Syria
June 4, 2013
The United Nations reported that the Syrian conflict has seen escalating brutality, with the Syrian regime using innocent civilians as human shields.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country had not yet delivered S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian government
Three Syrians have been kidnapped by rogue forces in the Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold Baalbek area
Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has clashed with the rebel Free Syrian Army in a Damascus suburb, leaving two Hezbollah fighters dead, one of them a high ranking official.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed that the US will send Patriot missiles and F-16 planes to Jordan, initially to take part in an international military exercise but he confirmed that the equipment could remain in the Kingdom permanently
Fighting in Qusayr - a strategic town near the Lebanon-Syria border - was attacked on Monday. A doctor said at least 300 people are said to be wounded.
Al Qaeda, the internationally recognised terrorist organisation, has set up a complaints department in the northern Syrian town of Raqqa, for those who have issues with "any element of the Islamic state".
June 3, 2013
Violence in Lebanon continues as one person was killed in overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli
Two men were arrested Sunday in the district of Zgharta when found transporting arms, including rocket-propelled grenades, in their car.
The floodwaters from the Syrian crisis rose higher in Lebanon Sunday, with Lebanese security sources reporting that for the first time fighting between Hezbollah and Syrian rebels had occurred on Lebanese soil.
With reports of up to 1,500 wounded citizens trapped in Qusair, Syria insisted Sunday that the Red Cross would not be allowed access to the strategic town until fighting was over.
Separate attacks targeting two journalists who have been covering the ongoing violence in the north drew condemnation from political and professional circles over the weekend.
Aid will only be given to the suffering citizens of the Syrian town of Qusair, which has seen brutal fighting over the past month, when the violence ends, the Red Cross announced on Sunday.
June 2, 2013
Violence in Lebanon escalates as at least 12 Syrian rebels were killed in east Lebanon after they were ambushed by Hezbollah militants
At Cairo's happenin' Middle East Music Award Festival, award winning singers and duet performers Asala Nasri and Rami Sabri give every sign that they are indeed friends.