Syria

Chicago, IL -- April 25, 2008 -- "I am deeply disturbed by the evidence of North Korea's assistance to an illicit nuclear program in Syria. This represents a dangerous and completely unacceptable development.

Unfortunately, it comes after nearly eight years of a failed policy that has been long on tough talk and short on results, as North Korea has withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty, quadrupled its stockpile of plutonium, resumed testing of long range missiles, detonated a nuclear weapon, and exported nuclear technology to Syria.    » read more »

February 21, 2008, Washington, DC − The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Rami Makhluf, a powerful Syrian businessman and regime insider whom improperly benefits from and aids the public corruption of Syrian regime officials. This action was taken today pursuant to Executive Order 13460, which targets individuals and entities determined to be responsible for or who have benefited from the public corruption of senior officials of the Syrian regime.    » read more »

January 12, 2008 -- Q -- (inaudible) --    » read more »

30 July 2007 (By VOA News) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced a proposed $13 billion military aid deal with Egypt and a $30 billion military package for Israel.

Rice made the announcement in Washington before leaving Monday with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on a trip to the Middle East to seek support for stabilizing Iraq.

Rice said the military assistance deals with Egypt and Israel will be for a 10-year period. She also said the U.S. is forging new assistance agreements with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states.    » read more »

19 June 2007 -- A Russian newspaper says Russia has begun delivering fighter jets to Syria as part of $1 billion contract, but the Russian arms trading monopoly has denied the report.

The business daily Kommersant Tuesday said the delivery of five Russian MiG-31E interceptor jets to Syria has started, and that Russia also plans to supply an unspecified number of MiG-29M fighters.    » read more »

Labwani’s Sentence Discredits Syrian Claims of Political Reform

New York, May 11, 2007 – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should immediately exonerate prominent human rights activist Dr. Kamal al-Labwani, who was sentenced today to 12 years in prison including hard labor on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said.    » read more »

Repressive regimes trying to silence writers on World Wide Web

04 May 2007 -- United Nations -- The Internet is a key component of press freedom in the 21st century, yet Internet journalists and bloggers increasingly are coming under attack by repressive regimes trying to block the free flow of information and expression, say journalists and activists.    » read more »