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Large convoy from Tawheed brigade (#Aleppo) allegedly heading down to Qusair. https://t.co/ssuZzm08QK Hope it's true & not only for show
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Jordanian cops not covering themselves in glory MT @NuffSilence: Clashes in Jordan. Assadists got beaten up real bad http://t.co/FkaRBIMDmP
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The people of #Homs hosted the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese during the war with Israel in 2006. Now they're killing us. #Syria
20 hours ago Clashes between supporters of revo & supporters of Assad in Jordan. Assadists got beaten up real bad, which is good http://t.co/XQ2CtOJB30
20 hours ago Activists in town of Al-Bab established a modest rehabilitation center for drug addicts http://t.co/dDHfmOY2qe #Aleppo #Syria
21 hours ago Speaking of US-Russia partnership on Syria: it's pretty clear Russia couldn't dream of better partner than Obama for what it wants in Syria
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Tag Archives: Houla Massacre
Why Mitt Romney’s sabre-rattling on Syria signifies nothing
By: Heather Hurlburt Unless Romney can answer how arming rebels would not make a bad situation worse, his proposal looks like a ploy, not policy. Syria’s Dante-esque hell is now having its five minutes in the spotlight of the US presidential campaign, … Continue reading
Dispatch from Aleppo: Victims of Syria’s Brutal Crackdown
By: Donnatella Rovera Every protest I observed during three days in Aleppo ended the same way: with the army, security forces and shabiha – the infamous militias who do some of the government’s dirty work – opening fire on non-violent demonstrators who posed … Continue reading
Video: Ban Ki-moon warns of Syria civil war
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns that massacres of civilians in Syria could cast the country into a devastating civil war. Simon Hanna reports. Source: Reuters
Pro-Assad Militias Under Scrutiny After Syrian Massacre
By: Michael Lipin WASHINGTON, United States – Syrian pro-government militiamen known as the “shabiha” are facing international scrutiny for their alleged role in the May 25 massacre of more than 100 civilians in the central Syrian town of Houla. U.N. … Continue reading
Erdoğan calls on world to heed desperation of Syrians
İSTANBUL, Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the world not to remain silent in the face of bloodshed in Syria, saying the children massacred there are also children of humanity. Referring to a weekend massacre in the … Continue reading
Syrian boy played dead to survive Houla massacre
Syrian boy played dead to survive Houla massacre. BEIRUT, Lebanon – When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali Al Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to … Continue reading
Syria carnage continues
BEIRUT, Lebanon – UN observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern Syria, days after a massacre of 108 civilians, nearly half of them children, ignited a world outcry. Syrian activists said the victims … Continue reading
Syria violence: Families herded ‘like sheep’ to die in Houla massacre
By: Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Jordan — The gunmen arrived shortly before dusk, some in uniform and some in plain clothes, before herding whole families into rooms and killing them in cold blood, according to survivors. “They entered our homes … Continue reading
11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
By: Bassem Mroue and Elizabeth Kennedy BEIRUT — When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to fool the killers into … Continue reading
UN rights body to hold session on Syrian massacre
By: John Heilprin GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria and last week’s massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers, officials said. The U.N. Human Rights Council … Continue reading
