Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)

[Syrian Lion]

Oh, so you're all about peace and stability now? Go and head over to Iran. See how they like Christians like you. It's stable. And peaceful.
The majority of Syrians (who don't have sexual fantasies about dictators in their sleep, unlike you) don't want to be screwed over by a dictator, all for the sake of stability. If you want to have stability, go live in Iran. Or anywhere in the GCC, for that matter. They're stable, but still under rule by dictators and oppressive regimes.
Stop using the same retarded argument. PLENTY of governments in the world survive without the support of their people. But not for long. Assad is only alive because of Iran, Russia, China, and the Shiite Militias. Without them, we would have crushed them long ago.

oh so you must love this bloodshed, and yet complaining about the death in Syria? stability means strong country, Syria now is not as strong like 2010... again, like I said we lived happily, and then don't forget all the reforms that happened in the first couple of month of the conflict... everything that was demanded by the people was fulfilled, which is why the west went to plan B, bloodshed and chaos...
I must say then, Iran, Russia, China, and other are doing very well standing against the west and their puppets... you really think that Alasad can stand against the Syrian people and against the west and other regional countries?

see, you only think of bloodshed and war, true Syrians think of other ways to solve this crisis, you heard of ballot boxes? Alasad himself asked the UN to observe the elections but they refused, because they know he will win.. people like you gave him more popularity.. if the "revolution" stayed peaceful, Alasad would have been easily gone in three month... but the west wanted to destroy the country, thus they started this war... look at all the countries that got their leaders removed by force... are they living peacefully now? are they loving their new democracy? look at Iraq, Libya,, and etc... change should be done by the people for the people, not by the west... only Syrians and Syrians only can decide their own fate... the majority of the country backs the Syrian government war against the international terrorism, and we will always back our armed forces...


and also Christians in Iran are living happily... they have churches and etc plus one of their players in the national team is a Christian, and he freely express it during football matches and etc.....

 

[Dr.Thrax]

oh so you must love this bloodshed, and yet complaining about the death in Syria? stability means strong country, Syria now is not as strong like 2010... again, like I said we lived happily, and then don't forget all the reforms that happened in the first couple of month of the conflict... everything that was demanded by the people was fulfilled, which is why the west went to plan B, bloodshed and chaos...
I must say then, Iran, Russia, China, and other are doing very well standing against the west and their puppets... you really think that Alasad can stand against the Syrian people and against the west and other regional countries?

see, you only think of bloodshed and war, true Syrians think of other ways to solve this crisis, you heard of ballot boxes? Alasad himself asked the UN to observe the elections but they refused, because they know he will win.. people like you gave him more popularity.. if the "revolution" stayed peaceful, Alasad would have been easily gone in three month... but the west wanted to destroy the country, thus they started this war... look at all the countries that got their leaders removed by force... are they living peacefully now? are they loving their new democracy? look at Iraq, Libya,, and etc... change should be done by the people for the people, not by the west... only Syrians and Syrians only can decide their own fate... the majority of the country backs the Syrian government war against the international terrorism, and we will always back our armed forces...


and also Christians in Iran are living happily... they have churches and etc plus one of their players in the national team is a Christian, and he freely express it during football matches and etc.....

Three months?
The revolution was peaceful from March 15 to July 29, when the FSA was formed. Then and only then was the Revolution becoming armed, and it was primarily for self-defense. Just in case you couldn't count, that's 5 months.

 

[Syrian Lion]

Three months?
The revolution was peaceful from March 15 to July 29, when the FSA was formed. Then and only then was the Revolution becoming armed, and it was primarily for self-defense. Just in case you couldn't count, that's 5 months.

that's not true, it wasn't peaceful at all.. unless you call burning government buildings and attacking police stations peaceful... the riot police was unarmed for a long time, which is why those terrorists started killing police officers and killing protesters in order to cause this chaos...

plus look at Bahrain... years and still peaceful protests ( going with you logic)... and of course the west won't do anything about it, because they own it....

again, Alasad wouldn't last in office if he didn't have the majority of the Syrian people support... something you people keep ignoring and hiding from...

