Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah and the Syrian Army have been shown in joint operations near the border with Israel and Lebanon. Lebanese television broadcast a joint operation by the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and Syrian Army units in the Golan Heights. The Al Jadid channel showed a Hizbullah-Syrian ambush against Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — After a lull of four months, President Bashar Assad has resumed efforts to capture Syria’s largest city. Opposition sources said the Syrian Army has been attacking the northern city of Aleppo in November 2013. The sources said the Army, together with the Iranian proxy Hizbullah, has been progressing along two […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have sustained heavy casualties in the latest offensive by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Opposition sources said at least 130 rebels, most of them Palestinians, were killed in Army operations that captured two suburbs south of Damascus on Oct. 11. “The Army and their agents — […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The regime of President Bashar Assad, despite nearly a year of fighting, has been using only a fraction of its military might against the Sunni rebel movement. Regime sources said Assad, despite the massive assault on Homs, has reserved most of his military assets. They said the president did not […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United States has continued training of the Lebanese military despite the fact its government is dominated by Iran-sponsored Hizbullah. U.S. Central Command has been examining training programs with the Lebanese military in 2012. On Feb. 13, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Bartlett, director of exercises at Centcom, met Lebanese commanders and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The opposition has reported the rebel capture of another Syrian town. Opposition sources said the Free Syrian Army attacked and seized Duma, a major suburb of Damascus, on Jan. 21. They said FSA units, comprised of Syrian Army deserters, overran positions of the regime of President Bashar Assad and captured […]
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 NICOSIA — Syria, amid the intensification of the Sunni revolt, has held a military exercise. The regime of President Bashar Assad reported a military exercise on Dec. 4 in eastern Syria. A Syrian government statement said the exercise was meant to test Assad’s huge Scud-class missile arsenal in any war. “Syrian missile […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni fighters from Jordan have launched attacks on the regime of President Bashar Assad and the kingdom has reportedly offered safe haven to Syrians fleeing the government’s crackdown. Opposition sources said Bedouins from Iraq and Jordan were conducting strikes on the Assad regime in Syria. They said the Jordanian Sunnis […]