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Blair Urges West To Intervene In Syria

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Child Soldiers, Tony Blair, Terrorism, Syrian Refugees, Rebels, Assad, Bashar Assad, Samantha Cameron, Children's Rights, UK News, West, Syria War Crimes, Blair, John Kerry, Free Syrian Army, Tehran, Save the Children, Syria Violence, Syrian Rebels, News, War Child, Syria, UK Politics News

The cost paid by the West for not getting involved in the conflict in Syria could be higher than that of intervening in the civil war, Tony Blair has ...

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Syrian Briton Ali Almanasfi Is Alive

Tam Hussein | Posted 13.06.2013 | UK
Read More: Jihad, Arab Spring, UK News, Fsa, Syria Crisis, Free Syrian Army, Bashar Assad, Syria, UK News
Tam Hussein

Ali Almanasfi, the Briton of Syrian heritage purportedly killed by a regime ambush in Idlib on 31 May is alive. He got in touch with me via Skype. We spoke for approximately an hour. I saw his face sporting a bushy beard, he looked well.

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President Obama: Please Listen to John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Nehad Ismail | Posted 07.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria, Free Syrian Army, Chemical Weapons, President Obama, Fsa, Sen Lindsey Graham, Bbc, Bashar Al Assad, Sarin Gas, Senator John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, USA, Laurent Fabius, World News, UK Politics News
Nehad Ismail

I must say this; Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham and former Senator Joseph Lieberman have got it absolutely right on Syria. President Obama must listen to them and do the right thing. John McCain told the Dead Sea Conference recently: by arming the right rebels, there will be a chance for what McCain calls "level playing field".

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Qardawi's Blunder

Tam Hussein | Posted 05.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Jihad, Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt, Hezbollah, Free Syrian Army, Iran, Bashar Assad, Syria, UK Politics News
Tam Hussein

Qardawi's call for jihad completely ignores the world as it is today: a world of nation-states. In order for there to be any progress in the Syrian conflict, Islamists of all colors and sectarian persuasions must throw out sectarian rhetoric. They must reconcile themselves with the idea that all Syrians are citizens and should not take the sectarian bait.

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Weapons for the Free Syrian Army: An incentive for Assad to negotiate or further oil on the fire?

Thomas Hauschildt | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Syria, Free Syrian Army, Assad, Weapons Delivery, Hague, Eu, UK Universities & Education News
Thomas Hauschildt

Although no weapons will be delivered before the end of the summer and the EU insists that only weapons shall be delivered that serve the protection of civilians. One wonders what kind of weapon that might be as there are hardly any - if at all - weapons out there that have a pure defensive character. Whether rhetoric needs to be underlined by action remains to be seen.

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'Syrian Electronic Army' Hacks American News Media

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.06.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Syrian Electronic Army, Free Syrian Army, UK News, Bashar Assad, Syrian Uprising, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, UK Tech News

A hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army has attacked an American news organisation's website - but is refusing to say exactly why. ...

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Syrian Conflict Suffers Bloodiest Month Yet

Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Syria War Crimes, Child Soldiers, Syrian Refugees, Free Syrian Army, Samantha Cameron, Bashar Assad, Children's Rights, Save the Children, Syrian Rebels, Syria Violence, War Child, Syria, UK News

The Syrian conflict entered its bloodiest month in March, with more than 6,000 people killed, including more than 500 women and children, according to...

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Obama's Paralysis Enabled Al Qaeda to Set Up Shop in Syria

Nehad Ismail | Posted 30.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria, Al Qaeda, Muaz Al Khatib, Free Syrian Army, President Obama, Sen Lindsey Graham, Fsa, Bashar Al Assad, Sen John McCain, New York Times, USA, Huffington Post, Al Nusra Front, World News, UK Politics News
Nehad Ismail

The longer the West remains inactive, the more Islamic extremists will join the war. Inaction by the Obama administration over the last two years had encouraged the regime to kill more than 60,000 Syrians and force the displacement of 2 million Syrians. By turning a blind eye, President Obama has in effect given the green light to Al-Qaeda and other Jihadists to enter Syria.

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Syria Uprising: Ahmed, Seven-Year-Old Son Of Rebel Fighter Stands Guard With AK-47 & Cigarette (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Syria War Crimes, Child Soldiers, Syrian Refugees, Free Syrian Army, Samantha Cameron, Bashar Assad, Children's Rights, Save the Children, Syria Violence, Syrian Rebels, War Child, Syria, UK News

Puffing on a cigarette, with an AK-47 rifle slung casually on his shoulders, this seven-year-old Syrian boy’s childhood appears well and truly over....

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A Syrian Spring: An Interview With the Representative of the Syrian National Coalition, Walid Saffour

Tam Hussein | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Free Syrian Army, Syrian Opposition, Arab Spring, Bashar Assad, Syria Violence, Syria, Syrian Rebels, UK Politics News
Tam Hussein

Walid Saffour is sitting in a light, minimalist office overlooking Hyde Park. A representative of the Syrian National Coalition of the Revolutionary Opposition, he seems like a cross between a gentle Syrian uncle and a seasoned diplomat. Yet while he is affable and polite, there is an intrinsic reserve about him.

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Jessica Elgot

Children In Combat, Summary Executions And A 'Hole Of Death'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Read More: War Crimes, Syria Rebels, UK News, Human Rights, President Bashar Al-Assad, Child Soldiers, Summary Killings, Amnesty International, Free Syrian Army, Syria Torture, Syria Violence, Syria, Torture, UK News

Human rights campaigners have warned that Syrian opposition fighters are conducting summary killings, using child soldiers, sectarian violence and com...

