Domestico, operaio qualificato oppure uomo d’affari: non è facile essere un immigrato nel Qatar, dove le condizioni di lavoro sono spesso disumane.

(AVN, 28/01/13) –  La agrupación terrorista Frente Al Nusra, brazo armado de Al Qaeda en Siria, reivindicó el atentado en la ciudad de Salamiyyeh, en la provincia de Hama, ocurrido el lunes pasado. En ese ataque murieron 32 personas y decenas resultaron heridas, reseñó Prensa Latina. Mientras se conocía esta información, representantes de un grupo de países, reunidos en Francia, ratificaron su respaldo a las organizaciones opositoras sirias, que buscan derrocar al presidente, Bashar Al Assad. Con respecto al atentado,

(Xinhua, 10/01/13) – Damascus on Thursday denounced UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi for his remarks against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Brahimi’s recent press statements indicated “his bias in favor of well-known parties that conspire against Syria,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In a recent interview with the BBC, Brahimi hinted that the Syrian leader should go. “President Assad could take the lead in responding to the aspiration of his people rather than resisting it,” Brahimi

(AVN, 21/11/12) – El líder del movimiento palestino Hamas, Jaled Meshal, celebró la tregua de los ataques israelíes contra la Franja de Gaza, con lo cual -aseguró- que su grupo consiguió “todas sus demandas”. Asimismo, aseguró que Israel fracasó en todos sus objetivos, tras la ofensiva que había emprendido ese país contra Gaza, reseñó EFE. “El acuerdo de alto el fuego es una derrota para Israel, que se doblegó a los requisitos de la resistencia. Fracasó la conspiración israelí en

(IRIN, 18/10/12) – The Syrian crisis has disrupted food imports and exports in the region, raising food prices in Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, but governments have so far been able to contain the impact on consumers by finding new trade routes and absorbing some of the increased cost, according to food vendors, truck drivers and analysts. Arab countries import at least half of the food they consume, according to the World Bank, with trade moving from agricultural breadbaskets such as

(Courrier international, 27/09/12) – Une jeune Iranienne réprimandée par un mollah pour sa tenue indécente a roué l’homme de coups, l’envoyant pour trois jours à l’hôpital, rapporte l’agence Mehr. La scène a eu lieu à Shahmirzad. L’hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti, en route pour la mosquée, croise une jeune femme à laquelle il demande de se couvrir la tête. Celle-ci lui répond de se couvrir les yeux, avant de le rosser d’abondance. “Elle m’a jeté au sol, je n’ai pas compris ce

(M.Allodi – MicroMega, 18/09/12) – Si starà rallegrando Samuel Huntington, in queste ore, per il quale il clash of civilization è il dato costitutivo del nostro tempo. Ma per chi non crede in questa profezia che a furia di essere ripetuta si autoproduce, lo “scandalo nello scandalo” di un film-provocazione che sfocia in un’insurrezione planetaria non può non suscitare una riflessione. Tanto per cominciare: perché scandalo nello scandalo? Perché se il film di Sam Bacile – o chi per lui

(Prensa Latina, 05/09/12) – El enfrentamiento entre fuerzas gubernamentales y bandas armadas, y amenazas de estas contra la aviación civil, conforman hoy parte del panorama en Siria. En las últimas horas, el Ejército Árabe Sirio (EAS) liquidó a decenas de insurgentes en la rotonda de Yanddoul, en la ciudad de Alepo, a 350 kilómetros al norte de la capital, y centro de violentos choques desde hace semanas. En un área rural de la provincia, en la zona de Khanaser, una

(Pravda, 21/08/12) – The information was given on Saturday (18th) by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Sky News Arabia. No member of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) has requested a formal no-fly zone, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on August 11 that the U.S. and Turkey evaluated all measures to officially help the terrorists and mercenaries in Syria who are attempting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, including restricting the

(The Telegraph, 13/08/12) -  However, the Egyptian press on Monday described Morsi’s move as “revolutionary”, with some saying it was aimed at ending the power of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). “I never intended, through my decisions, to marginalise or be unjust toward anyone, but rather to act so that we advance toward a better future, with a new generation, long-awaited new blood,” Morsi said in a speech at Cairo’s al-Azhar mosque late on Sunday. “I only

