Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
May 26, 2014, the National Last week, a prominent Arab archaeologist sent me a weblink to a doubly-depressing story from the Hasakeh region of north-east Syria. Bordering Turkey and Iraq, it’s long been one of the poorest areas in the country and now, with control of the area being contested …
Read More »Nusra says behind Homs suicide attack
May 26, 2014, al Akhbar Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch on Monday claimed responsibility for two car bomb attacks a day earlier in the central city of Homs that according to the governor killed 12 people. “God generously made it possible for the jihadists of al-Nusra Front in Homs… to break through …
Read More »Syrian al-Qaeda Moving Deeper Into Golan Heights: Al-Qaeda’s Flag Flies Over Area Along Israel Frontier
May 22, 2014, AntiWar.com Syrian al-Qaeda faction Jabhat al-Nusra continues to make deep inroads in capturing territory south of Damascus, and its troops now control much of the foothills of the Golan Heights. Nusra fighters seized a hilltop position within view of Israel’s border forces, and rose the flag of …
Read More »Rebel shelling kills Assad supporters at Daraa campaign rally
May 23, 2014, al Akhbar Syrian rebels bombarded a campaign rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s June 3 election bid, killing a number of citizens, Syrian state media and a monitoring group said Friday. The mortar fire hit a tent where Assad supporters had gathered in the southern city …
Read More »ISIS Destroys 3000 Year-old Assyrian Artifacts in Syria
May 17, 2014, Aina News According to a report from the website www.apsa2011.com, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has destroyed Assyrian statues and artifacts believed to be 3000 years old. The Assyrian archaeological artifacts were illegally excavated from the Tell Ajaja site. …
Read More »Syria pres. candidates pushing ahead with campaigns
*[click here if video doesn’t load] May 17, 2014, Press TV The three presidential candidates in Syria, including incumbent President Bashar al-Assad, are pressing ahead with their campaigns as the June 3 election approaches, Press TV reports. In interviews with Press TV, two Syrian presidential candidates Maher Abdel Hafiz Hajjar …
Read More »Jihadists cut water supply in Syria’s Aleppo: NGO
May 12, 2014, AFP earlier attack on water lines: FSA Terrorist rats Blow Up Aleppo’s Main Drinking Water Supply Line, Sep 2012
Read More »Syrian rebels cut off water to Aleppo in botched attack on regime areas – and manage to create shortage in their own strongholds
May 12, 2014, The Independent In a botched attempt to stop drinking water reaching government-held districts of Aleppo, rebels managed to cut off water supplies to large parts of the city in northern Syria including their own strongholds. Women and children are being forced to queue up with cooking pots, …
Read More »‘Pilot program’ revealed: Washington sends missiles to Syrian rebels
May 10, RT.com The US is sending missiles to Syrian rebels as part of a “pilot program” to strengthen the opposition, American media reveals. Addressing criticism the US is arming extremist militants, Washington claims its weapons will not “fall into the wrong hands.” Washington’s new initiative aims to find out …
Read More »Nusra Front cuts off water supply to both halves of Aleppo
May 11, 2014, The National Residents of Syria’s second city Aleppo have been without water for a week because Islamist fighters have cut supplies into rebel and regime-held areas, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Al Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front had …
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