towards change, reform and development.
A senior member of the Bahraini opposition has asked the international community to put pressure on the United States to force it to stop supplying weapons and poisonous gas to Bahrain, Press TV reports.
China stance on the Syrian crisis will stand the test of time, and its vote against the United Nations General Assembly resolution was consistent with the goals of the international organization, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said.
Iraq decided to beef up the security measures on its borders with Syria, in an attempt to prevent cross-border infiltration attempts and smuggling weapons.
President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun the historic friendship relations connecting Syria and China as well as the situation in Syria.
