Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The private NTV television network reported the comments of armed forces chief of staff General Necdet Ozel, amid fears of a cross-border escalation of Syria's civil war. The military chief was inspecting troops on a tour of the heavily fortified...
NOW Lebanon
He said that Iran was in touch with Qatar and Turkey, supporters of the Syrian rebellion against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, as well as the government in Damascus to secure the release of its citizens. The Syrian opposition charges that...
NOW Lebanon
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said on Wednesday that more than 30 people were killed and others injured in the shelling of the town of Deir al-Asafir in the Damascus district. Speaking to NOW, Abdel Rahman also said that...
The Daily Star
The president of the Syrian National Council, Abdul baset Sieda, waits to be heard on October 10, 2012 by members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly in Paris. Syria: Syria's main exiled opposition coalition the Syrian National...
The Daily Star
A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows smoke billowing from buildings in Syria's besieged central city of Homs following shelling during fighting between government and opposition forces, on October 6, 2012.
BBC
Turkey's top military commander has warned Syria that it will respond with greater force if it continues its cross-border shelling. Five Turkish civilians were killed by Syrian mortar fire last week, prompting Turkey to fire into Syria for the first...