Aleppo Residents Call to Lift Rebel Siege
Zaman al-Wasl (Opposition website)
July 15, 2013
One person was killed when rebels opened fire on a protest against the seige
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One person was killed when rebels opened fire on a protest against the seige
Lebanese Druze politician Wiam Wahhab is involved in encouraging Mamlouk to charge a Syrian Druze activist with serious offenses
In Syria, the rapidly escalating health crisis is very much the result of violence and criminal governmental policies
State news agency claims the bomb was a suicide bomber, opposition says mortar attack
Druze in Sweida rejected the visit of Druze chieftans as misrepresenting the sect
Leading Syrian economist says reconstruction efforts cannot depend on foreign debt and investment alone
Human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, President of the Syrian Center for Legal Research and Studies, drafts a suggested interim constitutional statement for the transition in Syria
Opposition says victims were fighters killed in retribution, while regime media says they were civilians massacred by terrorists
The broken-hearted mother of 23-year-old Hussam Khayat has recounted the tragedy of losing her son
The broken-hearted mother of 23-year-old Hussam Khayat has recounted the tragedy of losing her son
Two suicide bombers attacked the city’s central Marjeh square during rush hour, killing at least 14
Local residents and activists setting up a grid in the Aleppo river to catch bodies floating down the river, Human Rights Watch has said in a statement
The government had initially agreed to the activists’ release, minister of Justice said, and, after a review of their cases was complete, he told the delegation the activists will be released on 20 May. However, he said, some would face trial before release.
There were over 6,000 documented deaths in Syria last month, making it the bloodiest month in its 2 year-old uprising, according to figures released by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Sexual- and gender-based violence has rightly gained attention as a notorious dimension of the conflict in Syria. Documenting these crimes is important, but unfortunately they are especially difficult to prosecute.
At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack that targeted a building that houses pro-Assad fighters in a city in midland Syria, a Syrian observatory said Monday.
Syria is frustrated from the persistence of certain countries to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. It added that Syria shares those countries’ concern over the developments of humanitarian situation in Syria and the human rights violations committed by the armed terrorist groups.
Assad the dictator is no fan of justice. He knows that he can manipulate democracy by naming it the ‘popular democracy’ and reducing it to supervised and rigged elections. Assad can also mold ‘patriotism’ and ‘resistance,’ as needed turning them into mere clichés set against ‘Zionism’ and ‘colonialism.’ As for justice: it has but one meaning. It is this meaning that Assad is trying to escape.
Syria labels the International Commission of Inquiry report as “unprofessional and biased,” and says the information were provided to the commission by one side without verifying their validity and in a way that lacks professionalism and neutrality,”
The jihadist al-Nusra Front claimed on Thursday that two of its men were responsible for a deadly suicide attack on the Syrian interior ministry the day before, via its official Twitter account.
