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BREAKING – The Syrian “Kill Switch”: Communications Cut across Syria. Damascus Airport Shutdown.

Post-Election, Obama More Willing to Intervene

In July, Syrian rebel lobbyists reported that the Obama Administration had told them they would not be able to intervene in a serious way until after the November election. The vote’s over and now the meddling can begin in earnest.

That’s the message from US officials tonight, who say the president is now considering several options for deeper intervention into the ever worsening civil war, including [...]

Former Syria PM: Assad controls only 30% of country

Reuters
August 14, 2012

President Bashar Assad controls less than a third of Syria and his power is crumbling, his former prime minister said on Tuesday, in his first public appearance since he defected to the opposition this month.

Riyad Hijab told a news conference in Jordan that the morale of Syrian authorities was low after grappling for 17 months to crush a popular uprising and an armed insurgency against Assad.

“The regime is [...]

BREAKING: Syrian Ambassador to Belarus Defects… Syria’s ambassador to Iraq say he is joining ‘revolution’…Starting to snowball

According to BBC World Service radio: Syria’s ambassador to Belarus is reported to have just defected.

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Syrian authorities said Thursday that their ambassador to neighboring Iraq had been fired, the first official, if roundabout, confirmation that the diplomat had defected in a new fracturing of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which has faced a slow but growing rash of desertions.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry in Damascus said that the [...]

NYT: Turkey Says It May Target Any Forces Nearing Border

ISTANBUL — Buoyed by support from his country’s NATO allies, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian forces on Tuesday to stay clear of their troubled border or face a Turkish military response to any perceived threat, following the disputed downing of a Turkish warplane.

The Turkish leader’s bellicose tone came as ambassadors from the NATO alliance, seeking to avoid a wider conflict, held emergency talks in Brussels at Turkey’s behest. After the [...]

Turkey: Syria gave no warning on jet

Istanbul (CNN) – Western leaders roundly condemned the downing of a Turkish military fighter jet by Syria ahead of a NATO meeting on Tuesday on the issue.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said she had spoken with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu about Friday’s incident.

“The foreign minister briefed me on the specifics of the incident, including that the Syrian military shot its plane down without warning,” Clinton said in [...]

Arab countries sending mercenaries into Syria

Reuters
March 9, 2012

Arab countries are sending mercenaries to Syria to thwart any chance of a negotiated settlement to end President Bashar Assad’s crackdown on a year-long uprising against his rule, Iran’s ambassador to France said on Thursday.

Iran, a close ally of Assad’s government, was initially very supportive of the way the Syrian authorities were putting down the uprising, but has lately been saying that Assad should enact reforms that take [...]

TRAPPED IN HOMS, SYRIANS SAY WORLD FAILING THEM

(Reuters) – The Red Cross said on Saturday it was still unable to evacuate civilians from the embattled Baba Amro district of Homs, as the Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held area into a fourth week.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said there were “no concrete results” from its negotiations with both Syrian authorities and opposition fighters.

“Unfortunately we will not be able to enter Baba [...]

WAR CRIME: Hillary Clinton meeting with Syrian ‘opposition leaders’ in Geneva… Hillary is already plotting regime change with al-Qaida mercenary leaders in Geneva

Editor’s Note: Because the US and NATO members were not censured after their openly illegal war in Libya, the same players are marching forward again in complete contravention of international law, taking sides and helping to escalate a civil war in Syria, will is a prelude to a planned attack on Iran. Hillary Clinton is acting in the official capacity as a US Secretary of State, and therefore cannot supply [...]

Syria Bans iPhone To Suppress Protesters

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Attention iPhone dependents: Could you imagine what it might look like if your government told you that you couldn’t use your beloved, probably integral-to-your-new-way-of-life iPhone? Well, in Syria, it looks like this: [go to article to see photo]

That’s a photo of the mandate (which is currently making the rounds on Twitter and Facebook) being issued to activists in Syria by the country’s Customs Department of the Syrian Finance Ministry. I [...]

Report: Syrian tanks shell towns, at least 19 killed

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian tanks shelled residential areas in two towns and at least 19 people were killed across the country, rights campaigners said, as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces fought to crush a seven-week uprising.

Assad, fighting the most serious challenge to his 11-year rule, has sent troops and tanks into several cities in the last two weeks to try and end protests inspired by Arab revolts [...]

HAMAS looking to move HQ out of Damascus amid Syrian uprising

JERUSALEM — Relations between the Palestinian group Hamas, which is based in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the Syrian authorities have been strained in recent weeks, mostly as a result of the antigovernment uprising there, with reports growing that Hamas is looking for another home.

Al Hayat, the London-based pan-Arab newspaper, reported Saturday that Hamas’s political wing was decamping to Doha, the capital of Qatar, but [...]

UPDATE: Syrian activists vow largest protests to date

BEIRUT – Ahead of what could turn out to be a decisive day for Syria, protesters took credit Thursday for forcing President Bashar Assad to lift the country’s 50-year state of emergency and brushed off his attempts to placate the monthlong uprising against his authoritarian regime.

Activists said they were planning the biggest protests to date Friday against Assad, who inherited power from his late [...]

REPORT: Syria blocks injured protesters from medical care

AFP/Syrian TV – An image grab taken from footage broadcast by the Syrian state television allegedly shows scenes of clashes …

NICOSIA (AFP) – Syrian security forces in at least two towns prevented medics from reaching wounded protesters when clashes erupted at anti-government demonstrations last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

The New York based rights group said the “inhumane” and “illegal” blocking of access [...]

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