Syrian rebels use children to behead Assad loyalists SHOCKING VIDEO
A video released by the Syrian terrorists on their website showed them beheading loyalists to President Bashar al-Assad with machetes. WARNING: This VERY VERY GRAPHIC — YOUTUBE PULLED THE VIDEO Infowars More...
Russia confirms Syrians have US Stinger missiles, Pentagon is quick deny claims
Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are now armed with man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) including US-made Stingers, Russia’s top military commander said on Wednesday. Syrian More...
NY Times article reveals US sending weapons to Syria are falling into hands of ‘Islamic hardliners’
Sunday’s NY Times article, titled “Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian Rebels?” details how the flow of weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar supplying Syrian rebel groups are actually going More...
Turkey responds to Syrian killing, but won’t declare war
Turkey says it has no intention of declaring war on Syria, despite cross-border shelling in which five civilians were killed. Syria says it is investigating the shelling in the town of Akcakale. Photo/Freedom House Turkey More...
‘Bloodiest Day’ in Syrian conflict leaves over 300 dead
More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest day of the 18-month revolt, a human rights group said. Syria children of freedom photo/FreedomHouse via Flickr public domain World More...
Syrian troops shell northern cities, 11 reportedly dead
Syrian government troops continue to pound the rebel-held Shaar district of Aleppo, killing 11 people, a rights group said, while 11 others, including seven rebels, were killed elsewhere in Syria’s northern More...
Syrian rebels capture and execute 18 soldiers in Aleppo
International Peace Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to head to Damascus today (Thursday) to meet Syria’s President Bashar al Assad, an Arab diplomat in Cairo said, as fresh bloodshed gripped the north of the country. In More...
UN says record numbers are fleeing Syria
The UN says more than 100,000 people fled their country in August – the highest monthly total since the uprising began. Reported Deaths in Violence Across Syria April 2012; numbers from Syria Shuhada; figures More...
President Obama authorizes CIA assistance to Syrian rebels
President Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to get rid of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his government. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff 2011 wikimedia commons Obama’s More...
Def. Sec. Leon Panetta to Syria’s Assad ‘Get the hell out’
US Defense Sec. Leon Panetta has advice for Syria’s President Assad: “If you want to be able to protect yourself and your family, you’d better get the hell out now.” Video screenshot “The United States More...
Syria battle rages on in badly beaten Aleppo
Syrian forces and rebels have clashed violently in and around Aleppo as the battle for control of the northern city raged into a third day, with both sides claiming advances. Michael Thompson from One Love, Earth More...
Syrian violences localizes in Aleppo
Activists say thousands of troops have been sent to Syria’s second city, Aleppo, as clashes were reported in the city for the sixth consecutive day. Fighting was reported in the central al-Jamaliya neighbourhood More...
Syrian President Assad’s brother-in-law among those killed in Damascus bombing
The brother-in-law of Syrian president Bashar al Assad and his defence minister are among several senior officials killed in a Damascus bomb attack. Syrian Commander Riad al-Asaad, who heads a group of Syrian army More...
General Manaf Tlas defects, leaving Syria, his friend Assad
A Syrian general and personal friend of President Bashar al-Assad has defected and fled Syria, becoming the closest member of the leader’s inner circle to switch sides during the 16-month uprising. A younger More...
Russian exporter confirms sending air and sea defenses to Syria
Russia’s chief arms exporter said Friday that his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down airplanes or sink ships if the United States or other nations More...
Syrian cities enduring intense deadly shelling strikes
Activists reported new violence in southwest Syria on Saturday, saying shelling by troops and clashes between soldiers and rebel fighters in the city of Dara’a had killed 17 people, including women and children. The More...
US Embassy in Syria closed, violence spreads as Russia ramps up pressure
Syria Renews Bombardment as U.S. Closes Embassy and Russia Sends Envoys That’s the headline this morning in the Telegraph. The US Embassy in Syria has been abandoned as violence spreads. Homs continues to More...
Syrian Army ramps up attacks on opposition as death toll rises
The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution, aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria, was blocked by More...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denies brutality in Barbara Walters interview
ABC News will broadcast Barbara Walters’s interview with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The network hasn’t released the full transcript yet, but so far press releases suggest that the big news is that Assad More...
