Documents leaked by defector from Syrian regime show that Assad personally signs off security crackdown plans Ian Black , Middle East editor...

Unverified film obtained from a social media site in which gunshots can purportedly be heard in Damascus on Monday. Syrian state TV footage ...

Papers prepared for President Assad by intelligence and security chiefs throw light on his strategy to quell protests . SEE VIDEOS POSTED BE...

A VERY IMPORTANT STORY "Al Jazeera has gained access to confidential documents prepared for the Syrian president by the country's i...

By Chris Hedges Posted on Mar 19, 2012 "The war in Afghanistan—where the enemy is elusive and rarely seen, where the cultural and lingu...

By Ali Abunimah "Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has backed away from its sponsorship of US Israel lobby group J Street ’s 26 Mar...

"Reporting from Beirut in Lebanon on the fighting in Damascus overnight, Al Jazeera's Rula Amin said: "Residents are telling u...

"The Syrian province of al-Raqqa has seen rare anti-government protests on Friday that took by surprise both the government and the opp...

"Heavy fighting has broken out between opposition fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district of the Syri...

Amnesty International 19 March 2012 "NATO has so far failed to investigate the killing of scores of civilians in Libya in airstrikes ca...

Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad clashing in Mezze district , say residents The Guardian , Sunday 18 March 2012 ...

"With ca. 1,000 refugees streaming across the border daily, Turkey has to rethink its policy towards the former ally. What are the cons...

Lawrence Wilkerson: Those pushing US intervention in Syria are not humanitarian; want a "back door" to Iran More at The Real New...

Afra Jalabi: Syrian opposition debates role of international support and armed resistance More at The Real News

It is too soon to know if the deaths of an Afghan family last week will alter things in Afghanistan, but some atrocities have the power to s...

"رهانات الثورة السورية في عامها الثاني ودلالات إختيارها "التدخل العسكري الفوري" شعارآ لجمعته الأولى تقديم محمد كريشان تاريخ ا...

Syrian TV reports cars packed with deadly explosives were detonated in Damascus on Saturday at around 7.30am local time. The Syrian governme...

"Syrians fleeing to Lebanon have reported that armed gangs identifying themselves as members of Hezbollah have set up checkpoints and ...

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