Syrian update prior to Presidential election
NOVANEWS Lilly Martin, OpEd News Syria began a spiral of violence in March 2011. The leaders of the uprising in Deraa have long gone; some are found now living in Benghazi, Libya. The followers of the […]
Category: Syria
Engineering Chaos: Mother Agnes-Miriam lectures neo-cons on their bad behavior
NOVANEWS By Jane Stillwater [The Syria Solidarity Movement offers this excellent report by one of our favorite bloggers on a recent talk by Mother Agnes-Mariam under the sponsorship of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. Mother […]
550 food baskets distributed in Yarmouk Camp, aid delivery continues
NOVANEWS Sana News Social Affairs Ministry, Higher Commission for Relief, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in cooperation with General Commission of the Arab Palestinian Refugees continue to deliver food […]
Death and desecration in Syria: Zio-Wahhabi Jihadist group ‘crucifies’ bodies to send message
CNN It is a scene seared forever into the memory of an eyewitness: Masked men drag the bloodied body of a man across a public square, and tie it to a make-shift cross on a […]
FBI: Foreign Fighters Head to Syria in Increasing Numbers
NOVANEWS Antiwar.com FBI Director James Coney today warned that the long-standing problem of foreign fighters flocking to Syria to join al-Qaeda-linked rebels is actually getting worse, with fighters going in increased numbers from Western nations in recent […]
Ceasefire to allow Syrian rebels to flee Homs
al Akhbar Syrian authorities and rebel fighters agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire in the Old City district of Homs on Friday to allow besieged rebels to pull out of their last stronghold in the central […]
Syria: 24 registered candidacy for presidential elections as deadline expired
NOVANEWS Image, courtesy of SANA The total number of presidential hopefuls who registered their candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections increased to 24 as the deadline for registration expired May 1. Presidential elections have been scheduled […]
Syrian girls forced to marry ISIL militants :
NOVANEWS The forced marriages come at a high price for the victim families as in their dominant culture, especially in those with tribal backgrounds, family of the groom and keeping up with the traditions are […]
Syria militants now crucifying people, tweeting out pictures
NOVANEWS Terrorists now crucifying people in Syria Public crucifixions are mostly ceremonial these days, staged rituals that some Christian communities enact as part of their Easter observance. But the real thing may be returning to […]
Syria announces approved presidential candidates
NOVANEWS Syria’s presidential candidates have been announced Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has announced approving three candidacy requests out of the 24 it received for participating in country’s upcoming presidential vote, due to be held on […]