The main Syrian opposition group says Homs is a disaster area and is urging international protection for civilians. The Syrian National Council said government forces had been shelling residential areas for days. It says civilians are very short of food and medical supplies, and electricity and water have been cut. Last week the Syrian government agreed to an Arab League deal to pull troops out of residential areas. However, the BBC's Jonathan Head, in neighbouring Turkey, says this has not happened.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
FYI/ Libya's NTC Recognises Syrian National Council
by Darius Kadivar on Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:02 PM PSTLibya leads world in recognising Syrian opposition's right to rule (Guardian)
Libya's interim government has become the first in the world to recognise Syria's opposition movement as a "legitimate authority" to rule Syria.
The body that toppled the former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after more than 40 years claimed the Syrian National Council was "more representative" than the incumbent president, Bashar al-Assad, who has battled a sustained popular revolt that threatens to oust his regime for the past six months.