Bashar al-Assad
Syria: Assad’s forces “using rape as a weapon”
The savagery of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to worsen with each passing day, reports Shamik Das.
Why haven’t we intervened in Syria? Is Iraq to blame? Is Libya?
Ben Mitchell argues that the examples of Iraq and Libya are scaring western governments from intervening in Syria - and maybe that’s a good thing, he says.
“One of the finest foreign correspondents of her generation” – Marie Colvin, 1956-2012
Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin was killed today in the Syrian city of Homs, alongside French photographer Rémi Ochlik. She was just 55 years old.
Syria: There is no simple solution
Direct military intervention in Syria is neither desirable nor possible; in sum, there’s no simple solution, writes Left Foot Forward’s George Irvin.
Amidst the burning flesh of Homs, Syrians plead: “We are getting slaughtered, save us”
Besieged residents of the Syrian city of Homs are crying out for Western intervention to save them from being slaughtered at the hands of Bashar al-Assad.
Anti-Assad activist: “We need help… We need a no-fly zone… ASAP”
As the UN dithers over whether to take action against the brutal repression of Bashar al-Assad, the mass killing at the hands of the Syrian regime goes on.