Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has been questioned over Turkey’s links to Al Qaida in Syria. The parliamentary opposition has formally submitted a request for the Erdogan government to detail alleged links with Al Qaida-aligned militias in Syria. The opposition has sought to determine whether the purported Turkish aid facilitated war […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The regime of President Bashar Assad was deemed the only one in Syria to possess the non-conventional missiles that killed more than 1,400 people in August 2013, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch said it collected evidence that linked the Assad regime to the August attack around Damascus […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The use of Scud ballistic missiles by the Syrian military has caused a large number of civilian casualties, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch asserted that Scud attacks by the regime of President Bashar Assad have killed scores of people in mid-February. The New York-based group said more […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has remained silent on reports that Egypt supplied cluster munitions to Syria. The Morsi regime has refused to respond to a report by a U.S. human rights group that the Syrian military was firing Egyptian-origin cluster bombs. Human Rights Watch, quoting rebels and civilians, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad has ordered military operations along the borders of Lebanon and Turkey. Opposition sources said Assad has approved assaults by the Syrian Army on targets along the borders of Lebanon and Turkey. They said elite forces were firing toward suspected rebels inside Lebanon and Turkey in broad daylight […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The regime of President Bashar Assad has ordered the military to escalate attacks on protesters and provided troops with guidelines on how many dissidents to kill, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch asserted that the Assad regime has ordered the military to kill civilians during every protest. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Deserters from the Syrian military have sought to protect Sunni cities from attacks by the regime of President Bashar Assad, a report said. Human Rights Watch asserted that the estimated 15,000 deserters from Assad’s military and security forces were responding to regime operations against strongholds of the Sunni revolt. In […]