The Syrian Conflict Thread

Russia removes Military Personnel from Syria

Russia has withdrawn all its military personnel from Syria and left its strategic Tartus naval centre unstaffed because of the escalating security threat in the war-torn country, the Vedomosti daily said Wednesday.

The respected business daily cited an unnamed source in the Russian defence ministry as saying that no Russian defence ministry military or civilian personnel were now present in Syria, a Soviet-era ally of Moscow.

The source said the decision was taken to limit the dangers posed to Russians amid a raging civil war and to reduce the threat of political damage that could result from Russians being killed by either side.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov had appeared to confirm the evacuation of military staff in an interview with the London-published Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat published on Friday.

"Today, the Russian defence ministry does not have a single person in Syria," he said.

"In Tartus, we never had a base in the first place. It is a technical facility for maintaining ships sailing in the Mediterranean," he added.

The facility in the Mediterranean port of Tartus, located in the Alawite Muslim heartland region of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, is Russia's only such asset outside the former Soviet Union.

Created as the result of an agreement between Damascus and Moscow in 1971, the Tartus facility was believed in recent months to have been staffed by just a few dozen Russian defence ministry personnel.

Russia always insisted on calling it not a base but a "point of military-technical supply of the Russian Navy". But analysts have always seen its sheer existence as a huge asset for Moscow.

The Vedomosti report said the decision to remove defence ministry personnel did not cover technical experts who are hired by the Syrian government to help train its army use Russian-issued weapons.

Russia supplies ground-to-surface interceptor missiles to Syria as well as warplanes and helicopters and other heavy machinery meant for national self-defence.

Moscow defends its military sales to Syria by arguing that it is only fulfilling contracts signed before the current conflict broke out in March 2011.

Syria represents Russia's last strategic ally in the Middle East and the fall of Assad would deal a significant blow to Moscow's geopolitical aspirations.

Russia now intends to keep between three and five warships permanently stationed in the region as a show of its strategic interest in the Middle East, the Vedomosti report said.


Source : Sapa-AFP /sdv
Date : 26 Jun 2013 14:04
 
Britain and the US have provided the United Nations with details of 10 alleged cases of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government forces, an unnamed UN diplomat said on Wednesday, reports AFP. This comes as western nations are looking for ways to press for access to Syria for the UN team that has been waiting more than three months for Damascus to let it in. Along with the US and the UK, France also sent evidence of alleged attacks to the UN team of experts led by Swedish Ake Sellstrom. So far, few details have emerged regarding France’s report. However, all Western countries state they have no proof of Syrian opposition forces using chemical weapons. The UN investigative committee said last week said it was still unable to determine which of the sides in the conflict side used chemical arms.
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Ignoring al nusra were caught with sarin gas. Why don't they investigate a little further to ensure that rebels caught with sarin gas never used it. Let's see if the UN falls for their evidence, i have a feeling they need the UN to approve this time around.

http://rt.com/op-edge/hezbollah-syria-conflict-target-255/

Read that article, not sure if it's the truth but it does depict a vastly different view we see in the media.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/world/middleeast/syria.html?_r=0
http://global-security-news.com/201...-nusra-gulf-and-western-powers-have-no-shame/

Well we know Lebanon is next on the list, then i would imagine iran. We won't hear of these massacres in mainstream media, have to google them. The question is when the sunni's have massacred shiites and control lebanon, syria and then start nailing the Palestinians and Iranians where does israeli sit and iraq who will no doubt have to do something. Unless israel trust the sunni movements, iraq won't as it has a Shiite government. It is interesting to here christians are actually staying in area's secured by the syrian government. Interesting as usual. Headed towards a sunni Shiite show down.

Ahhhhh hold up, don't know if this is true but:

http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-de...ate-cleric-al-qaradawis-tirade-favours-israel trusting these people could end really poorly for israel.
 
