7 results for "BASSEM MROUE"
Syria oil industry buckling under rebel gains
Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 10:02 AMSyria's vital oil industry is breaking down as rebels capture many of the country's oil fields, with wells aflame and looters scooping up crude, depriving the government of much needed cash and fuel for its war machine against the uprisi...
Lebanon names UK-educated lawmaker prime minister
Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:57 PMA British-educated lawmaker from a prominent political family was named Lebanon's new prime minister Saturday, and vowed to work toward ending divisions in the nation and preventing the civil war in neighboring Syria from spilling over into ...
Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 2:22 PMSyrian President Bashar Assad warned in comments broadcast Friday that the fall of his regime or the breakup of his nation will cause a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years, in his sharpest warning yet about...
Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 8:31 AMSyrian government warplanes and artillery pounded Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation that aims to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists sa...
Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood
Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 7:21 AMSyrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the hilltop district and killing a pro-government cleric captured in the fighting, activists and s...
Syria's Assad appeals to African summit for help
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 2:46 AMSyria's increasingly isolated president sent a letter calling for help from leaders of five nations at an economic meeting Wednesday in South Africa to help end his country's civil war.
Syrian opposition takes Syria's Arab summit seat
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 1:17 PMSyria's opposition took over the country's seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ranks of the Western-backed opposition alliance.
