With tensions rising in Syria, key countries are weighing in on where they stand as to next steps and conflict resolution. Here’s what some of them had to say:
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is on Instagram, and he wants everyone to know what he’s been up to. The shots he’s posted so far show the President and his wife doing charitable work, feeding the hungry, embracing children, and being swarmed by loving crowds.
One week ago today there was an alleged chemical attack in Syria that killed over 1,300 civilians, outside the capital of Damascus. These alleged attacks have been called a “moral obscenity” by US secretary of state, John Kerry, and president Obama has ordered the release of a document justifying a military strike against Syrian military installations.
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Photos have emerged of a homemade tank built by Syrian rebels in their fight against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Named the The Sham II, the vehicle was assembled using the chassis of an old diesel car and parts salvaged from a junkyard. The contraption is wrapped in 2,5cm thick steel, and is also topped with a machine gun and five cameras.
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The US and Turkey seem to have had enough of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and have begun their first “operational planning” meeting aimed at bringing about its demise. They are plotting for all eventualities, even a chemical attack in Damascus which Washington has called a “red line”.
This photo was recently taken of a Free Syrian Army fighter during a clash with Syrian military troops. As you can see, he is a ridiculously good-looking rebel. And a strong one at that – just strolling around with that rocket on his shoulder!
Though Syria claimed yesterday that they would never use chemical or bilogical weapons against their own, they did acknowledge they have a bunch of chemical and biological weapons, and would use them against external forces if they have to.
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Photos and horrific stories are starting to surface from Syria about so-called “ghost killers”. These guys have been pumped to the max with steroids, and serve one purpose only: to keep Syria’s president, Bashar Assad, in power. They do this by “terrorising women and children, and conducting ethnic cleansing.” See what these monsters look like inside.
In a disgusting display of cruelty and abuse, captors tattooed a refugee’s forehead after he tried to flee Syria for Lebanon. Click through for the disturbing video, slightly N5FW.
Syria has been in uprising since last year, with protesters demanding the resignation of Bashar al-Assad and the overthrow of his government. But this monster has access to loads of weapons and security forces. And if recent footage released by CNN is anything to go by, he will wipe out everyone who opposes him in cold blood – including entire families.
There is a civil war raging in Syria that seems to have slipped the attention of the masses. This raw and unforgiving short film is the way for you to get up to date with the savage conflict tearing up a Syrian city.
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There was a fair amount of coverage about the apparent arrest of “Amina Arraf”, the pseudonym of openly gay Syrian blogger behind ‘Gay Girl In Damascus,’ which did a lot for getting word out about human rights issues in Syria. Except it turns out that Amina was invented by 40-year-old Tom McMaster, from Georgia.
The Syrian government yesterday passed a bill lifting the country’s decades-old emergency law, some hours after protesters were fired upon by security forces. This follows weeks of pro-reform demonstrations and protests. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has at this point not yet signed the bill into legislation.