 

[Dr.Thrax]

that's not true, it wasn't peaceful at all.. unless you call burning government buildings and attacking police stations peaceful... the riot police was unarmed for a long time, which is why those terrorists started killing police officers and killing protesters in order to cause this chaos...

plus look at Bahrain... years and still peaceful protests ( going with you logic)... and of course the west won't do anything about it, because they own it....

again, Alasad wouldn't last in office if he didn't have the majority of the Syrian people support... something you people keep ignoring and hiding from...

Keep spewing out your BS.
Would you like some of my family currently freezing in Aleppo to talk to you about how great Assad is?

 

[Syrian Lion]

Keep spewing out your BS.
Would you like some of my family currently freezing in Aleppo to talk to you about how great Assad is?

sure, why not I will talk to them.. and ask them how was 2010? again why are you complaining if you are pro-bloodshed and pro-war? you're not even Syrian...

the only BS here is coming from you...

 

[Dr.Thrax]

sure, why not I will talk to them.. and ask them how was 2010? again why are you complaining if you are pro-bloodshed and pro-war?

Who said I am pro-bloodshed?
I am pro-war, pro-war with everyone against Islam. Which is a lot of people, including Assad, ISIS, Iran, Israel, dictatorships in general, etc. The list is long.
Ask them about 2010? Yeah, great stability. That's all they'll say. Nothing special about the conditions. Standard of living was terrible. FYI Assad owns ~80% of Syria's wealth according to the GDP.

 

[Syrian Lion]

Who said I am pro-bloodshed?
I am pro-war, pro-war with everyone against Islam. Which is a lot of people, including Assad, ISIS, Iran, Israel, dictatorships in general, etc. The list is long.
Ask them about 2010? Yeah, great stability. That's all they'll say. Nothing special about the conditions. Standard of living was terrible. FYI Assad owns ~80% of Syria's wealth according to the GDP.

yes you are pro-bloodshed, you just told me that you are against stability... so how are you pro-war but against pro-bloodshed? there is no killing in wars? you are insane for sure....

look Syria was improving year by year... and you want the so called "democracy" to happen in one night?

Syria's poverty was less than 1%... no one in Syria worried about putting food on the table, you got free education, free healthcare.. living was simple... taxes barely exists.. you know nothing about Syria... Syria was exporting food to other nations... for example, if you walk in Jordan markets before the war, you will only see Syrian product, quality and good price... Aleppo was the industrial and business capital, now all the factories are stolen and destroyed by the F$A terrorists...

what has this so called "revolution" achieved for Syrians? only death and destruction.. the only one benefited is Israel and the west...


and guess who owns USA's wealth... 1% only does...

 

[Halimi]

There's little logic to this war anymore. It's no longer a war of 'right' and values, but one of 'might' and attrition.

Polarisation is complete and no-one is going to be won over with arguments anymore.

 

[elszADaQ]

The Local Coordination Committees document 63 people killed on Monday. Among the dead were at least 20 in Daraa Province, including civilians slain in Jassim by regime bombs as the Syrian military tries to push back against recent insurgent gains.The of killed in yesterday's barrel bombing in Khan Shaykoun rises to 24. Teams continue to find bodies.

1354 people were killed in January 2015
Death Toll for January 2015

The highest tolls are north of Aleppo, where the regime is trying to cut off insurgent areas in Syria’s largest city, and in the south, where the Syrian military is trying to hold back opposition advances.

The Syrian Network for Human Right’s report for January documents 883 civilians killed by regime forces, including 207 children. It says women and children are now 30% of the casualties, “a clear indication of the purposed targeting of civilians by governmental forces”.

The SNHR also claims the killing of 54 civilians by the Islamic State, 13 by Kurdish forces, and five by the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra.


Details
First: Government forces
A. Civilians
SNHR documented the death of 883 people by government forces, including 207 children (seven children a day), no less than 54 women, and no less than 64 victims who were tortured to death (three deaths under torture a day).
The percent of children and women victims reached 30%, which is a clear indication of the purposed targeting of civilians by governmental forces.
B. Rebels
Governmental forces killed no less than 129 rebels by shelling operations or during clashes.