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Ignoring al nusra were caught with sarin gas. Why don't they investigate a little further to ensure that rebels caught with sarin gas never used it. Let's see if the UN falls for their evidence, i have a feeling they need the UN to approve this time around.

http://rt.com/op-edge/hezbollah-syria-conflict-target-255/

Read that article, not sure if it's the truth but it does depict a vastly different view we see in the media.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/world/middleeast/syria.html?_r=0
http://global-security-news.com/201...-nusra-gulf-and-western-powers-have-no-shame/

Well we know Lebanon is next on the list, then i would imagine iran. We won't hear of these massacres in mainstream media, have to google them. The question is when the sunni's have massacred shiites and control lebanon, syria and then start nailing the Palestinians and Iranians where does israeli sit and iraq who will no doubt have to do something. Unless israel trust the sunni movements, iraq won't as it has a Shiite government. It is interesting to here christians are actually staying in area's secured by the syrian government. Interesting as usual. Headed towards a sunni Shiite show down.

Ahhhhh hold up, don't know if this is true but:

http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-de...ate-cleric-al-qaradawis-tirade-favours-israel trusting these people could end really poorly for israel.
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Your one link states: "Hezbollah is also a Target of the Syrian Conflict"
Undoubtedly Hezbollah did discuss its intentions to enter the Syrian conflict with its patrons in Tehran and coordinated with Iran and then, to a lesser extent, with Russia through Iranian officials and through consultations with Aleksandr Zasypkin, Russia’s ambassador to Lebanon, and then Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov during his April 2013 visit to Beirut. The involvement of Hezbollah in Syria, however, is purely defensive. Moreover, Hezbollah is one of the last external players to be involved in Syria.

It is the same type of reports that constantly claim there is a substantial Iranian military presence in Syria, but can never manage to give solid proof or any form of confirmation about their claims, that are the ones that simplistically de-contextualize Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria. For example, rockets were launched into Dahiyeh, the working class southern suburb of Beirut that is the political stronghold of Hezbollah in Lebanon’s capital district, and the town of Hermel, in Bekaa, hours after Nasrallah announced his party would enter the Syrian conflict.

Most reports about this failed to recognize the nature of the rocket attacks. The rocket strikes were more than a mere warning from the anti-government forces inside Syria, in fact they were part of a steady stream of escalation that deliberately aimed at expanding the war into Lebanon and spreading the fires of sedition. Attacks were being conducted in areas inhabited by Hezbollah supporters much earlier and before Hezbollah even intervened in Syria. Whether it is done intentionally or unintentionally, this type of reporting conceals the fact that Hezbollah intervened in Syria mainly to protect itself and Lebanon’s diverse population, and it fails to identify who the real perpetrators of the violence are. The mainstream media in places like the US and UK also fails to mention that key divisions of the anti-government forces inside Syria have sworn to kill all the Shiite Muslims they get their hands on, and to march straight into Lebanon after Syria.

http://rt.com/op-edge/hezbollah-syria-conflict-target-255/
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So, whilst claiming they did not start a conflict with the rebels, they admit to having already agreed to help the assad regime, which then resulted in rocket attacks. Also, as another of your links show, they were attacked by rockets, after helping the assad regime at Qusayr.

However, just hours after their defeat in Qusayr, Syrian rebel fighters have barraged Lebanese territory with rocket fire. According to some reports, up to 18 rockets have been launched with at least five hitting the city of Baalbek and the Hezbollah stronghold near the city’s center.

The involvement of Hezbollah forces in the fighting at Qusayr has invoked condemnation from the US and Arab League leadership.

http://rt.com/news/assad-army-qusayr-control-281/
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I'm sure Israel does not trust either side. From your link:

Sadly, when it comes to the propaganda war in the Arab world, it all now boils down to who ordinary Sunnis hate more: Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah and his Shia Hizbollah group, or Israel and the Jews.

The answer is certainly the latter.It is opposition to Israel that still unites the Arabs. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad understands that. Just days before Mr Al-Qaradawi's rant, he had said that, once the jihadis were beaten, he would try to retake the Golan Heights.

Every poll has shown overwhelming opposition throughout the region to foreign intervention in Syria. Nasrallah, meanwhile, is hugely popular on the Arab street. Mr Al-Qaradawi merely gave ammunition to Hizbollah's argument that the fight to topple Mr Assad is all just one big Zionist conspiracy.

