Syrian War: Ghouta bombing leaves 300 dead, ‘flagrant war crimes,’ suffering children with no food, shelter, medicine
While the Syrian military says it is trying to liberate the area from terrorists, it has also been accused of targeting civilians with a death toll reported at 300 and rising. A doctor working in Eastern Ghouta More...
Assad: US airstrikes in Syria have ‘not proven effective’ against ISIS
Syrian President Bashar Assad has stated that the United States-led airstrike campaign against ISIS has not proven effective. The Shiite leader says that ‘You can’t end terrorism with aerial strikes’ More...
Over 11,000 children killed in Syria’s civil war, hundreds targeted by sniper
A new report details the death toll in Syria, highlighting the disturbing death totals of children, especially those killed by sniper fire. photo/FreedomHouse via Flickr public domain The report, features in a Nov. More...
Syrian violence: Nearly 40 dead in bombings and rebel groups battle one another
Earlier on Thursday, two bombings in Syria killed at least 39 people in the latest surge in violence, while al-Qaeda-linked fighters tighten their grip on a border town near Turkey after killing and expelling fighters More...
US to send Syrian rebels armor, night vision goggles and other ‘nonlethal aid’
The Obama administration is expected to give Syrian rebels broader nonlethal military assistance, including body armor and night-vision goggles, while stopping short of providing weapons to forces fighting Syrian 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...
UN reports Syrian refugees now tops 1 million, violence displaced 2 million more
The number of Syrians who have fled their homeland during the almost two years of violence has officially exceeded 1 million, the United Nations said Wednesday. The milestone had long been anticipated as the influx More...
Syrian violence spreads to Iraq as 40 soldiers murdered during attack on Iraqi military transport
More than 40 Syrian soldiers who had sought temporary safety in Iraq from rebel fighters along the border were killed on Monday in an attack by unidentified gunmen as the Iraqi military was transporting the soldiers 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 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...
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...
Roger Abbas, Australian aid worker, killed in crossfire of Syrian violence
An Australian man has reportedly died in gunfire in Syria while working at a refugee camp. Roger Abbas Roger Abbas, age 23, from Melbourne died while doing aid work at a refugee camp near the Turkey and Syrian border, 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...
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...
UN says Syrian violence getting worse
The UN has warned that violence in Syria is getting worse as the military steps up assaults on civilians and government opposition is coordinating counterattacks. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff 2011 wikimedia commons “The 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...
