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| Opinion: Lurking Danger: Palestinian Refugees in Syria - by Ramzy Baroud |
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“The flames are quickly approaching Yarmouk (as) someone is trying to drag the Palestinians into the fire,” commented Palestinian observer Rashad Abu Shawar (as cited in Israeli Jerusalem Post, July 20).
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| Rebel Army Claims Victory in Syria Key Town |
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Rebels have won control of the town of Azzaz in the country's north in a significant victory for the The rebels and the Free Syrian Army, FSA claim to have achieved a significant victory by taking control of the town of Azzaz. 32 Km to the north of Syria's largest city of Aleppo, and Bab al Salam, a border crossing with Turkey.
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| LOC President Nabil Al Alem Freed a Week After 'Abduction' |
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A week after reportedly being 'abducted' at gunpoint, Libyan Olympic Committee president Nabil Al Alem was freed by his captors Sunday Sunday morning, Arafat Jwan from the LOC. He was freed unharmed.
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| Mohamed Khawaja Blames LOC For His Exclusion From Olympic Games |
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The only athlete who ever stood a chance to win Libya its first ever medal in an Olympic Games, Mohamed Ashour Khawaja has been deprived the chance to prove himself and strive for a podium finish at the London 2012 Games next week by the Libyan Olympic Committee, LOC, which is scandalous behaviour on the part of the LOC.
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| EU-Libya Chamber of Commerce Director General : Squaring the Circle in Long Relationship with Libya |
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At the beginning of this year, the EU-Libya Chamber of Commerce was launched in order to help companies throughout the European Union that wished to establish themselves in Libya on a one to one basis. What follows is an interview KAREN DABROWSKA, The Tripoli Post's UK correspondent carried with the organisation's Director General, Mr Claudio Cassuto who first outlined a brief history of the Chamber and explained the aims and objectives why it was formed.
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| EU Forgeign Affaris Council Urges Somali Leadership, Stakeholders to End Current Transition |
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At the end of the sitting of the Foreign Affaris Council in Brussels, the EU Commission has adopted a Number of conclusions on the Process for Ending the Transition in Somalia and has urged the Somali leadership and all other stakeholders to implement their commitments to end the current transition on August 20.
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| Opinion: The Abu Salim Prison Massacre and the Libyan Psyche – by Zainab Al-Arabi |
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Undeniably the most atrocious crime perpetrated by the Gaddafi regime, the mass murder of 1,200 prisoners in the Abu Salim prison on June 29, 1996 and the consequent cover-up, became the primary focus for the Libyan opposition inside the country and abroad, in their regenerated battle to remove Gaddafi from power.
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| Libyan Beauty |
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What people constitute as beautiful differs depending on the physical preferences of the given society. Experts caution against the over-generalization of beauty in science, as Darwin believed that physical beauty, because of the variations of looks across the globe, has very few universals.
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| Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan Attacked for Umpteenth Time |
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For the 15th time since the start of the uprising in early 2011 that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian pipeline installation built to carry natural gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan, was attacked on Sunday.
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| EU Foreign Affairs Chief Commends Libya Dignified Poll |
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The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Catherine Ashton has commended Libya's July 7 elections as a symbol of the country's "peaceful and dignified" march towards democracy.
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| Libyan Customs During Ramadan |
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After breaking your fast by eating three dates, which is followed by the Maghreb (sunset) prayer it is advised that you drink water and have soup to rehydrate your body after the thirst of a whole day without drinking and eating.
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| UNICEF Supports Enhanced Early Childhood Development in Libya |
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The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realised, is supporting the Libyan Government to enhance the availability and quality of Early Childhood Development services to children across the country.
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| Women With Almost 17% Representation in Libya 200-Member Transitional Authority |
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Thirty-three women have been elected to serve in Libya's General National Congress in the first free elections two weeks ago. The tally gives women 16.5 percent representation in the 200-member transitional authority.
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| Security Council Extends Mandate of UN Observers in Syria While Syrian Forces Launch All-out Assault on Damascus |
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Syrian forces have launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in Damascus, after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders amid a heavy death toll. While UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of United Nations observers in Syria.
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| Police in Denver, USA, Defuse Booby Traps from Flat of Killer of 12 People |
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The police in Aurora, Denver, Colorado, USA, said Sunday morning they had cleared all the remaining explosives from the booby-trapped apartment of the gunman suspected of killing 12 people at a Batman movie screening in the US state of Colorado. The alleged shooter's home was cleared after a lengthy operation.
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| Austria's OMV Says Libya Oil Output close to Pre-Revolutionary Levels |
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Austrian energy group OMV reports that oil output increased in the second quarter in Libya, mainly due to a continuing recovery in the country, with production now close to the level it had been before last year's revolution that ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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| South Sudan Cancels Border Talks with Khartoum |
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South Sudan cancelled planned direct talks with its northern neighbour, Sudan at the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday after accusing Khartoum of carrying out new air strikes on its territory. The South said the talks would instead be held through an African Union panel.
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| Opinion: Can Syria Avoid Ethnic Cleansing? - by Gwynne Dyer |
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In war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four, said Napoleon, and the past few days have seen a sudden and drastic shift in the balance of moral power in Syria. The bomb that killed the three most senior members of the security establishment last Wednesday may just have been a lucky fluke for the rebels, and the street fighting in Damascus may end with a (temporary) regime victory. But everything has changed in terms of expectations.
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