(Prensa Latina, 09/08/12) – Bandas armadas sirias comenzaron a escapar de algunos barrios de la ciudad de Alepo, norte, ante la continuación hoy de la ofensiva gubernamental para recuperar áreas estratégicos de esa urbe. La víspera fuerzas del Ejercito Árabe Sirio (EAS) causaron grandes pérdidas en hombres y armamentos a los irregulares al iniciar una ofensiva terrestre preparada durante varios días y que perseguía su eliminación evitando mayores daños a la población civil. El barrio de Saladino, que registraba fuerte

(AVN, 03/08/12) – El gobierno de Barack Obama creó un fondo de 25 millones de dólares para “apoyar” a los mercenarios que desde hace poco más de un año tratan de derrocar al presidente Bashar Al Assad, a través de una escalada de ataques terroristas. La información fue anunciada por el portavoz del Departamento de Estado norteamericano, Patrick Ventrell, quien precisó que inicialmente el fondo de “ayuda” era de 15 millones de dólares. Ventrell aseguró que el dinero no sería

(EuroNews, 03/08/12) – “J’ai fait de mon mieux” a déclaré Kofi Annan, qui a démissionné de son rôle de médiateur en Syrie. Entre l’inertie du Conseil de sécurité et la militarisation de la rébellion sur le terrain, le diplomate ghanéen a préféré jeter l‘éponge. Depuis le début de sa mission fin février, les combats n’ont cessé de s’intensifier en Syrie, la communauté internationale ne parvenant pas à parler d’une seule voix sur ce dossier. “Annan n’a pas réussi à faire

(L.Karpova – Pravda, 20/07/12)- Terrorist attack against the headquarters of National Security in Damascus kills Syrian Defense Minister, General Daoud Rajha, and Deputy Defense Minister and brother of President Bashar al-Assad, Assef Shawkat, were killed on Wednesday (18th) in a suicide attack against the National Security building in Damascus, according to Syrian state television. At the time of the attack, a meeting of ministers and senior officials of the government was taking place on the issue of security in the

(F.Grimaldi – Onda Newspaper, 17/07/12) – Le elezioni non te le fanno vincere più. Possibile che i risultati elettorali rovesciati nel loro contrario nella più Grande Democrazia del Mondo, in occasione del Bush Primo e del Bush Secondo, non ci abbiano convinto che la sinistra, che sia rossa, rosa, o grigia, non andrà mai più al potere dove il potere sia stato sequestrato dalle élites del pensiero unico e della globalizzazione capital-imperialista? Il campanello d’allarme non è stato suonato a

(Xinhua, 02/07/12) – The Iranian officials on Sunday dismissed the EU’s oil embargo against the Islamic republic and vowed to pursue its “rights” to the nuclear technology. Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said the Islamic republic is fully ready to confront the West’s sanctions on the country’s oil industry, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Qasemi said Iran’s oil has its own markets and the Iranian government has studied all the possible options in dealing with the sanctions. Iran’s

(Ahram Online, 02/07/12) – Newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi is set to meet with a number of Egyptian governors and heads of security Monday at 1:00pm at the presidential palace in the Heliopolis district of Cairo. Interim Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri is to attend the meeting in addition to a number of caretaker government ministers, such as Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim. They are expected to set the procedures for the transition to the new government, expanding municipalities’ authorities, granting more powers

(F.Grimaldi – Mondocane Blog, 01/07/12) – Convoco i popoli indigeni e i movimenti sociali dell’America Latina a formare un unico fronte e a unirsi nella difesa della democrazia in Paraguay e del presidente Lugo. (Evo Morales) Prendete l’esempio della monarchie reazionarie del Marocco, o dell’Afghanistan. Tutti i comunisti degni del nome  le devono difendere in caso di aggressione delle potenze coloniali. In altri termini, si deve stare dalla parte del più debole e mai abbaiare contro di lui insieme agli sciacalli