http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/syrian/ en-us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — SNIPPET: "Khaled Nawaya, a flight instructor, was arrested by Canada Border Services agents when they found $800,000 in gold coins and other currency in his car and pockets on Oct. 6, as he crossed into Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver." SNIPPET: "He'd been living in the U.S. since he was 17 and had gained approval for permanent residency in Canada. Besides the gold, Canadian agents found a ring bearing the insignia of Hezbollah, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government since 2002. They also seized 9/11 conspiracy theory-themed DVDs and a... CTVBC.ctv.ca - THE CANADIAN PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387980/posts The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has demanded an urgent and immediate visit to suspected nuclear sites in Syria, Channel 10 cited foreign media reports on Monday night. According to the report, IAEA inspectors discovered enriched uranium in three sites besides Dir Azur, where IAF jets destroyed an alleged reactor in September 2007. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387980/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336157/posts "The liquid bomb plot 'terror banker' still walking free in London as Yard chief accuses U.S. of rushing investigation" By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 2:26 PM on 08th September 2009 SNIPPET: "And it also emerged today that a suspected key figure in the plot is still at large in Britain despite being pinpointed as an Al Qaeda financier with links both to the airline plan and the 21/7 bombers." SNIPPET: "Intelligence sources in the UK have indicated it was surveillance of Mohammed Al Ghabra, 29, who first led them to the airline plotters. He is suspected of being... DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336157/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:06:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2330617/posts Ancient faith of their Middle East fathers Guardian Weekly reader Catherine Ann Lombard writes on a visit to Mor Ephrem, the Syrian Orthodox Monastery at the far eastern border of the Netherlands and meets 45 boys who are learning to read and chant in kthobonoyo, the litur gical language that only about 300 people in the world speak today Tuesday September 1st 2009 The morning is hot and sticky, but I have promised Dayrayto Shmuni to help in the monastery kitchen and put on my long-sleeved T-shirt. How the nun manages during the summer months in her long black habit... guardianweekly.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2330617/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167923/posts GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot. AP via WTOP.com News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167923/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302123/posts Imad Mustafa, the Syrian envoy to the US, said Monday that the Obama administration had lifted the ban imposed on exporting goods to the Syrian Aviation Industry, the Kuwait News Agency reported. Speaking on Syrian national television, Mustafa revealed that the US had also lifted the ban on exporting IT products, whether they were hardware or software, adding that US President Barack Obama was considering lifting more such restrictions. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302123/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:18:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249513/posts The Italian police have arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris. They are also suspected of planning other attacks in France and Great Britain. The two are thought to play a leading role in the al-Qaeda network. Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249513/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 20:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243052/posts In a dramatic development, four generals jailed since 2005 for alleged involvement in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri were on Wednesday released from the nation's Roumieh Prison. The release has emboldened Hezbollah, which has consistently supported the generals, and perhaps angered Rafik's son Saad al-Hariri and his supporters, who lobbied strongly for the generals' arrest in 2005. The release, which comes 40 days ahead of parliamentary elections, is a strong campaign boost for Hezbollah. It has consistently claimed innocence in al-Hariri's murder, and that the officials were arrested for political reasons - their links to then-president... Asia Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243052/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 04:05:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229437/posts SNIPPET: "In recent days Egypt has been disclosing details about uncovering a major Hezbollah espionage ring on its soil. AP cites a cabinet minister saying 25 of its 49 members have been arrested so far. The arrests began back in November, but the disclosures have started only now. The leader of the espionage ring—who is among those detained—was a Hezbollah agent named Sami Shehab, and the group he recruited included Lebanese, Syrians, Sudanese, and Palestinians along with 12 Egyptian Shiites. Not surprisingly, they planned attacks on Israeli vacationers in the Sinai, apparently as revenge for the February 2008 killing of... