Syria giving up control of its border with Israel

Image via WikipediaNY Times:For 37 years the border between Israel and Syria, still technically at war, has proven as quiet as any of the Arab-Israeli frontiers silenced by peace agreements. On Sunday, it was not, and the tumult on the Golan Heights could augur a new phase of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the web of international relations he is navigating. Predictably,

Syrian uprising continues despite suppressionary efforts of Assad regime

Image by watchsmart via FlickrNY Times:Thousands of protesters in Syria defied a ferocious crackdown and returned to the streets Friday, even in towns that the military had besieged only days before, in a relentless contest of wills that a leading dissident described as an emerging stalemate. For successive weeks, Fridays have served as a weekly climax in the challenge to President Bashar

Shades of Hama--Syria shelling its own people in Homs

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeNY Times:At least 10,000 protesters have been detained in the past several days in a mass arrest campaign aimed at quelling a seven-week uprising in Syria against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, as fresh shelling of a residential neighborhood was reported on Wednesday from Homs, the country’s third largest city. The shelling, most