Showing posts with label Assad war crimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assad war crimes. Show all posts
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Insight: Starvation in Syria: a war (crime) tactic | Reuters
A boy makes bread in Duma neighbourhood, in Damascus September 22, 2013. All official government bakeries were closed since 10 months ago and no flour has reached the area except those smuggled by Free Syrian army members, activists said. - Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh
ARTICLE LINK: Insight: Starvation in Syria: a war tactic | Reuters
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
The Horror Continues: Syria: Accusing the Syrian Regime of Detaining Thousands of People - YouTube
The world, as cowardly now as it was in the 1930s, continues to watch and do little to nothing to end this horror:
LINK: Syria: Accusing the Syrian Regime of Detaining Thousands of People - YouTube
LINK: Syria: Accusing the Syrian Regime of Detaining Thousands of People - YouTube
Friday, September 27, 2013
Group plans war crimes tribunal for Syrian combatants | The Times of Israel
Bodies being buried after the August 21 chemical attack near Damascus (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)
A group of international war crimes experts is calling for the creation of a special tribunal in the Syrian capital to try any top-ranking officials, soldiers or rebels who may have committed atrocities during the country’s civil war.
Professor Michael Scharf of Case Western Reserve University, acting as spokesman, showed The Associated Press a copy of the draft statutes that have been quietly under development for nearly two years. They could serve as a template for such a tribunal after the civil war ends.
He said Friday that US diplomats also have copies of the 30-page document, and are sympathetic to the idea of a Syrian war crimes court.
“We believe it’s playing a role in closed-door discussions throughout the US government,” Scharf said.......
A group of international war crimes experts is calling for the creation of a special tribunal in the Syrian capital to try any top-ranking officials, soldiers or rebels who may have committed atrocities during the country’s civil war.
Professor Michael Scharf of Case Western Reserve University, acting as spokesman, showed The Associated Press a copy of the draft statutes that have been quietly under development for nearly two years. They could serve as a template for such a tribunal after the civil war ends.
He said Friday that US diplomats also have copies of the 30-page document, and are sympathetic to the idea of a Syrian war crimes court.
“We believe it’s playing a role in closed-door discussions throughout the US government,” Scharf said.......
FULL ARTICLE HERE:
Group plans war crimes tribunal for Syrian combatants | The Times of Israel
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Israel: We've been 'absolutely certain' for months Assad using nerve gas | The Times of Israel
Brig. Gen. Itai Brun, head of the IDF Military Intelligence research and analysis division, at a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee hearing at the Knesset in 2012 (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
Israel has been “absolutely certain” for many months — long before the alleged August 21 chemical weapons attack that prompted the current Syria crisis — that President Bashar Assad was using chemical weapons in the civil war, the Israeli army’s top intelligence analyst said in an interview broadcast Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Itai Brun, the senior analyst in the IDF’s Military Intelligence hierarchy, said the Israeli army had an extremely effective intelligence-gathering capacity on Syria, but declined to go into specifics..........FULL ARTICLE HERE: Israel: We've been 'absolutely certain' for months Assad using nerve gas | The Times of Israel
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
NO SURPRISE HERE! Exclusive: U.N. Report Will Point to Assad Regime in Massive Chemical Attack | The Cable
The inspection team, which is expected on Monday to present U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon with a highly anticipated report on a suspected Aug. 21 nerve agent attack in the suburbs of Damascus, will not directly accuse the Syrian regime of gassing its own people, according to three U.N.-based diplomats familiar with the investigation. But it will provide a strong circumstantial case -- based on an examination of spent rocket casings, ammunition, and laboratory tests of soil, blood, and urine samples -- that points strongly in the direction of Syrian government culpability......
FULL ARTICLE HERE:
Exclusive: U.N. Report Will Point to Assad Regime in Massive Chemical Attack | The Cable
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Defecting Syrian chemical doctor blames regime for chemical attacks
Dr. Abdel Tawwab Shahrour speaks Tuesday during a press conference in Syria. (Michael Weiss)"
A defecting doctor from Syria’s chemical weapon program gave a press conference on Tuesday to present evidence on the Bashar al-Assad’s regime use of chemical weapons in Aleppo.