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229437/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193352/posts Monzer al-Kassar, 63, a longtime resident of Spain known as the "Prince of Marbella" for his lifestyle in the glitzy seaside town, was sentenced after being convicted in November of agreeing to sell millions of dollars of weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. (REUTERS) via YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193352/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:11:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2187681/posts Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan is veiled as he walks in procession at his installation Mass at Our Lady of the Annunciation Syrian Catholic Church in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 15. He is immediately followed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington. (CNS) BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) -- Amid cheers and ululation, the former head of the Syrian Catholic diocese in the U.S. and Canada was installed as patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church. Saying that he will "serve, not for personal interests, but to win Christ," Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan was installed Feb. 15 at a... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2187681/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:05:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134980/posts We need your help in locating these four fugitives. Click on their names or photographs to see their wanted posters. It has been 10 years since a group known as “The Family” torched a ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $26 million in damage and drawing international attention to eco-terrorists—those who break the law in the name of the environment and animal rights. Since that time, we’ve joined our federal, local, and state law enforcement partners in establishing Operation Backfire to bring these criminals to justice. Our efforts have been successful, but four individuals under indictment remain at large. At... FBI.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134980/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2170494/posts VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has formally accepted the election of a new head of the Syrian Catholic Church. Bishop Joseph Younan, 64, who was appointed to head the Newark-based Syrian-rite diocese in the United States and Canada in 1995, was elected as the new patriarch of Antioch in a synod held in Rome Jan. 18-20. He took the name Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan. As is customary for the patriarchs of the Eastern churches in union with Rome, the newly elected head of the church requested communion with the pope, who granted it with a congratulatory letter,... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2170494/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157852/posts Note: Photo included. SNIPPET: "A Federal Court judge ruled Friday that the final terrorism suspect being held in Canada on a national security certificate be released. Justice Richard Mosley ruled Hassan Almrei, who has been in custody since October 2001, can no longer justifiably be detained." SNIPPET: "Almrei, a Syrian, came to Canada in 1999 as a refugee claimant. He was arrested in Toronto in 2001 after the Canadian Security Intelligence Service alleged he was part of a Sunni extremist network. He initially denied the allegations against him, but later explained he had taken part in paramilitary activities in Afghanistan... CANWEST NEWS SERVICE via CANADA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157852/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129774/posts (IsraelNN.com) United Nations investigators have found traces of uranium contamination at the site of an Israeli air strike in Syria, diplomats told Reuters and German media sources on Monday. The report is the first sign of a “smoking gun” proving that Syria was in fact building a secret nuclear reactor on the site, as Israel and the United States have insisted. The diplomats said the traces of uranium were first found in June. What has been found so far is not conclusive evidence of nuclear activity, but “raises questions,” they said. Officials in the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)... arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129774/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056619/posts Most politicians try to keep their financial backers un-indicted until after the election. But Obama’s biggest early sponsor, dual U.S.-Syrian citizen Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko, is already indicted by a federal grand jury. Now he is going to trial in a Chicago federal court. Rezko, along with co-defendants Ali Ata and Abdelhamid Chaib, face federal grand jury charges presented in October 2006 by the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald. The case centers on allegations of fraud between 2000 and 2004 in the sale of 17 Papa Johns’ Pizza parlors in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee. The case may begin with... Assyrian International News Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056619/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 03:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019888/posts BUENOS AIRES — A prosecutor sought the arrest of former President Carlos Menem on Thursday, accusing him of covering up the involvement of a Syrian-Argentine businessman in the bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people. Prosecutor Alberto Nisman also requested the arrests of five others, including Menem's brother, Munir. In his petition to Judge Ariel Lijo, the prosecutor claimed that Menem and his aides tried to cover up the possible involvement of Alberto Jacinto Kanoore Edul in the 1994 car-bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association. Eighty-five people were killed and about 200 injured. Argentina's Clarin newspaper... