After Syria shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane without prior warning, Turkey and Syria are at loggerheads which may well give the current Syrian conflict a regional shape that does not bode well for the region On Friday, June 22, a Turkish reconnaissance plane, Phantom F-4 was shot down by the Syrian air defence. Prior […]
Jun 27 2012 | Posted in
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Heavy fighting between Syrian army and rebels forces broke out this Tuesday, 8 km from the centre of the capital according to Observatoire Syrien de le droits humaines According to the NGO, one person was killed during the fighting but it has not been clarified whether the victim was a soldier, a civilian or a […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
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A general and several army officers have deserted the Syrian army to seek refuge in Turkey One general, two colonels, several officers and thirty three soldiers have deserted the Syrian army and have arrived in Turkey according to CNN-Turk. These defections add to the thirteen Syrian army generals who arrived on Turkish soil just a […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu claims that the Turkish airliner that was shot down this Friday by the Syrian Army was conducting tests on a system of national radar and had no connection with the Syrian crisis “The jet was on a solo flight and was not armed. It was not on a secret mission […]
Jun 24 2012 | Posted in
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The Arab League has asked Russia to stop supplying weapons to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces who are using arms against civilians While talking to Russian news agency Interfax, Ahmed Ben Helli, the number 2 of the League has asked Russians to stop helping the current Syrian regime. “Any aid to violence must stop, because when you […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz dies Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has passed away in Geneva, Switzerland. Citing a royal court statement, the Saudi state television broke the news today. Nayef, who had been the interior minister for Saudi Arabia since 1975, was the heir to Saudi King Abdullah […]
After playing a role of a mere observer for most part of the ongoing crisis in Syria, Amnesty International has blasted Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for committing crimes against humanity In Syria, everyday, crimes are being committed against humanity in the name of reaction of the government to avenge communities suspected for supporting insurgents. In a […]
Jun 14 2012 | Posted in
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Syrian soldiers have tortured and summarily executed several children and even used some of them as young as eight years as ‘human shields’ in their operations against the rebels according to a UN report UN has denounced the Syrian government as one of the worst on its annual list of ‘the shame’ where the protagonists […]
Jun 12 2012 | Posted in
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In two separate incidents in Deraa and Homs, 23 people including nine women and three children have been killed Fighting between Bashar Al-Assad’s forces and the rebel forces has left seventeen people dead in the Southern Syrian city of Deraa. The incident happened this Friday. Among those seventeen victims were nine women and three children […]
Jun 9 2012 | Posted in
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According to a survey by Red Cross, everyday, a number of Syrians are fleeing from the ravaged country Syrian civilians have been forced to leave their homes in order to stay away from the clashes between the rebel forces and government troops. It has become difficult for sick and wounded people to reach medical services. […]
Jun 8 2012 | Posted in
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Two girls come to beg for some water. For a week, the taps have been dry and there is no water supply in the village. Fadi, whose house has a large cistern that contains more water than the family consumes. However, his father fumes. “The who village will come to us soon, and we will […]
Jun 6 2012 | Posted in
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The inhabitants of the Syrian village live in fear of the raids by the Syrian Army Suddenly alerts, a lot of guns are found in the plains. A mother covers her daughter in a blanket to protect her. In the alleys there is a lot of panic. There are only children, women and elderly men […]
Jun 5 2012 | Posted in
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