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Violence across Syria on eve of constitution vote

Feb. 24: People chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime during a demonstration in Kafar Taharim, northern Syria.  Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/25/violence-across-syria-on-eve-constitution-vote/#ixzz1nT1OTH5y

DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria defied international calls to halt attacks on rebel enclaves as at least 89 people were killed nationwide Saturday on the eve of a constitutional referendum that the opposition sees as a ploy by President Bashar Assad’s regime. Assad presented the revised charter — which allows for at least a theoretical opening [...]

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Afghan Taliban claim killing of NATO staff; Anti-U.S. protests rage for a fifth day

Two American members of the NATO force in Afghanistan were shot dead within the interior ministry in Kabul. (Reuters)

At least three demonstrators were killed Saturday, medical sources said, as protesters tried to storm a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan in Two American members of the NATO force in Afghanistan were shot dead within the interior ministry in Kabul Saturday, military and government sources said, as anti-U.S. protests raged for a fifth day. “Initial [...]

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Don’t Weep over the Grand Delusion of an Assadic Resistance – Abdul-Latif Halimi

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It will not be long before Bashar al-Assad will sit naked and battered, haemorrhaging to death on the curb of history like other uninhibited despots before him. As his regime hurtles chaotically out of control amidst an ever-reddening blur of desperate savagery, allies are solemnly administering Last Rites, predators and victims are circling for a [...]

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Free Syrian Army is all that stands between civilians and tanks

Yesterday, calls from inside Homs said that only Bab al-Amr remained as a pocket of FSA resistance, but that army tanks were approaching. Photo: REUTERS

As Syria’s rebellious cities are bombarded and the regime’s tank crews prepare to move, only a rag-tag and poorly armed but determined army stands in their way. The last straw for Captain Abu Mahmoud came when 13 of his fellow officers were lined up and shot by a Syrian firing squad. They had been identified [...]

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Syria: Our Test of Sabr

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To our horror, Bashar Al-Assad continues to ravage and massacre his people, a people who are under his dreadful custodianship. Such a paradox! That Bashar Al-Assad holds such a position rather than protecting and guarding his people from harm’s way, while he is the clear and present danger to his population.  He heavily bombards any [...]

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More protests erupt around Manama

Bahraini women participate in a protest rally near the ministry of labor in Isa Town, south of Manama, on December 27, 2011.

Bahraini people staged new anti-regime rallies around the capital, Manama, as the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty continues to use force against peaceful protests. Protesters poured into the streets in several towns and villages around Manama on Thursday, urging the Al Khalifa regime to step down. The demonstrators called for the immediate release of prisoners and [...]

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Syria SNC urges U.N. emergency meeting over ‘massacres’ as death toll mounts

Demonstrators protest against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in al-Midan district in Damascus.

The opposition Syrian National Council on Wednesday urged the U.N. Security Council and Arab League to hold emergency meetings after “massacres” carried out by regime forces. Reacting to this week’s reports of the killing of hundreds of civilians, the opposition bloc called for an “emergency U.N. Security Council session to discuss the regime’s massacres in [...]

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Syrian Violence Spills Over Into Jordan, Leaving At Least 2 Diplomats Hurt in Embassy Attack

Dec. 9, 2011: Syrians living in Jordan shout slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman.

BEIRUT – Syrian troops battled army defectors Sunday in clashes that left several military vehicles in flames. The fighting and other violence around the nation killed at least five people, activists said. For the first time, an act of violent protest against President Bashar Assad’s regime spilled across the border into Jordan, where about a [...]

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