damascus, syria

Damascus, Syria

syria

the-rawiyah:

Protesters cover their faces from tear gas being fired in Idlb, Syria. December 30, 2011.  Reuters/Slideshow

The protests in Syria seem to be entering a new phase in which a constellation of factors are beginning to take their toll—whether or not the recent signing of the Arab League plan materializes. Among the pertinent factors at play are economic, logistical, moral/physical fatigue of regime forces, military might of part of the opposition, and the increasing organization of the internal opposition as a whole. The intensity of the violence in general, and regime crackdown in particular, speaks of a new confrontational phase, as opposed to the more awkwardly optimistic explanation that the regime is embarking on a final push before implementing the Arab League plan. One hopes this former grim forecast is incorrect. For now, what remains are the grim developments this week.

please please please sign this.  

this is a petition to recognize the Syrian National Council as the only legitimate representative of the people in Syria, and denounce Bashar Al Assad.

Please do this.  It will take 2 minutes or less.

I will be forever indebted to you.   Thanks

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the old Syrian revolutionary flag

this was the flag used when the Syrians kicked the French out in 1946

the revolutionists have adopted this as their flag and as a symbol of opposition against Asad’s baath regime

TONIGHT AT 9:00PM EST on PBS

Somehow, this journalist managed to travel to Syria and report on what’s going on there.

Foreign reporters are banned in Syria.  This is—hopefully—going to be an amazing look inside the revolution.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/syria-undercover/