Thwaiba Kanafani of the Free Syrian Army tells the BBC's Richard Galpin tells the training is ''very important'' for those with no army background
While civil war rages on the Syrian battlefield between regime loyalists and myriad rebel factions, another battle is taking place in the media world. Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera, the two Gulf-based channels that dominate the Arabic news business, have moved to counter Syrian regime propaganda, but have ended up distorting the news almost as badly as their opponents. In their bid to support the Syri
Thousands of people have fled Aleppo after weeks of intense fighting Rebel fighters near Syria's city of Aleppo have attacked a key army base, using a tank seized from the military. The rebels say they bombarded the base to the north of Aleppo, which had been used to launch artillery and air strikes on rebel positions in the city. In Damascus, government forces launched two operations to root out
Syrian rebels drew criticism for images like this one from Aleppo on Tuesday in which they dragged a suspected pro-government militiamen into the street.Credit...Emin Ozmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — The battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Wednesday as United Nations observers there reported that Syrian jets had fired rockets into contested neighborhoods
QAIM, Iraq — Muhammed Muafak decided he had had enough when Syrian Army mortar shells struck near his house while his family was having the iftar meal to end the daily Ramadan fast. He packed up his 10-member household in Bukamal, the Syrian border town where they lived, and fled here to this Iraqi border town. He expected a warm welcome. After all, his country had taken in 1.2 million Iraqis duri
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With tanks and artillery, the Syrian Army pounded opposition strongholds in Aleppo on Saturday, stepping up its barrage on a city that for days has been steeling for an assault, residents and activists said. It was not clear whether the attack, which activists said was focused on the Salaheddiin neighborhood, was a limited foray by government troops or the beginning of a broader
CAIRO — It is the sort of image that has become a staple of the Syrian revolution, a video of masked men calling themselves the Free Syrian Army and brandishing AK-47s — with one unsettling difference. In the background hang two flags of Al Qaeda, white Arabic writing on a black field. “We are now forming suicide cells to make jihad in the name of God,” said a speaker in the video using the classi
WAR REACHES ALEPPO Syrians fled the streets in fear as insurgents and government forces fought in the ancient city.Credit...Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — The clamorous heart of Aleppo, the ancient city with its cobbled streets and mazy bazaars, fell silent on Tuesday as residents there and across Syria’s sprawling commercial capital fled the streets and cowered
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian officials warned Monday that they would deploy chemical weapons against any foreign intervention, a threat that appeared intended to ward off an attack by Western nations while also offering what officials in Washington called the most “direct confirmation” ever that Syria possesses a stockpile of unconventional armaments. The warning came out of Damascus, veiled behind an
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