Saturday, May 26th 2012

 
Tags (9) : Syria

Syria accepts Arab League peace plan after Cairo talks

Yacout Info | 11/03/2011 | News
Syria has accepted a peace plan proposed by the Arab League to end more than seven months of violence, the League says. The statement came after Arab League officials met in Cairo to negotiate a solution to the turmoil. The agreement includes the release of prisoners, the withdrawal of security...
Arab League, Bashar Al Assad, Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, Peace plan, Syria

Arab warning over Syria bloodshed

Yacout Info | 10/29/2011 | News
Clashes between Syrian troops and suspected deserters have reportedly killed 17 soldiers, a rights group says, while Arab foreign ministers have condemned the murder of dozens of civilians during anti-regime protests The latest civilian bloodletting came on Friday as worshippers emerging from...
Arab League, Arab warning, Bab Amr, Deir Balaa, Rami Abdel Rahman, Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Syria clashes kill 30

Yacout Info | 10/28/2011 | News
Syrian security forces killed at least 30 people on Friday as they pursued a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters after activists called for a no-fly zone to protect civilians and soldiers deserting the army, a rights group said Syrian security forces killed at least 30 people on Friday as they...
30 killed, Homs, Hussamedin Ala'a, Preside Bahir Al Assad, Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, UN

UK’s Hague visit in north africa

Yacout Info | 10/20/2011 | News
Tackling Iran’s nuclear program will become more urgent over the next year and the world must not be distracted from it by the focus on the Arab Spring popular uprisings, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday Hague said U.S. allegations of an Iranian-linked plot to kill the Saudi...
Iran, Mauritania, North Africa, Syria, William Hague

Arab Protests Send Tourists to Europe, Costing Region $7 Billion

Yacout Info | 10/17/2011 | Tourism
Shaun Mattingley began arranging a tailor-made family holiday to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan five months before their Feb. 19 departure, eager to show his wife and daughter “the Egypt I had grown to love over the years.” They never made it. With Hosni Mubarak’s regime in its dying days, he canceled...
Arab protest, cost to Mena region Orascom Develoment, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Tourists to Europe, Tunisia, Turkey

Morocco breaks up terrorist cell -Police Department

Yacout Info | 10/02/2011 | News
Morocco's security forces have broken up a five-member terrorist cell that used to operate in the cities of Salé (near Rabat) and Casablanca, National Police Department said on Saturday in a statement.  The statement added that the dismantled cell includes a member linked to the former emir...
Al Qaeda, Argana, Ayman Ai-Zawahiri, Casablanca, Marrakech, Salé, Somalia, Syria, Terrorist cell, Turkey, Yeman

Morocco voices 'serious concern' over Syria crisis

Yacout Info | 08/11/2011 | News
Morocco expressed deep concern over Syria's brutal crackdown on anti-regime protesters and called for an "inclusive" dialogue to end the crisis.   "The kingdom of Morocco, which has traditionally refrained from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, expresses today its...
Morocco, Syria

The Economic Impact of the Arab Spring on the Region

Yacout Info | 06/14/2011 | Economy
Six months have passed since the Tunisian vegetable street hawker Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze starting a region wide revolution that has toppled the Presidents of Egypt and Tunisia with the leaders of Yemen and Libya are following fast. The wave of protests swept through Bahrain, Jordan and...
Bahrain, Egypt, IMF, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, World Bank

Marrakesh bomb suspect was expelled from Libya: minister

Yacout Info | 05/09/2011 | News
The main suspect in last week's deadly bomb attack in Marrakesh was previously expelled from Libya and Portugal, Moroccan Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui said Friday after three people were arrested. The alleged bomb-maker, accused of killing 16 people including eight French nationals, "was...
Al Qaeda, Iraq, Libya, Marrakesh bomb, Salafist, Syria