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The Syrian army is doing some military exercises in which its land, air and sea forces are involved with live ammunitions being used in case of an eventual attack. With tensions rising with its former ally, Turkey, leading to deployment Read more
Relations between the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland tend to take a different direction following a newspaper report. A report accompanied with a photo emerged in one Swiss newspaper showing what seems to be a Swiss made hand grenade bought Read more
The bodies of the pilots in the Turkish jet brought down by Syria have finally been found. The central command of Turkey’s armed forces released a statement saying that they have been found on the seabed of the Eastern Mediterranean Read more
A transitional Syrian government has been agreed upon by world powers at the Geneva talks. This plan is seen as the final solution to remedy the 16 month long crisis after the failure of Kofi Annan’s peace plan. The new Read more
Turkey is building up its military presence and air defense systems along its southern border, following Syria’s downing of a Turkish fighter jet, an incident which has further strained already-frayed relations between the two neighboring countries. Footage aired by several Read more
Al Qaeda has seized the opportunity of the Arab Spring uprisings to spread its influence and spawn new bases, says the chief of UK intelligence service. As the radical Islamist organization started losing steam in Afghanistan and Pakistan following the Read more
Tuesday was a busy day for Syria. President Assad held the swearing in ceremony of the new cabinet and took the opportunity to deliver a key message to the country. He touched on issues regarding the actual political and socio-economic Read more
Following the shooting down of its F-4 phantom aircraft by the Syrian air force on Friday, Ankara has now decided to refer to article 4 of the NATO’s founding Washington Treaty to call for consultations with NATO members which will Read more
Fighting in Syria is still going on as both the government forces and the rebels continue to count casualties after the Kofi Annan Peace Plan failed to align both sides to a ceasefire agreement because of the continuous killings from Read more
Bankers in Syria have said that the government has released new banknotes into the system which are believed to be printed in Russia. The new move is in line with Damascus’s aims at curbing inflation and easing its fiscal deficit Read more