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Homemade in Lattakia: Behind the Scenes of the FSA Brigades in Lattakia

Tam Hussein | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria News, Syria Crisis, Free Syrian Army, Bashar Assad, Syria Violence, Syria, Lattakia, Syria Conflict, UK Politics News
Tam Hussein

I met an injured soldier in Yamadiya hospital with bits of shrapnel stuck on his face who displayed this extraordinary morale, saying, "May God heal me quickly so that I can return to fight that oppressor." The doctor did not seem very optimistic about his recovery.

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The UN Must Act On Syria Without Russia and China

Nehad Ismail | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria, UN Resolution 377, Iran, Free Syrian Army, Bashar Al Assad, Arab League, Hezbollah, China, Middle East, Arab Spring, UK Politics News
Nehad Ismail

Can the world turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by a murderous thuggish regime against its own people? Verbal condemnation is insufficient. Action is required and very quickly.

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Syrian Military Police Chief Defects, Branding Army 'Gangs Of Murder & Destruction'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, President Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Youtube, Free Syrian Army, Syria Violence, Abulaziz Al-Shalal, Syria, Military Police, UK News

The head of Syria's military police has defected and reportedly fled to Turkey. Lt Gen Abulaziz al-Shalal announced his decision speaking in a vid...

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The Free Syrian Army Must Not Execute the 48 Iranian Hostages

Nehad Ismail | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Al Quds Brigade, Iranian Hostages, Tehran Times, Turkey, Iran, Free Syrian Army, EU Sanctions, Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Bashar Al Assad, US, Un, Qatar, World News, UK News
Nehad Ismail

I urge the Free Syrian Army to release the Iranian hostages unharmed and without prior conditions.

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Syria Bans Turkish Planes For Airspace

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 14.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Turkey Syria, Turkey, UK News, UK World, Turkish Syrian Tensions, Syria Plane Turkey, Turkish Flights Banned, Free Syrian Army, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrian Flights Banned, Bashar Assad, UK News

Turkey has banned Syrian planes from flying in Turkish airspace, less than 24 hours after Damascus banned Turkish planes from entering Syrian skies, r...

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VIDEO: Syria Blast Strikes Near UN Observers' Damascus Hotel

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, United Nations Syria, Syria Bombing, United Nations, Free Syrian Army, Syria Uprising, Slideexpand, Syria Violence, Syria, UK News

The Free Syria Army has said UN observers were not the target of the bomb which exploded Wednesday near a Damascus hotel, wounding three. AP report...

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Britain To Give Syrian Rebels An Extra £5m

Posted 09.10.2012 | UK
Read More: President Assad, UK News, William Hague, Free Syrian Army, Syria Uprising, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, Fco, UK News

Britain is to give an extra £5m to Syrian rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime, helping to fund additional communications equipment and medical s...

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Syria Rebels Execution Of Assad Supporters Could Be 'War Crime'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Damascus, Video, Human Rights, David Cameron, Vladimir Putin, Syria Uprising, Free Syrian Army, Syria Violence, Barack Obama, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, UK News

Human Rights Watch have accused the Free Syria Army of committing potential war crimes as videos emerged of rebels "executing" supporters of Preside...

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Syria 'Moving Chemical Weapons To Airports' Rebels Claim

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK
Read More: President Assad, Chemical Weapons, UK News, UK World, William Hague, Fsa, Ban Ki-Moon, Free Syrian Army, Un, Barack Obama, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, UK News

President Bashar al-Assad has begun moving chemical weapons to airports in case of "external aggression", according to the Free Syrian Army (FSA). ...

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Two Explosions Reported In Damascus

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Damascus, Video, UK News, Dara'A, United Nations, Syrian Ceasefire, Kofi Annan, Free Syrian Army, Un, Syrian Uprising, Syria, UK News

Two massive explosions have rocked the Syrian capital Damascus with state media reporting dozens of people dead or injured. The scale of the explos...

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Bomb Attack In Southern City Narrowly Misses UN Observers Convoy

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Damascus, United Nations, Deraa, Free Syrian Army, Kofi Annan, Un, Syrian Uprising, Syria, UK News

An apparent bomb attack in the Syrian city of Dera'a wounded six soldiers moments after a convoy passed by carrying the head of the United Nations obs...

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Kofi Annan Insists Syrian Regime Will Meet Ceasefire Deadline

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Syrian Uprising, Syria, Syrian National Council, Free Syrian Army, Middle East, President Bashar Al-Assad, Syria Ceasefire, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Video, UK News

International envoy Kofi Annan has insisted the Syrian government will meet the deadline for a ceasefire. Annan, acting as special envoy for the Un...

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Syrian Uprising: Assad's Forces Shoot At Refugees In Turkey

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Turkish Refugee Camps, Arab Spring, UK News, Turkey, Middle East, Free Syrian Army, Riad Al-Assad, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian Uprising, UK News

Syrian forces opened fire on refugees who fled into a Turkish camp as violence spilled over the country's borders ahead of a fragile ceasefire deadlin...

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Syrian Uprising: Ceasefire In Ruins After Assad's Last-Minute Ultimatum

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Arab Spring, Middle East, Free Syrian Army, Riad Al-Assad, Syrian Uprising, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, UK News

A plan to end the violence in Syria was in ruins on Monday after rebels rejected last-minute demands by President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a critical ...

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