CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
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Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti: Peaceful Popular Resistance to support Un statehood bid
Between a supporter and an objector to the Un statehood bid that the Palestinian leadership is working for, Marwan Barghouti was the first to clarify what should the UN statehood declaration mean and how can it be used to get real freedom. Leader Marwan Barghouti who was kidnapped and jailed by Israelis although he is a Palestinian parliament member called for a peaceful popular resistance and millions march and demonstrations during the week of voting in the United Nations in September.
Is Popular resistance the right way to the Palestinian State?
Since the beginning of the Second Intifada many of the Palestinian politicians and leaders have opened a discussion about the right resistance which the [singlepic id=160 w=320 h=240 float=right] Palestinian must choose in order to succeed in creating the Palestinian State. Some criticized the use of violence and considered it a claim which Israel used to embarrass the Palestinians in front of the International community and turn them from freedom fighters into terrorists.
