Syria Civil War

UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent: A UN-Holy Alliance?

Tam Hussein | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics
Tam Hussein

Many Syrians I spoke to on a recent visit to Syria hold the UN partially responsible for the deaths of 70, 000 lives in the unfolding humanitarian disaster that is wracking the country. There is an impression that the UN is propping up the regime by working and delivering aid via the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC).

'Hunger, Homelessness And Terror Have Replaced School'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

As many as two million children have had their lives torn apart by the bloody conflict in Syria as the fighting enters its third year with no end in s...

Endgame: Syria - Reducing The Civil War To A Game Is Unhelpful And Distasteful

Planet Ivy | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Tech
Planet Ivy

Endgame: Syria is a new online strategy game based on the present war in Syria. The company who produced it, Auroch Digital, has been making news-based games for a few months as part of their 'Game The News' project.

'It's No Game' - The Reaction to Endgame:Syria

Tomas Rawlings | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Tech
Tomas Rawlings

As a games designer I wanted to explore issues in the real world and it is natural for me to turn to the medium of games to do that. Making a game exploring an ongoing war was always going to get a reaction, though this was not our motivation.

'Killing innocents Kills Light In Our Country'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK

Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, has made a rare public speech about the country's devastating civil war, blaming the bloodshed on foreign-funded "t...

Chronicle of a Downfall Foretold: Syria After Assad

Andrew Gawthorpe | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK Politics
Andrew Gawthorpe

With Syria's cash reserves dwindling and its armed forces ceding more and more territory to the rebels, nothing could be more certain today than the inevitable downfall of Assad. However cathartic that moment may be, it is unfortunately unlikely to mark the end of the Syrian civil war.

Israel Fires 'Warning Shots' At Syria

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK

Israel has fired retaliatory warning shots into Syria after a mortar round hit an outpost in the Golan Heights, the Jerusalem Post has reported. N...

British Troops 'Could Be Deployed In Syria'

PA | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK

British troops could be deployed to intervene in Syria in the event of a major humanitarian crisis, the head of the armed forces said today. Genera...

Syrian Fighter Jets Target Damascus As Death Toll Hits 36,000

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK

Syrian fighter jets have struck suburbs in Damascus for the first time during the 19-month conflict, which has now left 36,000 people dead, according ...

Syrian Air Force General 'Shot Dead By Rebels'

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK

A senior Syrian Air Force general has been shot dead by rebels in Damascus, state television has reported. General Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi was ...

Troops Attempt To Contain Violence In Lebanon

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK

Clashes in Lebanon's capital Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli have left seven people dead and dozens more injured as the army warned of "unprec...

Violence In Beirut (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK

Lebanese soldiers have fired bullets in the air and launched tear-gas at mourners attending the funeral of a murdered intelligence chief in Beirut ami...

US Troops Deployed On Jordan-Syria Border

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK

US troops have been deployed to the Jordan-Syria border "to deal with the possible consequences" of the civil war, defence secretary Leon Panetta has ...

Are Turkey And Syria On Cusp Of War?

The Huffington Post | Paul Vale | Posted 04.10.2012 | UK

UPDATE: The Turkish parliament has approved a bill authorising cross-border military operations in Syria, but insists it is not a mandate for war. ...

The Road to Damascus, Laden With Bombs

Jasdev Singh Rai | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK
Jasdev Singh Rai

That beautiful Biblical narrative 'road to Damascus' when Saul became Paul, began serving Christ and humanity is fast becoming a road to 'war'.

Obama And Cameron Warn Assad

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.08.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron and Barack Obama have said any threat to deploy chemical weapons by the Syrian regime would be "completely unacceptable". According t...

Putting The 'Ass In Assad': Activists Attack Syrian President In Posters

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK

A poster produced by a group of activists in a northwest town in Syria has gone viral with its satirical attack on the country's leader Bashar al-Assa...