Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Has Putin Thrown Assad Under the Bus?

While the Israeli Hamas war has been going on most of the world hasn't noticed what is happening to Assad in Syria. ISIL having captured millions and now likely billions in military equipment and soldiers is beheading hundreds of Assad's Soldiers and it might even be the end (within 6 months) for Assad and likely ISIL (would if it could) kill all Shias and Christians left alive in Syria.

So, where is Putin? Putin is now more concerned about the U.S. and Europe as they sanction Putin. So, his leadership in Russia is beginning to come into question. No longer can he easily support Assad in Syria with money and weapons with what is happening in the Ukraine. Last week 1700 people died in Syria which is the most of any week since the whole Syrian revolution began 3 to 4 years ago now.
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2500 people killed in Syria during Ramadan

Middle East Eye-Jul 29, 2014
Almost 2,500 people were killed in Syria during the month of Ramadan, ... The losses, many of which were inflicted in the western Qalamoun province ... heads of soldiers from the 17th division circulated on Twitter last week.
Syria Records One of Its Deadliest Weeks Ever

Militants in Syria put victims' heads on poles; hundreds killed daily

By Yousuf Basil and Josh Levs, CNN
updated 7:20 PM EDT, Mon July 28, 2014
People carry an injured man away from the site of an airstrike, reportedly carried out by Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, July 27. The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since an uprising in March 2011 spiraled into civil war. People carry an injured man away from the site of an airstrike, reportedly carried out by Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, July 27. The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since an uprising in March 2011 spiraled into civil war.
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Syrian civil war in 2014
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Videos show severed heads on poles
  • The videos are purportedly of Islamic State having killed Syrian soldiers
  • In 10 days, 1,600 people have died in Syria, a human rights group says
  • More than 115,000 have died in the conflict, the group says
(CNN) -- In some of the most gruesome images yet to emerge from the latest mass violence in Syria, videos show militants raising their victims' severed heads on poles.
The amateur videos emerged as a Syrian human rights group reported 1,600 deaths in just 10 days this month.
The latest images come from an area taken over by the militant terrorist group the Islamic State, which recently changed its name from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The group is known for killing dozens of people at a time and beheading some.
At least three videos posted on YouTube by different people show the grisly scene at a roundabout in the city of Reqqa, where Islamic State militants have been carrying out public executions, crucifixions and other acts decided by its Sharia, or Islamic law, court.
A narrator in one of the videos says the bodies are of Syrian soldiers who were killed by Islamic State fighters.
If Hamas goes, who would fill the void?
The videos surfaced online along with news that Islamic State took over the Syrian army's 17th Division headquarters, which was considered the Syrian regime's last remaining military base in Reqqa.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has tabulated casualties in the country's civil war, reported on Islamic State's seizure of the military base in late May.
While fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza has gotten far more attention in recent days, the death toll in Syria has been higher.
Between July 16 and July 25, 1,600 people were killed, the observatory said.
And the bloodshed has continued at that pace. On Sunday, 180 people were killed, the group said.
The observatory counts more than 115,000 people killed since the beginning of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime in March 2011.
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