Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers
By Antonio Pampliega DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers Bored at home and eager to join their older brothers and fathers on the frontline against President […]
Aleppo Christians find safe haven near front lines
Story Summary The ageing Christians holed up inside a retirement home in the devastated northern Syrian city of Aleppo have no light, no telephone lines, and little idea of what […]
Syrian rebels sidetracked by scramble for spoils of war
Looting, feuds and divided loyalties threaten to destroy unity of fighters as war enters new phase Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Aleppo The Guardian, Thursday 27 December 2012 t wasn’t the government […]
Syrian rebels cut off Bashar al-Assad’s escape route
An eerie silence hangs over what was once a busy highway that cuts through the mountains and makes for Latakia city By Ruth Sherlock, Latakia province The Telegraph Abu Yassin, […]
Missteps by Rebels Erode Their Support Among Syrians
By ANNE BARNARD THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s rebel fighters — who have long staked claim to the moral high ground for battling dictatorship — are losing crucial support from a public increasingly disgusted by the actions of some rebels, including poorly planned missions, senseless destruction, criminal […]
Are Syrian rebels in danger of losing the peace?
Saudi Gazette. While unfortunately there are still too many reservations about the outcome of the Syrian National Council’s Doha summit this week, the situation on the ground in Syria itself is apparently becoming clearer — the Free Syrian Army is going on the offensive in Damascus. In a stunning display […]
First payday for Syrian rebels in Aleppo
AFP | Oct 22, 2012 | 23:33 JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money […]
Washington coordinates arms supplies to Syrian rebels: US officials
The US has coordinated the climbing number of illegal shipment of more advanced weapons to anti-Damascus Syrian rebels paid for by Persian Gulf Arab states, US and foreign officials say. […]
U.N. observers caught up in Syria violence
BEIRUT: At least 21 people were killed Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of U.N. monitors caught in the battle said they […]
U.S. Joins $100 Million Pledge for Syrian Rebels
The United States and allied countries are boosting their support for Syrian rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday, the Obama administration and at least 60 other governments agreed to pay the rebels $100 million dollars in aid. The United States has also pledged to send […]
Iraq slams Qatar, Saudi Arabia on arms for Syria rebels
AFP | Apr 01,2012 | 23:30 BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Shiite prime minister on Sunday slammed Sunni-ruled Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s stance on arming Syrian rebels, as Doha hosted Baghdad’s fugitive vice president who is accused of running a death squad. Nouri Al Maliki’s remarks were the latest in a dramatic […]
Syrian rebels in tactical retreat
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: Weary Syrian rebels left a shattered district of Homs yesterday after a 26-day military siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the almost yearlong revolt against […]
Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed
AMMAN — Jordan Times. Reuters. Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar Al Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in […]