Syria research

Syria

3000 – 1600 BC – Mari, bronze age palaces, temples. Archives on clay tablets. Royal palace was looted by ISIS. 5 Oct 2015 National geogrphic Andrew Curry.

2500 BC – Sumerian.

2400 BC – See 1974

2400-1200 BC – Archeological evidence shows earthquakes, economic collapse and famine. Excavations in Ugarst in today's Syria. The late Bronze age. There was a great earthquake 1200 BC. 2400-2300 BC. (Apocalype. Amos Nur (c)2008 US).

2254-2218 BC – Research in Ebla Syria. The Akkadin King Naramsin. In Ebla there was looting and fire. The library in Ebla palace was burned and looted. Words in Sumerian and their meaning in Eblaite by 2500 BC. (A universal history of the destruction of books. Fernando Baez (c)2004 US).

690-480 BC – Archives collections, records of the Egibi banking family of Babylon. City of Ebla, ancient Tell Mardikh. Clay tablets, archival records, temples. King Ashurbanipal ruled Assyria from 668 to 627 BC. Writing on tablets and government control. (Archives power. Randall C Jimerson (c)2009 US).

636 BC – Syria was under Muslim control. Byzantine Yarmuk river gorge. (Holy wars. Gary C Rashba (c)2011 US UK).

605 BC – Daniel's prophecies. Daniel and Revelation. Daniel and three others were taken to Babylon in 605 BC. At the time of Nebuchadnezza's Syrian empire. The next 19 years Judah was subject to Babylon. After a few years King Jehoiakim deployed to. battle. The Jews lost their liberty and were taken into captivity, the King was killed. (Holy bible. King James. CD Stampley. (c)1976 US)

323 BC – Alexander the Great died in 323 BC. His empire was in fragments, Lands of Macedon, Syria and Egypt. To Syria belonged Babylonia and Assyria. (The Romans. (c)1949 RH Barrows UK).

175-168 BC – Just before the Grecian empire (Greece), the Roman empire. Antiochus IV came to power as the King of Syria. After his father Antiochus the great died. The Romans, who controlled the Middle east, called Antiochus IV to become the 8^th King in a line of Kings whose lineage dated back to Seleucus. In 168 BC Syria was nearly bankrupt. (Daniel. Larry W Wilson (c)2003 US).

175-164 BC – The words of angel Gabriel spoken to Daniel. The Vision comes at the appointed time of the end. Pieces of the puzzle. Antiochus Epiphau IV was an ancient King of Syria. (Daniel. Larry W Wilson (c)2003 US).

11^th century BC – Nineveh Assyrian 21 Elul Syria. An earthquake, walls fallen down temple. (Apocalypse. Amos Nur (c)2008 UK).

0000 – Jesus Christ was born and lived.

40 AD – Muslims called Jesus Christ ISA the prophet. By 40 AD the centre of the Christian faith became Antioch, on the border of what is now Syria and Turkey. The followers of the way were first called Christians. (The Middle East ©2006 C Catherwood).

273 AD – Syria's Palmyra was destroyed by Roman armies. National geographic 5 Oct 2015. Andrew Curry.

632-651 – Muhammed's death in 632, the entire Arabic peninsula was under Muslim control. Califs between 633 and 651, most of the Middle East, the Muslim crescent. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

7^th and 8^th centuries – Islamic military and economic empire in medieval times. Central register divans Persia, Damascus Syria. Iran, Iraq and North African mosques, archival Syria. (Archives (c)2005 Sue McKemmish Australia).

28 Jan 1099 – Crusaders siege of Hosn el Akred Syria. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 28 Jan 2015).

9 Aug 1138 – Rapture ready. Aleppo earthquake 230,000 people dead.

9 Aug 1138 – In Aleppo Syria. 230,000 people died in an earthquake. USGS historic world earthquakes.

11 Oct 1138 – In Aleppo Syria an 8.5 earthquake, a church collapsed killing 600 guards and civilians. Total death toll was 230,000 deaths. Towns near the quake were completely destroyed. (List 25.com. Today in history).

