According to anti-Syrian regime activists, President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat who was Syria’s deputy defense minister was buried on Wednesday
Watching the Syrian Army pummel the Syrian town of Homs .. is the remake of a really bad movie that starred Bashar’s father, Hafez, exactly 30 years ago this month. I know. I saw the original.
It is always lamentable when killings become a common everyday occurrence and in particular when many of the victims are innocent civilians, children women, and old people.
As reports mount of defections in the Syrian military and the government staggers from the killing of soldiers and police officers, President Bashar al-Assad may turn increasingly to his brother, Maher,