Rebels cling on to Qusayr

A Syrian army soldiers holds up his weapon during a battle against opposition fighters in the city of Qusayr, in Syria’s central Homs province Photo: AFP/GETTY By Ruth Sherlock, Beirut and Magdy Samaan and Richard Spencer in Cairo 6:00PM BST 28 May 2013 A major assault by Syrian regime troops and fighters from the Lebanese Shia militia Hizbollah […]

Tough Times in Crucial Border Town Qusayr

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Thu May 30, 2013 10:20am BST (Reuters) – Syrian rebels pleaded for military and medical aid in the embattled border town of Qusair on Thursday, saying they were unable to evacuate hundreds of wounded under an onslaught from government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. President Bashar al-Assad launched an offensive to capture […]

EU Lifts Arms Embargo, Russia Keeps Supplying Arms as the Killing Goes On

Russia says it will go ahead with deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, and that the arms will help deter foreign intervention. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the missiles were a “stabilising factor” that could dissuade “some hotheads” from entering the conflict. Russia also criticised an EU decision not to renew an arms […]

Syrian opposition calls upon rebel fighters to save embattled Qusair

Syrian National Coalition urges disparate groups of fighters to head to city under assault from Assad and Hezbollah forces Syrian civilians search for survivors in Qusair after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Reuters Syria‘s main opposition alliance has urged fighters from around the country to reinforce […]

UN Phillipino Peacekeepers released by Syrian Freedom Fighters

See they do nice things as well as eat their enemies hearts :p MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rebels who held 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in Syria put blankets on their hostages to help them sleep through the cold nights and a rebel commander became visibly emotional when his group released the men, a U.N. peacekeeping […]

Russia Plays it’s Hand in the Arms Debate

By Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt WASHINGTON — Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday. Russia has previously provided a version of the missiles, called Yakhonts, to Syria. But those delivered […]

More Evidence of Chemical Attacks by Alawite Shi’a Regime Emerges

A correspondent who visited the northern town of Saraqeb was told by eyewitnesses that government helicopters had dropped at least two devices containing poisonous gas. The government has vehemently denied claims it has used chemical agents. The US had warned that such a development would be a “red line” for possible intervention. President Barack Obama […]

The Rebel Alliance reopens Ghutah

Interesting article: by the way Ghutah is apparently the location of the Second Coming of Christ! Free Syrian Army fighters return fire after what they say was during clashes with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor May 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT | Tue May 14, 2013 7:55pm EDT (Reuters) […]

More Hot Air?

David Cameron: ‘Syria’s history is being written in the blood of her people – and it is happening on our watch’ US President Barack Obama said such a body would be the goal of a meeting in Geneva in “the coming weeks”. The US recently won Russian support for the conference. British Prime Minister David […]

Alawite Terrorism Hit’s Turkey in Deadly Car bomb, killing 46 People in the Border Town of Rehanli

by Jim Muir (BBC). Syria has denied being responsible for two car bombs which killed 46 people in a Turkish border town. Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi told a news conference on Sunday his country “did not commit and would never commit such an act because our values would not allow that”. Turkish police say that […]