“I have witnessed cold blooded massacres [committed by the Syrian regime], and I coordinated with the rebels and documented these crimes before defecting in August 2013,” Dr. Abdel Tawwab Shahrour, the head of the Chemical Weapons Unit's Forensic Medical Committee in the Aleppo district, said in the press conference.
“We conducted tests on more than four thousand victims and prepared a file that contains the results we found that were submitted to the [Syrian] judiciary, while I kept another copy for myself..............”
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Defecting Syrian chemical doctor blames regime for chemical attacks
Friday, September 6, 2013
VIDEO: Slaughter Without Blood: a report about Assad's Chemical Massacre in Ghouta August 21, 2013
Watch this if you care about humanity:
VIDEO LINK: Slaughter Without Blood a report about Assad's chemical massacre in Ghouta August 21,2013 - YouTube
VIDEO LINK: Slaughter Without Blood a report about Assad's chemical massacre in Ghouta August 21,2013 - YouTube
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
US rabbis urge Congress to back Obama on Syria | The Times of Israel
Rabbis Judy Schindler, Rick Jacobs and Eric Yoffie, previous President of the URJ, at Jacobs' installation. (photo credit: Clark Jones, Courtesy the Union for Reform Judaism)
JTA — Leading rabbis covering the religious and political spectrum urged lawmakers in Congress to support President Obama’s plans to strike Syria to stop its use of chemical weapons...........
FULL ARTICLE HERE: US rabbis urge Congress to back Obama on Syria | The Times of Israel
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
'The great tragedy of this century': More than 2 million refugees forced out of Syria - World News
By Henry Austin and Alexander Smith
NBC NewsMore than 2 million Syrians have poured into neighboring countries as refugees, the United Nations revealed on Tuesday.
Around 5,000 people per day are fleeing the three-year conflict, which the U.N. says has already claimed over 100,000 lives.
Olivier Laban-Mattei / UNHCR via AP, file -United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees special envoy Angelina Jolie, right, speaks with Syrian refugees in a Jordanian military camp in June.
“Syria has become the great tragedy of this century -- a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,” said António Guterres, the U.N.’s high commissioner responsible for refugees.
The crisis has dramatically worsened in recent months, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: 'The great tragedy of this century': More than 2 million refugees forced out of Syria - World News
NBC NewsMore than 2 million Syrians have poured into neighboring countries as refugees, the United Nations revealed on Tuesday.
Around 5,000 people per day are fleeing the three-year conflict, which the U.N. says has already claimed over 100,000 lives.
Olivier Laban-Mattei / UNHCR via AP, file -United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees special envoy Angelina Jolie, right, speaks with Syrian refugees in a Jordanian military camp in June.
“Syria has become the great tragedy of this century -- a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,” said António Guterres, the U.N.’s high commissioner responsible for refugees.
The crisis has dramatically worsened in recent months, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: 'The great tragedy of this century': More than 2 million refugees forced out of Syria - World News
Monday, September 2, 2013
French intelligence: Assad’s forces behind ‘massive’ chemical attack - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is seen in the Mediterranean port in Toulon, August 28, 2013. (Reuters)
Al Arabiya
The report will be presented to lawmakers on Monday as part of a government effort to win domestic support for a planned military action against the Syrian regime.
“This poses a major threat to national and global security,” a government source told Reuters.
The intelligence includes satellite imagery showing the attacks coming from government-controlled areas to the east and west of Damascus and targeting rebel-held zones.
The source said Assad’s forces had since bombed the areas to wipe out evidence.
“Unlike previous attacks that used small amounts of chemicals and were aimed at terrorizing people, this attack was tactical and aimed at regaining territory,” the source said................
FULL ARTICLE HERE: French intelligence: Assad’s forces behind ‘massive’ chemical attack - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
New video purports to show Syria chemical attack | The Times of Israel
According to opposition forces, footage reveals weapon used in assault US says killed more than 1,400 people on August 21
September 2, 2013, 6:57 am
Screenshot from an unverified video obtained by MEMRI purporting to show the origin of the chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb on August 21, 2013. And here is the direct link to the video: http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3963.htm
New footage obtained by the Middle East Media Research Institute purports to show the weapon carrying the chemical agents fired at a Damascus suburb on the morning of August 21, killing more than 1,400 people, according to US figures....................
