World English News » Syria http://worldenglishnews.com International English Language News Articles and Blog Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:17:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Turkey-Iran relations not affected by Syrian crisis http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/04/02/turkey-iran-relations-not-effected-by-syrian-crisis/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/04/02/turkey-iran-relations-not-effected-by-syrian-crisis/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:30:24 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=2266 [Today's Zaman]-  Turkey’s Foreign Minister admitted that Iran and Turkey have differing positions over the crisis in Syria.  He has denied that this has caused difficulties with relations between the two countries.

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/04/02/turkey-iran-relations-not-effected-by-syrian-crisis/feed/ 0 Jordan stops Syrian monitoring mission http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:02:17 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=2126 [Al Arabiya]-  Jordan’s Foreign Minister confirmed that the country has withdrawn its monitors from the Arab League mission in Syria.  The League withdrew from the mission due to increased violence.  Syria’s president has blamed foreign intervention for the worsening attacks.

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/feed/ 0 UN resolution on Syria could cause civil war http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/31/un-resolution-on-syria-could-cause-civil-war/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/31/un-resolution-on-syria-could-cause-civil-war/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:52:49 +0000 kaitlyn http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=2092 [Voice of America]-  According to Russia, a Western and Arab exertion for the UN to find a resolution on Syria will inevitably lead to civil war.  Russia’s foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov believes that the consistent push for Western and Arabs resolution will not lead to a compromise.  Recent fighting in the Damascus suburbs and central province of Homs in Syria led to about 100 civilian deaths.

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/29/syrian-military-fights-rebels-in-damascus-suburbs/feed/ 0 Syria buries victims of contested bombing http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/07/syria-buries-victims-of-contested-bombing/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/07/syria-buries-victims-of-contested-bombing/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:33:55 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=1795 Services were held in Damascus for victims of a suicide bombing which killed 26 people.  Buenosairesherald.com reports, “The blast, which also wounded 63 people, occurred before an Arab League committee meets in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the future of an Arab monitoring mission that has spent two weeks checking whether Syria is keeping its pledge to halt a 10-month crackdown on opponents of four decades of Assad family rule.”

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/01/07/syria-buries-victims-of-contested-bombing/feed/ 0 Gunmen kidnap 5 Iranian engineers in central Syria http://worldenglishnews.com/2011/12/21/gunmen-kidnap-5-iranian-engineers-in-central-syria/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2011/12/21/gunmen-kidnap-5-iranian-engineers-in-central-syria/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:35:50 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=1675 From this AP story in finance.yahoo.com, “Iran’s official news agency says gunmen in Syria have kidnapped five Iranian engineers building a power plant in a central region of the country roiled by political unrest.”

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2011/12/21/gunmen-kidnap-5-iranian-engineers-in-central-syria/feed/ 2 Denmark dumps Iraqi refugees in favour of Burmese http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/20/denmark-dumps-iraqi-refugees-in-favour-of-burmese/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/20/denmark-dumps-iraqi-refugees-in-favour-of-burmese/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:31:21 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=645 The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ago Immigration Minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech announced that Denmark would be accepting a quota of refugees from the Arabic nation.

However, this week she reversed the decision, saying that priority would now be afforded to refugees from Burma residing in Malaysia. The minister also announced that Denmark would be refusing refugees from fellow Muslim countries Jordan and Syria.

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