Shia leaders sensibly chose not to rise to the bait but one can imagine how incensed they must be. Indeed, in preparation for a response to potential air strikes, Iran is likely to be making a radical reassessment of its own: to first target Qatar, rather than Israel. While this is nothing to celebrate, Mr Al-Qaradawi may have done Israel an unintended favour.

http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-de...ate-cleric-al-qaradawis-tirade-favours-israel
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So, whilst claiming they did not start a conflict with the rebels, they admit to having already agreed to help the assad regime, which then resulted in rocket attacks. Also, as another of your links show, they were attacked by rockets, after helping the assad regime at Qusayr.
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Read a bit more here on the role of hezbollah. If you read the article you can understand why hezbollah are fighting and why they are securing certain places. They are not supporting assad because they are pro assad by look of it. Interesting article on the hezbollah side of things.

http://www.realclearworld.com/artic..._necessary_war_of_choice_in_syria_105248.html

The Lebanese army just fked up a sunni cleric who organized an attack that killed 30 Lebanese soldiers and civilians. No matter what you think once syria is gone al nusra will push into Lebanon.
 
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Read a bit more here on the role of hezbollah. If you read the article you can understand why hezbollah are fighting and why they are securing certain places. They are not supporting assad because they are pro assad by look of it. Interesting article on the hezbollah side of things.

http://www.realclearworld.com/artic..._necessary_war_of_choice_in_syria_105248.html

The Lebanese army just fked up a sunni cleric who organized an attack that killed 30 Lebanese soldiers and civilians. No matter what you think once syria is gone al nusra will push into Lebanon.
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Great article. Seems the "Resistance Axis", hezbollah, assad and Iran, bit off more than they can chew...

Ultimately, Hezbollah's actions could lead to escalating levels of hostility and a willingness to engage in armed violence that it would not otherwise expect to see from Lebanon's Sunni community.

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In many ways, Hezbollah and its allies have become increasingly guilty of the same charges of political largess, corruption, and political mismanagement that they have often levied against their Sunni and Christian opponents. This complicates a realistic deescalation of Sunni-Shi'a tensions in the country. In addition, the kind of sweeping renegotiation of power politics in Lebanon that the country may need is unlikely to be possible prior to a settlement of the Syria conflict. There is also the real problem that the United States and its allies are unlikely to accommodate Russian, Chinese, or Iranian interests or policy preferences in ways that allow Hezbollah to remain a preeminent military force in the Levant.

In the interim, Hezbollah will continue to work to undermine U.S., Western and Arab Gulf states' interests in the Levant, even if the United States and its allies move to arm the rebels or to create "no fly" or "no move" zones in Syria. However, whether it can do that effectively without undermining Hezbollah's own raison d'etre, triggering unchecked Sunni-Shi'a violence at home, or without undermining the stability of Lebanon and the security of the country's Shi'a community remains questionable at best.
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Possibly with the sunni extremists making a big push it should be an interesting war to follow. So many elements in play.
 
Four people have been killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack in the Christian quarter of Damascus, according to Syrian state TV. The bomb went off in Bab Touma, in the capital’s center on Thursday. While injuries were reported, no precise numbers were given.
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rt.com

They better hope assad does not fall, christian massacre on the cards if he does. What did the poor christians do, they are just hiding in the most secure zone for them. No need to target people you are not fighting, o wait that is what al queda love doing.

http://rt.com/news/rebels-syria-us-cia-327/

Hmm interesting they mention august. So we can't expect much until then i guess. Sad old. Seems almost like they are training and arming an army more than arming rebels but this information could be incorrect but it does make for a rather interesting read. I wonder if they have mobile fire power in mind as well.

Now i have always thought these extremists are basically backed and run by the cia, i also believe bin laden was involved with the US more than we know. I am into conspiracies, i don't believe all of them but for people like me:

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/311017.html

Really interesting. Leader of al queda a double agent. Creating american hatred, i have always thought the US have been creating terror to ensure an ongoing war. That is my opinion of course. 911 ensured a war on terror with the support of every single american.
 
