Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The powerful business elite in Syria is said to be steadily withdrawing from the regime of President Bashar Assad. Western diplomats and opposition sources said leading Syrian industrialists and investors were quietly transferring their funds out of the country. They said the most powerful element of the elite, based in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad, strapped by a shortage of manpower, is said to have organized Alawite militias to quell the Sunni revolt in Syria. Opposition sources said the Assad regime has recruited thousands of young Alawites for military operations over the last four months. In most cases, the sources said, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hamas, amid threats by the regime of President Bashar Assad, has withdrawn its entire leadership out of Syria. Hamas sources said the movement has ordered the entire 15-member politburo to leave Syria. They said the revolt in Syria has made the country unsafe for its Palestinian wing. “Low-level Hamas members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria, amid the intensification of the Sunni revolt, has held a military exercise. The regime of President Bashar Assad reported a military exercise on Dec. 4 in eastern Syria. A Syrian government statement said the exercise was meant to test Assad’s huge Scud-class missile arsenal in any war. “Syrian missile […]