Tag: Syria – victim of foreign machinations

NOVANEWS By Munzer Hindawi The killing and destruction that is taking place in Syria is exceeding the worst scenarios envisaged at the start of the revolution. The revolution started peacefully. The atrocities committed by the Syrian regime led to the emergence of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which consists mainly of soldiers who had defected from the Syrian army and refused to obey orders to kill their own people. The first declared task of the FSA was to protect the peaceful demonstrations. The hope was that the FSA would grow as more soldiers defect and become the revolution’s main military force and, eventually, the national army of the newly liberated Syria. Now, two years after the start of the revolution, the situation in Syria is very grim. The peaceful demonstrations have been ...

NOVANEWS By Munzer Hindawi The killing and destruction that is taking place in Syria is exceeding the worst scenarios envisaged at the start of the revolution. The revolution started peacefully. The atrocities committed by the Syrian regime led to the emergence of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which consists mainly of soldiers who had defected from the Syrian army and refused to obey orders to kill their own people. The first declared task of the FSA was to protect the peaceful demonstrations. The hope was that the FSA would grow as more soldiers defect and become the revolution’s main military force and, eventually, the national army of the newly liberated Syria. Now, two years after the start of the revolution, the situation in Syria is very grim. The peaceful demonstrations have been re...