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Bombs hit Hezbollah Convoy in East Lebanon

Two small bombs hit a Hezbollah convoy in the Bekaa valley, a stronghold of the Shiite militant group in eastern Lebanon, on Friday, causing no casualties and only limited damage, a security source said.

The twin bombs were detonated at 5:30 am (0230 GMT) as the convoy of four vehicles passed through the town of Zahle, the source said.

"After the explosion, which caused no casualties, armed men left the vehicles and shot into the air, before continuing on the road to Shtura," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

An AFP photographer reported only minor damage to the central reservation.

On June 10, a bomb targeted two vehicles headed to the Syrian border that were also reportedly carrying Hezbollah supporters.

Sectarian tensions have soared in Lebanon as the 27-month conflict in neighbouring Syria has escalated.

Hezbollah's confirmation at the end of April that its fighters had intervened alongside troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad sparked resentment among Lebanese Sunnis sympathetic to the mainly Sunni rebels.


Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 28 Jun 2013 11:21
 
Activists say 8 women and children killed in Syria

Activists say intense Syrian government shelling has killed eight women and girls in the southern province of Daraa.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday the late night attack on Karak, in eastern Daraa, killed four women and four girls. The Observatory relies on a wide network of activists on the ground in Syria for its information.

Syria state news agency said regime forces were chasing "terrorist cells" in Daraa province, including along the border with Jordan. It did not mention Karak.

SANA said 18 opposition fighters including Jordanians, a Saudi and a Chechen, were killed. It did not refer to civilian casualties.

The United Nations says more than 6,000 children are among more than 93,000 people killed in Syria's civil war.


Source : Sapa-AP /pk
Date : 28 Jun 2013 11:19
 
Well civil war there will always be casualties, it's just the reality i guess.

Someone mentioned how well egypt was going in this thread, used as an example:

http://rt.com/news/protests-morsi-violence-opposition-366/

They also mentioned libya
http://www.africareview.com/News/Te...hting-/-/979180/1896554/-/qopved/-/index.html

Tunisia:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/03/tunisia-bystanders-shot-clash-police

So i would love to see an example of a dictator being removed ending well. I am not blaming western powers but i am talking in general, i never mentioned iraq because we know what a complete cock up that has been. I am struggling to question my thoughts that dictators are perhaps needed for a stable country that is not westernized, democracy doesn't work, tunisia, libya,egypt, iraq. Can anyone show me a country that has had a dictator removed doing well?

I am not asking to prove me wrong i am asking because i would like to see just one example to change my mind on the dictatorships keeping peace more than democracy/intervention does. Even turkey is in major trouble, chile is the next country along with brazil and those are democracies.
 
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So much for the 'reset' :erm:

Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US
hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow. But he said the word the Americans chose, "peregruzka", meant "overloaded" or "overcharged", rather than "reset". Daily newspaper Kommersant declared on its front page: "Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton push the wrong button." Relations between Washington and Moscow have cooled in recent years over Russia's role in the war in Georgia, US support for the entry of Georgia and Ukraine to Nato, and the planned US missile shield based in central Europe. 'Was it right?' Efforts to heal the rift got off to an awkward start on Friday as the two sides met in Geneva, when Mrs Clinton presented Foreign Minister Lavrov with a green box tied in green ribbon. As reporters watched, the US secretary of state assured her Russian
opposite number her staff had "worked hard" to ensure it was accurate. "Was it right?" she inquired with a smile. "You got it wrong," Mr Lavrov responded, also smiling, before pointing out the mistake. Despite the embarrassment, the two made light of the moment in front of the cameras and pushed the button together to signify a shared hope for better relations.
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Garyvdh said:
.After the explosion, which caused no casualties, armed men left the vehicles and shot into the air, before continuing on the road to Shtura," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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As you do.
 
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Homs Rebels Resist Syrian Onslaught

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops pressed a fierce three-day assault against rebels in the central city of Homs on Monday but failed to make any new advances, a watchdog and activists said.

Fighting between rebels and regime loyalists raged on the edges of insurgent-held districts, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The group also said that members of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah militia were fighting alongside government forces on one of the city's main fronts.

"The shelling of Homs rebel areas continues, and it is fierce," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

"But the army has made no advances. They haven't been able to take any new areas back."

