Thursday, January 17, 2013

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 17, 2013

Brutal: The UN claims that approximately 60,000 people have died in the bloody Syrian conflict that has lasted 22 months

More Than 100 People ‘Shot, Stabbed And Burnt’ To Death In Latest Atrocity Carried Out By Assad’s Troops In Syria -- Daily Mail

* Women and children among the 106 dead in Basatin al-Hasawiya district
* Syrian Observatory for Human Rights calls for UN to investigate incident
* UN says 60,000 people have already died in the 22-month conflict

More than 100 people have been shot, stabbed and possibly burned to death in the Syrian city of Homs this week in a suspected massacre by President Bashar al-Assad's troops.

A monitoring group said women and children were among the 106 victims killed by forces who stormed Basatin al-Hasawiya, an impoverished district on the fringes of the city.

The reports, which are not independently verified, potentially shed further light on the authoritarian regime's use of violence against its own citizens.

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More News On The Syrian Civil War

Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Fierce fighting rages across Syria -- Al Jazeera
Struggle for Northern Syria Escalates -- New York Times
Syria rebels plan to break city deadlock -- News24
Syrian army steps up offensive against rebels in north; nearly 100 people die in blasts -- Washington Post/AP

106 dead in new Homs massacre, says Syrian monitor -- The Guardian
Massacre Of Over 100 Reported In Syria's Homs -- Reuters
Children killed in Syrian massacre -- The Australian/The Times
Syrian Activists Say Dozens Killed in Village
-- Wall Street Journal
Syrian activists: More than 100 killed in village -- AP

Syrian rebels accuse jihadist groups of trying to hijack revolution -- The Guardian
Syria crisis: al-Qaida fighters revealing their true colours, rebels say -- The Guardian
Syrian opposition bemoans "loose" pledges of world support -- Reuters
Jihadi Fighters Win Hearts And Minds By Easing Syria's Bread Crisis -- NPR
Syria to Receive More International Food Aid -- Voice of America
Syria's 'urban refugees' struggle for survival -- CNN
Jordan Says to Stem Refugees If Assad Regime Falls -- ABC News/AP

The Day After Assad
-- Ephraim Sneh, Huffington Post
Jordan Is Living Dangerously as Syria Burns -- Tony Karon, Time
Al Assad is becoming a liability to Iran
-- Gulf News
Why Syrians are turning to extremism -- BBC
A Syria Strategy for Obama -- Andrew Tabler, The Atlantic
Battle of Aleppo Rages On: Inside the Ravaged Syrian City (PHOTOS) -- Daily Beast

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