Special to WorldTribune.com Syria’s recent military gains have led its opponents, including Turkey and Gulf states, to increase their funding of anti-regime “terrorists,” Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Nov. 29. In a meeting with a senior Iranian official in Damascus, Assad cited “important gains by the Syrian army in the fight against terrorism, with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The new paramilitary force of President Bashar Assad has been rapidly expanding amid Iranian funding and victories over Sunni rebels. Opposition sources said the new National Defense Force, organized in late 2012, has been adding thousands of new fighters over the last month. The sources said the force, trained by […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Decrying a rising death toll and an escalation of violence, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly called yet again for progress towards a political transition to defuse Syria’s civil war, now in its third year. Though the resolution strongly condemns the Syrian government of Bashar Assad for its increased use […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Rivals and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad have been engaged in bloody battles in Lebanon. At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 were injured in fighting between the Alawite community and Sunnis in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on June 3. The two sides employed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Syria’s rebel army, based in Turkey, has reported shortages in weapons and funds. The Free Syrian Army has urged Arab and other opponents of the regime of President Bashar Assad to rush aid to the rebel force. “If the FSA had greater capabilities the situation on the ground would be […]