Accordingly the Construction Week Online news portal, TAV Construction (TAVC), a 21.7% subsidiary of Akfen Holding (AKFEN TI, Buy), will bid for airport projects in Kuwait and Bahrain. Comment: TAVC's backlog as of 1Q13 was USD 2.4bn and possible ....
Former opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib gives President Assad a deadline of 20 days to hand of power to his vice president or prime minister as part of a new initiative to end the crisis, ahead of an opposition conference in Turkey.
Background Briefing by a Senior State Department Official
Special BriefingSenior State Department Official
Amman, Jordan
May 22, 2013
QUESTION: [Senior State Department Official], did the opposition firmly commit to attending the Geneva conference...
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"Les 'amis de la Syrie' font pression sur l'opposition pour participer à la conférence de Genève 2", titre le journal d'Amman, où se sont réunis le 22 mai les ministres des Affaires étrangères de 11 pays (Allemagne, Arabie Saoudite, Eg...
Ankara: Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said today, as the country increased security measures along its frontier with Syria following a pair of deadly b...
Turkey's state-run agency says a pro-Chechen businessman has been shot dead in the Turkish capital, the latest victim in a wave of assassinations of Chechens in Turkey.
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Syrian opposition activists have gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, to elect the head of anti-Assad forces at a conference that is expected to find a single voice for Syria's main opposition bloc, the National Coalition, and other opposition groups.
La participation au vote par Internet est en léger recul par rapport au premier tour de la législative de 2012 en ce qui concerne la 8ème circonscription. Le cas de la 1ère est plus grave. Selon les chiffres issus du Bureau de Vote Electronique (BVE), la participation au vote par Internet a légèrement diminué dans la [...]
Chechnya's honorary consul in Turkey, Medet Ünlü, was assassinated late on Wednesday in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the country’s police department told Russian reporters.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey's Kurdish region,— Diyarbakir 8th High Criminal Court has sentenced former editor in chief of Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, İbrahim Güvenç, to ten years three months and 22 days in prison for allegedly spreading propaganda on the...
o Iran and Hezbollah urged to pull out of fight for Qusairo US backs UK's bid to amend EU arms embargooSyria negotiates with Russia over attendance at talks o Opposition gathers in Turkey to decide on ...
Syria's main opposition group gathers Thursday for a landmark conference in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss peace talks with the regime, as rebels on the ground suffer a massive army onslaught.
The National Coalition's fresh round of talks is s...
Baku is a way for Turkey and the Turkish people to the Caucasus, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis said at the opening ceremony of the Europe-Azerbaijan Society office in Istanbul, Anadolu agency said today.
by Charles Naas At last the Obama Administration has found a reasonable Syria policy. The critics will continue to insist that the US provide arms to the rebels, but it will be difficult to get more traction for this while the initiative with the Russians holds out hopes, although slender, for the beginning of a process
HERMEL, Lebanon (Reuters) – On a country road in Lebanon’s northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead. With...
Bahrain leading opposition society Al Wefaq has suspended its participation in the Kingdom's "national dialogue" after a wave of raids and detentions by security forces.
The Dialogue began in February, with the involvement of pro-regime and opposition ...
The Syrian war is set for its next stage, the spillover of hostilities from Syrian Golan into Israel. debkafile: This is the consequence of the failure of the US, Israel and Turkey to dismantle the Tehran-Damascus-Hizballah bloc, or stem the flow of Ru...
