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First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16

AMMAN, JordanSyrian activists say government airstrikes and heavy shelling of a strategic town near the Lebanese border have killed at least 16 people, including rebel fighters.The rebel-held Qusair is home to about 20,000 residents and has been besieged ... [Published York Daily Record - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Barrage Fire, Lebanon, Alawite, Amman, BESIEGED

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Assad blasts West claims of chemical weapons in Syria as ?pretext to wage war?

Johannesburg, May 19 (ANI): Syrian president Bashar Assad has said that claims of the West that the Syrian government used weapons of mass destruction against its countrymen are nothing but a pretext for waging war against Syria.The statement comes after ... [Published TruthDive - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Chemical Weapon, Alawite, Hama (Syria)

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Syrian Arab Republic: Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits Damascus

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Syrian Arab Republic 05/18/2013 20:37 GMT DAMASCUS, May 18, 2013 (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Damascus, Syria, Car Bomb

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Fire safety in schools

Assessing structural safety of RMG buildings, for hiding or revealing?Illusions in printsShimul Mostafa acts in teleplaySyria rebels seize Alawite villages in HamaAfghan parliament fails to pass divisive women’s lawDUCSU museumHabibur Rahman12 banks hold ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Fire Safety, New Age, Security

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers

The rising divisions may guarantee that fighting will continue even if President Bashar Assad falls, setting the stage for a civil war between Sunni, Alawite, Shiite and other militias. ... [Published WDBJ7.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Sectarianism, Alawite, Shia Islam

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 reports

Rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama

BEIRUT: Rebels in Syria have seized control of four deserted Alawite villages in the central province of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today. President Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite ... [Published Himalayan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Alawite, Hama (Syria), Yabrud (Syria), Damascus

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 reports

Violence unabated across Syria

DAMASCUS: Gunmen on Saturday abducted the elderly father of Syria’s deputy foreign minister, the official’s office said, in the latest kidnapping targeting family members of figures in President Bashar Al Assad’s regime.The father of Deputy Foreign Minister ... [Published The Gulf Today - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Kidnapping, Aleppo

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Little hope for peace talks as Syria starts to break up

The black flag of jihad flies over much of northern Syria. In the centre of the country, pro-government militias and Hezbollah fighters battle those who threaten their communities. In the north-east, the Kurds have effectively carved out an autonomous ... [Published Canberra Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Syria, Peace Talks, Brutality, Homs, Joseph Holliday

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears

Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country.Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number ... [Published News.net - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alawite, Sunni Islam, Vandalism

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rise of the militias

The Bayda and Banias massacres signal the next phase in Assad’s warThe use of chemical weapons and Obama’s fudged “red line” has given way to gruesome footage of a schismatic Syrian rebel commander biting into the lung of a slain Hezbollah fighter and ... [Published NOW News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alawite, Hafez al-Assad, Baniyas (Syria), Massacre

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

In the Hills of Alawistan - By Alia Malek

TARTOUS, Syria — Above the Syrian coastal town of Tartous, groups of Alawite men and boys were amassing at different landings along a road that winds higher and higher, away from the Mediterranean and into the hills. I had come with friends, simply for ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alawite, Hafez al-Assad, Sunni Islam

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-AssadA video released on ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Abu Sakkar, Syria, Shia Islam, Alawite

Quotes

"That's why this possibility is determined by the Syrian people themselves; you go to the elections, you nominate yourself, there's a possibility you win and a possibility you don't" Assad added, hinting he might seek another term

Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16 [Published Edwardsville Intelligencer - 1 hour ago]

"Regarding the cannibal that ate the heart of a killed Syrian soldier, opposition sources revealed that the soldier had killed his brother, while others said he killed his father and brother as well. In both cases, they give one reason related to family issue, which justifies the revenge and the crime" he concluded

Al-Nusra Front Posts Two More Execution Videos [Published Islam Times - 4 hours ago]

...But they also don't want a very large rebel faction, the IslamistIslamist Nusra group, to be involved either, so already we're saying, "Let's have a big conference, but here are the people who cannot attend." I think the war is not over; I think it could go on for another two or three years

Robert Fisk: 'Syrian war could go on for two, three years' [Published Deutsche Welle - 7 hours ago]

