Explosion in Damascus kills atleast a dozen, Parliament member blames Saudi Arabia and US for terrorism
An explosion in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed more than a dozen people, according to reports. Some media outlets said 13 people died in the blast and more than 70 others were injured. Syrian car bomb rubble, More...
Syrian rebels capture pro-Assad cleric, Sheikh Hassan Seifeddin, behead man and parade body
Syrian rebel forces killed a pro-regime Sunni cleric in the city of Aleppo, beheaded the man, and then dragged his body through the streets, a watchdog group said on Saturday. Michael Thompson from One Love, Earth More...
Over 60 Syrians shot in head, execution style, while bound
A Syrian opposition group says 65 people have been found shot dead, with their hands bound, in Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll could rise as high as 80, calling More...
Syrian rebels reject peace plan proposal by President Assad
Syrian opposition groups have rejected a new peace initiative by President Bashar al-Assad that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution. Assad was speaking on Sunday More...
Syrian death toll at 60,000 says UN Human Rights group
On Wednesday in a press release United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, stated that a detailed analysis has revealed that the bloody conflict in Syria has left over 60,000 people have More...
Muslim cleric encourages Christian woman and girls to be kidnapped or raped, ‘friends of the Zionists’
A Muslim cleric has issued a fatwa threatening Iraqi Christians unless they convert to Islam, but the country’s prime minister urged them to stay. Ahmad Al Hassani Al Baghdadi The details and translations emerged More...
Hillary Clinton meets on Syria, chemical weapon rumors as ground campaign may be looming
The situation in Syria is accelerating, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, amid reports that President Bashar al-Assad’s government may be preparing to use chemical weapons. 2011 cartoon More...
Car bomb in Syria kills 50 soldiers and pro-Assad fighters
A car bomb attack at a military post in Hama has killed at least 50 soldiers and pro-regime fighters, a rights watchdog has said. Reported Deaths in Violence Across Syria April 2012; numbers from Syria Shuhada; 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...
Ron Paul criticizes ‘Libya fiasco’ and Syrian chaos, but offers no solutions
Many anti-war supporters and Libertarians look to Presidential candidate Ron Paul for a statement regarding the attacks on US Embassies around the Middle East. Paul penned an article titled ” The Libya Fiasco 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...
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...
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...
George Little at Pentagon: Assad has to go
The violence in Syria is “deplorable and disgusting,” and another indication that the Assad regime has to go, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters. Drawing by Strassengalerie via wikimedia commons Little’s 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...
Tanks roll across Syria, over 100 killed as al-Assad attempts to squash protests
Up to 140 Syrians were killed yesterday when the country’s government waged ‘full armed warfare’ on its own people to crush demonstrations. President Bashar al-Assad’s tanks battered the city of Hama, where More...
