Brigadier General Manaf Tlass, who defected from the Syrian regime earlier this month, is presenting himself as the top pick for Syria's new leader after Bashar al-Assad, whose regime is being called upon by the US and its allies to step down. "I left [Syria]… to try...
More Clashes as al-Qaeda’s Iraq Surge Escalates | ‘Fierce fighting’ reported in Diyala Province
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused the US and its allies of prolonging the Syrian conflict by supporting the rebel militias and calling for the Assad regime's unequivocal surrender. The United States and its allies in several European and Arab...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will not tolerate a Kurdish safe-haven in Syria following reports that Kurdish rebels and a Syrian Kurdish political party had taken control of large swathes of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border. Erdogan...
Syrian Military, Rebels Rush Reinforcements to Aleppo | Civilians prepare to flee as major battle looms
Al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists are becoming a greater and greater part of the conflict in Syria, just as the US officially announced it was abandoning any pretense of a diplomatic approach in favor of toppling the regime through proxy rebel groups. "The...
The Syrian rebel militias have learned how to make improvised explosive devices and plan to make them a primary tool in the increasingly guerrilla-style war against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. "Presents for Bashar al-Assad, we are holding a party for him here and...
Escalation in Fighting as Airstrikes Reported in Aleppo | Syria’s largest city now a battleground
Israeli Military Chief: Attacking Syria May Lead to War | Syria bolstering defenses ahead of threatened attack
Despite the Obama administration's claims, the US has very poor intelligence on exactly who it is supporting within the rebel militias in Syria, according to anonymous US officials. The Obama administration has been sending lethal and non-lethal aid to the Syrian...
