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Mum says "they beat him I screamed stop he's a child, then shot him. I saw his blood flow across road" "he's a child"(previous tweet) #Syria
1 week ago His dad says "my son said: 'even if Muhamad came down I won't give anything on credit' - they beat & shot him. Child"(previous tweet) #Syria
1 week ago Parts from video include the mum saying "way they killed him you'd think they caught someone from Hezbollah group" (previous tweet) #Syria
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IS THERE ANY MORE OBVIOUS CASE OF SECTARIAN CLEANSING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN QUSAIR?
1 week ago Orient TV report about Maaret Nu'man #Idlib http://t.co/kCJdVEXPgG cc @SyrianSmurf #Syria
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Daily Archives: August 11, 2012
Rebels Carve Out Large Enclave in North Syria
AZAZ, Syria — Residents of this north Syrian border town like to snap photos of their children atop the tank parked downtown, one of more than a dozen captured or destroyed by rebels in the battles last month that “liberated” … Continue reading
Syrian-American tells UN of cultural reasons why rape in Syria may be underreported
Good afternoon. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to humbly allow me to give the Syrian women a voice in the ongoing conflict. Since the uprising began in March 2011, the security situation in Syria has been … Continue reading
US adds Hezbollah to Syria sanctions list
The US has denounced Hezbollah, the Lebanese political group, for backing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, and added it to a list of organisations under sanctions for their ties to the Syrian government. The US already classes Hezbollah a “terrorist organisation” … Continue reading
Canada’s FM Visits Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan
By: Dale Gavlak AMMAN, Jordan — Canada’s foreign minister pledged $6.5 million in additional aid to Jordan in its efforts to help displaced Syrians after seeing a refugee tent city and calling the worsening situation in neighboring Syria “tremendously horrifying.” … Continue reading
Female Syrian Olympic Hurdler DQ’d for Doping
LONDON – A female hurdler from Syria was kicked out of the London Olympics on Saturday after failing a drug test. The IOC said 400-meter hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine on Aug. 3. Her backup … Continue reading
Syrian forces clash with Jordanian soldiers on the border
A Syrian opposition activist who witnessed the fighting said armoured vehicles were involved in the clash in the Tel Shihab-Turra area, about 50 miles north of the Jordanian capital Amman, that occurred after Syrian refugees tried to cross into Jordan. … Continue reading
Aleppo ‘is becoming Syria’s Stalingrad’
By: Richard Spencer By tank shell, by MiG rocket, Syria’s cities are gradually being ground to dust. A stream of pick-up trucks heads north out of Aleppo each day, carrying the bodies of slain shop-keepers and car mechanics, amateur revolutionaries … Continue reading
Video: Andrew Simmons shares details of Syria visit
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons is on the line now from Antakya in Turkey. He has just come out of neighbouring Syria where he was visiting field hospitals.
Anger, tears, and forgiveness as Syrian rebel and his prisoner share their fears
By: Martin Chulov First Lieutenant Darid Barakat sat on a foam mattress on the floor of a schoolhouse, men he once commanded alongside him, and his captors standing in a murky corridor outside. There were 30 or so men held … Continue reading
US and Turkey consider no-fly zones
By: Conal Urquhart The United States and Turkey are considering imposing no-fly zones and other steps on Syria to help rebel forces, Hillary Clinton has announced. The US secretary of state said she and the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, … Continue reading
