Middle East

Video below: The Syrian army shell a mosque in Deir al Zour. A minaret takes many hits and the top part of the structure falls ……Read More

Fridays are normally days of protests and the government has widened its crackdown ahead of what is assumed will be another day of confrontation. – ……Read More

Middle East pundits have written those words: “Assad is going down”. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have recalled their ambassadors from Syria. Tuesday, Turkey’s ……Read More

The videos just keep coming out of Syria. Deir al-Zour is a war zone with the sound of gun fire heard in the streets. Unconfirmed ……Read More

One week after the attack on the city of Hama, the Syrian government unleashed its troops against the city of Deir al-Zour. For days, there ……Read More

Estimates place the number of dead in the city of Hama at 250 since the July 31 crackdown. After much prevarication by Russia and China, ……Read More