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The Syrian Revolution Daily is out! http://t.co/tncHzaBYqq ▸ Top stories today via @Afrahnasser @AnonymousSyria @shaamnews
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FSA making fast progress in Hama countryside. Dozen villages liberated. Via @SyrianSmurf #Syria
2 days ago Peace talks "@ABarnardNYT: Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria by @EricSchmittNYT & M. Gordon http://t.co/WVEEd9tLkS"
2 days ago Listening to @JMiller_EA discussing Syria here (from 5:50 on) http://t.co/2PtUEa3tMy #Syria
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The InSyriaNow Daily is out! http://t.co/f12EX63hET ▸ Top stories today via @RafifJ @Taurus667 @MayorKhairullah
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Hi @RafifJ I'm looking for families inside Syria who could talk to us on BBC World Service about possible chemical weapon use?
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I always try to minimize use of graphic pictures from #Syria.I believe the blood of martyrs shouldn't be media materials to draw attention
2 days ago The regime shells any residential area if there is even 1 FSA soldier. The regime wants to destroy the popular base of the rebels. #Syria
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Remains of minaret of Altawfiq mosque - In besieged and destroyed Alqarabees neighbourhood. #Homs http://t.co/OvaGDPXSUy
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Tag Archives: Rastan
Syrian troops ‘using helicopter gunships’
By: Oliver Carmichael According to the Britain based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the aerial assault has targeted the strategic river crossing of Rastan, a town that lies on the main highway linking Damascus to the north. Rebels began regrouping in Rastan … Continue reading
Syrian ground troops make way for air attacks
Syrian troops attacked the town of Rastan with helicopter gunships on Monday, according to opposition activists. The aerial assault follows several failed attempts by ground troops to seize the central town, the local co-ordination committees said. Government shelling was also … Continue reading
Troops shell Rastan, 13 killed across Syria, rights group says
Beirut – Syrian regime forces pounded the town of Rastan in central Homs province on Thursday, killing three civilians, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Violence elsewhere in Syria killed 10 other people in the morning, the Britain-based watchdog … Continue reading
Syrian troops pound Rastan as U.N. team brokers swap between regime, rebels
Regime forces Wednesday pounded rebel bastion Rastan, in central Syria, at an average rate of “one shell a minute,” said a monitoring group, adding that 11 people were killed across the country amid reports that a U.N. has brokered an … Continue reading
Syria assails rebel town, admits effect of sanctions
Syrian forces tried to storm the rebel bastion of Rastan yesterday under cover of heavy gunfire, shelling and rocket bombardment, reports said, as Damascus admitted sanctions were biting hard. Meanwhile, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) denied it was behind … Continue reading
Curbs bite Syria; Rastan stormed
DAMASCUS – Syrian forces tried to storm the rebel bastion of Rastan on Wednesday under cover of heavy gunfire, shelling and rocket bombardment, reports said, as Damascus admitted sanctions were biting hard. The rebel Free Syrian Army, meanwhile, denied it … Continue reading
Syria violence continues as government assaults Rastan
Syrian government forces stormed the city of Rastan on Wednesday, according to Agence France Presse. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based organization that counts the Syria dead, said 12 were killed in violence across the country today. Troops … Continue reading
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Violence continues across Syria; activists say gov’t troops out to ‘destroy’ Rastan
As many as 20 people have been killed by the gunfire of Syrian forces across the country on Thursday, the Sham news network reported. Violence continued inside Syria, as residents of Rastan in central Syria said government forces shelled the … Continue reading
Syrian forces out to ‘destroy’ rebel town Rastan
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Regime forces sent shells crashing into rebel stronghold Rastan early Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, while calling on UN observers to rush to the town in central Homs province. “The army is trying to … Continue reading
Video: Syrian troops ‘killed’ in Rastan clashes
Fierce clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters have left at least 23 soldiers killed in the central Syrian city of Rastan, activists said. Opposition sources also said the army had shelled the town, which they say has been … Continue reading
