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With the Syria talks winding up, Lebanon is in danger of being sucked into the instability that spiral out. A lot of Syrian refugees pouring into Lebanon further escalate the issues. Assad forces have yesterday rained hell on two Syrian cities via aerial raids, killing more than 100 people...

Peace still eludes Syria and Geneva-2 talks schedule couldn't yet be finalized. Not only UN is unable to get all the parties on-board, it seems even the biggest powers aren't interested in putting things in place. The latter's moves are rather degenerating into an eccentric power struggle to...

Related post: Austria pulls out of UN peacekeeping at Golan heights, leaving only Philippines and India as the contributors. Indian and Philippine soldiers were injured by mortar rounds in the fighting between Syrian rebels & Govt. forces that spilled over to Golan heights. Read full post here -...

Syria rebels seize UN post in Golan Heights - Indian Express ISABEL KERSHNER Rebels fighting the Syrian government seized the only border crossing along the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line in the Golan Heights Thursday, according to Israeli military and rebel groups, forcing the UN...

While the rebels and Assad forces wrestle it out in Syria, the country has become the boxing ring of another potentially high voltage clash. On one side is the West, Israel and some of the Arab (Sunni) clergy as Messiahs of Syrian freedom and rennaisance. To the other are Hezbollah, Iran, Russia...

Things are hottening up with the Russian navy stamping aggressively around their naval base in Syrian waters. With this pre-emptive move by Russia, the Americans and their allies have their task cut out. Million dollar question - Is the West going to intervene in Syria militarily...

I had got a hint of it when the British PM said he was ready to consider arming Syrian rebels. I mean they always walk the same line US and Britain don't they? ;)

Israel seems to be knowing a lot, from Pakistani nukes to Syrian Chemical weapons :rolleyes: Israel says Syria chemical weapons are secure for now | Reuters Excerpts: Reuters- Syria's chemical weapons are still secure despite the fact that President Bashar al-Assad has lost control of parts of...

Too little and too late ...

Damascus was jolted today over twin blasts. Is Assad slowly inching towards the inevitable? This is becoming a marathon battle by the way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syria...

Bad blood. Which side is holier than thou ?

Assad not relenting and his enemies being equally violent. Neither bring ssolace to the people getting butchered between the two sides. :tsk: This is getting too much. Why are the world bodies paralyzed. Where is all the machinery that keeps world in order? Where is the diplomacy and leverage...

Iranian warships docked at Syrian naval port. China warns of civil war Iranian ships reach Syria, China warns of civil war | Reuters Excerpts: ... ... ... ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

12% shia makes Assad a popular deserving ruler? or 88% sunni makes protestors a group of wahabi terrorists? Neither is convincing. Which side represents the general public of Syria better? It could be the way fractured verdicts are announced in a non-democratic country. By the way, his sunni...

He sure seems so. He didn't pay heed to repeated urges for restrain in violence. Consequently India favored the latest UN resolution on Syria after declining the previous ones. But China-Russia veto again sent it to trash bin. Hope the blood shed ends soon, resolution or no resolution. I don't...

All are bad options. MENA looks so messy right now. Israel may get smart but nothing immunizes it from the fall over. They're the scape goat everyone is going to blame for their turmoil or may be use to cover the turmoil. Regards, Virendra