His Britain-based watchdog reported on Monday the army was shelling the Khaldiyeh and Old City districts which have been under tight army siege for more than a year.

"Clashes raged on the edges of the districts. The army and (pro-regime militia) National Defence Force lost 32 men in two days," Abdel Rahman said.

"We can confirm now that Hezbollah is taking part in the fighting on the Khaldiyeh front, and that they are using the (majority Alawite neighbourhood of) Zahraa as a rear base," he added.

Homs city is home to a patchwork of religious communities. Most of Syria's rebels -- like the majority population -- are Sunni Muslims, while Assad's clan belongs to the Alawite community.

Although Lebanon is officially neutral in Syria's conflict, Hezbollah backed Assad's army in a recent battle for the key town of Qusayr near Homs.

An activist on the ground said the military was trying to storm Homs on four fronts.

"They have made no new advances at all... Still the shelling is continuous," Homs city-based activist Yazan told AFP via the Internet.

Asked about civilians in the city, Yazan said they "have been living in shelters for months" because of the shelling.

Dubbed the "capital of the revolution" by activists, Homs is important because it is on the road linking Damascus to the coast.

Its central location is also key as a supply route.

Elsewhere, the army kept up its shelling of rebel areas in and near Damascus as it tried to secure the capital, said the Observatory.

Among the military's targets were Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus and Qaboon in the east, as well as rebel bastion Daraya southwest of the capital.

More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria's war since March 2011, the Observatory estimates.


Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 01 Jul 2013 10:58 OrigID : LP959792
 
Jordan Air Force Captain Joins Syria Jihadists

A Jordanian air force captain has allegedly "deserted" and joined Syria's jihadist Al-Nusra Front to fight against President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a member of his family and a Salafist leader said on Monday.

"Ahmad Atallah Shbeib al-Majali, born in 1984, took a leave from his job last Wednesday and travelled to Turkey on Friday and from there he went to Syria to join the rebels," the family member told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The relative added that Majali was promoted just two weeks ago.

The Jordan Armed Forces refused to comment, while there was no immediate reaction available from the government.

A Salafist leader confirmed Majali's defection and that he has joined Al-Nusra, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in Syria.

"The captain from the southern city of Karak has been in touch with members of Nusra and has decided to join them. There are eight people fighting with Nusra from his area," he told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Al-Nusra Front is among the most prominent groups fighting against Assad's forces in the Syrian conflict

Another source told AFP that Majali was not a pilot.

"He has deserted and could face the death penalty if convicted of desertion," the source added without elaborating.

Jordanian Salafists have said there were more than 500 jihadists from the country in Syria.

Amman denies accusations from the Syrian regime that the kingdom has opened up its borders to jihadist fighters.

Jordan does not tolerate Salafists that espouse an austere form of Sunni Islam and the authorities have jailed many of them for going to fight in Syria or trying to do so.


Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 01 Jul 2013 11:25 OrigID : LP960254
 
A senior American official on Monday denounced Hezbollah for its involvement in Syria's civil war and said the Lebanese militant group's actions place the future of Lebanon at risk.

The comments from Deputy Secretary of State William Burns were the first by a high-ranking visiting U.S. official since Hezbollah helped propel President Bashar Assad's troops to victory in the strategic Syrian town of Qusair near the Lebanese border last month.

Syrian troops have been building on the victory to move against rebel-held areas elsewhere in the central province of Homs and in the country's north.

"Despite its membership in the Lebanese government, Hezbollah has decided to put its own interests and those of its foreign backers above those of the Lebanese people," Burns told reporters as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Lebanon.

He added that the U.S. condemned "in the strongest terms" Hezbollah's actions in Syria and said they "place the future of Lebanon at risk."

Fighters from the powerful Iranian-backed Shiite Lebanese party have joined Assad's forces in their battle to crush the anti-Assad rebellion, which is dominated by Sunnis. The group was instrumental in helping Assad's troops capture Qusair, and activists say Hezbollah members are fighting in several locations in Syria.

Assad, however, refuted those reports, saying in a recent interview that Hezbollah's involvement was restricted to Qusair because of its proximity to Lebanon.

