Category: Syria

NOVANEWS   NYT BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian forces carried out raids in towns on the outskirts of Damascus and a besieged city on the coast on Thursday, as the number of detainees surged in a […]

NOVANEWS   Washington – The United States will work with other countries to increase pressure on the Syrian government following weeks of brutal crackdowns on protesters, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday. […]

NOVANEWS   Dr Bassem Hassan Picture this: You are a 16 year-old high school student. It’s Friday morning, second period… Algebra. The teacher walks in and gives that pop quiz he’s been promising all week: […]

NOVANEWS   Florida Sen. Marco Rubio joins a bipartisan group of senators condemning the violence in Syria and asking the White House to get tougher on its government. WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio Wednesday […]

NOVANEWS     AP   The Obama administration is edging closer to calling for an end to the long rule of the Assad family in Syria. Administration officials said Tuesday that the first step would […]

NOVANEWS   Thirteen army personnel were killed Sunday in an ambush set by an “armed terrorist group” in central city of Homs, Syria News local website reported. The report said the army was chasing the […]

NOVANEWS  Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed Al Jazeera’s war on Gaddafi, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/04/al-jazeeras-war-on-gaddafi.html Discussing its recent programming, it explained how compromised it’s become. For example on Libya, it’s been largely […]

NOVANEWS An armed gang shot dead ten Syrian civilian workers on their way back from Lebanon in a bus ambush near the Syrian city of Homs Sunday, the official state news agency said. The agency […]

NOVANEWS   The US has pledged a “strong international response” against Syria’s government if Damascus does not end a brutal crackdown against protesters. At least 21 people were killed in Homs, Hama and other cities, […]

NOVANEWS     A total of 10 Syrian police and servicemen were killed when unknown gunmen attacked a checkpoint some 160 km north of Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The situation remains tense […]