Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk
President Bashar al-Assad, Office of the President, Damascus Syria Mr. President: I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. Khalil Matouk is a prominent human rights lawyer who provides legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses in Syria, including to fellow [...]
Iran Intends to Dominate Middle East, Israelis Warn
Israel’s President Shimon Peres warned that Iran is planning to extend its sphere of influence across the entire Middle East. Peres said that time is running out for diplomacy and sanctions to convince Tehran to disband its nuclear program, an Israeli counterterrorist said to this writer. Peres stated that Iran “really wants” to dominant the [...]
U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah terrorist network
The Secretary Timothy Geithner and his Treasury Department ordered the imposition of financial sanctions on the Lebanon-based, Iran-supported terrorist group Hezbollah on Friday, according the a government report. The U.S. government sanctions are being imposed due to Hezbollah providing material support to the government of Syria, according the Treasury Department press statement. In a press [...]
Syrian refugees struggle to cope and seek child marriage as a solution
Recent concerns have sparked as child marriages spike among Syrian refugees in Jordan. Difficult conditions in Jordan have many parents pushing to have their daughters married at an earlier age. The issue has created a concern among many international aid organizations that the rise in child marriage has been brought on as a sort of coping [...]
Rep. King accuses White House of leaking ‘secret order’ to aid Syrian rebels
Information regarding President Barack Obama signing a supposedly secret order to provide American support to Syrian rebels was leaked to “enhance” Obama’s reputation, according to Rep. Peter King, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, during an interview Sunday on Fox News Channel. King is alleging the source of recent news reports on [...]
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