All those warnings against possible use of chemical weapons
by Assad and his militias ring quite hollow. In reality, Assad can do much evil
before he has to worry about consequences. Putting together a force of 75,000
will not be done overnight, and Assad might just decide to go down a hero to
his supporters, falling victim to his own lies about resistance and dragging the
country along with him for a nightmarish descent into Hell.
Monday December
3, 2012
Today’s
Death Toll: 239, including 10 children and
8 women: 116 in Damascus and suburbs (including 40 in Zayabieh
Massacre), 41 in Aleppo, 18 in Daraa (including 10 in Tafas), 17 martyr in
Hama, 13 in Idlib, 12 in Homs, 10 in Hassakeh, 10 in Deir Ezzor, and 2 in
Lattakia. Points of Random Shelling: 291.
Clashes: 157. Clashes
around Damascus continue. Rebels downed a MiG over Eastern Ghoutah, between
Dmair and Ruhaibeh, and shelled the Military Airport in Deir Ezzor. Rebels also
stomred the town of Mansourah in Raqqah province, and destroyed several military
vehicles belonging to loyalist militias (LCC).
Citing security
concerns, EgyptAir flight to Damascus returned without landing on Monday.
News
Assad
Suffering Reversals in Fighting and Diplomacy A senior Turkish official
said that Russia had agreed on Monday to a new diplomatic approach that would
seek ways to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, a possible
weakening in Russia’s steadfast support for the government.
Special
Reports
Sunnis in Lebanon are growing more
outspoken about the most powerful faction in their country, the Shiite movement
Hezbollah.
…some rebel groups are misusing video
to make themselves appear more active and successful than they really are,
skewing the distribution of resources, and making it harder for outsiders to
accurately evaluate the forces on the ground. The stories also underscore the
fragmentation of the armed opposition as a newly formed coalition of Syrian
opposition groups struggles to establish authority over a rebellion which is
unfolding faster than the speed of diplomacy.
Exclusive: The British government is
sending a team of experts to Syria to gather evidence on warzone rape - a move
backed by UN special envoy and actress Angelina Jolie.
Radical clerics exhort jihadists in
Syria to help depose dictator President Bashar Assad. Many in Lebanon say they
joined the fight because of family or tribal affiliations.
I am not objecting to the tough stance
the administration is taking on chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime. I
just wish its outrage–combined with the willingness to act–extended to all the
other horrifying and reprehensible things that Bashar Assad is doing.
Launch of Syria Deeply
It
was clear that the Syria story, a crisis unfolding into civil war, had become
too complicated for people to understand. Why was it happening? Why was Assad
killing his own people? Why was the international response so tame? The user
experience of the story was abysmal: a lot of noise and competing narratives,
not enough context, history, and background. The global news audience was
underserved.
I
love what I do in journalism, covering the world on radio and television. But
when I look at the system as a whole, how all of the networks and newspapers cover
foreign news for an American audience, I know we can do much, much better. We
are failing the Syria story and complex issues like it.
As
conflict rages in Syria, the news industry is in crisis, too. Lara Setrakian's
Syria Deeply is re-imagining the business of storytelling.
Video Highlights
Random shelling claims the lives of several children in the village of Armanaya,
Idlib Province http://youtu.be/wHOWuyBRrI0
More dead in Al-Barrah http://youtu.be/UdFD5GdlFA0
In Kafrenbel, rebels come under shelling as they try to transport the
body of a fallen comrade http://youtu.be/2f2rhyL4sms
, http://youtu.be/VVCksXeXLPg
Locals pull the dead and wounded from under the rubble following an
aerial raid on the town of the Kurdish-Majority of Ras Al-Ain along the Turkish
borders. Rebels from Jabhat Al-Nusra have taken control over parts of the town
in recent weeks http://youtu.be/E5hPNN0PzQg
, http://youtu.be/8JcCqcZ7uKs , http://youtu.be/_09Ns6YuJ30
This video shows clearly missiles being launched from the Damascus
Military Airport targeting rebel groups advancing towards the capital http://youtu.be/qMbADxly28M
Impact of shelling by missiles on Eastern Ghoutah: Hamouriyeh http://youtu.be/TDlGaOaKBHs Zamalka
http://youtu.be/FOXVfsfYRhc , http://youtu.be/FzT1nS1Dotc Misraba
http://youtu.be/kkfqlhePq8o Babbila
http://youtu.be/dJTYLpBR8qM
Some of today’s martyrs in Damascus: Misraba http://youtu.be/BVDyLnMZouw Mleihah
http://youtu.be/cbwEwYZUWTw An
unexplained bomb shell in Harran Al-Awameed http://youtu.be/-NN3FOnon5A
MiGs took part in the pounding as well: Madyarah http://youtu.be/hUQeRGQQ_a0 Hamouriyeh
http://youtu.be/pH5tJsJuzBw Kafar
Batna http://youtu.be/Mrzk1VmmUOY
Saqba http://youtu.be/2pqBply8Rik
, http://youtu.be/rBiGtNvlvB0 Yalda
http://youtu.be/D2lzkvxVjwE
A failed attempt to storm the town of Daraya by pro-Assad militias
left plenty of loyalist dead http://youtu.be/LlzRolQ40jY
For all the missiles and MiGs, rebels have taken control of the town of
Agraba along the Airport Highway http://youtu.be/C1dj2s6GUTg
Random shelling claims the lives of many in Handarat, Aleppo http://youtu.be/fRLm3Zdub4M In Sfeirah,
locals find the bodies of 5 comrades who were executed http://youtu.be/ALmhuaopFow
Clashes in Houleh, Homs Province, continue http://youtu.be/PC08qDMfUXE , http://youtu.be/N58dcq5QKBU Locals leave
the city http://youtu.be/v2fIsnOU16g
The city of Deir Ezzor comes under heavy shelling at night http://youtu.be/H9vDB9O9PKE
Arab, Kurds and Turkmen rebels come together to form a new battalion,
named after Yussouf Al-Azmeh, the Syrian Defense Minister who died in battles against
French invasion in 1920 http://youtu.be/XMHeUDFIsiw
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