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With the Syrian Constitutional Committee nearing failure, any hope left for the political process? United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir Pedersen on the way to the fifth session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee —29 January 2021 (UN) Enab Baladi—Ali Darwish “The ball is in the international court,” Co-Chair of the opposition delegation, Hadi al-Bahra, said commenting on the latest round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s talks. What he said sums up the outputs of ...

Fawaz al-Akhras’s campaign to lift sanctions on the Syrian regime faces opposition counter-move Fawaz al-Akhras, Bashar al-Assad’s father in law (edited by Enab Baladi) Enab Baladi – Diana Rahima The election of Joe Biden as President of the United States (U.S.) has precipitated conflict within Syria on the issue of sanctions. Political and religious figures, as well as research centers, have called for sanctions to be lifted, while the Syrian opposition members and activists continue to ...

ACT Alliance Appeal: Developing the Resilience of Affected People as a result of the Syria Protracted Crisis and COVID-19 – SYR211 Format As the Syria crisis entered its tenth year, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict with an estimated 6.1 million internally displaced person and 1.4 million returnees. The impact of the conflict which is large and growing pushed millions of people into unemployment and poverty. The international sanctions especially the Caesar Act that took ef...

4 Min Read AMMAN (Reuters) - ‮Syria‬’s long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade-old conflict, died on Monday. People carry the coffin of Syrias Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem, during his funeral at Saad bin Muath Mosque in Damascus, Syria, November 16, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki The government gave no details of the cause of death, but the 79-year-old had been...

Copyright © 2021 Enab Baladi. Enab Baladi is a nonprofit charitable 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID. 46-3313735 2021 brings new woes to Syrian economy Syrian 2000-pound bill and U.S. 100-dollar bill— designed by Enab Baladi Syrian 2000-pound bill and U.S. 100-dollar bill— designed by Enab Baladi In 2020, the Syrian economy continued to struggle just as it did the year before. The unchanged economic indicators and the decisions of the Syrian regime’s monetary authorities, both signify tha...

January 29, 2021 Special Dispatch No. 9162 Syrian TV Show Discusses Biden’s Upcoming Presidency: We Have Learned We Can Say No to the U.S., The U.S. Is Weak, Defeating It Is Possible, Simple, Easy January 29, 2021 Lebanese political analyst Hassan Shuqair and Syrian TV host Yara Saleh spoke about Americas role as a world power and Bidens upcoming presidency in a show aired on Al-Ikhbariya TV (Syria) on January 20, 2021. Hassan Shuqair said that during President Trumps administration the re...

Value-first Indians to take eGrocery market to $24bn by 2025 By IANS|   Published: 28th January 2021 6:10 pm IST Bengaluru, Jan 28 : Driven by low-priced grocery shoppers, the overall eGrocery market is projected to touch $24 billion (in gross merchandise value) by 2025, of which 55 per cent will be contributed by the value-first households, a new report forecast on Thursday. The ‘value-first’ eGrocery segment is projected to grow at 53 per cent CAGR over the next five years, even faster t...

A member of the Syrian Arab-Kurdish forces places a cross in the rubble ahead of a Christmas celebration at the heavily-damaged Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in the city centre of the eastern Syrian city of Raqa on December 26, 2017, following a mine clarence operation at the site a few days earlier. A U.S.-backed offensive ousted the Islamic State group from Raqa in October but the city has been left ravaged by fighting. | DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images Prominent Christians an...

Syria Needs a Reconstruction Plan, Not More Sanctions BY O n November 9, the U.S. Treasury Department implemented new sanctions against the Syrian government. The sanctions focus on punishing individuals and entities that provide support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regimes oil production network. But sanctions in Syria, as well as the broader Middle East have failed before, and are likely to cause more damage than good. Since sanctions started in 2011, President al-Assad has remained in...

Ten Years Of War And One Of COVID, Syria Facing Economic Abyss Children ride in the Yarmouk Camp area, south of the capital Damascus - Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua via ZUMA Press       The economic crisis in neighboring Lebanon, coupled with COVID-19 travel restrictions, are causing the already war-ravished nation to drown in even greater misery. SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER — Near a checkpoint on the border between Syria and Lebanon, 50-year-old Joelle says that conditi...