Addressing the tragic developments in Syria, President Obama
said in his Democratic Convention Speech: “………………” Thank you Mr. President.
Thursday September
6, 2012
Today’s
Death toll: 159. The Breakdown: 88 martyrs in
Damascus and Suburbs (including 23 found in Zamalka, 15 in Deir Al-Asafeer and
8 in Yarmouk Camp), 20 in Aleppo, 12 in Deir Ezzor, 19 in Daraa, 11 in Hama, 5
in Idlib, 3 in Homs, and 1 from Lattakia. (LCC)
Syrian Attaché in
Serbia, Bashar Al-Haj Ali, defects
and joins the revolution. 60 Syrian Kurds drown
as a ship that was illegally transporting them to Europe sink in Turkish
waters.
News
Op-Eds
& Special Reports
Country has several tons of chemical
weapons and materials, including sarin gas, U.S. and Middle Eastern
intelligence officials tell the Washington Post.
A riot recently erupted in the
Zaatari refugee camp, where Syrians were angry over spartan conditions. More
continue to flee the conflict at home.
This sprawling city of 2.5 million
mirrors what is happening across the country. Vastly outgunned, rebel fighters
have dispersed into urban areas which are then pounded indiscriminately by
artillery and warplanes until the guerrillas are flushed out. Meanwhile, the
civilian death toll rises.
In Azaz, Syria, a town held by
rebels, few residents are left and a deadly airstrike last month still inspires
fear, underscoring the high cost of victory.
Rebels drove the Syrian army out of
the countryside north of Aleppo long ago and claim to control more than
two-thirds of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, where they have battled to a
standstill the regime forces trying for more than a month to uproot them. But
the military is turning increasingly to its largely unchallenged air power,
using its aircraft to strike in Aleppo and throughout the small towns that dot
the rebel-held areas to the north.
When the trailer for Ruba Nadda’s
political thriller Inescapable hit the Web last month, the Web hit back.
Commenters unleashed a stream of vitriolic feedback that even included death
threats against the Montreal-born writer-director.
Abboud Barri's callousness is more
pronounced than most, but his story reflects the universal struggle to preserve
humanity in the face of war.
The State Department asked Czech
diplomats, who are the “protecting power” for the United States after officials
closed its embassy in February amid growing violence, to verify a report that
the Syrian regime has captured Austin Tice, 31, of Houston, Texas.
For the Syrian opposition to defeat
the Syrian army, it will need more sophisticated weapons. Non-lethal
communications equipment will not do it. Barring these two options we will
watch the carnage and will probably confront an even more complicated situation
next year. Also, the US should not be surprised if a public outburst against US
inaction develops in Turkey. What Turks see right now is that it is being left
alone against Syria, Iran, the PKK and Russia's policy on Syria. Worse, there
are some who smell ill intent in all of this.
Two Leftist defense of the Syrian
Revolution: The
left, imperialism and the Syrian revolution, Syria: Neither Riyadh nor Tehran
but Popular Revolution.
Video Highlights
Helicopter gunships target restive villages in Al-Haffeh Region
in Lattakia Province http://youtu.be/n6A5L3Z9CXc
In Damascus and Suburbs, the policy of summary execution continue: Mleihah http://youtu.be/dMqpRqcqo-c
Mass graves discovered in Moadamia near a local security headquarters http://youtu.be/zCrPEcPvtf4 , http://youtu.be/jZbS-3oxqXw the bodies
were found as people were digging up a grave for a few unidentified corpses
that were summarily executed by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/bo8lg6zY62U , http://youtu.be/Bc0n0-QZxxI
Pro-Assad militias take over the town of Tal Shihab on the
border with Jordan to stop the flow of refugees http://youtu.be/Gs81cloHy-I , http://youtu.be/0dGJbGYhbus
In Aleppo City, the pounding of restive neighborhoods continues:
Al-Itha’ah http://youtu.be/IpE49vzCNpo
Zaydiyyeh http://youtu.be/FsXGi1wqXSw
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