Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

The son of a late Chechen rebel warlord has been killed in Syria by government forces battling a rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, Russian media and websites sympathetic to Islamist insurgents in Russia’s Caucasus region reported. Rustam Gelayev was killed … Continue reading →

In Aleppo, the rich have already left, the middle classes stay at home and the poor suffer. You only have walk through the old French park beside Saadalah al-Jabri Square to meet them, three families of 19 souls, the women … Continue reading →

Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus on Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle to keep power has dragged Syria into an increasingly bloody civil war. Artillery and helicopters … Continue reading →

David Cameron joined Barack Obama yesterday in warning the Syrian regime that any use of chemical weapons would be “unacceptable” and hinted that it could prompt Western military intervention. Western leaders – criticised for failing to find a solution to … Continue reading →

France’s defense minister said Thursday that the international community should consider enforcing a no-fly zone over parts of Syria. Jean-Yves Le Drian said completely closing Syria’s airspace was equivalent to “going to war” and would require a willing international coalition … Continue reading →

By Robert Mackey Two days after the Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto was shot and killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo, her news agency released some of the footage she recorded in her final hours. The video, posted online with subtitles … Continue reading →