The group's open participation in the war has helped fan sectarian hatreds in Lebanon and across the region.

Lebanon is grappling with rising tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims linked to the more than 2-year-old conflict in Syria, which has sparked deadly street fighting on several occasions in Lebanese cities between the rival sects.

Last week, sectarian tensions drew Lebanon's weak army into the fray. Eighteen soldiers were killed in two days of fighting in the southern city of Sidon between the army and supporters of a hard-line Sunni sheik whose popularity has soared by tapping into the frustrations of many Lebanese who resent the influence Shiites have gained in government via Hezbollah.

"At a time of regional tumult and domestic uncertainty, it is deeply in the self interest of all Lebanese to exercise restraint and respect for Lebanon's stability and security," Burns said.

Burns also criticized a Lebanese government decision to postpone scheduled parliament elections last month, saying it undermines the faith of the Lebanese people in their own government and shakes the confidence of the international community in the country's institutions.


Source : Sapa-AP /sdv
Date : 01 Jul 2013 15:40
 
Car Bomb rocks Damascus Neighbourhood

A powerful car bomb rocked a district of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, injuring several members of the security forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

"A large explosion apparently caused by an explosive device placed inside a car rocked the district of Kfar Sousa," the watchdog said.

"Several members of the security forces were injured in the blast," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that it was unclear what the explosion had targeted and whether it had caused any fatalities.

The rebel brigade Liwa al-Sham claimed responsibility for the blast in a video uploaded to YouTube late on Monday.

Two members of the group said its fighters "on the ground targeted a group of senior officers responsible for crimes of the Assad regime."

They said a statement with the names of those targeted would be released later.

A second video uploaded several hours later by the rebel brigade showed the blast, filmed from across a highway at some distance from the explosion site.

The two-minute clip shows a large explosion that sends up a fireball and burning embers, and is followed by the sound of gunfire.

Plumes of smoke illuminated by nearby streetlights rise from the scene and waft across the highway, on which cars continue to drive along.

The south-western neighbourhood of Kfar Sousa is home to a number of government and military intelligence buildings.

The district has been targeted before, including in a massive double bombing early on in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in December 2011.

Suicide bombers hit two security service bases in the neighbourhood, killing 44 people, in attacks the regime blamed on Al-Qaeda but the opposition accused the regime of carrying out.

Those attacks were the first against the regime's powerful security services in the heart of Damascus, but have been followed by many others, targeting both civilian and military areas.

More than 100,000 people have died since Syria's uprising began in March 2011, according to the Observatory, which relies on a network of activists, lawyers and doctors on the ground.

The uprising began with peaceful anti-government protests, but evolved into a civil conflict after the regime cracked down on demonstrators.


Source : Sapa-AFP /pk
Date : 02 Jul 2013 09:57
 
http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/breaking-news-liwa-dawud-saqour-al-sham-64866/

Interesting group, not interested in democracy. Ok that is odd, so replace one dictator with another and impose harsh islamic laws on the population. Sounds like fun, shame the poor people of syria who rose up against assad who was pretty chilled must be feeling like they made a huge mistake now. Similar to egypt, remove a guy who never imposed heavy laws on them and then you land up with a leader who wants to impose harsh laws.

These rebels/ terrorists don't want peace they want islamic states that have harsh laws. Amazed they denounced democracy :eek:. did i read it correctly though? i tend to read it wrong at times. They want shariah law imposed correct?
 
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Syrian government forces are pressing ahead with the battle to take back areas they have dominated throughout the country.

Syrian activists say clashes were underway Wednesday in the northern province of Aleppo, in the region around the capital, Damascus, and in the besieged city of Homs.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says fighting was fiercest in towns and villages in the strategic Aleppo. The province abuts the Turkish border, and is an important gateway for rebel fighters to bring in weapons and supplies.

Homs-based activist Tariq Badrakhan says government forces are also continuing their campaign, now in its fourth day, to seize parts of the central city of Homs that have been in rebel hands for over a year.


Source : Sapa-AP /pk
Date : 03 Jul 2013 09:32
 
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