Syrian Electronic Army Has A Little Fun Before Inevitable Upcoming Deaths At Hands Of Rebels
Source: The Onion
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 13:41:16 -0700 | travel-news
The Onion 's Twitter account earlier today, members of the Syrian Electronic Army confirmed that the organization simply wanted to have a little fun before soon dying at the hands of rebel forces. We figured that before they bust in...
UN accuses Syrian rebels of carrying out sarin gas attacks which had been blamed on Assad's troops
Source: Mail Online UK
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 21:58:44 -0700 | travel-news
6 May 2013 'Strong, concrete suspicions': UN investigator Carla del Ponte says there are indications that chemical weapons attacks were carried out by Syrian rebels UN investigators suspect that chemical weapons attacks in Syria were carried out by the country's...
Obama says does not foresee sending U.S. troops to Syria
Source: Reuters
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 09:57:16 -0700 | travel-news
Topics A Free Syrian Army fighter sits on sandbags in the refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, May 5, 2013. President Barack Obama said on Friday he does not foresee a scenario in which he would send U.S. ground troops...
Mortar shells land in Golan Heights
Source: The Daily Star
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 21:41:12 -0700 | travel-news
The Israeli military says a stray mortar shell fired from Syria has landed in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. The shelling comes days after a pair of airstrikes in Syria blamed on Israel. The military says Monday's shelling appears to be...
US intervention in Syria must be legitimate in eyes of international law
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 08:58:29 -0700 | travel-news
The US must consider the international laws of war before taking any action...Everyone seems to agree that the situation in Syria is unimaginably horrific and heartrending. But the consensus seems to break down when the subject of solutions is broached....
Lebanon urges UN to condemn sovereignty violation by Israel
Source: Jerusalem Post
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 20:40:35 -0700 | travel-news
Beirut calls on Security Council to "compel Israel to halt its violations of Lebanon's sovereignty by air, sea and land," after alleged Israeli raids in Syria to target Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants. Lebanon has called on the UN...
'Business as usual' for Israeli PM after Syrian airstrikes- Lawmakers: US closer to arming Syrian ...
Source: Fox
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 05:35:02 -0700 | travel-news
Israel signaled a return to "business as usual" on Monday, a day after its aircraft struck targets in Syria for the second time in 48 hours in an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war. Israeli Prime...
Evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin'
Source: BBC
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 01:10:26 -0700 | travel-news
Testimony from victims of the Syrian conflict suggests rebels have used the nerve agent sarin, according to a leading United Nations investigator. Carla del Ponte told Swiss TV there were "strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof".
National › Slain Japanese journalist given World Press Freedom Hero award
Source: Japan Today
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-05 23:17:51 -0700 | travel-news
The International Press Institute has announced that Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Syria last year, has been given the 2013 World Press Freedom Hero award. Yamamoto, 45, was the 63rd recipient of the award which is given...
NYT: Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Damascus strike
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-05 21:36:31 -0700 | travel-news
Breaking News An attack early Sunday struck several critical military facilities in some of Syria's most tightly secured and strategic areas, killing dozens of elite troops stationed near the presidential palace, a high-ranking Syrian military official told the New York...
Why Canada remains ‘on the sidelines' when it comes to Syria
Source: The Globe & Mail
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 07:20:58 -0700 | travel-news
EDT Jordanian activists hold a Syrian flag as they shout slogans against Israel during a protest to show their support to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and condemn an air strike in Syria, near the Israeli embassy in Amman on May...
UN has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas, says investigator
Source: War In Context
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-06 07:50:35 -0700 | travel-news
The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte. Our investigators have been in neighbouring countries...
Syria’s strategic medieval treasures may be casualties of war
Source: Seattle Times
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-05 19:12:53 -0700 | travel-news
Originally published Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 7:02 PM Syria's strategic medieval treasures may be casualties of war Archaeologists worry that medieval castles and citadels, whose ancient strategic importance abides in Syria's civil war, may now fall victim to airstrikes,...
Editorial Board: A crisis for Iraq — and the Middle East
Source: Washington Post
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-05 19:08:46 -0700 | travel-news
Crocker wrote on the opposite page last Wednesday, these events are reminiscent of those that led to a virtual civil war in 2006. But there are two differences: There are no U.S. troops available to tamp down the violence, as...
Israeli Attacks on Syria Fuel Debate Over U.S.-Led Airstrikes
Source: Newyork Times
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-05 19:02:51 -0700 | travel-news
That option was already being debated in secret by the United States, Britain and France in the days leading to the Israeli strikes , according to American and foreign officials involved in the discussions. On Sunday, Senator John McCain ,...
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