Hague tells Syrians “you’re not forgotten”, promising “no option is ruled out”
Foreign secretary William Hague today reassured the Syrian people they were “not forgotten”, vowing to rid them of President Assad – with “no option ruled out”.
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Syria: Chilling scale of Assad’s state-sponsored torture revealed
The chilling, frightening, inhuman scale of state-sponsored torture under the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was revealed today.
Trapped between Moscow and Damascus: Annan’s peace plan for Syria stumbles again
Russia will only support Annan’s plan if it doesn’t stipulate the form of a unity government, yet the opposition demand the exclusion of Assad’s inner circle.
Cold War era tensions re-emerge as US accuse Russia of arming Syrian government
The conflagration in Syria is in danger of sucking in the great powers.
‘The UN just arrive after the massacres and film the corpses… They are just watching us die’
The Syrian National Council have reported yet another massacre near Hama: 100 people killed, many of whom were women and children. When *will* the West act?
Following his support for Assad, Putin now hopes to silence his own dissenters
He refuses to cut ties with Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad, and now Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to pass a bill to quash protests in his own country.
‘They made them chant slogans in praise of the regime then executed them’
Syria: Another day, another massacre at the hands of Assad’s militia, this time the execution of 11 factory workers in al-Buweida al-Sharqiya, near Qusair.
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.
We can’t sit back and allow more massacres: It’s time for military action in Syria
The Houla massacre of 32 children is so unimaginably evil it’s time for Western liberal military intervention in Syria to take out President Bashar al-Assad.
The World Outside Westminster – Slasher Republicans, Syria, Burma and Bahrain
Tom Rouse looks back at the week’s main stories from around the world, including the latest from Burma, Bahrain, Syria and the US Presidential elections.