The War for Syria!

Saturday June 02, 2012

Today’s death toll: 33. Cities & Towns under fire: Misraba, Kafar Sousseh, Assaly, Qadam, Douma , Arbeen, Hamouriyeh (Damascus), Kafar Zeiteh (Hama), Homs City, Qaryatein, Rastan, Qusayr (Homs Province), Ariha (Idlib).  

Turkish authorities report that 400 more refugees crossed the border today, all but 4 are from Idlib Province.

News

Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad

Arabs seek time frame for UN plan on Syria

Russia not supplying arms for Syria civil war: Putin

McCain slams Obama on Syria, as Lieberman says administration 'moving too slowly'

Syrian rebels kill 14 soldiers in Deraa, Damascus

Eight killed in Lebanon clashes linked to Syria uprising

Op-Eds & Special Reports

Syria using rape as weapon against opposition women and men

Video Highlights

In the town of Douma, Damascus Province, and following days of pounding by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/MMireivrI3A , http://youtu.be/I6jSGsVaWtY an attempt to enter city http://youtu.be/Jn_L7RWhI7Q , http://youtu.be/mtUeZm2aVOA , http://youtu.be/h9J89WECw2U  was repelled by local resistance members http://youtu.be/YCKWByruA2U in an operation that left 3 tanks, a sweeper and 4 buses destroyed as well as a number of loyalist soldiers http://youtu.be/yBZ43lUPiWc , http://youtu.be/5lqwFPjMFDU Destroying a tank http://youtu.be/ViZMfj1uFcI The operation also led to the capture of a number of loyalist troops http://youtu.be/wovaf2A_or0 As well as few rockets http://youtu.be/4yljB0x-z7k Martyr http://youtu.be/nZK7ZZtWfks

Meanwhile, the nearby town of Misraba was pounded by loyalist troops http://youtu.be/hhjSUL6s3X0 So did Arbeen http://youtu.be/_q41MaJk0Ac and Hamouriyeh http://youtu.be/1LrMbS2HEN8 , http://youtu.be/4pBWnGpZTHk and Ain Terma http://youtu.be/6_VXugHWVOo Victims from the town of Arbeen http://youtu.be/kSGSAz0OlE0 Pulling bodies from the streets http://youtu.be/67I8A0XlqpY

The pounding of Old Homs continues http://youtu.be/-T4DGhMD1SI , http://youtu.be/OBMGKMELyaw , http://youtu.be/kurB4abde_Q Jouret Al-Shayah dead bodies, victims of the pounding, lie in the streets http://youtu.be/boIhgk1Z7-E Khaldiyeh Homes catch fire http://youtu.be/6U8fHNbgo98 , http://youtu.be/yakzaN2XTvg Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/bKmp6RXrlZc Qoussour http://youtu.be/Mnpo27D14NQ Hamdiyeh Assessing the damages http://youtu.be/OzoRHnB3IM0

In the town of Talbisseh, Homs Province, an attack by pro-Assad militias on a civilian bus left a number of injured http://youtu.be/jBPyCVUh8GY and a number of dead http://youtu.be/afQ3Mv8SZ0k

The pounding of the town of Qaryatein leaves several dead http://youtu.be/n7_mVdsfGZ8

The town of Kafar Zeiteh, Hama Province, comes under fire at night and after UN monitors leave the city http://youtu.be/xzzW0ILYCKw and into the night http://youtu.be/2hliZD_f-Ls Earlier, the U monitors paid a visit to the city and talked to the local inhabitants http://youtu.be/ZrI3kdo_3qM , http://youtu.be/6pBNMFKZd0c , http://youtu.be/169FEK0XCcU

The pounding http://youtu.be/WZikl6rnMfw of the town of Ariha, Idlib Province, leaves this building on fire http://youtu.be/_AvRGo9bPo0 After a direct hit by a rocket http://youtu.be/IFvWDDvXM5Q Loyalist troops stand at the outskirts of town http://youtu.be/1n4G-FuS-6c They try to storm the town http://youtu.be/7mE3FhykSfQ Women and children are forced to evacuate parts of the city http://youtu.be/VYTNgzTioFM People try to run for safety http://youtu.be/NO1Os6PjbY0 But the local resistance fought back and destroyed two tanks http://youtu.be/ULQmclc-wmw a local martyr http://youtu.be/NqHl1uFemVI

Protesters in Aleppo City come under fire: Salaheddine http://youtu.be/EfUTit_SuOQ , http://youtu.be/tTwiNKyacMg But they remain defiant http://youtu.be/ah464I439tU

In the town of Tseel, Daraa Province, UN monitors assess damage done to one of the houses http://youtu.be/ymW_qQSM7Nc