Aug 1176 – Sultan Saladin, siege to Syrian stronghold of Masyaf. Syrian leader Sinan. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

1192 – Acre in Syria surrendered to Richard in 1192 on condition that he gave its Turkish garrison safe passage. Once the city was in Christian hands 2,700 Turks were beheaded. (Gods assassins (c)2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

5 July 1201 – Timeline of earthquakes. 1.1 million people were killed in Syria.

18 May 1291 – The city of Acre was a crusader port in Syria. Sultan Qalawun, Mamluk army, Muslims and Christians. Acre was the last crusaders stronghold in the Middle East. The Mamluks were Islamic warrior slaves. (Gods assassins ©2009 UK G Baddeley. P Woods).

27 July 1449 – Turks, Sultan of Aleppo, Damascas. The Euphrates. Constantinople Amurath. Turkish sultan in 1451. Mohammed II in 1453. This shocked Europe. Turks Ottoman empire on 27 July 1449. (Holy bible. King James. CD Stampley (c)1976 US).

16^th century – When Turkey conquered Syria and Egypt at the beginning of the 16^th century. The overland trade route was closed. Portugal was working on a sea trade route. (Quilting patchwork applique. Caroline Crabtree (c)2007 UK).

22 Jan 1837 – Timeline of earthquakes. Thousands of people were killed in Syria.

22 Jan 1837 – An earthquake in southern Syria killed thousands of people. Timeline internet.

1938 – Palmyra in 1938 photos. National geogrphic archives. 5 Oct 2015. Andrew Curry. Destruction of the arch by ISIS. Ancient sites in Syria from 2,000 years ago. Roman mosaics were found in Syria and sold on the black market by ISIS. Funding ISIS.

1943 – Baath party, movement of Arab resistance was formed in Damascus by Michel Aflaq and Sala al Din Bitar. They supported the Rashid Ali pro German regime in Iraq, which set up a fascist background to the party.

1958 – Syria joined with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic. A plot in March 1958 to assassinate Nasser, to shoot down his plane, as he was to land in Damascus Syria. This was to be followed by the assassination of Syrian President Shukri Kuwatly. (The house of Saud. Said K Aburish (c)2005 UK).

1964-75 – Syria in 1964 Sabatino Moscati an archeologist at the university of Rome. Excavation of Tell Mardik in Syria. 34 miles south of Aleppo. The site of the city of Ebla. In 1975 archelogoists found thousands of tablets and a room used as a library. The Ebla library with 15,000 tablets. (A universal history of the destruiction of books. Fernando Baez (c)2004 US).

1965 – Cuba welcomed the founding of the PLO. First contacts with Palestinian Fatah in 1965 in Algiers and Damascus.

Aug 1969 – TWA flight 840 Rome to Athens was hijacked to Damascus. It was destroyed after the hostages were freed.

29 Aug 1969 – A TWA airliner from LA was hijacked to Damascus. Two Palestinians were not brought to trial.

Early 1970s – While building a revolutionary movement in Iran. The exiled Ayatollah Khomeini supported the PLO and al Fatah brigades. He funded and trained militant groups in Syria with Syrian aid on Syrian soil. Shiite Muslims supported the groups, which were dominated by Sunnis under protection of a left wing dictatorship.

May 1970 to Jan 1971 – In May 1970 the Tapline, an oil pipeline running from Saudi Arabia to the port of Sidon in Lebanon, was damaged in Syrian territory. Syria refused to allow the Tapline to be repaired. The oil did not flow for 8 months until Jan 1971. The shortage of less than half a million barrels a day to Europe was felt. And for the first time in oil history prices increased. (Yamani ©1988 J Robinson).

July 1972 – Sadat expelled the Russians from Egypt. Moscow was still able to strengthen ties with Syria and Iraq. (Arms bazaar ©1977 Sampson).

1973-75 – Cuba provided military support and personel to Syria during the Yom Kippur war.

17 Dec 1973 – A hijacked plane from Italy to Greece, flew to Damascus, where it stopped for 2 hours for fuel and food, it then flew to Kuwait.

1974 – Library and collection of written knowledge at Ebla in northern Syria, which was discovered by Italian archeologists in 1974. More than 16,000 clay tablets were found buried in ruins, which date back to 2400 BC. Tablets in Sumerian and Semitic script, records. (A history of info storage and retrieval. Foster Stockwell ©2001 US).

1974-78 – Two Soviet arms recipients, Syria and Iraq, account for $8.6 billion or 84% of Soviet arms sent to the Middle east region.

