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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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Tag Archives: Homs
Border villages front lines in Syria war
The northeastern border with Syria was once porous but calm, with smugglers regularly ferrying food and fuel between the two countries. But now, the dynamics have changed: Fighters and weapons have replaced consumer goods as the hot commodities, and fighting … Continue reading
Assad’s cousin, Housam, captured by opposition brigade: senior preacher
Syrian opposition forces have captured Housam al-Assad, the cousin of the embattled President Bashar al-Assad, a senior religious figure has announced. Assad’s cousin was captured by al-Farouq brigade of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Sheikh Adnan Al Arour, a Sunni … Continue reading
Syrian opposition warns city of Homs could fall to al-Assad forces
Syrian government forces have sent reinforcements to central Homs and could gain complete control of the besieged city, a major opposition group warned Sunday, dpa reported. “The criminal regime has dispatched extra troops to tighten the inhuman siege of the city,” the … Continue reading
Warplanes batter Syria’s Homs
Warplanes have pounded rebel-held areas of Homs in the Syrian city’s heaviest onslaught for months, monitors say, as Turkey reportedly returned cross-border shellfire for the second time this week. The clashes came on Friday as the UN condemned the Syrian … Continue reading
Syrian Warplanes Strike Homs as Rebels Claim to Capture Base
By Tim Arango, Hwaida Saad, and Alan Cowell ISTANBUL, Turkey — Syrian government warplanes and artillery were reported on Friday to have launched a ferocious barrage against the central city of Homs while, near the capital, Damascus, rebels said they … Continue reading
Medieval Aleppo souks destroyed by fire as battle rages in Syria
A huge fire has destroyed parts of the medieval souks in Aleppo, Syria, following raging battles between rebels and government troops. The city is a Unesco world heritage site and the labyrinth of narrow alleys and shops was once a … Continue reading
Syria observatory reports bloodiest day in Syria
A day after the deadliest day in Syria’s civil war, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asked for additional support from donor countries due to the growing number of refugees fleeing Syria. The current number … Continue reading
Syria attacks ‘aimed solely at punishing civilians’, says Amnesty International
The Syrian government has carried out indiscriminate air bombardments and artillery strikes on residential areas that do not target opposition fighters or military objectives, and instead appear aimed solely at punishing civilians seen as sympathetic to rebel forces, Amnesty International … Continue reading
Syria dispatches: Robert Fisk’s independence
By: Yassin Al Haj and Rime Allaf The international media has not always been kind to Syria’s revolutionary people. For months on end, many of the latter turned themselves into instant citizen-journalists to document their uprising and the violent repression … Continue reading
Assassination Highlights Rifts Facing Syria Rebels
By: David D. Kirkpatrick BEIRUT, Lebanon — The assassination of a Syrian rebel fighter linked to Al Qaeda called new attention on Thursday to the ideological differences among the Islamists fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad and threatened to set off new strife … Continue reading
