Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria’s Kurdish community, more than 15 months into the Sunni revolt, has refused to join the campaign to oust President Bashar Assad. Western diplomatic sources said the Kurdish community of more than two million have chosen to stay on the sidelines in the revolt against Assad. The sources said that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have been targeting key assets of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Syrian opposition has reported attacks on media and security facilities of the Assad regime. On June 27, rebels stormed the government-controlled Ikhbariya television and killed three employees. “What happened today is a massacre, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — For the first time since the Sunni revolt, a Syrian Air Force pilot has escaped with his fighter-jet in an effort to seek political asylum. Officials said a Syrian Air Force pilot Col. Hassan Hammadeh abandoned a training mission in Syria and flew into Jordan with his MiG-21 fighter-jet. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy, FreePressers.com A quarter of a century ago the people of Central Asia and Caucasus tasted freedom. It was the taste of blood. One glance at the commentaries on current events in Syria reveals that they were dictated by the same person. The similar expressions and identical evaluation: “democratic forces”, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — For the first time, Sunni rebels are conducting operations in the heart of the Alawite stronghold in Syria. Opposition sources said Sunni rebels have deployed in Syria’s Latakia province, regarded as the coastal enclave of the ruling Alawite community. The sources said rebel militias were operating from several Sunni towns […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — For the first time since the Sunni revolt in March 2011, the United States has begun operations against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama has ordered the U.S. intelligence community to ensure the ouster of Assad in 2012. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — President Bashar Assad is said to have ordered the abduction or assassination of the Sunni rebel leadership in Lebanon and Turkey. Opposition sources said the Syrian regime has sent agents to Lebanon and Turkey to assassinate or abduct Sunni rebel leaders. They said several plots were foiled in Turkey while […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Persian Gulf states have opened a weapons line to Sunni rebels in Syria. Opposition sources said at least two Gulf Cooperation Council states were investing tens of millions of dollars per month to equip the rebels with weapons, munitions and basic supplies. The sources said the arms were flowing through such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have struck the heart of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Two suicide car bombers blew themselves up in front of Syrian Military Intelligence during the commuter rush on May 10. Officials said at least 55 people were killed and 400 injured in what was termed the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — An Al Qaida-aligned commander has been killed in the Sunni revolt in Syria. Lebanese security sources said Abdul Ghani Jawhar was killed in a bomb blast in Syria on April 20 in Qusair near the Lebanese border. They said Jawhar, commander of the Al Qaida-aligned Fatah Al Islam, was killed […]