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Showdown over power looms in Egypt after court ruling

EGYPT’S SUPREME constitutional court yesterday upheld a previous ruling that the election of the lower house of parliament was…

Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00

Annan holds 'constructive' talks with Assad on ending violence

IN DAMASCUS to revive his six-point peace plan, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said yesterday that he had “candid and constructive…

Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00

Conference promises to boost aid to Syrian rebels

THE FRIENDS of Syria conference in Paris yesterday demanded President Bashar al-Assad stand down, urged implementation of the…

Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00

Syrian violence escalating, says head of UN team

CHIEF OF the UN monitoring mission in Syria Gen Robert Mood yesterday declared that violence had escalated to an unprecedented…

Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00

UN general criticises empty talk on Syria

NORWEGIAN GENERAL Robert Mood, head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, has accused representatives of the world powers of…

Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00

Arafat's body to be exhumed after polonium discovery

SENIOR PALESTINIAN official Saeb Erekat yesterday called for an international inquiry into the death of former president Yasser…

Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00

Assad says he will step down only if rejected in elections

SYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad said yesterday he was prepared to step down if Syrians reject him in an election but insisted…

Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00

Syrian state running 27 torture sites, group says

SYRIA’S FOUR main military and intelligence agencies operate 27 torture centres across the country where detainees are beaten…

Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00

Syria rebels boycott opposition conference

THE CONFERENCE of Syria’s opposition groups that met yesterday in Cairo was torpedoed by the boycotting of the event by Syrian…

Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00

Syria rejects Geneva plan for political transition

THE SYRIAN regime and opposition groups have rejected a plan for the formation of a transitional government agreed by world leaders…

Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00

Egypt leader challenges military rule

BEFORE TENS of thousands of supporters gathered yesterday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, seat of the country’s revolution, Egypt’s…

Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00

Egyptians celebrate as Morsi elected president

WHEN THE Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was yesterday proclaimed Egypt’s first elected civilian president, a great cheer …

Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00

Egypt's military rulers defy protesters

EGYPT’S MILITARY rulers responded defiantly to yesterday’s rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square by tens of thousands of citizens of…

Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00

Rivals claim victory in Egypt's run-off vote

EGYPT’S OUSTED president Hosni Mubarak yesterday lay in an intensive care unit in a military hospital as both his potential successors…

Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00

Protesters back in Tahrir Square over presidential result

THOUSANDS OF cheerful Egyptians waving national flags flocked to Cairo’s Tahrir Square last night to condemn the “coup d’etat…

Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00

Brotherhood win neutered by Egypt's army

EGYPT’S MILITARY pre-empted yesterday’s announcement by the Muslim Brotherhood that its candidate Mohamad Morsy had won the presidential…

Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00

Egyptians go to polls for presidency with muted enthusiasm

THERE WERE white-suited policemen but no lines of voters outside the arts academy in the leafy, upscale Zamalek district of Cairo…

Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00

Military lurks behind Egyptian presidential poll

ON THE eve of today’s controversial presidential election, the revolutionaries of Tahrir Square, the cradle of the 2011 Egyptian…

Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00

Egypt court scuppers democratic assembly

EGYPTIANS REACTED with shock and anger yesterday when the country’s constitutional court delivered two dramatic decisions that…

Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00

Amnesty accuses Syria of 'reckless' attacks on citizens

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL yesterday charged Syrian armed forces of “rampaging through towns and villages, systematically dragging…

Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00

Annan 'gravely concerned' by Syrian escalation

UN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan is “gravely concerned” about an escalation in fighting between the Syrian army and rebels, his…

Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00

Syrian opposition elects Kurd to top role

SYRIAN FORCES yesterday shelled rebel strongholds across the country as the expatriate opposition Syrian National Council, meeting…

Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00

UN team sifts site of alleged massacre

UNITED NATIONS monitors yesterday found neither living nor dead in the Syrian hamlet of Qubair where pro-government forces stand…

Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00

Mainland's austerity measures grind down island's economic wellbeing

CYPRUS: Jobless figures are up fivefold as cash-strapped island prepares to take rotating EU presidency

Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00

Egyptians rail against Mubarak verdict

TENS OF thousands of Egyptians have massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and on the streets and squares of Alexandria, Suez, Zagazig…

Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00

Eliminated candidates say Egyptian election fraudulent

THREE CANDIDATES eliminated in the first round of Egypt’s presidential election said yesterday that irregularities had invalidated…

Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00

Egyptians protest over Mubarak sentences

EGYPTIANS WHO initially cheered the sentencing of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonment by a Cairo court…

Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00

Assad denies his regime was behind Houla massacre

IN HIS first address to his country’s newly elected Syrian president Bashar al-Assad denied his regime’s culpability in the May…

Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00

UN condemns Houla massacre and calls for inquiry

THE UN Human Rights Council yesterday condemned the May 25th massacre of 108 Syrians, including 49 children

Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00

Egypt's military council lifts decades-old state of emergency

EGYPT’S RULING military council yesterday declared the lifting of the 31-year-old state of emergency imposed after the assassination…

Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00

UN chief urges end to bloodshed in Syria

UN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the Syrian government to halt the bloodshed in the country and fulfil its…

Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00

Egypt further polarised by choice between theocrat and enforcer

ANALYSIS: Abstention by over 50% of voters may explain why two traditionalists made it to second round

Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00

Uncertainty over choice of candidate clouds poll

ANALYSIS: EGYPT’S REVOLUTIONARIES are bitterly disappointed over their country’s first multicandidate presidential election, …

Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00

Presidential Candidates: The Top Four

Amr Moussa (75): a former Egyptian diplomat who served in mis- sions in Switzerland, India and the UN and held the position …

Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00

Rebels in Syria kill 23 soldiers in ambush

REBEL FIGHTERS reportedly killed 23 soldiers and destroyed three armoured vehicles during an ambush on the road to the strategic…

Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00

Humanitarian and economic disaster averted for now

SANCTIONS AND unrest are the chief causes of deprivation in Syria, a Damascus-based diplomat has told The Irish Times.

Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00

Syrian army thwarts copycat bomb attack

AN EXPLOSIVES-LADEN minibus was intercepted and the driver killed by security forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday…

Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00

Damascus bomb blasts most deadly since start of rebellion

AT LEAST 55 people were killed and 372 wounded yesterday in two massive car bomb blasts in the deadliest attack in Syria since…

Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00

Deep divisions in opposition over route to democracy

SYRIAN OPPOSITION groups are deeply divided over how to effect democratic change in their country

Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00

Annan warns on Syrian civil war

UN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan yesterday told the Security Council that his effort to halt the violence in Syria could be the…

Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00

Syrians deeply divided over attitude to election

SYRIANS ARE deeply divided over today’s parliamentary election, with the government urging voters to cast ballots while the opposition…

Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00

Up to 10 fatalities in Syrian protests

AT LEAST 10 protesters were killed yesterday when anti-government demonstrations erupted in several locations across Syria following…

Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00

University raided after attack on protesters

SYRIAN SECURITY officers have reportedly raided the dormitories of Aleppo University following an attack on students protesting…

Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00

Pre-election chaos causes dismay among Syrian voters

THERE IS confusion in Syria over Monday’s election, in which 7,000 candidates are running for 250 seats in the national assembly…

Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00

Syrian military accused of killing 95 civilians

THE NEW York-based Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian army of grave human rights abuses during operations to recapture…

Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00

Syria's multiparty election campaign gets into full swing

UNDETERRED BY three powerful explosions overnight, Damascenes celebrate the May Day holiday by sleeping in, lounging in parks…

Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00

At least nine dead after suicide bombing in western Syrian city

SUICIDE BOMBERS set off devices at dawn yesterday in the northwestern rebel stronghold of Idlib city, destroying two security…

Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00

Arms shipment allegedly for Syrian rebels intercepted

LEBANESE OFFICIALS have intercepted a Sierra Leone-flagged ship purportedly carrying heavy and light arms from Libya to Syrian…

Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00

Crisis deepens as Damascus bombings leave at least 11 dead

FOUR BOMB blasts in Damascus yesterday shook the calm and complacency of the Syrian capital, which has remained largely outside…

Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00

Death toll disputed in huge explosion in Hama

THE SYRIAN authorities and opposition activists yesterday levelled accusations at each other over a massive explosion that destroyed…

Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
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