HRW calls The Syrian government is using its sweeping Counterterrorism Law and its recently established special court against human rights defenders and Extraordinary court will resume the trial of Mazen Darwish and four of his colleagues from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression on accusations of “publicizing terrorist acts”
Even if national governments only selectively engage with this documentation, it still usefully establishes a common global understanding of the scope and scale of the conflict’s crimes
Friends of Syria group has agreed to provide military aid to the Syrian opposition in order to redress the power balance in the country and force President Bashar Al-Assad
The shipment was delivered to the northern parts of Syria
The increase applies to state, civil and military employees
Rebels call for the FSA chief Salim Idriss to send reinforcements
A six-month siege on the areas has prompted fears of an imminent raid and massacre
Coalition calls on the international community to uphold its responsibilities to protect and defend civilians
Religious edicts are promoting hatred and bigotry, the ministry has said in letters addressed to U.N. bodies
France opposes providing weapons to rebels that may be used against it
Razan Zeitouneh writes about the new institutions in areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in the liberated Eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside
The efforts to postpone a political solution in Syria only indicate that we will see this game of cat and mouse once again
Some Friends of Syria will meet in Doha to discuss assistance for the Free Syrian Army
Two groups threaten the future of Syria: some of the rebels inside Syria, and the political opposition outside the country
The US has political and geostrategic interests in the Middle East but Obama, with his huge failure to pressure Putin, reflects an abandonment of these interests
The agreement is designed to avoid the sectarian bloodshed experienced in post-Saddam Iraq
Russia says ball now in the opposition court after regime accepts participation in conference
Religious endowments minister says religious edicts labelling others infidels distort Islamic texts
Winner of Human Rights award will deliver her acceptance speech this week
Ghalioun says balance of power must be changed on the ground while NCC chief says violence must stop altogether.
