U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that a new surge in attacks by Syrian government forces on protest cities violates the U.N. Security Council’s united demand for a peaceful end to the conflict. The U.N. secretary general indicated that he believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is using an April 10 deadline to pull troops and [...]
Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city as anti-regime protesters rallied across Syria on Friday to denounce Arab states’ inaction in the face of a bloody crackdown on dissent after an Arab summit only urged dialogue to resolve the crisis. As many as 42 people have been killed by the fire of Syrian forces across [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scores of people were reported dead in Syria on Sunday as renewed violence across the country erupted in Damascus, Idlib and Aleppo, according to rights activists. At least 66 people, including 26 civilians, were on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The London-based rights group said 26 soldiers, five other members of the [...]
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has granted a general amnesty for all crimes committed during the 10-month uprising, state-run media report. It would apply to army deserters who turned themselves in before the end of January, peaceful protesters and those who handed in unlicensed weapons, Sana state news agency is quoted as saying. The UN says [...]
An Arab League official has launched a scathing attack on the regional body’s mission to Syria, claiming it has been powerless to prevent “multiple crimes against humanity” from being committed by troops loyal to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Anwar Malek, an Algerian member of the team, said the observer mission was becoming a [...]
A pan-Arab body called Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of the Arab League monitors in Syria because President Bashar Assad’s regime has kept up killings of government opponents even in the presence of the observers. The 88-member Arab Parliament said that Arabs are angered by the Syrian regime’s ongoing killings while the nearly 100 monitors [...]
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I am sure they take pleasure in their sadistic acts in those lands....
