Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The opposition has reported that the Syrian military was using North Korean pilots in attacks on Sunni rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights asserted that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has recruited pilots from North Korea for the war against the rebels. The London-based opposition group said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Sunni Muslims have launched protests against an Al Qaida militia that controls much of northern Syria. Opposition sources have released videos of Sunni protests against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in September. The protests focused on ISIL attacks on rival Sunni militias as well as churches near […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Sept. 24, 2013, saw the final nail driven into the coffin of the U.S. and Western effort to influence, let alone control, the Syrian armed opposition. Abdul-Aziz Salamah, the political leader of Liwaa al-Tawhid in northern Syria, announced that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has asserted that Iran operates half of Syria. The opposition said Iran has gained control over at least 50 percent of Syrian territory. The control stemmed from the presence of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Teheran’s proxy, Hizbullah. “They control at least half of Syria,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria was said to have undergone its first chemical weapons attack. The regime of President Bashar Assad and Sunni rebels both said that a CW attack took place on March 19 near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The regime and the rebels blamed each other for the strike. “Everyone […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has reported the death of President Bashar Assad’s brother, assigned to quell the Sunni revolt. The opposition said Maher Assad died of injuries sustained in a July 18 bombing of National Security Agency headquarters in Damascus. Opposition sources said Maher was critically injured in the attack and […]
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 Gracy Howard, Times247.com Syrian opposition leaders fear President Obama’s re-election campaign has taken precedence over their country’s humanitarian crisis, according to a delegation that visited Washington, D.C., last week. Representatives from the Syrian National Council, Syria’s largest rebel alliance, and Kurdish opposition leaders met members of Congress and the State Department, but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition, seeking to expand its base, has elected a Kurd as its new chief. The Syrian National Council has elected Abdul Basset Sida as its new president, replacing Burhan Ghalioun. Sida, named on June 10 as the sole candidate, has been in exile in Sweden for 17 years. […]
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 […]