Second: Kurdish forces
Killed 13 civilians including a child and a victim who was tortured to death.
Third: Extremist groups
SNHR documented the killing of 118 by extremist groups as follows:
Daesh
A. Civilians: 54 civilians were killed including two children and three victims who were tortured to death.
B. Rebels: Daesh killed no less than 53 during clashes or by field-executing prisoners.
An-Nussra Front
A. Civilians: killed five civilians including two women and a media activist.
B. Rebels: killed six rebels during clashes or by field-executing prisoners.

human rights violations in Syria in 2014

1354 people were killed in January 2015 - Syrian Network For Human Rights
http://sn4hr.org/public_html/wp-content/pdf/english/SNHR Methodology.pdf

 

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you can post propaganda all days... just tell me what does the Syrian government benefit from a chemical attack during the UN inspectors visit? don't you see, that this chemical attack benefits the terrorists by asking the west to invade Syria?

The benefit is simple: they murdered hundreds of rebels and their families, causing many many more to flee. It also makes very strong moral effect. Same they do with barrel bombs, but chemical weapons effect is much bigger.

During the entire summer Assad could not advance in Ghouta, but soon after chemical attack Assad captured Deir Salman, Shabaa, Huseynia, Buwaida, Sbeneh, Hijeirah...

As for who did this attack there is no any question.

FACT: The attack was made by "Bourkan" rockets which are in possession only of Assad.
FACT: The attack direction is from Assad held areas.

The suggestion that rebels somehow penetrated to Assad areas, captured dozen Bourkan launchers, loaded them with Sarin and then launched them against themselves its ridiculous to say the least.

Similarly u can say that its not Assad who drops barrel bombs on towns, but its rebels capture helicopters and then bomb themselves. Yesterday some 50 civilians were killed in Khan Shekhoun, Douma, Jaseem...

 

[500]

Rebels capture Al Maysat hill in North Aleppo + 14 Assad troops alive:

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[elszADaQ]

Infographic: All major factions within the FSA's Southern Front

FSA rebels of Liwa Suqoor al-Jabal have destroyed a T-72 regime tank in north Aleppo

 

[elszADaQ]

With Global Attention on ISIS, Regime Barrel Bombs Pound Syrian Civilians

February 2nd, 2015

"The barrel bombs are continuing and indeed they are the principal reason why civilians are dying in Syria today. "

With global attention focused on the fight against jihadi groups like the Islamic State (ISIS), the Syrian regime has continued its use of barrel bomb attacks on civilians.

In an address to the U.N. Security Council last week, Kyung-wha Kang, the United Nations deputy emergency relief coordinator, once again accused the Syrian regime of "using explosive barrel bombings against civilians in Syria." It came in spite of a resolution calling for an end to the indiscriminate employment of weapons.

"Barrel bombs, crudely made drums of explosives dropped from helicopters, are so imprecise that the Syrian air force doesn’t dare drop them near the front line for fear of hitting its own troops,” Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, told Syria Deeply.

"If we could stop the barrel bomb, it's hard to think of anything else that would make a greater difference in stopping the slaughter of civilians and destruction of civilian institutions in civilian areas," he added.

Roth spoke to Syria Deeply about the devastating effect barrel bombs are having on the civilian population in Syria.

Syria Deeply: You’ve tracked the use of barrel bombs, and prior to that the use of missiles on civilian areas. What’s the state of play now?

Roth: The barrel bombs are continuing and indeed they are the principal reason why civilians are dying in Syria today. Everybody is focused on ISIS. ISIS is terrible, civilians are suffering under ISIS, but if you stand back and say, what is the principal tool being used to slaughter civilians? It’s the barrel bomb. Initially, governments don’t really want to talk about this, because they are so focused on ISIS and don’t want to do anything that would undermine the Assad government’s ability to hang on and theoretically fight back against ISIS. People don’t seem to recognize that the barrel bomb is not a military weapon. It is so imprecise that the Syrian air force doesn’t dare drop it near the front line for fear of hitting its own troops.

Barrel bombs, for those who don’t know, are typically an oil drum or some large canister filled with explosives and metal fragments that serve as shrapnel. It is dumped from a helicopter hovering at a very high altitude to avoid anti-aircraft fire. From that altitude, it can’t be aimed with any precision whatsoever – it can simply be dumped into a neighborhood, and it is neighborhoods that barrel bombs are dumped on because of the need to stay away from the front line. If you ask what is enabling the pro-regime forces to hold on, it's now the barrel bomb.

It is a terror and an anti-civilian tool. Part of Assad’s strategy is to make life as miserable as possible for the civilians living in opposition-held areas. It’s designed to kill many and terrify the rest so they will flee and gradually depopulate the area, to make it harder for the rebels to hang on.