1975 – The site of the ancient city of Ebla. In 1975 archeologists found thousands of tablets and a room used as a library. The Ebla library, classification. 15,000 tablets Lexicographic tablets, wooden shelves and bookcases. Words in Sumerian and their meaning in Eblaite by 2500 BC research in Ebla. (A universal history of the destruction of books. (c)2004 US).

8 July 1977 – A Kuwait airways Boeing 707 from Beirut to Kuwait was hijacked to Syria.

1980 – Syria signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Russian Kremlin in late 1980. Syria could get the Soviet Union’s latest and best weapons. Syria has no oil wealth, with which to purchase Soviet arms. Syria predates Iraq as a Soviet client, recipient of military supplies from the Soviet Union.

1980 – Archeologists found remains of the Royal palace of Ebla. Main archives on 2,000 clay tablets, stored on wooden shelves. Administration records, textiles, metals palace archives. Animal breeding and agriculture. (Archives power. Randall C Jimerson (c)2009 US).

11 Jan 1980 – Albert Stern. Cautious visit with Syrian Jews. Cleveland Jewish news p15. Info on the treatment of Jews in Arab lands.

1982 – The Muslim Brotherhood. Hafez al-Assad's Alawite party. The Muslim Brotherhood killed people in Hama. 350,000. Assad's forces found people killed, up to 40,000 people in Hama. (Worse than war. David Jonah Goldhagen (c)2009 US).

1982 – Four Arab countries account for more than 70% of Soviet arms exports to the Middle East region. With Iraq and Syria far in the lead.

1982-2013 – In Syria 2.5 million Kurds are denied citizenship, banned from schools and not allowed to work. In 1982 Hafez al-Assad's army crushed Sunni Muslims in Hama. The city was destroyed with artillery fire and up to 80,000 people were killed. The Hama massacre. Hafez al-Assad died in 2000. The presidency went to his son. Thousands of people dissapeared, went missing. The list of atrocities grew in 2011. In 2013 chemical weapons killed thousands of people. (The colder war. Martin Katrin (c)2015 US).

2000 – The US imposed sanctions against North Korea’s Ch’angguang Shinyong company, for selling missile tech to Syria. (Bill Gates. China, N Korea hit with Sanctions. Washington Times 28 June 2001).

5 June 2000 – China is assisting Syria and Iran to develop advanced missiles, missile engines and guidance systems. (Ross Dunn. Beijing helping Syria with missiles. The Times UK. 5 June 2000).

Aug 2000 to Sept 2001 – The CIA said Syria continues to work towards developing and producing a solid propellent rocket motor capability. North Korea and Russia continue to provide equipment and assistance for Syria’s liquid propellant missile program. The CIA also said Syria continues towards building liquid fuelled Scud-C missiles with assistance from North Korea. (Anthony H Cordesman. Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Centre for strategic and int studies 15 April 2003).

2001 – Wanted Nazi war criminals. Alois Brenner last seen in Syria in 2001. Adolf Eichmann linked. Born in 1912. 2013 Simon Wiesenthal center report.

18 March 2001 – Andrew Alderson. Do I deserve to be labelled a Syrian terrorist? Daily Telegraph.

17 Dec 2004 – Thomas E Ricks. General, Iraqi insurgents are directed from Syria. Washington Post 17 Dec 2004.

23 July 2006 – Iran’s charge d’affairs in Syria. IRNA reports and RFE/RL. Ghazanfar Roknabadi.

26 July 2006 – Supreme national security council secretary Ali Larijani arrived in Damascus late on 26 July 2006. Nehr news agency and Reuters reported. He is there to discuss regional developments with Syrian officials. Larijani is also to meet with Hezbollah secretary general Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. Reports on 27 July 2006 said.

5 Aug 2006 – Ali Akbar Mohatashemi, former Iranian ambassador to Syria and the founder of Hezbollah, Mohtashemi was one of Ayatollah Khomeni’s students.

27 Nov 2006 – Two French men were expelled from Syria, they were under investigation for suspected terrorist links.

10 Sept 2007 – The Iraqi foreign ministry said that starting on 10 Sept 2007 Syria will require visas for Iraqis coming to Syria for economic trade or education. AP reported. Syrian foreign minister Walid al Moualem told Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari by phone on 30 Aug 2007. (Stratfor intel summary 31 Aug 2007).

8 Dec 2009 – Barak Ravid. Mother of missing IDF Israeli soldier says, no doubt my son is in Syria. Haaretz.

24 Nov 2011 – Report Russian has sent Syria super advanced S-300 missiles and has sent advisors. By David Lev. Arutz Sheva Israel national news.

