Syria Update October 28, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 113 killed including 39 unarmed civilians. Amended death toll for Saturday: More than 120 killed. Hizbullah began an offensive in mid-October on the Syrian side of the Lebanese border against the opposition. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hezbollah-crosses-syrian-border-with-bloody-assault-on-assads-enemies-8227316.html?printService=print Aleppo province: Opposition fighters...
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SYRIA UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2012
Syria Update, October 26, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Syria Update, October 26, 2012
Stay or go?
I talked to my cousin yesterday and her daughter- they told me that they were going back to Aleppo. They had been in Turkey for the last couple of months helping another cousin out who had an operation and also lost her husband all at the same time. I asked “Why would you go back...
Report on Syrian Crisis
I talked to a friend of my daughter today that lives in Aleppo, Zuka. We are trying to convince her to leave, but she says she can’t go by herself and leave her family behind. She is the only one in the family that has a passport. Even with a war going on you need...
Syria Update, October 9, 2012
Syria Update, October 9, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 106 were killed. Yesterday’s (Monday) revised death toll: More than 210 killed including 106 unarmed civilians. Insights: Casualties are again rising and bear in mind these death tolls underreport casualties which previously indicated a high rise...
Syria Update, October 6, 2012
Syria Update, October 6, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 70 Friday’s revised death toll: More than 140 including 73 unarmed civilians For the fourth day, Turkey and Syria exchanged hostilities. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said this may lead to a broader war....
Update from family in Syria
I talked to family last night in Aleppo and they said this is the first time that they have had the shelling so close to home. It is moving from the old city and the outskirts of Aleppo to the residential areas. This is coming from both sides that are doing the shelling- we got...