Oct 11th, 2012
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria’s armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country’s war-torn neighbor.
Damascus said the plane had been carrying legitimate cargo and described Turkey’s actions as an act of “air piracy”, while...
Oct 9th, 2012
HACIPASA, Turkey (Reuters) – NATO said on Tuesday it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary against any further spillover of violence from Syria’s border areas where rebels and government forces are fighting for control.
Rebel suicide bombers struck at President Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, attacking an Air Force Intelligence compound on the edge of Damascus, insurgents said. Activists...
Sep 10th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran will meet in Cairo on Monday to discuss the Syrian crisis, but analysts said the regional powers were unlikely to agree on any tangible steps.
Iran is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is fighting an uprising against his rule, while the three other countries have all called for him to quit power.
Sunni Saudi Arabia...
Sep 2nd, 2012
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising.
Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly...
Aug 4th, 2012
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian artillery, planes and a helicopter gunship pounded rebel positions in Aleppo on Saturday, witnesses said, as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces tried to break through the insurgents’ frontline in Syria’s largest city.
Syrian forces clashed with rebels around Aleppo’s television and radio station, activists said, and a local rebel commander said his...
Jul 9th, 2012
More than 17,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, according to revised figures announced by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, (OSDH) on Monday .
The OSDH, based in London, has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, which establish the balance sheets and identify abuses through testimonies, field...
Jun 22nd, 2012
The New York Times, referring to the anonymous representatives of the U.S. administration and intelligence of the Arab countries, reported that a group of CIA agents had been for several weeks in southern Turkey to prevent the fighters the terrorist network Al Qaeda and other extremists to get their hands on weapons supplied to the armed opposition in Syria.
The newspaper said the weapons to fight against the Syrian...
Jun 19th, 2012
The Syrian authorities are prepared to evacuate civilians from areas controlled by armed terrorist groups representing opposition to the regime, the agency Sana reported citing the Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
“Contacts were established with foreign observers and the Syrian authorities to evacuate the civilian population of the city of Homs. However, the efforts of UN observers have failed due to...
