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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: October 10, 2012
Assad ordered killing of Kurdish activist Mashaal Tammo: Leaked files
Prominent Syrian Kurdish politician and activist Mashaal Tammo was murdered on Oct. 7, 2011 with direct orders from President Bashar al-Assad, leaked files aired by Al Arabiya on Wednesday revealed. Four gunmen broke into the home of Tammo, a vocal … Continue reading
Jordan Struggles to Absorb Refugees
In Zaatari, one of the largest camps for Syrian refugees in the Middle East, hundreds of girls sat this week in makeshift school tents provided by Unicef. In one, third graders were learning basic addition and subtraction. In the next … Continue reading
Syria’s civilians are trapped in a deadly no-man’s land
By: Ian Pannell The streets of Aleppo, damaged by heavy shelling “We are dead.” It was a terrifyingly simple assessment of the grim reality for Aleppo’s residents. Abu Stayf says he has lost his wife and six children; they were … Continue reading
US troops operating in Jordan near Syria border
By: Richard Spencer The 150 troops are intended in the first instance to help Jordan, a key but fragile US ally, deal with the influx of refugees from the fighting across the northern border. They are also preparing for any … Continue reading
Video: Defecting Syrian propagandist says his job was ‘to fabricate’
CNN’s Ivan Watson meets a Syrian who claims he saw the inner workings of the regime before he fled.
Turkey forces Syrian plane down as tension heightens
By: Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay Turkey scrambled fighters to force a Syrian passenger plane to land on Wednesday, suspecting it of carrying military equipment from Moscow, while Turkey’s military chief warned of a more forceful response if shelling continued … Continue reading
NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover
By: Jonathan Burch NATO said it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary should the war in Syria spill over their border again as dozens of people were killed across the Arab nation on Tuesday. Fighting between Syrian … Continue reading
Fears grow that Syria may shut down Internet
By: Karen Leigh Late last month in Aleppo, Syria, civilians who have cell phone subscriptions received a foreboding text message in Arabic: “Game over.” Those on prepaid phones — including many opposition fighters and activists, who tend to throw their … Continue reading
