via LCC Local Coordination Committees learned that a letter was sent to the Military Justice in Damascus from the Air Force Intelligence stating that journalist Mazen Darweesh was soon to be transferred to Field Court, which is a secret military

Armed guards in civilian clothes stationed at the Baath Party branch opened fire today on a car leaving a wedding at Aleppo’s Carlton Hotel and killed Marina Shehwaro. Mrs. Shehwaro is the wife of a late priest in Aleppo and

via Lattakia News Network Looting and robbing continued today in Haffeh and surrounding villages by Assad gangs; many army and civilian cars were seen entering Haffeh today since 6:00 in the morning and started looting houses and shops carrying furniture,

via Avaaz Army and security forces claimed full control over the besieged opposition stronghold of Haffa and its surrounding  villages to the south, after 9 days of constant shelling. Activist Abu al Waleed, located in the Mount of Kurds, 2kms away

via Avaaz Activists in the Homs districts of Khaldiya, Joret al Shayah and Hamidiyeh have made an urgent plea for medical assistance after at least 50 people were injured in a brutal shelling attack by regime forces today. ICRC and

The Idlib town of Khan Sheikhon came under a severe assault by regime forces which resulted in the deaths of three children. Activists in Khan Sheikhon reported that helicopters appeared in the town’s skies around eleven in the morning. The

UN monitors today supervised an exchange of detainees in Khan Sheikhon, the same town they were stranded in when an explosion struck their cars. The two detainees, Dr. Salaheddine AlSaleh and Walid Ma’amoun, were seized by security forces during the

by Nuff Silence Today, Thursday the 17th of May, 2012, was a historic day for Syria in general and Aleppo in particular. United Nations monitors — part of Annan’s plan to bring the “crisis” in Syria to a peaceful resolution— visited the

(Avaaz) Clashes with rebel fighters broke out today in Mahatta district after regime army troops and security forces tried to forcibly end a general strike which was protesting the arrest of 16-year-old schoolgirl Rita Jahamani. FSA fighters stormed Saraya police