THIRD WAVE WEST 2: FROM LANGUAGE TO THOUGHT
The third wave 5000 years ago carried mathematics, horse training skills as well as names of deities, sacred symbols like svasti, and practices like yoga and meditation, to West Asia and Europe. This was accompanied More...
Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
Report by Jonathon Burch and Erika Solomon (Reuters) – Turkey and Syria said their navies were jointly searching on Saturday for Turkish airmen shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean, while nearby Turkish More...
Ban Ki-moon: Syria yet to implement peace plan
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday informed that the Syrian government has “failed” to comprehensively More...
Russia, China decline to participate in an international meet on Syria
Damascus, SYRIA – People’s Republic of China has joined Russia on Tuesday while declining to participate in an international meet on Syria. On a day at least 21 people are reported to be killed, a majority More...
Chinese envoy in Syria to mediate crisis
China has faced a great deal of criticism for its veto of a U.N. resolution on Syria. It plans to send an envoy to Damascus in a bid to find a solution to the crisis. (Reuters) Beijing, CHINA – After More...
Joint Arab League – UN military mission to end violence in Syria, soon: Ban Ki-moon
Damascus, SYRIA - According to United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon there might soon be a joint Arab League – UN joint military mission to end bloody violence in Syria. Ban has slammed the “disastrous” More...
Syria turns down Arab League peace proposal
DAMASCUS – Syria Monday rejected a new Arab League peace proposal that calls for embattled President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and set up a new unity government, terming it a blatant More...
Syrian truck blast kills police as well as prisoners
In the latest violence in Syria, more than a dozen people were killed Saturday when a bus carrying prisoners in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib exploded, activist reports and government-controlled media More...
Syria rejects Qatar’s offer for deployment of Arab troops
Damascus (Syria) – Syria regime on Tuesday rejected Qatar’s proposal for deployment of Arab troops towards curbing the 10-month long violent uprising against the regime, even as army defectors again More...
16 ‘terrorists’ killed in Homs crackdown
Syrian security forces bust a “terrorist gang” in the central province of Homs, killing 16 of its members, arresting dozens and seizing large quantities of arms, state television said on Friday. The More...