Syria Deeply: What’s the size and scope of the problem?

Roth: If you talk to Syrians, the things that they fear the most are the barrel bombs. You hear stories of people who move their families closer to the front line (meaning they are braving snipers and artillery) because they feel safer there, where the barrel bombs won’t be dropped. Barrel bombs are hitting hospitals, schools and various civilian institutions in opposition-held areas of Aleppo and other areas. If we could stop the barrel bomb, it's hard to think of anything else that would make a greater difference in stopping the slaughter of civilians and destruction of civilian institutions in civilian areas.

Syria Deeply: What’s the advantage to the regime of using these particular forms of weaponry in this particular conflict?

Roth: This goes back to the beginning. Assad from the start chose not to fight this war under the Geneva Convention, which in essence dictates that you only shoot at the other side's combatants, and you do everything you can to minimize harm to civilians. He threw those rules out the window. He has been fighting a war strategy of war crimes aimed in large part at the civilian population. The barrel bombs, used for a good year now or longer, are just the latest, cruelest, largest manifestation of this strategy.

Syria Deeply: What’s your hope for the pressure that can be applied to induce behavior change in the regime when it comes to the use of barrel bombs?

Roth: What I’ve found in discussions with Western governments, Russian officials and even Iranian officials ... for various reasons they don’t want to restrict the military weapons available to the Syrian government. The major Western governments are focused at this stage on fighting ISIS, and Russia and Iran are focused on bolstering Assad. None of them have an immediate interest in stopping the barrel bombs. I’ve had to explain the lack of military relevance of this weapon. When they hear that, then they are willing to step back. I’ve received some positive response from both Moscow and Tehran on this point.

In terms of Western governments, they are afraid of the barrel bomb issue for a separate issue – they don’t want to take on the broader issue of the Syrian government’s use of conventional weapons to attack civilians. Having come close to the brink of military involvement via the chemical weapons issue, and having been focused on other issues with Russia and Iran, the West simply hasn’t wanted to bring this up. There is no avoiding the fact that Ukraine is the top issue in Moscow, and potential nuclear weapons is the top issue in Tehran, but there should be bandwidth to take on the barrel bomb issue as well. Especially since Russia and Iran shouldn’t have any interest in the barrel bomb attacks continuing – they aren’t necessary to the Assad regime’s survival.

I’m guardedly optimistic that if we can highlight the devestation being caused by the barrel bombs and the lack of military utility, we can make a difference. One factor with the West is that so far they are pursuing only a military strategy against ISIS. To some extent they are trying to stop the flow of arms, weapons and personnel to ISIS, but they aren’t really taking on the ideological appeal of ISIS – part of it is religious and the idea of a caliphate, but a big part of it is that ISIS can represent itself as the only force that is effectively trying to stop the Assad regime’s slaughter of civilians. The West shouldn’t be giving that argument to ISIS. There have to be ways to address the barrel bombs – Assad’s primary tool for killing civilians. It’s the right thing to do in humanitarian terms, but it is also important to help undercut ISIS’s ideological appeal.

Syria Deeply: The U.N. has called for an end of the use of barrel bombs. What would it take to create actual accountability and enforce change?

Roth: The U.N. Security Council has talked about barrel bombs in generic terms. It hasn’t made any efforts to follow up on that broad language with concrete pressure on Damascus to stop. We need to go beyond ritualistic condemnation and upholding of the Geneva Conventions, and focus on pressure on Damascus to stop. We’ve seen that when serious pressure is applied, they do stop. It’s time for that pressure to be applied to stop the barrel bombs.

New type of russian helicopter (KA-26 double rotor) dropping TNT barrel bombs

 

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FSA rebels of Liwa Suqoor al-Jabal have destroyed a T-72 regime tank in north Aleppo

 

[Serpentine]

Breaking: Daesh hast burned the Jordanian pilot alive! These cockroaches know no boundaries. Fu** ISIS and their sympathizers.

Rebels capture Al Maysat hill in North Aleppo + 14 Assad troops alive:

SAA has retaken the hill, and those captured are not SAA. they are called Lujan al Sha'abi, ordinary civilians who are trained for one week in military academy of Aleppo and then stationed in areas liberated by SAA, that's why they either retreat quickly or are taken as prisoners.