False mantra
Apr 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen When dealing with the devastation wreaked by Russia on Ukraine during the ongoing war, Western military analysts point to the Russian air […]
Only by documenting the horrors of sexual violence in conflict zones can we hold perpetrators to account
Professionals working on the ground in Syria to help survivors and bring their cases to light deserve all of our admiration Tariq Ahmad The Independent Voices This week, […]
In the Middle East, Putin has a lot to thank Trump for right now
Once it was the State Department which called for ‘restraint on all sides’ – usually when the Israelis were invading or bombing Lebanon or Gaza – but now it’s the Kremlin […]
Syria: Final evacuation of Homs begins under close Russian supervision
Endgames: inside Syria and Iraq Soon the Assad regime will be able to claim complete control of the major city of Homs for the first time in years. Robert Fisk witnesses a day of huge significance in the history of Syria Robert Fisk Homs @indyvoices a day ago 53 comments They came […]
In Syria’s Homs, war-ravaged ancient market slowly reemerges
By AFP – Sep 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken on August 14 shows an alley at the ancient market in the heart of the mostly government-controlled Syrian city of Homs (AFP photo) HOMS, Syria — In the heart of the Syrian city of Homs, workers clear […]
Hardly a breath of wind: the silence that emphasises a city’s fate
The last rebels have su rrendered and now, at last, the full extent of martyrdom in Homs can be seen Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 19 May 2016 Syria, 5 June 2014 Deep beneath the city of Homs, in the last days of the Syrian army’s siege, a desperate Islamist rebel wrote on the […]
Syria conflict: Homs and Damascus blasts kill more than 100
Source: BBC Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left more than 100 people dead, monitors and state media say. In Homs, at least 57 people, […]
Syrian civil war: Ancient Islamic teachings treasured by rebels fighting Assad – discovered in a bombed-out cafe in the ghost city of Homs
One glance through the broken windows of this famous old cafe illustrates the Dresden-like ruins – all that remains of Homs by ROBERT FISK Thursday 11 June 2015 From the moment you push open the battered brass doors of the wrecked Beit al-Agha Restaurant in the ruined old city of Homs […]
Syria conflict: The silence in Homs emphasises the city’s fate. There’s barely a breath of wind
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Deep beneath the city of Homs, in the last days of the Syrian army’s siege, a desperate Islamist rebel wrote on the wall of a tunnel. “I have a question for all our commanders,” he lamented. “When will the road be open? If someone has […]
Why the Homs truce matters for Syria
In spite of its brittle nature and the threat of such a move being nothing more than a short-lived lull, it still remains the most viable route to achieve a […]
Assad is already counting on soldiers still at school to fill the gaps left by 30,000 casualties There are intriguing hints that the conflict is changing. There are mini-ceasefires now
by Robert Fisk, The Independent We were driving down the main road from Homs – fast, of course, as the Syrian war now requires – when, just outside the Damascus suburb of Harasta, a government soldier asked for a ride into town. I have always stopped for hitch-hiking soldiers, especially […]
Syrians discuss aid, prisoners
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Monday 27 January 2014 GENEVA: Syrians on opposite sides of their country’s civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attacks […]
Saudi-backed Jarba to lead Syrian opposition
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT — Syria’s fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar Assad. The Syrian National Coalition chose Ahmad Jarba as its president after a […]
Call for Arab intervention in Syria
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS TUNIS/DAMASCUS: Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby called on the UN Security Council on Friday to issue an urgent resolution calling for a cease-fire in Syria. “This conference should make practical moves and prioritize the issuance of an urgent Security Council resolution for a cease-fire,” he told an […]