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Video: Wives of U.N. diplomats urge Syria's First Lady to 'stop your husband'

  • Asma al-Assad
  • April 19, 2012
The wives of the German and British ambassadors to the United Nations are doing their part to stop the senseless violence perpetrated by the regime...
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Syria: 'There will be no classes until the president is brought down'

Yesterday marked the official start date of Syria's school year, yet students are boycotting classes. They have joined demonstrations against...
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Interview with Riad al Turk, Syria's most prominent opposition figure

On Friday, July 29, 2011, journalist Mohamad Ali al Atassi interviewed Riad al Turk, whose story was published in Dar al Hayat, (meaning House of...
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Military defections in Syria spark attack on town

The Syrian army surrounded and attacked the town of Rastan on Monday, dispensing heavy machine gun fire from tanks after the defection of military...
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Obama calls for Syrian President to step down; UN cites crimes against humanity

President Obama called on Thursday for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid thecontinued brutal repression of democratic...
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Document proves Syrian government orchestrated Nakba Day demonstrations

  • exposed document proves Syrian government complicity in Nakba Day demonstration
  • June 14, 2011
In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, “surprise, surprise surprise.”Everyday now, reports reach the west of massacres of innocent...
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Russia's snub to UN draft resolution against Syria is about Iran

On Saturday, European drafters of the resolution condemning Syrian government criminal actions against its citizens held a session at the UN...
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Will Hamza Ali Al Khateeb become Syria's Khaled Said and bring down Assad?

It has been noted in the last six months, since that fateful day in Tunisia when a 26year-oldfruit vendor by the name of Mohammed Bouazizi set...
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Syria bleeds with 120 dead in two days; mourners shot

If you were thinking of traveling to Syria, you may want to consider the warning which was posted at Paris' Quay D'Orsay:'Given the...
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Wikileaks cable reveals US funneling millions into Syria opposition group

“The US government was working to promote democratic processes in Syria and elsewhere in the world”.This is one of the responses State...
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