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Syria: Ex-detainees identify their torturers via Facebook

(Zaman al-Wasl) In a dark cell in the military security branch in Aleppo the detainee Mohammad Amin Mirat could hear the screams of detained women in the close by cells as they were tortured at the hands of an assistant officer who changed his name as a snake changes its skin, and he remained...

Fighting in Hama province displaces 100,000

Fighting in Syria's western Hama province displaced an estimated 100,000 people between Aug. 28 and Sept. 5, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the governor of the province. Syrian rebels launched an offensive last week in northern Hama, an area of...

Syrian opposition vision for post-Assad era could work

A blueprint for a political transition in Syria, due to be presented by an opposition group in London on Wednesday, offers the first credible picture of a peaceful Syria without President Bashar al-Assad, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. The High Negotiations Committee, the...

US: No-fly zone wouldn’t resolve key issues in Syria

WASHINGTON The U.S. is still not considering a no-fly zone in northern Syria as it might not help resolve the broader conflict in the war-torn country, President Barack Obama’s national security advisor said Tuesday. “We do not think a no-fly zone would resolve the fundamental issues...