Syrian government forces in northwest Syria have killed thirteen members of the same family, almost all women and children. Some reports from activists groups in the region say some of the victims were burned alive.
The massacre happened in Bayda near the seaport of Banias. The family was in a Sunni village where government supporters have been trying to rid the area of Sunnis. Continue reading
Russia has released a report where they claim Syrian rebels fired one canister of chemical weapons into a village in northern Syria.
Russia, an ally and apologist for the Syrian government, has long been resisting international efforts to remove President Bashir al-Assad from power and has disputed results of multiple reports showing conclusive proof of the government’s use of toxic sarin gas against rebels and civilians. Continue reading
A Catholic priest who was setting up a monastery in Gassanieh, Syria was seized by Islamic extremist rebels last Sunday and executed.
The Vatican confirmed over the weekend that Islamists beheaded Father Francois Murad. According to the Catholic news service, the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra front was behind the savage murder. Continue reading
A homicide bomber detonated his device near a church in the Christian quarter of Damascus in a terror attack aimed at killing Christians.
Rebel sources confirmed four people dead in the attack in the Bab Sharqi. The apparently target of the terrorist was the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox church. Neighboring shops were also damaged in the attack. Continue reading
The Syrian Civil War is having a disturbing side effect: a massive measles outbreak across the northern part of the country.
The nation’s vaccination program has disappeared since rebels began their attempts to overthrow the government. As a result, over 7,000 people have been confirmed to have measles in the last few months according to Doctors Without Borders. Continue reading
White House spokesman have finally joined with other world governments in confirming Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has used chemical weapons on their own citizens in an attempt to stop the civil war.
President Obama had called the use of chemical weapons a “red line” that would force American involvement in the ongoing war. Continue reading
French President Francois Hollande says the increasing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government “obliges the international community to act…within the framework of international law”. Continue reading
Syrian troops attacked an Israeli vehicle after claiming that it crossed the ceasefire line. Israeli troops then returned fire against the Syrian aggressors. Continue reading
Al-Qaeda now has control of oil wells in Syria.
The violent anti-Western Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda branch which is the strongest in the Syrian resistance, took over wells around the city of Raqqa and in the desert region in the Eastern part of the country. They control up to 380,000 barrels of crude oil. Continue reading
According to a Sunday Times report, Syria is preparing a massive missile attack on Tel Aviv should Israel make another strike against the Assad government’s attempts to transport weapons to Hezbollah. Continue reading
