Thousands flee Syria’s second city as troops clash with rebels in country’s fiercest fighting yet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176919/Syria-violence-Thousands-flee-second-city-troops-clash-rebels-countrys-fiercest-fighting-yet.html By Emma Clark PUBLISHED: 11:02 EST, 21 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:22 EST, 21 July 2012 Syrian troops clashed with rebels in the city of Aleppo for a second day today, forcing residents to flee to safer areas in some of the fiercest fighting to date. The rebels are trying to seize the momentum […]

As the world dithers over Syria, shocking evidence of an entire family massacred by Assad thugs: Father finds his wife and five children among the victims of the Houla atrocity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157034/Syria-Father-finds-wife-children-victims-Houla-atrocity.html Slaughtered son had wanted to be a doctor so he could help his brother who had cerebal palsy Two twins aged 17 had their throat cuts and four-month old baby daughter found in pool of blood Father had been previously arrested at demonstrations as the Arab Spring intensified A total of 62 of the […]

Stop your husband! Ambassadors’ wives ask British-born Mrs Assad to take stand against violence in Syria with graphic video showing children killed by troops

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131522/Ambassadors-wives-tell-Bashar-Assads-wife-Asma-stand-violence-Syria.html Wife of Britain’s UN Ambassador co-creates video to put pressure on Asma ‘As a woman, wife and mother, she cannot hide behind her husband’ Petition launched for Asma to ‘stop being a bystander’ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:39 EST, 18 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:20 EST, 18 April 2012 Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s […]

So much for the ceasefire: Syrian tanks keep shelling Homs after UN deadline passes as 1,000 people die in eight days

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127615/SYRIA-Tanks-shelling-Homs-UN-deadline-passes-1k-people-die-8-days.html Shells fired in defiance of passing deadline to pull troops and heavy weapons out of towns Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses Syria of breaking international law Funerals held for three killed inside refugee camp in Turkey as well as Lebanese cameraman shot dead across border Fears Turkish troops may enter conflict after Turkey’s […]

Russia: we’re happy to sell arms to Assad

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-were-happy-to-sell-arms-to-assad-7565725.html Charlotte McDonald-Gibson , Shaun Walker Moscow Wednesday 14 March 2012 Suggested Topics Middle East Defence Policy Turkey Syria Russia insisted yesterday that it would not halt arms shipments to Syria even as evidence mounts that the regime is committing crimes against humanity, with a rights group today releasing a sickening dossier of the torture […]