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019888/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 21:26:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955309/posts TEL AVIV – Israel arrested a suspected Syrian militant operating on Israeli soil accused of preparing attacks against the Jewish state, WND has learned. The militant was arrested July 29, weeks before Israel's Sept. 6 air raid on a remote site in Syria that has been described by independent analysts and some U.S. politicians as a potential Syrian nuclear reactor. Security officials would not say whether the arrest was tied to the air strike. According to security sources, his activities were known to Israeli intelligence agencies for at least one year prior to his arrest WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955309/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:55:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954821/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Syrian man convicted of giving a false tip to a New York City anti-terrorism hotline, leading to five innocent men being investigated on suspicion of terrorism, was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison. Rimon Alkatri, 35, was convicted in November of calling a hotline to offer a tip about five fellow Syrians whom he accused of planning a suicide attack on New York City subways over the July 4 holiday weekend. City officials dispatched dozens of police, conducted round-the-clock surveillance and sought help from Israeli law enforcement, prosecutors told a jury at the... Swissinfo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954821/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:42:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929241/posts Beirut - In the old days, many Lebanese used to associate Syrians with either dusty soldiers or wretched men coming for cheap labor. This is why the sight of spiffy young Syrian men and women in our Starbucks coffees browsing the web can seem odd to some (Except for Hamra residents who are used to seeing Syrian AUB students) As Mark Mackinnon writes in the Globe and Mail, many young cyber dissidents are settling in Beirut where "they feel free to express their opinions and continue their political activism." "It’s a safe place for us as Syrians. All the other... Ya Libnan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929241/posts#comment Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905406/posts JERUSALEM - Israel on Tuesday eased a strict news blackout on an airstrike in Syria last month, allowing the first publication of reports it struck an unspecified "military target" deep inside Syrian territory. Israel's military censor had imposed a total blackout on coverage of the Sept. 6 airstrike. But Tuesday, the office allowed preliminary details to be published after Syria's president, Bashar Assad, confirmed the airstrike in a televised interview. "Israeli air force planes attacked a military target deep inside Syria on Sept. 6, the military censor allowed for publication today," Israel's Army Radio reported. The headline on the Web... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905406/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896133/posts Kuwaiti newspaper says Turkish intelligence provided Israel with information on targets Air Force allegedly attacked last week without Turkish government's authorization. Turkish intelligence provided Israel with information on the Syrian targets allegedly attacked by the Air Force last week without the Turkish government's authorization, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jareeda reported Thursday. Al-Jareeda quoted several sources as saying that Israel and senior Turkish military personnel coordinated Israel's invasion of Turkish airspace during the operation to send a message to the ruling Justice and Development party, or AKP. Senior military officials in Turkey, most of whom are secular, oppose the Islamist party's platform. According... YNET NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896133/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:16:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189809/posts MINNEAPOLIS -- A woman was arrested after attempting to board a flight en route to Syria with more than $24,000 in cash hidden in her clothes, officials said Tuesday. Amneh Ahmad Abbas, 49, a Syrian citizen who lives in New Orleans, was charged Monday with trying to evade currency reporting requirements, the U.S. Attorney's office said. She was ordered held without bail. The U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment on whether Abbas, who has permanent resident status in the United States, is suspected of involvement in terrorist activity. However, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force was taking part in the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189809/posts#comment Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870325/posts (IsraelNN.com) Syria sees the next war with Israel as involving missile attacks on civilian infrastructure and front-line guerilla warfare, an anonymous senior official in the Syrian Ministry of Defense told Defense News Weekly, in an interview appearing Monday. Syria prefers to avoid a direct, "classic" confrontation with Israel, he said. Instead, the next war will involve Katyusha rocket and ballistic missiles that will target strategic points in Israel, especially civilian infrastructure. The official said that the war will not be limited to a single strike, but will be protracted in nature. "This will be a war of attrition, which the... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870325/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:05:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847231/posts MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has arrested flamboyant Syrian-born arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar on U.S. charges of terrorism, Spain's National Police said on Friday. Al-Kassar has been charged by a Federal Court for the Southern District of New York with conspiring to kill Americans, supply terrorists, obtain anti-aircraft missiles and launder money, the police said. A long-time Spanish resident known as the "Prince of Marbella" for his opulent lifestyle, al-Kassar was arrested at Madrid airport and will appear before a judge in the capital later on Friday. Under Spanish law, the United States will have 40 days to provide documents in... Swissinfo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847231/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:14:11 GMT