Four Syrian Air Force Intelligence members killed by army defectors

Four Syrian Air Force Intelligence members killed by army defectors , AFP reported on Saturday. (more…)

Anti Assad protesters: “Hezbollah will be next ”

During an anti-Syrian regime protest in Tripoli, one of the protesters burnt the photo of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, whose government is dominated by the pro-Syrian Hezbollah Al-Jumhuriya newspaper reported on Saturday. (more…)

Hezbollah, Amal voice support for Syrian regime

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement officials met on Saturday and reiterated support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in a statement following the meeting. (more…)

Inmates at Roumieh prison went on hunger strike

Inmates at Lebanon’s largest prison complex Roumieh went on a hunger strike Saturday New TV reported

This comes after inmates on Wednesday refused to their medications in a bid to pressure authorities to reduce the prison year. (more…)

ICC confirms Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s arrest

The International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s Office said on Saturday it had received confirmation of the arrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, from Libya’s Ministry of Justice. (more…)

Gadhafi son Seif al-Islam captured in southern Libya

Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam — the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large — was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya’s southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. Thunderous celebratory gunfire shook the Libyan capital as the news spread. (more…)

Free Syria Army gathers on Lebanese border

Somewhere along the emerald green ridge ahead Syrian troops guard the restive border with Lebanon. Behind them lie piles of upturned orange earth where land mines have been freshly buried. Ahead of them, across a deep, rain-soaked valley which spills into Lebanon, the rebels who were once their comrades in arms are preparing for war. (more…)

Analysts: Iraq’s Syria stance is Sunni-Shiite related

Iraq’s refusal to back Arab measures against Syria, which has since March been trying to crush a popular uprising, has confessional overtones and may boost sectarian division here, analysts say.

Clinton: Syria conflict could become civil war

Beirut, Lebanon – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Friday that Syria could plummet into a full-fledged civil war, echoing comments by her Russian counterpart a day earlier. (more…)

Syria faces Arab League deadline as 17 people are reported killed

Opposition activists said Syrian security forces killed at least 17 people Friday as President Bashar Assad’s government faced an Arab League deadline of Saturday for implementing a faltering peace plan.

Demonstrators across Syria chanted antigovernment slogans and called on foreign nations to expel Syrian ambassadors, a move that would further isolate Assad. (more…)