Palestinians are fleeing Syria too

The United Nations said on Sunday that 480 Palestinian refugees have fled Syria to Jordan since the start of a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last year.

“The UN Relief and Works Agency have registered 480 Palestinian refugees (more…)

Syrian opposition groups committing torture according to HRW

Armed opposition groups in Syria have kidnapped, tortured and executed members of the security forces and supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. (more…)

Syrian soldiers beat and torture a suspected rebel to death [VIDEO]

A shocking video surfaced reportedly showing a group of Syrian soldiers beating a suspected rebel to death in the embattled city of Homs.

The gruesome footage, embedded below, shows the victim crying out in pain as his uniformed torturer viciously whips him with a rod.

A gang of fighters loyal to Bahar al-Assad gather around the man, laughing and taunting him, the video shows. (more…)

Assad revives father’s extreme torture methods in Syria

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has taken out the torture toolkit his father once employed as he engages in the most widespread and appalling abuses his country has suffered in decades in an effort to put down a year-old rebellion.

“In terms of the number of people being tortured, and the level of torture and the type, of which the more gruesome are now being inflicted, we are seeing the return of the very dark days of the 1970s and 1980s, when Bashar’s father Hafez was in power,” Neil Sammonds, Syria researcher at Amnesty International, told The Media Line. (more…)

Amnesty International accuses Syrian regime of routine torture

Amnesty International said Wednesday that Syrian security forces routinely torture people detained during the uprising. In a report, the London-based group said detainees are beaten with sticks, cords and rifle butts and sometimes suspended inside tires for further beatings. Others are sexually assaulted or killed. (more…)

Syrian refugees describe gruesome torture

By Neil Sammonds
Stabbings, electrocution and the use of metal pincers to gouge chunks of flesh are some of the torture methods being administered by the Syrian regime.

New video emerges of Syrian patients tortured in hospitals

A video aired by a British television station purporting to show Syrian patients being tortured in hospital appears to support increasingly grave allegations pointing to crimes against humanity, the U.N. torture investigator said on Tuesday.

Juan Mendez, United Nations special rapporteur on torture worldwide, said that while he had not seen the Channel 4 video, it seemed in line with recent reports he has received on Syrian forces torturing opponents. (more…)

U.S. drones reportedly monitoring Syria

“A good number” of unmanned U.S. military drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the President Basir al-Assad’s military’s crackdown against the opposition, U.S. defense officials tell NBC News. (more…)

Syrian forces fire on funeral crowds

Syrian forces have opened fire with live ammunition to break up a protest in the capital Damascus, killing one and wounding at least four people, witnesses say. (more…)

At least 18 killed by Syrian security forces on Saturday

Syrian security forces have killed at least 18 civilians on Saturday, nearly all in the central region of Homs, the Syrian Revolution General Commission, a coalition of dozens opposition groups-reported.

Observatory for Human Rights earlier reported that 12 civilians were killed in (more…)