IAEA: Uranium traces not sufficient evidence of nuclear activity
Uranium traces found at a Syrian site bombed by Israel were not sufficient evidence of undeclared nuclear activity, but Syria must be more transparent to help clarify the issue, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on November 17.
Syrian state television aired confessions from alleged members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Fatah al-Islam claiming responsibility for September’s suicide bomb attack in Damascus on November 6.
The Damascus Community School (DCS), also known as the American School, was shut down on November 3 by the Syrian government following a US helicopter raid into Syrian territory in which at least seven people died.
Syrian journalist Michel Kilo and translator Mahmud Issa have been denied early release which would have seen them walk free from prison on November 1, Damascus’ AFP reported on November 4.
Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas banned from overseas travel
Acclaimed Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas has been banned from overseas travel, the National Organisation of Human Rights in Syria (NOHRS) announced on November 2.
Syria and Lebanon boost anti-terrorism coordination
Syria and Lebanon have agreed to boost border controls and anti-terrorism coordination. The decision followed the arrival of Ziad Baroud in Damascus on November 10.
Rice rations for refugees prevented from distribution
Syrian authorities prohibited a World Food Programme (WFP) vessel carrying rice rations for Iraqi refugees from unloading at the country’s main port in Lattakia on November 11.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Syria and Israel to forge ahead with peace talks during a visit to Syria on November 18.
Syrian dancer and choreographer Lawand Hajo was poisoned by gas and burnt to death in his apartment in Dahyet Kudsaya on November 12.
Archaeologists discovered the remnants of an 8th-century church in Palmyra on November 13, the largest church discovered in Syria to date.
