Assad’s forces surround Aleppo, now control 80 percent of Syria’s largest city

Assad’s forces surround Aleppo, now control 80 percent of Syria’s largest city

Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Army has been working on encircling the nation’s largest city. Western diplomats said the Army, backed by Hizbullah and other Iranian proxies, was moving steadily into Aleppo. They said forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad were advancing into Aleppo from three directions and reached the Old City […]

Report: Syria is first state with ‘sophisticated’ WMD to be torn by civil war

Report: Syria is first state with ‘sophisticated’ WMD to be torn by civil war

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Syria has become the first weapons of mass destruction state plunged into civil war, a report said. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists asserted that the West has confronted an unprecedented challenge with the Sunni revolt in Syria. In a report by Charles Blair, the periodical said Syria’s huge WMD […]