2 Dec 2011 – Reuters Geneva. UN urges action in Syria. Russia and China object, by Stephanie Nebahay.

4 Dec 2011 – The hackers RevoluSec infiltrated Syrian government computers and other projects. (The many faces of Anonymous. Gabriella Coleman ©2014 US).

8 Dec 2011 – Syria not in civil war but situation grave. ICRC. Reuters.

9 Dec 2011 – Massacre feared brewing in the Syrian city of Homs. CNN.

9 Dec 2011 – Red Cross halts some monitoring inside Syria by Joby Warrick and Liz Sly. Detainees inside Syria. Washington Post.

10 Dec 2011 – 10 people are dead as Syrian opposition warns of massacre. AFP. Sydney Morning Herald. Protests in Homs.

21 May 2012 – Mosaics stolen from Afamya city of Hama, looting of ancient mosaics in Syria. Cultural heritage. Roman times. Archeology looting. Database. Interpol.

13 Aug 2012 – Missing person when 31 years old. Male now aged 33. From the US. Interpol.

12 Oct 2012 – Biden admits that US Pres Obama is arming the Muslim Brotherhood to take over Syria. Frontpage mag. By Daniel Greenfield.

28 Oct 2012 – 128 people were killed during civil war in Syria. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 28 Oct 2015).

11 Nov 2012 – Israel fired a warning missile after Syrian members strike Golan. Radio free Europe. Radio liberty. Reuters. AP. AFP.

5 Feb 2014 – A short history of Syrian orphans. Counterpunch. Barbara Nimri Aziz.

11 Sept 2014 – al Qaeda plots 9/11. Twitchy.com. Abu Sulayman al Muhajir was a muslim preacher from Australia and now is a leader of al Qaeda in Syria.

27 Oct 2014 – al-Baath party official meets the Fearab Venezuela delegation. Syrian Arab news agency SANA. Al-Baath Arab Socialist party, Venezuela.

31 Oct 2014 – Syrian air strikes kill over 200 civilians in ten days. Firstpost. Bombing by the Syrian air force in ten days killed at least 221 civilians, a third of them children.

9 Nov 2014 – High Wycombe. Muslims from Buckinghamshire left to fight in Syria. Jihad in Syria. Telegraph UK.

16 Nov 2014 – Men from High Wycombe Buckinghamshire travelled to Syria to join ISIS Islamic State. Sunday Times UK.

3 Dec 2014 – Blowback from the foreign jihadists. Daily Times Pakistan. More than 15,000 foreign jihadists from 80 counties are in Syria fighting.

18 Dec 2014 – The mass graves of 230 tribespeople were found in Syria. Deir Ezzor Alakhbar. ISIS in Syria, children.

Jan 2015 – Superbad. ISIS and al Qaeda. Daily Beast. AQAP. Islamic State ISIS and al Qaeda.

Jan 2015 – Since Jan 2015 more than 350,000 refugees have escaped the civil war in Syria and went to Europe. The number is expected to double by Dec 2015. (Ensign. Nov 2015. LDS Mormon).

9 Jan 2015 – British M15 chief says Syrian terror groups are plotting to attack the UK. SMN weekly. 600 British militants who went to Syria joined ISIS. Al Qaeda in Syria.

9 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda ISIS militants in Syria are plotting attacks on the West. Warns British intel M15. International business Times, Indian edition. NBC news.

9 Jan 2015 – Fanatics set their sights on Britain. Daily Mail Glasgow Scotland. Al Qaeda plotters in Syria are planning mass attacks.

9 Jan 2015 – Cape Times South Africa. Militant al Qaeda have blown up a 13^th century tomb in Syria.

10 Jan 2015 – A Syrian based cell of al Qaeda. Complex terror plots against the west. M15 says. Independent UK. Sky news. Yahoo and Fox news.

11 Jan 2015 – al Qaeda is plotting massive deadly attacks on the West. British M15 chief says. Al Qaeda militants from Pakistan went to Syria. British militants to attack the UK. Sky reported. 600 British militants went to Syria to join ISIS. Fox news.

13 Jan 2015 – Terror worse than 9/11. 5,000 terror suspects are at large after returning from Syria. Warns Europol’s Tom McTague. Daily Mail.

