The peace agreement Syria agreed to seems to have been nothing more than hot air as the attacks increase and the death toll continues to rise. Nearly 130 people were killed on Saturday alone and another 26 reportedly died as of this morning. Syria’s government is now demanding that...

Human Rights – The Syrian regime has apparently committed itself to a withdrawal of its troops and heavy weaponry from Syrian cities by April 10th. The announcement follows negotiations between the Assad government and the UN’s international envoy Kofi Annan, which resulted in the...

Social Issues – The Syrian regime is facing growing isolation this week as Russia, one of its last remaining allies, edges nearer to international cooperation. With the situation growing increasingly dire and current UN figures suggesting that over 8,000 people have been killed in the...

Human Rights – A cache of personal emails received by the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad have been obtained by British newspaper the Guardian and have revealed the central role played by Iran in advising the brutal leader. The emails were handed to the media by opposition activists in...

Human Rights – Despite attempts by UN Envoy Kofi Annan to facilitate talks between President Bashar Assad and the opposition, the fighting continues and more deaths are being reported. Shells rained down on the northern region of Idlib today as armed rebels tried to fend off Syrian...

Human Rights – Valerie Amos, United Nations aid chief, briefly entered the war torn Baba Amr district of Homs with Syrian Red Crescent (SRC) officials to assess the humanitarian needs before moving on to other districts. According to Sana, the Syrian state news agency, Walid Muallim,...

Human Rights – The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has pulled out of the Baba Amr district in an attempt to save the lives of the approximately 4,000 innocent civilians who are refusing to leave the war torn city of Homs. Col Riyad al-Assad, the head of the FSA, has said that government troops...

Opinion – It is difficult to imagine that the crisis plaguing Syria could become any more horrendous, however reports emerging of the conditions facing many of the country’s civilians have increased concern in the international community. With escalating levels of violence in Homs,...

Human Rights – Activist group Avaaz has released a report showing that the Syrian regime has a whopping 416 detention centers for political prisoners. According to Avaaz, 69,000 people have seen the inside of one of these detention centers since the uprising began in March of last year....

Human Rights – The United Nations is strongly condemning the escalation of brutal and violent attacks on civilians as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad steps up his campaign to annihilate his opposition. The past week alone has seen the death of hundreds of men, women, and children as...

Human Rights – In response to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s continued slaughter of opposition protestors (including women and children), the 88-member Arab Parliament is now calling for the “immediate withdrawal” of it’s Arab League monitors (ALM). Activists...

Human Rights – President Bashar Assad’s regime continues to slaughter unarmed protestors as Arab League monitors tour the country, leading many members of the Syrian opposition to deduce that the “mission” is a farce meant to buy time for the brutal autocrat and a ploy...

Human Rights – Arab League monitors have arrived in Syria and visited the central city, Homs, in hope of investigating and ending the conflict raging between the Assad regime and anti-government protestors. The monitors have stated that their day in Homs was a productive visit for all...

Human Rights – As more Arab League monitors are due to arrive in Syria, the violence continues to escalate and 20 more deaths have been reported in President Bashar Assad’s crackdown on dissidents. It’s been a week since Assad’s regime agreed to halt the bloodshed in...

Human Rights – Under intense pressure from the Arab League, Syria has finally yielded to demands to allow observers into the nation to monitor the regime’s implementation of an initiative meant to halt the ruthless crackdowns on dissidents. A representative for the Arab League...

Human Rights – Canada on Thursday urged its citizens to get the hell out of Syria, saying President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime “has lost all legitimacy, and its abhorrent behavior will not be tolerated.” The United Nations drastically raised the mounting death...

Human Rights – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unintentionally admitted that he is batshit crazy when he told ABC that only a “crazy” leader kills his own people. “We don’t kill our people … No government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led...

Human Rights – Recently, two amateur videos surfaced depicting violence on the streets in Syria and one shows a plea for help from the international community and the other shows citizens around a pick-up truck in the midst of gunfire. Citizens in Homs clearly frustrated with the string...

Human Rights – The top United Nations human rights forum is poised to condemn Syria for crimes against humanity at an emergency session on Friday. It is expected the move was designed to exert pressure on Russia and China to take a stronger stand against the regime of President Bashar-al...

Human Rights – Syria buried 22 members of its armed forces Saturday, including six elite pilots, as the embattled government reiterated their mutual delusion that the 8-month-old revolt is the work of terrorist and foreign agents, not Syrians seeking reform. But “with no sign of...

Human Rights – An Egypt-based Syrian dissident said Saturday that his 25-year-old pregnant wife was abducted by Syrian intelligence agents in Cairo, then released and left unconscious on a street in the Egyptian capital. Naturally, the Syrian Embassy in Egypt has denied the claim,...

Human Rights – Germany, France, and the UK have put forth a UN resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria. The “resolution, which also calls for the implementation of an Arab League plan to end the violence, was also backed by four Arab countries.” With...

Human Rights – Syria’s president is grappling with a rapidly growing challenge to his iron rule from home and abroad Wednesday, with renegade troops launching their most daring attack to date on military leaders and world leaders seeking an Assad-free regime. France, which...

Human Rights – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Syrian government forces have carried out crimes against humanity as they try to squash dissidents to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in the province of Homs. HRW asked for the United Nations to impose sanctions on the...

Human Rights – Angry Syrian protesters pelted a four-man delegation of the Syrian National Coordination Committee with eggs as they attempted to enter the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo to discuss the recent violence in Syria. According to the AP, 20 bodies were added to the death...