Bloodshed Marks Syria Uprising Anniversary DAMASCUS – The Syrian army intensified attacks on rebellious areas on Thursday, March 15, as the country marked the first anniversary of an increasingly revolt against President Bashar Al-Assad’s rule...

A Year On, Syria's Assad Refuses to Bow Down

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(Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad always said Syria would be different. When the Arab uprisings first erupted more than a year ago, the Syrian president confidently said his government was in tune with its people...

Over the last several months there has been a story of sheer injustice going through my news feed by the hour- the brutal massacre of our brothers and sisters in Syria under a tyrannical and unjust regime...

Azhar Scholars Call for Assad’s Death

Al- Assad’s Bloodbath (Cartoon)

CAIRO – Muslim scholars in Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, have issued a fatwa calling for the killing of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad over the deaths of thousands of civilians in a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests...

With the footage of cold-blooded killings happening in Syria for months, the entire country is ailing where number of damages and victims is getting high day by day...

Terrified Syrians Run for Their Lives

Cartoonists Against Assad (Watch & Comment)

HOMS – Shrouded in dark night, terrified Syrian women and children in Syria's third largest city Homs trod through the woods and routes towards Lebanese borders to escape with their lives from a bloody security crackdown on their homes...

Carlos Latuff is a famous Brazilian cartoonist whose name has become very known in the Arab spring countries. Using his talent, Latuff is amazingly tracking through his cartoons many of the political events which have been running on today's stage in the Arab region...

Syria, Bosnia…Same Tragedy, Different Ends

Muslim Body Opposes Syria Military Action

CAIRO – Images of cold-blooded killings, indiscriminate shelling and cruelty in Syria are reminiscent of scenes of brutality of Europe’s most dreadful genocide in Bosnia...

CANBERRA – The world’s largest Muslim body has warned against a military action in Syria over its bloody crackdown on anti-regime protestors, as the highest Sunni religious authority called for a “bold action” to end bloodshed in the Arab country...

Homs Brutality ‘Appalling’: UN

UN Syria Veto Sparks World Anger

HOMS – In a new escalation of its deadly crackdown on anti-regime opponents, Syrian forces pounded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rockets and mortar fire on Thursday, February 9...

UNITED NATIONS – A Russian-Chinese veto against a UN Security Council resolution condemning the ongoing bloodshed in Syria has invited a storm of world condemnation, The New York Times reported Sunday, February 5...

Arabs Urge Syria to End Violence

Bombing Rocks Damascus, Scores Killed

CAIRO – The Arab League renewed their calls to end violence that left thousands dead in Syria on Sunday, January 8, stopping short of asking the United Nations to bolster the Arab peace mission, a draft statement under discussion by the League said.

DAMASCUS – A suicide bombing rocked Damascus on Friday, January 6, killing 25 and wounding dozens of mostly civilians, state media reported, blaming “terrorists” for the second such attack on the Syrian capital in two weeks...

Syria Opposition Agrees Transition Roadmap

“Nothing Frightening” in Homs: Monitor

CAIRO – As thousands of Syrians took to the streets dreaming of toppling Bashar Al-Assad regime, the country’s main opposition group have signed a political agreement with anti-regime dissidents, laying the ground rules for a "transitional period" that will follow Assad rule...

DAMASCUS – Despite reports of a deadly crackdown by President Bashar Al-Assad’s troops, the head of An Arab League mission monitoring the situation in Syria has seen “nothing frightening” in the protest hotbed of Homs...

Arab Monitors Head to Bloodbath Homs

Brotherhood Denies Syria Attacks Claim

DAMASCUS – A group of Arab league peace monitors headed on Tuesday, December 27, to the flashpoint city of Homs to assess whether Syria has halted its nine-month crackdown on protests, following reports about a new massacre in the city...

DAMASCUS – Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood has denied responsibility for deadly attacks in the capital Damascus, accusing the regime of Bashar Al-Assad of masterminding the bombings...

Islam Revival in Secular Syria

World Hails Russia’s Surprise UN Syria Move

DAMASCUS – Known as a bastion of secularism in the Arab world, a new film about one of thousands of religious schools in Syria shows a rise of religiosity in the conservative society...

BEIRUT – The World has hailed a new draft resolution proposed by Russia, one of Damascus’s staunchest allies, on the violence in Syria to UN Security Council as boosting hopes of a UN action over the continuing bloodshed in Syria, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported on Thursday, December 15...

Syria Activists Start ‘Dignity’ Strike

Syria Demos Turn Massacre

DAMASCUS – Amid fears of a looming crackdown on besieged Homs, a general strike began in several cities in Syria on Sunday, December 11, after online activists called on people to join them in a civil disobedience campaign against the government's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters...

In the deadliest day of protests against President Bashar Al-Assad, at least 20 people were killed and scores injured when Syrian security forces violently cracked down on anti-regime protestors, a day after the government promised limited reforms…

US Tightens Sanctions on Syria

Unrest Boils in Syria (Watch)

Hardening the international front against Damascus' continuous crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the United States slapped new sanctions by freezing assets of Syrian officials...

Amateur video shot Friday shows violent protests in Deraa, with rights groups saying dozens have been killed over the past week...

Muslim Brotherhood Urges Syria Freedoms

Sharing Faith in the Old City of Damascus

While condemning the excessive use against protestors demanding more freedoms, Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood reiterated support for popular protests for democratic changes in the Arab country...

The venerable Christian community of Damascus, which has been present since the first century, has for the most part lived peacefully alongside the Muslim community for the last fourteen hundred years. When the Muslim Caliph Al-Walid took…

Mideast Unrest Rattles US over Israel

Syria: Economic Isolation By Choice

Warily watching a changing political atmosphere in the long stabilized Syria and Jordan, US administration is raising fears about the future of its policies in the Middle East and the resulting challenges to Israel, its biggest ally in the region…

Mr. Sukkar's comments truly manifest Syria's failure to live up to challenges facing it on both regional and international levels. Although Syria is striving to advance its position in the region