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Rami Abdel Rahman

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Name: Rami Abdel Rahman

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 reports

Gunmen abduct father of Assad spokesman Faisal Mekdad

Gunmen in Syria kidnapped the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, a leading voice in Assad's regime.EnlargeSyrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) receives Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa in Damascus on March 24, ... [Published GlobalPost - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Kidnapping, Daraa, Syria, Civil War

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits Damascus

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 on Saturday killing at least three people."To resign would be to flee," Assad said in an interview with the ... [Published Bangkok Post - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Car Bomb, Damascus, Syria, Terrorists, Chemical Weapon

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

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

Video reveals Syria executions

BEIRUT: A video published yesterday showed fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar Al Assad's forces.The film is believed to be from eastern Deir Al Zor province ... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Syria, Rami Abdel Rahman, Executioner, Al-Qaeda-linked, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Syria jihadists executed regime supporters

He was killed fighting locals in oil-rich Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria over fuel, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.Large swathes of Deir Ezzor are out of regime control, and observers have warned of increasing in-fighting among jihadist ... [Published GlobalPost - May 16 2013]

Entities: jihadist, Syria, Al-Nusra Front, Deir ez-Zor

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

Web video shows rebels executing Syrian soldiers

The film is believed to have been shot in eastern Deir al-Zor province last year, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group.The observatory's head, Rami Abdelrahman, said the Nusra Front had recently released several ... [Published Times Live South Africa - May 17 2013]

Entities: Baniyas (Syria), Executioner, Massacre, Raqqa

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

UN assembly slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war

(BSS/AFP) - The UN General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.The vote came on the eve of talks between US President Barack ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, United Nations, Escalation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 5 reports

Fierce fighting rages at Aleppo prison

BEIRUT — Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes yesterday fought to repel an attack on the central prison in Aleppo after activists blew up its walls in suicide car bombings, a watchdog said. "Fierce fighting is taking place within the walls of the ... [Published Oman Observer - May 16 2013]

Entities: Aleppo, prison, Barrage Fire, Damascus

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

UN to vote on new Syria resolution

The UN General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition.Russia, a close ally of Syrian president, is opposed ... [Published Global Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Syria, United Nations, Free Syrian Army

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Syria rebels vow to crack down after video outrage (AFP)

DAMASCUS (AFP) - The rebel Free Syrian Army pledged Wednesday to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video showing the mutilation of a corpse, as the regime ruled out discussing President Bashar al-Assad's departure in negotiations.Syria's Internet, ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 15 2013]

Entities: Syria, Free Syrian Army, Sergey Lavrov

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Death toll soaring to 100,000

DAMASCUS: More than 94,000 people have been killed in more than two years of conflict in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a newly-revised toll on Tuesday.The watchdog group said it revised the toll — just two days after it announced ... [Published The Gulf Today - May 14 2013]

Entities: Alawite, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Homs

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Syria troops fight to reclaim r...

BEIRUT: Syrian troops fought rebels yesterday in a bid to take back a key supply route linking the centre of the country to Aleppo in the north, a monitoring group said.“Fierce battles raged pitting troops against rebels. Regime troops fought to reopen ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 12 2013]

Entities: Aleppo, Syria, Main Supply Route, Rami Abdel Rahman, Hama (Syria)

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Gunmen abduct father of Assad spokesman Faisal ... [Published GlobalPost - 2 hours ago]
Syria opposition seizes villages [Published Oman Observer - 4 hours ago]
Assad insists he will not quit, car bomb hits D... [Published Bangkok Post - 4 hours ago]
Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM [Published Muscat Daily - 5 hours ago]
Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM official [Published Hindustan Times - 8 hours ago]
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Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy foreign mi... [Published Turkish Daily - 9 hours ago]
Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face tr... [Published Yahoo! News - May 17 2013]
Video reveals Syria executions [Published Gulf Daily News - May 17 2013]
Video: Syrian Jabhat Al-Nusra jihadists execute... [Published Digital Journal - May 17 2013]
Web video shows rebels executing Syrian soldiers [Published Times Live South Africa - May 17 2013]
Syria: Rebels post video of summary executions [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian men in new video [Published MSN News - May 17 2013]
Syria jihadists executed regime supporters [Published GlobalPost - May 16 2013]
Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian... [Published Yahoo! News - May 16 2013]
Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian... [Published Morning Call - May 16 2013]
Syria's Banias massacre toll up to 145 [Published MSN New Zealand - May 16 2013]
Syria jihadists executed regime supporters: Video [Published Asiaone - May 16 2013]
UN assembly slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 16 2013]
UN General Assembly slams President Bashar al-A... [Published NDTV - May 16 2013]
Fierce fighting rages at Aleppo prison [Published Oman Observer - May 16 2013]
Fierce fighting erupts at Aleppo jail [Published The Gulf Today - May 15 2013]
UN assembly slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war [Published XinMsn - May 15 2013]
UN to vote on new Syria resolution [Published Global Times - May 15 2013]
Fierce fighting rages at Syria's Aleppo prison:... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 15 2013]
UN debates resolution condemning Syria [Published Al Jazeera - May 15 2013]
Fighting erupts at Syria's Aleppo prison [Published Al Jazeera - May 15 2013]
Syria rebels vow to crack down after video outr... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 15 2013]
Fierce fighting erupts at Syria's Aleppo prison... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 15 2013]
Fierce fighting erupts at Syria's Aleppo prison... [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Syrian Revolution Digest: 24 April 2013 [Published Impunity Watch - Apr 26 2013] Obama’s Great Failure! A policy of doing the right thing only when it is cheap and easy is prescription for disaster, and disaster is exactly what we have now in Syria, as a result of this policy. But, let’s be clear here: No facet of intervention ...
Rights Group Says March Was The Deadliest Month... [Published Think Progress - Apr 01 2013] The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that more than 6,000 Syrians were killed in March, making it the deadliest month in the country’s two-year long civil war. Nearly one-third of those deaths were civilians. The group ...
Recent videos show international makeup of Syri... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - Mar 20 2013] In the last several weeks, jihadist propaganda and news reports from Syria have increasingly mentioned fighters from foreign countries, including China, Chechnya , Germany , Palestine, Sweden, Saudi Arabia , the United Kingdom , and the United States ...
Face Of The Day [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 09 2013] A Syrian woman cries holding her injured son in a taxi as they arrive at a hospital in northern city of Aleppo on February 8, 2013, following shelling by government forces. Loyalists troops made ground in the country’s north, retaking Karnaz on ...
Eye on Iran: Iranian Rial Slips as Power Strugg... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Jan 22 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter andjoin our Facebook group. Top Stories Reuters: "The Iranian rial has dropped sharply on the open market sinceSunday on speculation the head of the ...