Lieberman: Annan resignation shows world cannot influence Syria

Published on August 3, 2012

Kofi Annan's resignation is a “stark demonstration” of the international community’s failure to influence events in Syria, according to Israel’s foreign minister.

July 5, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 5, 2012

June 29, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 29, 2012

Russia says downing of Turkish plane not provocation

Published on June 26, 2012

Russia said on Tuesday Syria's shooting down of a Turkish warplane should not be seen as a provocation and warned world powers against using the incident to push for stronger action against Damascus.

Russia says Iran crucial to success of Syria meeting

Published on June 26, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday Iran's participation was crucial to the success of a meeting on the escalating conflict in Syria planned by U.N.-Arab league peace envoy Kofi Annan in Geneva this weekend.

Time running out for Annan’s Syria peace plan, Britain’s U.N. envoy says

Published on June 14, 2012

Britain's U.N. envoy said on Thursday time was running out for international mediator Kofi Annan's plan to bring peace to Syria and that the U.N. Security Council needs to take "much tougher action" to enforce the six-point strategy.

Syrian town deserted, burned after clashes

Published on June 14, 2012

The Syrian town of Haffeh was smoldering and nearly deserted on Thursday after days of clashes between government forces and rebels, while activists reported more army assaults on pro-opposition areas across the country.

Syria: More leading from behind

Published on June 4, 2012

The horrors currently unfolding in Syria offer further proof of what might reasonably be described as Kofi Annan’s law of international relations: Wherever Kofi Annan turns up, bloodshed is sure to follow.

May 28, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 28, 2012

Were you surprised to learn that…? The Syria edition

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 17, 2012

Call for Friday protests is first test of Syria truce

Published on April 12, 2012

Syrian opposition activists called mass protests for Friday to test a fragile, day-old ceasefire by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, and international pressure mounted for Damascus to fully comply with a U.N.-backed peace plan.

U.N. chief ‘deplores’ Syria border clashes

Published on April 9, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he deplores the cross-border shootings from Syria into Turkey and Lebanon ahead of a ceasefire deadline in the yearlong conflict that has pushed Syria to the brink of civil war.

Annan says Syria agrees to April 10 peace deadline

Published on April 2, 2012

Syria has pledged to withdraw all military units from towns by April 10 to pave the way for a full ceasefire with rebels two days later, the spokesman for international mediator Kofi Annan said on Monday.

March 30, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 30, 2012

EU slaps sanctions on Assad’s family; mortars hit Homs

Published on March 23, 2012

The European Union slapped sanctions on the mother, sister and influential wife of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, increasing pressure on Syria to halt its bloody crackdown against a year-long uprising.

Groups hope new U.N. Secretary General will be fairer toward Israel than Kofi Annan

By Ben Harris
Published on October 19, 2006

Jewish officials are greeting the selection of Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general with cautious optimism.

Jewish emergency info card a hit with LAPD; Postcard and dog tag campaign seeks release of Israeli

Published on October 19, 2006

Jewish emergency info card a hit With LAPD; Postcard and dog tag campaign seeks release of Israeli soldiers; Jewish Home Taps Caan for Walk

Signs of life

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 14, 2006

Karnit Goldwasser works for the release of the soldiers captured by Hezbollah on a July 12 raid into Israeli territory. Those captured soldiers are Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, Karnit's husband. Since the afternoon of July 12, when an area commander came to visit her with the news, she has devoted herself to freeing the two, as well as Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas in Gaza 17 days earlier.

Lawsuit Filed in Granada Hills Jewish Community Center Shooting

Published on August 24, 2006

World News; Lawsuit Filed in Granada Hills Jewish Community Center Shooting; Young Quits After 'Hurtful' Remarks; Olmert Pressed on War Inquiry; Diaspora Money Heads North; Israeli Officials Face Sexual-Harassment Charges; Israeli Children Anxious After War; Major Israeli Writer Dies; Israel: Hezbollah Used Russian Weapons; Jewish-Owned Market in Moscow Bombed; Restaurant in India Named After Hitler; Annan Chides Iran on Holocaust Cartoons.

U.S Must Defend U.N. Terror Definition

By Paul Kujawsky
Published on June 23, 2005

Should the United States try to reform the United Nations, or give up on it? Tough choice.

On the one hand, the United Nations is the only club that every nation can join. It has become the principal source of international law. It embodies humanity's hopes for international cooperation and world peace.

Drive Opens to Free 11 Jews Held in Iran

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 11, 2003

Babak Tehrani was 17 years old in June 1994 when he hugged his parents and two younger brothers, left his home in Tehran and, guided by a well-paid smuggler, tried to slip across the rugged mountains from Iran into Pakistan.

World Briefs

Published on December 4, 2003

World Briefs