Iran threatening to cut Hamas funds, arms supply if it flees Syria
Palestinian sources tell Haaretz that Hamas is abandoning its headquarters in Syria and looking at other Arab states as alternative location for its political command center.
By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-e...syria-1.399612
Syrian official says Damascus has accepted Arab League request to send observers to Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria AP— Syria has accepted an Arab League request to send observers to the country in an effort to end its eight-month crisis, a move that could ease Arab sanctions on Damascus, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...HVO_story.html
Israeli security committee chief worried that Assad may start conflict
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201..._131289368.htm
Russia will downgrade its diplomatic relations with Qatar following an attack on the Russian ambassador by customs officers at Doha airport, the Foreign Ministry said on its website on Monday.
Airport security and customs officials beat up Russian Ambassador Vladimir Titorenko and two other Russian diplomats on November 29 in an attempt to seize the diplomatic dispatch the ambassador was carrying on a return trip from Jordan.
The Qatari officials reportedly tried to X-ray the diplomatic mail despite a bilateral agreement allowing diplomats from both countries to carry diplomatic bags through customs without any inspection under the 1961 Vienna Convention.
The Russian Foreign Ministry sent a protest note to Qatari authorities on November 30, demanding “an immediate and full investigation into the incident, the strict punishment of the culprits and the prevention of similar incidents in the future.”
There has been no official response from Qatar so far.
An anonymous diplomatic source earlier told RIA Novosti that the incident had been most likely provoked by Russia’s position on the Syrian crisis, which many Qatari analysts believe advocates the Syrian government of Bashar Al Assad.
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20111205/169361690.html
Syria: Stuart Ramsay Chief Correspondent Spends Four Days At The Heart Of The Uprising In Homs
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16124327Syria is a country in crisis, ripped apart by daily battles and intense fighting.
Waking to the sound of gunfire is never pleasant; when it is incoming and down your street it is particularly unnerving.
In Homs, every day starts with sniper fire. Every day. People queuing to buy bread or vegetables scatter.
Children start crying, cars screech into reverse while men and women gather what they have and head for the protection of alleys and doorways.
Nine people died at a crossroads at the end of the street we were staying in last week. More will likely die today.
Not once in four days in this city of 850,000 people did I feel even remotely safe.
Sniper fire and all-out fighting between government troops and the defectors of the Free Syrian Army, the FSA, is a constant.
All around are the ever-present indicators of being in a war zone; destroyed buildings, men with guns, checkpoints, the injured and the constant sound of crying. It is miserable.
It seems that more journalists are beeing smuggled undercover to Syria.
This is just stupid, when were these sold? Decades ago ?
http://sluggerotoole.com/2011/12/06/...ions-in-syria/Northern Ireland military exports and human rights violations in Syria
The United Nations report a death toll “much more than 4,000″ in Syria, mostly anti-government protestors killed by the country’s security forces.
On 23 November, a Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council said it was “gravely concerned that crimes against humanity have been committed” in Syria.
I can now report that Northern Ireland plc, acting perfectly legally, has done its bit to help prop up the repressive regime.
Anti-President Assad activists have posted this video of Northern Ireland manufactured armoured vehicles, apparently being used to hunt down regime opponents in Homs region last month.
Assad denies responsibility in Syrian crackdown
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND *******
12/07/2011 12:17
Syrian president tells ABC news acts of violence have been committed by individuals, not ordered by gov't; "No gov't in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person" Assad says.
Syrian President Bashar Assad told ABC News in an interview aired Wednesday that he is not directly responsible for acts of violence committed by his security forces since an uprising against the Alawite president began in Syria in March of this year, and denied reports of torture by the Syrian army.
Speaking with Barbara Walters, Assad said that "There is a difference between a deliberate policy of repression, and the presence of some errors committed by some officials. There is a great difference," Assad reportedly said, adding that acts of violence were carried out by "individuals," and not ordered by the Syrian government.
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He also claimed that most of those killed in street violence were government supporters and not vice versa, as has been widely claimed by witnesses, human rights groups, and the UN.
Assad said that he has not ordered the killing of civilians, saying "no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person," according to ABC News.
Read more in the full article: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=248478
Well ye, he may say the truth - in case that he really doesnt have real control.
Truth to be told, Id say his brother who is in charge of republican guard and 4th armored division is more responsibile than el presidento but he would never act without his approval.Originally Posted by trinitrotrololol
But still Assad may only did give approval to use force if needed. He certainly doesnt have any control of what actually happens on the ground.
Do you think that his younger brother would start shelling Hama or Homs without Bashar clear say-so? Surely Bashar doesnt sign every single order to every unit in his army, he has his Alawite generals for that but it is he who wields most power in state, just ask his uncle who now has to live in exile.
Bashar, his brother or his brother in law… It's the same clan, it's a mafia like complicity.
Well, there wasnt much of a brotherly love between his father and uncle. Especiall when Rifaat went batshyt crazy in 99 in Latakia and started rolling tanks to Damascus.
The uncle backed his brother, Hafez, all along his rule. The rivalry appeared when Hafez decided to pass the power to his son instead to his brother. It's like in a Shakespeare's play.
Yep, recently he gave interview to some British newspaper. His main argument against Bashar was that he is too soft and that is brother would have already killed 400,000 people and not just 4,000 and thus he should be president. He even went as far as saying that col. Riyad al-Asad, commander of FSA, originally asked him to lead his troops. Narcistic, devilish son of a b*tch.
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