"The terrorist explosion was the result of a big bomb concealed in a car ... Three people were killed and five others wounded according to a provisional toll" it said

Syrian Arab Republic: Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits Damascus [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 12 hours ago]

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Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16 [Published Edwardsville Intelligencer - 1 hour ago]
Syrian activists: Shelling near Lebanon kills 16 [Published York Daily Record - 4 hours ago]
Al-Nusra Front Posts Two More Execution Videos [Published Islam Times - 4 hours ago]
Assad blasts West claims of chemical weapons in... [Published TruthDive - 4 hours ago]
Assad blasts West claims of chemical weapons in... [Published News Track India - 4 hours ago]
Anti-government anger in Turkey after Syria bor... [Published EuroNews - 5 hours ago]
Will the move secure a lasting peace? [Published Times of Oman - 7 hours ago]
Robert Fisk: 'Syrian war could go on for two, t... [Published Deutsche Welle - 7 hours ago]
Syrian rebel leader admits difficulty of unifyi... [Published Wichita Eagle - 9 hours ago]
Fire safety in schools [Published New Age Bangladesh - 11 hours ago]
Syrian Arab Republic: Assad insists he will not... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 12 hours ago]
Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers [Published WDBJ7.com - 12 hours ago]
Women demeaned in existing law [Published New Age Bangladesh - 13 hours ago]
Rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama [Published Himalayan Times - 15 hours ago]
Violence unabated across Syria [Published The Gulf Today - 15 hours ago]
On eating one’s enemy [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 15 hours ago]
Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits D... [Published Bangkok Post - 16 hours ago]
Assad says WMD claims pretext for war [Published News24.com - 16 hours ago]
Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM [Published Muscat Daily - 16 hours ago]
When the Hummus Hits the Fan, Israel Will Choos... [Published News Central Asia - 22 hours ago]
Syrian rebel leader: U.S. will act if conflict ... [Published USA Today - 22 hours ago]
Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama [Published Times of India - 22 hours ago]
Syria : One Year After the Houla Massacre. New ... [Published Global Research - 23 hours ago]
Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM [Published Lake Wylie Pilot - 23 hours ago]
Syria: A Case of Humpty Dumpty [Published Global Politician - 23 hours ago]
Obama and Erdogan Discuss Syrian Regime Change [Published Global Politician - 23 hours ago]
Iran’s Arms Supply to Hizbullah--An Internation... [Published Cutting Edge News - 23 hours ago]
Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama [Published Times Live South Africa - 23 hours ago]
Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama: NGO [Published Al Ahram - May 18 2013]
Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria [Published EveningSun.com - May 18 2013]

Blogs

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On eating one’s enemy [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 15 hours ago] [ by Charles Cameron -- not good branding, not Islamic, dumbstruck? -- not a whole lot else to say ] . Commander Abu Sakkar / the Farouq Brigades logo Let’s take the bald facts first: Commander Abu Sakkar of the Farouq Brigades, Free Syrian ...
Syria’s lung-eating rebel explains himself [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013] iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-VviaDgI48Q" width="625" height="350" frameborder="0"> The shockingvideo of a Syrian rebel eating the lung of a pro-Assad fighter spread like wildfire across the Internetearlier this week. The rebel, ...
According to US media, 41,000 Shabbihah were ki... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 16 2013] "At least 94,000 people have been killed during Syria's two-year conflict, but the death toll is likely to be as high as 120,000, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The group said that at least 41,000 of those confirmed killed ...
Syrian jihadists screaming "Allahu akbar" murde... [Published Jihad Watch - May 16 2013] "There's really no such thing as just Sharia, it's not one monolithic Continuum - Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal ...
World View: Palestinians Commemorate 'Al Nakba'... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 16 2013] This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.N. General Assembly condemns Syrian regime for violence Palestinians commemorate 'Al Nakba' -- 'The Catastrophe' Tensions escalate between Taiwan and the Philippines Eurozone recession ...

Audio/Video

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Turkey's Alawites support Syria's Assad [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 16 2013]
Syrian couple overcomes sectarian differences [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Feb 20 2013]
Alawite community forced to flee homes [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 17 2012]
Deadly clashes errupt in Lebanon's Tripoli [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 05 2012]