Top Stories Violence in Syria crosses redlines: The UN is investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in an attack in Aleppo and Damascus. This act, which represents a dramatic escalation in the two-year old conflict, was followed by the assassination of a top pro-regime cleric in Damascus. Syrian opposition sees major ups and downs: The Syrian opposition will attend the Arab […]
No good deed goes unpunished in Saudi: Syria fighters to be arrested on return to Kingdom
March 27, 2013 By
- By Al Bawaba A Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman has warned Saudis fighting in Syria they will be arrested when they return home. “Involvement in the Syrian crisis is against Saudi laws,” Major-General Mansour Al Turki was quoted as saying in a report in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News. He said yesterday that authorities will […]
Egypt and the IMF – An Economic Struggle for the Future of the New Middle East
March 24, 2013 By
- By Younus Abdullah Muhammad In the 2 years since the Arab Uprisings turned over the geopolitics of the Middle East, coherent outcomes have escaped concrete formulation. Debate amongst policymakers in the West tends to split analysis down traditional realist and liberal lines, but most insight has failed to acknowledge that political outcomes will ultimately […]
Syrian Weekly Brief: 11 – 17 March 2013
March 19, 2013 By
Top Stories Syrian uprising enters its 3rd year: The uprising against Bashar al-Assad entered its third year, growing increasingly violent and becoming an ever bigger concern for Syria’s neighbours and the world. High-profile defections renewed: A brigadier general and dozens of soldiers defected from the Syrian army this week, this came as the head of the Syrian consulate in Cuba defected on Saturday and reports confirmed […]
Jabhat al-Nusra is a threat to us, says Israeli Army Chief
March 19, 2013 By
Israel Army Chief: Syria ‘Terrorist’ Groups Getting Stronger (Naharnet) – By Naharnet Newsdesk Israel’s military chief Benny Gantz said on Monday that “terrorist” groups fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad alongside other insurgents were becoming stronger. “The situation in Syria has become exceptionally dangerous. The terrorist organisations are becoming stronger on the ground. Now […]
Syrian Revolution Daily News Round-up Day 732: Friday 15-Mar-13
March 16, 2013 By
160 Syrians killed today as they commemorated the revolution’s second anniversary Today’s Top Stories Mass demonstrations broke out across the country commemorating the revolution’s second anniversary. Regime forces killed 160 Syrians, the majority of whom died in Damascus, Daraa and Homs. Heavy clashes erupted in Damascus as rebels stormed more army positions near Aleppo Today’s […]
CIA begins to classify Mujahideen in Syria for its drone killing program
March 16, 2013 By
CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes (LA Times) The strategy is part of the agency’s secret contingency planning to protect the U.S. and its allies as the violence there grows. Some militants in Syria are seen as closely linked to Al Qaeda. - By Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett WASHINGTON — […]
Who’s who in Syria’s opposition?
March 16, 2013 By
By Adnan Khan, Revolution Observer The capture of the provincial capital of al-Raqqa, one of the 14 governorates of Syria, has shown the capability of the multiple rebel groups has improved as the uprising reached its second anniversary. The success of the opposition in Syria has startled many a policy maker and analyst in their ability […]
A pinch of salt and a dash of lemon; the FSA’s homemade weapons
March 16, 2013 By
- By Katherine Jane O’Neill, Al Arabiya The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has marked its second year of combating the regime. During the escalation of the conflict, the government has been accused of committing war crimes by executing artillery attacks, using cluster bombs, tanks and other heavy arms against opposition fighters and the population at […]
Syrian Revolution Daily News Round-up Day 731: Thursday 14-Mar-13
March 15, 2013 By
Dozens of Syrians killed and injured in Hasaka, Homs and Damascus Today’s Top Stories Regime airstrike killed more than 35 people in the Hasaka suburb of Tal Barak. Hezbollah renewed attacks on Syrian villages killing at least 11 rebel fighters. Rebel fighters made new gains in Homs and Aleppo, killed high-ranking officers in Damascus. Today’s […]
