March 2010Issue No. 59
Brand Syria
"My gallery is a lab, a space for people to try new things" - Abeer Boukhari, founder of All Art Now gallery...
Kerry in Damascus: “real cooperation” be tween Syria and the US possible
No hope for peace under Netanyahu
Following parliamentary elections in Israel on February 10, Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud party, was asked to form a national coalition government by Israel’s President Shimon Peres on February 20. Syria Today hit the streets of Damascus to gauge local reaction to the news and its implications for a Syrian-Israeli peace deal.
Saudi intelligence chief visits Damascus
Golan apples arrive in Syria
Syrian farmers living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights resumed the exportation of apples to Syria on February 17, after Israel halted the annual project last year.
Bunni commends release of Nour
Syria: IAEA analysis faulty, no graphite found
UNHCR funding cut in half
UN Hariri probe visits Damascus
IUST university hosts US academic staff
Syria mulls renewed Turkey-brokered peace talks: President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the prospects of resuming indirect talks between Syria and Israel.
Iraqi refugees vote in Syria: Twenty-three stations set up in Syria for the Iraqi election.
Iraqi VP in Damascus: Iraqi Vice President has arrived in Damascus for a 3-day visit ahead of the March 7 elections.
Iran and Syria warn of colonialism: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said US policy on Iran was a new form of colonialism in the Middle East during his meeting with the Iranian president.
US lifts travel advisory: US lifts travel advisory warning citizens about security concerns in Syria.
Syria dismisses IAEA calls: Syria has dismissed an IAEA recommendation to allow its inspectors unrestrained access, days after the agency said a bombed Syrian complex could have been a nuclear site.
Syrian bans activists from leaving: Number of activists banned from leaving the country has risen in the past couple of month.
French PM raises human rights concerns:French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he held "frank and direct" talks with Syria's president on the issue of human rights.
Possible nuclear activity at bombed site: Uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex bombed by Israel in 2007 point to possible covert nuclear activity at the site, the IAEA said.
Top US officials visit Syria: Syrian president meets with Under Secretary of State William Burns while senior US counter terrorism official Daniel Benjamin holds talks with local counterparts.
Turkey and Iraq restart rail link:The first passenger train from Iraq, running through Syria and into Turkey, arrives in Gaziantep.
Obama nominates Ford as ambassador: US Senate must now approve nomination.
Syria shuts down fake drug ring: Some 65 people arrested in counterfeit pharmaceutical ring.
Syria approves US ambassador: Deputy US ambassador to Iraq Robert Stephen Ford to take up post.
New regulations for domestic workers: The Syrian government has released a directive regulating the employment of foreign workers.
"My gallery is a lab, a space for people to try new things" - Abeer Boukhari, founder of All Art Now gallery...
US Senator John Kerry said there are possibilities for “real cooperation” between Syria and the US following a “frank and open” meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on February 21.
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz made a rare visit to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on February 15, a move that signals relations between the Arab rivals are thawing.
