Category: Syria

NOVANEWS “The group, Amnesty International, said there was enough evidence to conclude that torture or ill-treatment caused or contributed to the deaths of at least 52 of the 88 people who died while in detention […]

NOVANEWS By As’ad AbuKhalil The physical attack on Syrian Cartoonist Ali Farzat last week was an important moment in the history of the Syrian uprising. Farzat is not any cartoonist: He is probably one of […]

NOVANEWS by Eileen Fleming Just after I taped the above Youtube, I received an email from a friend who was born and bred in the USA, but living in the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia, Syria. […]

NOVANEWS  Incident broadcast on Syrian television shows Robert Ford being swathed in poster of Syrian leader; the broadcast accuses U.S. envoy of instigating protests. The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was attacked in Damascus […]

NOVANEWS  European Union claims Revolutionary Guard provided Syrian President Bashar Assad with technical help, equipment and other support. Tehran on Monday rejected as baseless accusations by the European Union over the involvement of Iran’s Revolutionary […]

NOVANEWS     The Head of the Revolutionary Council of the Syrian Coordination Committees, Mohammad Rahhal, said in remarks published Sunday that the council took the decision to arm the Syrian revolution. Since mid-March pro-democracy […]

NOVANEWS Analysis: A Combination of Unrelated Factoids Prepare to Lie America Into Another War antiwar.com What do a 1995 attack on a Japanese subway system, the crumbling security at Libyan military bases and al-Qaeda’s putative […]

NOVANEWS Leader of Revolutionary Council tell London-based As-Sharq al-Awsat that the only solution to regime’s violence is armed uprising. ed note–The ‘opposition’has been using armed violence against the Assad regime from the beginning, shooting policemen, […]

NOVANEWS Syrian security forces step up checkpoints and patrols in Damascus, a stronghold for President Bashar Assad. Iran, Syria’s closest ally, presses Assad to heed ‘legitimate’ public demands. Reporting from Beirut— Security forces in the […]