The US announced on Thursday that following confirmation of Assad using chemicals weapons against the Syrian people the US will now directly supply the rebels with arms. But what effect will this have on the conflict?
As police fired tear gas and pointed pressurized water hoses at protesters marching towards Taksim Square in weekend anti-government protests, Syria’s regime was busy spinning Turkey’s predicament in its favour.
Syrians are voicing a range of reactions to a series of Israeli airstrikes launched in the past week on Syrian soil.
Moaz al-Khatib, the former Damascus cleric and leader of the Syrian opposition coalition, has resigned his post to “work with freedom”
Syria is a “hemorrhaging country,” says Panos Moumtzis, the UNHCR’s regional refugee coordinator for the Syria crisis. He spoke with Syria Deeply founder Lara Setrakian in a Google Hangout this week, shortly after Syria’s official refugee toll hit the 1 million mark.