Syria is now in a full-scale civil war, UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said, as the United States accused Russia of supplying the regime of Bashar al-Assad with attack helicopters. The UN peacekeeping chief told reporters that there was an escalation in violence in Syria as Assad’s forces seek to regain control of “large chunks […]
Jun 13 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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Rebels and regime troops clashed in a district of the Syrian capital as scores of protests were held across the strife-torn country and more than 20 people killed on Friday, monitors said. Clashes broke out in Kfar Sousa, a Damascus district where anti-regime sentiment is strong, while explosions rocked the Mazzeh and al Qaeda neighbourhoods, […]
Jun 9 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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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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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday of a “catastrophic civil war” in Syria after the massacre of more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla that sparked global horror and outrage. “The massacres of the sort seen last weekend could plunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war, a civil war from which the country […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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Five days following the massacre of Hula, rebels have ordered Syrian government to implement the Annan plan by Friday or face the consequences Syrian rebels say that they will give up fighting on Friday noon if the government of Bashar Al-Assad decides to implement the Annan plan that includes a cessation of violence in the […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan said he was “shocked” at the weekend’s “tragic events” in the central Syrian town of Houlaas he arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with top officials. He said those responsible for the killing in Houla of at least 108 people on Friday and Saturday must be held accountable […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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General Robert Mood says that though the mission is trying its best to restore order in Syria, it will eventually be the Syrians themselves who will have their fate in their own hands Norway’s General Robert Mood is the person responsible for negotiating a truce in war-ravaged Syria. The Norwegian was made the head of […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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Fierce fighting between regime troops and armed rebels rocked parts of Damascus overnight, monitors said on Sunday, as the G8 called for a “political transition” to end relentless violence sweeping Syria. The clashes in the Syrian capital came hours after a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria’s biggest city, killing […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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Fierce clashes between Syrian regime forces and armed rebels in the central city of Rastan on Monday left at least 23 soldiers dead and dozens wounded, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitoring group said initial reports indicated that three troop carriers were destroyed in the clashes that began at dawn on […]
May 14 2012 | Posted in
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