Ollie Locke reveals Boris Johnson is a Made In Chelsea superfan after he 'fanboyed' him at an event and tells of secret fling with Gok Wan This is what you get for $58M! Adele's new love nest revealed as she moves into mega-mansion with boyfriend Rich Paul after splurging on the 3.5 acre property Resolutions need nine votes in favour and no vetoes from the five permanent council members – Britain, China, France, Russia and the US – in order to be passed.His royal hugness! Touching moment Prince William embraces a man overcome with emotion during Scotland visit Lebanon, India, Brazil and South Africa have also said they have problems with the text. Russia and China dislike the idea of any council discussion of Syria and have suggested they might use their veto to kill the resolution. UN Security Council members debated a draft resolution at the weekend that condemns President Assad’s regime but does not call for any military intervention.Ĭurrently, nine members, including Britain, France, Germany and Portugal, plan to vote for it. “Remember that this cabinet was appointed after the uprising to supposedly implement reform so at a cabinet level defections are very unlikely, but the opposition are opening their arms to them.” UN action
Read more: Syria's army holds the key to Assad regime's futureĭefence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes that the actions of the Syrian armed forces in the coming weeks will define the nation's future.īut despite a rising number of defections from the army, Tariff said that he believes it’s “unlikely” that members of Assad’s regime will defect. It’s impossible that the regime could be sustained by the Republican divisions alone,” he said.
“There is the traditional army trained by Russia, and the Republican divisions trained by Iran. Wissam Tariff, the director of the human rights group Insan, told Channel 4 News, that the Assad regime has now reached at a “critical point.” Syrian state television said that army units have now “taken total control of Jisr al-Shughour and are chasing remnants of the armed terrorist gangs in the woods and mountains.” ‘Critical point’ They are securing some routes but they are not offering resistance,” Ibrahim said from an undisclosed location.”Īmnesty International‘s Neil Sammonds, speaking to Channel 4 News outside a Turkish refugee camp in Hayat, said that in addition to 5000 Syrians who’ve officially escaped into Turkey, a further 10,000 were sheltering in areas near the border, preparing to cross over if the Syrian army advances further into the area. “There are about 50 soldiers and one officer in Ariha and Maambbl who are trying to help civilians, but they are not resisting the army. Houzon Ibrahim, from the campaign group the Local Coordination Committees, told Channel 4 News that “the only armed gangs there are regime thugs”.īut he also claimed that there is one “courageous and defiant” unit of defectors in and around Jisr al-Shughour which is helping civilians flee to the Turkish border. The eyewitness said the troops who were killed in the city last week were soldiers who refused to fire on protesters: “They are talking about massacres and armed gangs to encourage sectarian war,” he said. They are not sparing any body, they are raping and torturing young girls and killing them and cutting off their breasts, Jisr al-Shughour refugee The refugee – whose identity Channel 4 News has chosen to protect – refuted official claims that Syrian troops are moving on the Idlib province to quell an uprising by “armed terrorist groups”.Įarlier, state televison said army units had “restored security and tranquillity to Jisr al-Shughour” and showed footage of around 12 uniformed soldiers exhumed from a mass grave. “They are not sparing anybody, they are raping and torturing young girls and killing them and cutting off their breasts,” he said. He also claimed they had violently raped women. One man who escaped from a village five kilometres away from Jisr al-Shughour spoke to Channel 4 News by telephone from the Syrian side of the border and said that forces in and around the city were “shooting any man in sight”. Syrian troops backed by helicopters and tanks are reported to have rounded up thousands of people and killed a number of civilians in the north western city of Jisr al-Shughour near the Turkish border, according to human rights groups. Warning: you may find some of the details in this report distressing.