Articles tagged with: free Syrian army
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first shipment of US aid reached the Free Syrian Army (FSA) earlier this week, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt.
Head of the FSA Supreme Military Command, General Salim Idris, was present to oversee the delivery of the new aid. He said: “I hope that this aid will be a first step to be followed by subsequent steps, culminating in our receiving what we need on the battlefield.”
The non-lethal aid, including halal ready meals, medical supplies, and night-vision...
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Tuesday, 2 Apr, 2013
London, Asharq Al-Awsat---There were over 6,000 documented deaths in Syria last month, making it the bloodiest month in its 2 year uprising, according to figures released by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
However, Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the increased toll is likely incomplete because both the Syrian army and the rebel groups often under-report their dead in the civil war.
“Both sides are hiding information,” A...
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Monday, 11 Mar, 2013
ALEPPO, Asharq Al-Awsat---Ala Jaleema leans against the wall, clutching her daughter in front of her. For the second time in six months, she and her seven children are homeless...
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Tuesday, 26 Feb, 2013
In Aleppo, as in other, less troubled cities, stars are born on YouTube. That is how ten-year-old Nasmi found fame in her war-shattered hometown. Three months ago, she was sing...
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Friday, 18 Jan, 2013
Syria’s agonising descent into civil war is becoming increasingly confused as the opposition fragments and the violence becomes more indiscriminate. Aside from the cost in hu...
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Monday, 14 Jan, 2013
BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat---Sources in the Revolutionary Military Council in Aleppo have denied reports of Syrian rebels downing an Iranian civilian aircraft, loaded with ammunit...
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Journalist Stephen Starr lived and worked in Damascus between 2007 and 2012. Currently the editor of Near East Quarterly, he was present in Syria at the beginning of the uprising a...
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The string of high level defections from the Syrian government continued into this weekend, when the embattled regime’s Prime Minister, Riyad Farid Hijab, a Sunni, in a secretive...
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Friday, 29 Jun, 2012
The new peace initiative from the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has already run into trouble, receiving criticism from both the Syrian government and the rebel...
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Friday, 15 Jun, 2012
The Syrian crisis continued this week, amidst increasing violence, claims and counterclaims, and more damning evidence of atrocities uncovered by the UN.
International observers...
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