Jihadist forces of the Nusra Front launched an assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, which is on the UNESCO tentative list of world heritage sites.
If anti-war forces in the West do not oppose Assad's war crimes and offer solidarity to the struggle against his rule, we forfeit all legitimacy to oppose Obama's intervention.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon questioned the legality of the US plan to strike Syria under the standards defined by Article 51 of the United Nations charter.
The Syrian government is currently using cluster munitions in its ongoing conflict, according to a report by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Moniter.
Anti-war voices in the US raise nonsensical slogans like "No war in Syria!"—blind to two million refugees, 100,000 dead, bombs falling on schools, and acts of genocide.
In the sudden eruption of commentary on Syria in the US and UK, very little of it is actually coming from Syrians—who are often cynical about voices from the "anti-war" camp.
The fearful synergy of regional sectarian war and Great Power rivalries holds the menace of the looming Syria intervention setting off a new global conflagration.
Palestinian refugees fleeing the violence in Syria have for the past three weeks been refused entry into Lebanon, with thousands turned back at the border.
A Salafist group opposed to the Assad regime attacks Israel, which “retaliates” by bombing the pro-Assad PFLP-GC, while presumed Shi’ite militants blow up Salafist mosques in Tripoli.
Iran, Russia and conspiranoids left and right line up to call the Syria gas attack a "false flag" op—rushing to judgement before the facts are in, just like those who blame Assad.
Up to 20,000 refugees have crossed from Syria into Iraqi Kurdistan, fleeing fighting between Kurdish militias and Salafist factions led by the Nusra Front.
A Syrian rebel offensive targeting Alawite villages in the coastal governorate of Latakia has seen some 200 people killed and left nearly 3,000 families displaced this month.
