Twenty young British and Syrian students have begun a three-month voluntary work programme in Homs as part of the Global Xchange (GX) project organised by the British Council.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged Lebanese leaders to work together in the wake of the country’s national elections in a telephone call to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman, the AFP news agency reported on June 10.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Damascus on June 20.
Syria reiterates denouncement of ICC arrest warrant on Sudanese President
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reiterated to Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor in Damascus that his country rejects foreign interference into Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported on June 9.
Syria and Damascus-based Palestinian factions have accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging peace efforts after he delivered a key note foreign policy speech in which he said he would be willing to back the creation of a Palestinian state, but only if it was demilitarised and Palestinians drop their demand for a full right of return.
British Parliament debates Syria and Association Agreement
A lively adjournment debate on British-Syrian relations, Syria’s role in the Middle East and the Syrian-EU Association Agreement took place in the British Houses of Parliament on June 24, with MPs arguing now is the time to deepen relations between the two countries.
Assad sets terms for cooperation with UN Special Tribunal
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country would cooperate with the UN special tribunal probing the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, but only “within its own conditions”.
Lajat, a natural area on the Syrian-Jordanian border distinguished by its basaltic and arid earth, was one of 22 new sites added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) World Network of Biosphere Reserves on May 30.
Twenty young British and Syrian students have begun a three-month voluntary work programme in Homs as part of the Global Xchange (GX) project organised by the British Council.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Damascus on June 20. 
Lajat, a natural area on the Syrian-Jordanian border distinguished by its basaltic and arid earth, was one of 22 new sites added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) World Network of Biosphere Reserves on May 30.
