Bashar Al-Assad is still capable of producing unwanted heirs
to a crumbling throne, but neither his continued virility nor his wife’s continued
fertility will save this most unlikely of dynasties. This Czar, his family and his
ministers have long sealed their fate. Deep down they must know it, which is
why they are trying to seal ours as well.
Monday January
28, 2013
Today’s
Death Toll: 129 martyrs, including 6 women and 16 children: 33 in Damascus
and Suburbs, 28 in Aleppo, 24 in Idlib (most in Ariha), 19 in Hama (most in
Hawejah), 11 in Homs, 8 in Daraa, and 6 in Deir Ezzor (LCCs).
Points
of Random Shelling: 286 points, including
12 by war planes, 1 by cluster bombs, 2 by vacuum bombs and 1 by explosive
barrels mortar shelling hit 129 locations, Artillery Shelling hit 102 and
rocket shelling hit 40 locations allover Syria (LCCs).
Clashes: 119, including rebel operations that targeted Manag Airport
in Aleppo and the Damascus International Airport. FSA rebels also targeted
Shabeeha headquarters in the Sumariyeh suburb of Damascus, and the town of Al-Yaakoubia
in Idlib. In Hama, rebels targeted a military convoy heading to storm the town
of Karnaz killing more than 50 Shabeeha. In Hassakeh, rebels blew up the civil
defense center used as headquarters for loyalist militias in town (LCCs).
News
Syria’s
Bashar al-Assad says his wife is pregnant Bashar al-Assad let the news
slip in a recent talk with mysteriously anonymous “visitors,” who relayed his
comments to the Beirut-based al-Akhbar newspaper, an aggressive outlet often
described as aligned with such anti-Western movements as Hezbollah.
France
Warns Extremists Could Prevail In Syria The warning from French Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius reflects growing concern over the rising power of
Islamic militant groups that have joined the rebels fighting to topple Syrian
President Bashar Assad's regime… "Chaos is not tomorrow, it is today, and
we need to end it. We need to end it in a peaceful way and that means increased
and concrete support to the Syrian National Coalition," an umbrella group
for the opposition.
Armenia: Syrian Refugees Resettling
in Occupied Azerbaijani Territory Since early 2012, Armenia has been
accepting diaspora members seeking to escape Syria’s civil strife. In recent
months, 29 refugee families, roughly 90 people overall, have found new homes in
what Armenians call the Kashatagh district. The territory is known as Lachin
internationally and in Azerbaijan, and it serves as a land bridge between the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. The area was overrun by
Armenian forces during the hot phase of the Karabakh conflict in the early
1990s, and remains in Armenian possession today.
Special
Reports
The city of Homs has seen some of the
worst fighting in Syria. More than a third of the estimated 60,000 deaths in
the 23-month conflict have happened in the strategically important city of
Homs. As the fighting continues, thousands have been forced to abandon their
homes and are struggling to survive.
A couple fighting against government
forces discover love and tie the knot amid death and destruction.
Syria has already fractured into parts
with various types of political and military control -- a situation that will
probably persist for years to come. Aid provision will therefore remain a major
problem going forward, in both logistical and legal terms. Failure to address
this moral imperative will not only lead to more human suffering, but also
allow the regime to use aid as a soft-power weapon against the opposition. Only
by finding creative legal solutions -- that is, opening credible and
accountable avenues outside regime-dominated aid channels -- will the United
States achieve its objectives of easing human suffering, getting Assad to
"step aside," and creating a more peaceful and democratic post-Assad
Syria.
Rebels are occupying Alawite houses in
a region known for its tradition of sectarian coexistence in an offensive that
looks likely to determine the fate of the country's cosmopolitan heart. Locals
forced to chop nearby forests for wood: Syrians turn to
forests as fuel shortages bite.
Video Highlights
Loyalists pound the town of Karnaz, Hama http://youtu.be/v3KJRVHSlwM , http://youtu.be/eVgPu31-r34 , http://youtu.be/ocJ6IxzwtXI But rebels remain
entrenched http://youtu.be/heOk4KXiJcU
, http://youtu.be/Yts1Mt8U75o , http://youtu.be/6UzcbEjPzLU
Scenes from the clashes in Al-Qadam Neighborhood, Damascus City http://youtu.be/sk1rpqxaHdY , http://youtu.be/OfM2-GDgtUE , http://youtu.be/v1OX5WIW8Vc , http://youtu.be/n9E878vgajI , http://youtu.be/5IlTg4CN2G4 Regime tanks
go through the Midan neighborhood on their way to Al-Qadam http://youtu.be/RhuJiKZh4u4 Rebels end
up controlling the oldest train station in Syria which is based in Al-Qadam http://youtu.be/_nHqjEQp3Ck , http://youtu.be/diJBsfyXk7s , http://youtu.be/Tby76tHm63g Soon
afterwards, the station and surrounding buildings gets pounded with heavy
artillery http://youtu.be/MGa5M2t-jqo
Then MiGs take their part http://youtu.be/o1YdFEh2Nvc
More clashes take place in the suburbs of Eastern Ghoutah http://youtu.be/ZLY-fz0AQ1M , http://youtu.be/qOqgSGF4Vhc Aerial
bombardment continues: Saqba http://youtu.be/5_r3s54B-Zk
Kafar Batna http://youtu.be/0rJZuejAPWI
To the West, in the suburb of Daraya, regime tanks try to pound
their way in http://youtu.be/SHOO3LnOOzY
Clashes in and pounding of Deir Ezzor City intensify: Huwaiqah
http://youtu.be/_vo_QzaWY_A , http://youtu.be/kaVGoOAIjhQ , http://youtu.be/n9EwzCzA6nU , http://youtu.be/ARnqMClIzWc
In Aleppo City, children gather wood for fire http://youtu.be/zYW0FNWt7Mk
MiGs target rebel strongholds in Homs City http://youtu.be/4-Cl8mBstVQ
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