14 Jan 2015 - Nusra inches closer to Idlib airport. Al Qaeda in Syria on the outskirts of the Abu Dhuhur. Daily Star Lebanon.

14 Jan 2015 – Govt tried to hush up leaks about shipments to Syria and ban the internet. CND. Arms shipments by Turkish spy agency to opposition groups in Syria, including al Qaeda. Cihan news agency.

14 Jan 2015 – Syrian Nusr executed a woman for adultery. Beirut. Al Qaeda linked public execution of a woman accused of adultery in northern Syria. Al Arab UK.

16 Jan 2015 – US Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to Syria. Colonel Steve Warren. Cyprus Mail.

16 Jan 2015 – Italian hostage release raises questions about ransom. Italian media and Arab report, 12 million Euros or $14 million may have been paid to al Qaeda in Syria, the Nusra front. Cyprus Mail.

19 Jan 2015 – Death of Iranian general in Syria.. Israeli conflict with Hezbollah. Haaretz.

23 Jan 2015 – ISIS goes east, 300 Chinese Jihadis via Malaysia. (Arutz Sheva. Israeli news. Ari Yashar).

25 Jan 2015 – Legal insurrection. Former ISIS prisoner says ISIS wants an attack worse than 9/11. Ahmad Rashidi. Aleistar. Andrew Johnson. He went to Syria from London. Simon Tisdall The Guardian UK.

27 Jan 2015 – US backed Kurds seized back most of the Syrian border city of Kobani. Islamic State. Wall Street journal.

2 Feb 2015 – Bus bombing kills Shiite pilgrims in Syria. Six people were killed. Bomb attack on pilgrims from Lebanon in Damascus Syria. Wall street journal.

21 June 2015 – ISIS plants mines in part of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Beirut Lebanon. Islamic State has planted mines and bombs in the ancient part of the Syrian city of Palmyra. Roman era ruins there. Huffington Post. Reuters.

10 July 2015 – Managing the conflict. BBC UK.

28 July 2015 – Russia may resume $1.6 billion oil and gas projects in Syria. RT.

7 Aug 2015 – Charisma news. 11 Christian missionaries were crucified and beheaded. Annie Cotton. Aleppo Syria. ISIS on 7 Aug 2015, then on 28 Aug 2015 they were left on crosses for two days. ISIS raped the women then beheaded them and left their bodies on crosses. Christian Aid Mission in Syria.

1 Sept 2015 - BBC UK. Why do ISIS militants destrroy ancient sites. Dr David Roberts. Palmyra. Temple of Bel. Nineveh museum in Mosul Feb 2015. Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra Aug 2015.

5 Oct 2015 – Dura Europos, Greek town on the Euphrates near the Syria Iraq border An old Roman outpost. The world's oldest Christian church, synagogue, temple was looted by ISIS. National geographic. Andrew Curry.

5 Oct 2015 – The arch of triumph ,gateway to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, 2,000 years ago. It was destroyed by ISIS. Andrew Curry. National geographic. It dates to Roman times. The Syrian civil war left 230,000 people dead and millions of people homeless. Palmyra, Damacus. Reuters.

8 Oct 2015 – ISIS killed three Assyrian Christian captives. They were among 200 Assyrian Christians kidnapped earlier this year in Syria. Reuters.

8 Oct 2015 – ISIS is destroying UNESCO world heriage sites. Palmyra in May 2015. ISIS destroyed the 2,000 year old Arch of Triumph in Syria. New York Post. Destruction of Palmyra arch. Rome Insider. Time mag.

10 Oct 2015 – France launched new airstrikes in Syria today. France had its first airstrikes in Syria on 27 Sept 2015. Xinhua.

10 Oct 2015 – al-Arabiya.net. ISIS was near Aleppo. Russian airstrikes. Iran's Revolutonary guard corps General was killed near Aleppo. Reuters.

14 Oct 2015 – Armenian press since 1918. Murder of Diasora at ARS meeting in Syria. Armenian Hranush Hakolyn. Armenian releif society in Syria. Syrian Armenian Aleppo in catastrophic.

15 Oct 2015 – Islamic state ISIS near Aleppo as the Syrian army prepares for an assault. Dominic Evans. Tom Perry. North of the city of Aleppo. Syrian army, Iranian troops and Russian jets. Iran sent thousands of troops. Hama province. Iran supports Assad. US made anti tank missiles sent. Stuff.co.nz.

