From the Road!

Friday August 10, 2012

Cities & Towns Under Shelling: Harasta, Arbeen, Moadamiah, Harran Al-Awameed, Deir Al-Asafeer, Ain Terma, Zabadani, Madaya, Eltal, Dmeir, Hameh, Yelda, Rankous, Qarrah (Damascus Suburbs), Sit Zeinab, Al-Qadam, Midan, Tadamon, Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Yarmouk, Kafar Sousseh, Mazzeh, Qaboun, Barzeh, Salhiyeh, Ruknaddine, Dafelshawk (Damascus City), Daraa City, Khirbet Al-Ghazaleh, Tafas, Bostra Al-Sham, Na’eemah, Mseifrah, Jimreen, Hraak , Saida, Tal Shihab (Daraa), Rastan, Talbisseh, Houla, Tal Kalakh, Al-Qusayr, Al-Hosn, Al-Ghanto, Al-Bouaydah, Old Homs (Homs Province), Hreitan, Elbab, Eizaz, Marei, Bayanoun (Aleppo Province), Haffeh, Jabal Al-Akrad (Lattakia), Deir Ezzor City, Mouhassan, Albou Kamal (Deir Ezzor Province), Kafar Zeiteh, Hawash, Shahshabo, Hama City (Hama Province), Jabal Al-Zawiyeh, Ma’rrat Al-Nouman, Saraqib, Maar Shoureen, Ariha, Kafroumah, Al-Rami, Khan Shaikhoon (Idlib).

News

Syrian rebels plan push to regain ground in Aleppo

U.S., Turkey to step up plans for Syria's "day after"

UK Offers More Nonlethal Aid to Syria's Opposition

Expected Annan replacement urges powers to unite on Syria

U.S. slaps new sanctions on Syria, extends those against Hezbollah

French President Francois Hollande draws fire over leadership on Syria

Former Lebanese minister arrested for planning attacks for Syria's Assad Michel Samaha, a former Lebanese minister, reportedly confessed to helping plan attacks on Sunni targets in Lebanon. If true, it illustrates how far Syria's Assad regime can reach into Lebanon.

Op-Eds & Special Reports

How, when and whether to end the war in Syria Spillover may force Washington to contemplate real solutions to the Syrian conflict, rather than indulge in frivolous sideshows. If that day comes, our choice will almost certainly be between picking a winner and leading a multilateral intervention.

Syria’s Rebel Judges Promise Sharia Justice With Mercy In Tal Rifaat, the Assad regime has been replaced by a local tribunal of clerics, guided by Islamic law and the pursuit of political reconciliation

Syria: buried besides his fields - a farmer who fought for freedom The cemetery where the Unity Brigade buried Omar Ismail looks out over the wheat-fields he once worked. One of four brothers who farmed their father's rented land, he had volunteered for the amateur army that took him to the big city an hour away, whose lights and tourist souqs were alien to him.

Crime Wave Engulfs Syria as Its Cities Reel From War

I will be on the road for weeks, but will try to keep sending updates. I will be back to regular pace in early September for sure.