FULL ARTICLE W/VIDEO HERE: New video purports to show Syria chemical attack | The Times of Israel
Friday, August 30, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
BRITISH LION MEOWS, BUT EAGLE STILL FLYING: After UK opts out, US readies solo action against Syria | The Times of Israel
President Barack Obama, August 2013 (photo credit: White House, Flickr)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday prepared for the possibility of launching unilateral American military action against Syria within days as Britain opted out in a stunning vote by Parliament. Facing skepticism at home, too, the administration shared intelligence with lawmakers aimed at convincing them the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people and must be punished................
FULL ARTICLE HERE: After UK opts out, US readies solo action against Syria | The Times of Israel
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Ann Curry – NBC Exclusive: Interview with Syrian doctor on front lines of suspected chemical attack
By Ann Curry
Today, a Syrian doctor who treated hundreds of people in Wednesday's attack on the outskirts of Damascus, told us area hospitals have counted 10,220 people affected, and of those 1,466 people died.
We have independently verified the identity of the doctor, but are honoring his request not to publish his name, nor the hospital where he works, because he fears that would endanger the safety of his loved ones.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO
Even our interview, shot via Skype, does not show his face, though it does reveal his trauma over what he has seen:
Syrian doctor: "To kill 1,466 persons at 3 am? What is it? The symptoms belong to chemical weapons." Ann: "What were their symptoms?"
Doctor: "Confusion, coma, convulsion."
Ann: "Are you saying children were the first to be affected in this attack?"
Doctor: "Yes. They have small bodies. This is the reason the percentage of children is higher." (continued)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Ann Curry – NBC News – Reporting Our World
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Israeli PM Netanyahu: Syria chemical attack a ‘grievous crime’ | The Times of Israel
Syrian citizens trying to identify dead bodies, after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Syria, Wednesday, August 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Local Committee of Arbeen)
The alleged use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians on Wednesday “proves yet again that we cannot permit the world’s most dangerous regimes to acquire the world’s most dangerous weapons,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday..........
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Netanyahu: Syria chemical attack a ‘grievous crime’ | The Times of Israel
Monday, March 11, 2013
WRENCHING REPORT W/VIDEOS: Syria: the story behind one of the most shocking images of the war | World news | The Guardian
POWERFUL REPORT by Martin Chulov with photographs and video by Ben Solomon and Noah Payne-Frank, The Guardian, Sunday 10 March 2013
FULL ARTICLE: Syria: the story behind one of the most shocking images of the war | World news | The Guardian
Bodies revealed by the Queiq river's receding waters. Photo: Thomas Rassloff/EPA
Discovery
It is already one of the defining images of the Syrian civil war: a line of bodies at neatly spaced intervals lying on a river bed in the heart of Syria’s second city Aleppo. All 110 victims have been shot in the head, their hands bound with plastic ties behind their back. Their brutal execution only became apparent when the winter high waters of the Queiq river, which courses through the no man’s land between the opposition-held east of the city and the regime-held west, subsided in January.........
FULL ARTICLE: Syria: the story behind one of the most shocking images of the war | World news | The Guardian
Syrian government using militias for mass killings: U.N. report - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
The uprising in Syria erupted two years ago with largely peaceful protests but escalated into a civil war pitting mainly Sunni Muslim rebels against President Bashar al-Assad. (Reuters)
AL ARABIYA WITH AFP -
Syrian militias, known as Popular Committees, are being used by the Syrian government to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday.
“In a disturbing and dangerous trend, mass killings allegedly perpetrated by Popular Committees have at times taken on sectarian overtones,” the U.N. commission of inquiry on Syria, led by Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, said in its latest report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The uprising in Syria erupted two years ago with largely peaceful protests but escalated into a civil war pitting mainly Sunni Muslim rebels against President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite faith is an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam.
The investigators, who cited accounts from witnesses and victims, also said people were being harassed or arrested by the committees because they came from regions perceived as being supportive of the uprising..........
FULL ARTICLE: Syrian government using militias for mass killings: U.N. report - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
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