At least 384 children killed so far in Syria: UNICEF
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:14:33 -0800

Opposition activists said Syrian security forces killed seven people overnight, including four in Homs, a mostly Sunni city with minority Alawite neighborhoods that has become a fiercely contested battleground in the uprising. Two people were killed in ...

Syria ready to let monitors stay, rebel seeks UN action
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:29:10 -0800

Army deserters and other rebels have taken up arms against security forces dominated by Assad's minority Alawite sect, pushing Sunni Muslim-majority Syria closer to civil war. rockets and tank fire syria's state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday ...

Pentagon plans US-backed war against Syria
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:52:48 -0800

In the February 6 Financial Times, Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning for the US State Department, argued for A little time for continued diplomatic efforts aimed at shifting the allegiances of the Sunni merchant class in ...

Al-Qaida Urges Muslims to Help Syrian Rebels
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:51:57 -0800

Al-Qaida's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help. Ayman al-Zawahri, in a videotaped statement released late Saturday, ...

US officials, analysts say Syria intervention unlikely, as Pentagon mulls options
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:12:53 -0800

Eau Claire, Wisconsin 7 hrs ago Assad is alawite (religious sect) aprox.8% 74 % sunni if the ruling party looses control the rich elite alawites lose all rich vs. oppressed Assad is a russian puppet so that's why the veto at UN blood of the innocent ...

Joe Lieberman Calls for Arming the Syrian Opposition
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:49:52 -0800

The hawkish senator said a range of support could be given to the rebels , from medical supplies to intelligence and reconnaissance surveillance. And then ultimately it is providing them with weapons, he said during a panel discussion on the Middle ...

Yemen's President Remains in Oman, Departure for US Uncertain
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:17:51 -0800

Reuters reported that at least 22 people were killed Thursday in clashes between Shi'ite Muslim rebels and fighters from a Sunni Islamist group in a province under rebel control in the country's rugged north. A source close to the Houthi rebels told ...

How the World Could Intervene in Syria
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:40:21 -0800

Or suppose Syria descends into full-fledged civil war with an outgunned rebel army holding specific towns and even swathes of territory against a central government armed by Russia and Iran. Can fellow Arab states and the United Nations stand by and ...

Mid East Daily News
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:25:32 -0800

While Damascus itself has largely remained quiet during the 10-month long insurgency, rebels have been gradually approaching the capital, whose suburbs, a series of mainly conservative Sunni Muslim towns, are home to the bulk of Damascus's population.

Arab World: Taking Center Stage
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:42:00 -0800

The most important are concerned with the growing prominence, cohesion and power of the rebel Free Syrian Army. Civil wars are rarely announced or declared. It is thus not always easy to set a date marking their beginning. In many ways, Syria has been ...

13 killed in Yemen's ongoing sectarian fight
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:31:44 -0800

6 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 gunmen were killed late Sunday in fresh fighting between a Shiite rebel group and Sunni fundamentalists in Yemen's northwest province of Hajja, Yemeni officials said Monday, highlighting fragile security situation just two ...

Rockets hit Homs opposition as Arab ministers meet
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:00:43 -0800

A few families were allowed to leave mostly Sunni Muslim opposition districts where people had been trapped indoors for days by relentless artillery and sniper fire, residents said. International efforts to resolve the crisis, the longest of the Arab ...

Iranian Sunni cleric killed
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:55:58 -0800

No group has claimed responsibility for the murder of the cleric. The Pakistan-based Sunni rebel group Jundallah (God's soldiers) have claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks in southeastern Iran.

US searches for strategy to halt Syria violence
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:31:31 -0800

Arming and supporting Syrian rebels in a proxy effort to oust Assad is a risky proposition. The threat of an all-out civil war might prompt Syria's benefactors, from Russia to Iran, to lend greater military assistance and separate Syria's Sunni -led ...

War games on two fronts
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:11:07 -0800

Israel's plans to prevent a nuclear Iran remain opaque, but Syria's attacks on the rebel city of Homs have sent a clear message to the world. Now we have seen evidence of the catastrophe unfolding in Syria and considered the scenarios of future terror ...

Pressing hard for the fall of Assad
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:46:12 -0800

The Arabs are overwhelmingly Sunni . Iran is Shiite. The Arab states fear Shiite Iran infiltrating the Sunni homeland through (apart from Iraq) Hezbollah in Lebanon, and through Syria, run by Assad's Alawites, a heterodox offshoot of Shiism.

Pak: 38 Militants Killed in Air Strikes, Clashes
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:16:37 -0800

Twenty militants were killed when fighter jets pounded rebel hideouts in different parts of Orakzai tribal region, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. Eighteen more militants, including six foreign fighters, were killed in an exchange of fire with ...

Jihadists, arms to Syria Gunmen assassinate general in Damascus
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:28 -0800

The diplomatic dispute brings no relief to Homs, where the government offensive on mostly Sunni Muslim rebel -held areas has killed at least 300 people in the past week, activists say. Food and medical supplies are running low in blockaded areas and ...

The Syrian Crucible
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:02:00 -0800

... its support to the Syrian rebels , and sent 600 fighters to the Turkish border. Financed and supported by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, the Free Syrian Army is intent on sparking a sectarian war, pitting Sunnis against Alawites and Christians.

Lebanese-Syrian Soccer Qualifier Serves As Barometer Of Troubled Relations ...
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:42:51 -0800

Only two Syrian soccer players national Under-23 goalkeeper and music composer Abd al Basset Saroot, a leader in the rebel stronghold of Homs, and national team goalkeeper Mosab Balhous who reportedly has been incarcerated since August on charges of ...