16 Oct 2015 – Water as a weapon of war. Syrians in Aleppo with no electricity. Contaminated water. Damage to water and electricity. The Euphrates held by Islamic state. Armenian news.

18 Oct 2015 – The US military said it killed an al-Qaeda strategist, Sanafi al-Nasr in an airstrike in Syria on 15 Oct 2015.

25 Nov 2015 – Captagon amphetamine pills. Contains fenethyline. Anne Barker. ABC. Syria is a key transit point for Captagon. Most captagon production is in Syria. Captagon production labs.

Dec 2015 – Terrorists are among Syrian refugees in Europe, Assad says. The Syrian crisis flared in March 2011. 250,000 people have been killed out of a population of 23 million population. Press TV.

1 Dec 2015 – UN slams US airstrikes on a water plant in Aleppo Syria. Sana Syrian news agency. Press TV.

2 Dec 2015 – US bombs hospital in Syria with barrel bombs killing seven people. Doctors without borders. RT. Griffin Walker. Al Bawaba.

12 Dec 2015 – 15 people were killed and dozens injured in a terror attack near a hospital in Homs. A car bomb exploded al-Zahra Homs. Twitter. RT.

8 Jan 2016 – Syrians are starving to death. Lack of food in Shiite villages. Reports of several people starving to death in the past week. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/thousands-of-civilians-are-at-risk-starving-to-death-in-besieged-syrian-villages-un-warns

8 Jan 2016 – Skeletons eating grass. Mass starvation in Syria. Dogs and cats eaten. Winter frozen snow. At least 10 people are reported to have starved to death. No electricity or water. Shiite villages. http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/skeletons-eating-grass-the-horror-gripping-syrian-town-of-madaya/news-story/4c20b314b1405566d7a3ad20c0c2554b

13 Feb 2016 - https://www.rt.com/op-edge/332381-syria-saudi-turkey-troops/

14 Feb 2016 - http://timesofoman.com/article/77463/World/Middle-East/Turkey-continues-to-shell-Syrian-Kurds-as-Russia-vows-to-keep-bombing-rebels-fighting-President-Bash

14 Feb 2016 - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-14/road-world-war-iii-turkey-shells-syria-second-day-saudi-warplanes-arrive

6 June 2016 – Over 270 civilians were killed from shelling in Syria. Wiki news

7 June 2016 – Before its news. G+. US special forces in Syria covert combat, death sqauds. Pentagon and US State dept, combat troops wearing Kurdish.

10 June 2016 – Yahoo news. Food convoy reaches the Syrian town of Daraya. Not given aid since 2012.

10 June 2016 – Before its news. Turkish military forces enter the Syrian towns of Azaz and Afrin. Spark World war 3. Sputnik.

10 June 2016 – Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova. Griffin Walker. G+. Russian diplomats cite reports, Turkish military advisers command militia near Alepppo. Tass.ru. 2,000 Jihadis in fighting.

12 June 2016 – 12 people are dead and dozens wounded. A double car bombing in Damascus. TVNZ. One news.

28 July 2016 – Chicago Tribune. ARA news. Syrian civil war. Radio NZ. Twin blasts and hundreds of people were wounded. Sydney Morning Herald. Qamishli. 50 people were killed, Two tons of explosives. Al-Jazeera. Kurdish town, a massive bomb blast.

Aug 2016 – Gary Walton. G+. Two million people in the Syrian city of Aleppo have no access to running water or electricity. The Big Wobble.

3 Aug 2016 – News hub. Toxic gas was dropped on a Syrian town. 33 people were injured by the gas. Chlorine gas barrel bombs in Saraqeb. Reuters.

14 Aug 2016 – The US Pentagon spends millions on spies for hire, workers in Syria. Sputnik int. Private intel in Syria with US troops. Intel analysis. The Daily news.

9 Aug 2016 – Twitter. Anonymous xistence. Black market organ trafficking in war torn Syria. Syrian Observer.

19 Aug 2016 – Twitter. Anonymous 4^th estate. Syria and world war. China joins Russia with Assad.

20 Aug 2016 – Twitter. Lara Bitar. Syrian torture prison, photo of Saydnaya. Interactive model of jail.

20 Aug 2016 – Sputnik. Twitter. Russia is using Hamadan air base at Syria's request. Iran Defence Monitor.