Open your eyes.
A Syrian boy mourns his father who was murdered by the Syrian government forces.
Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP
U.N. monitors say 13 killed in cold blood in Syria | Reuters
13 people, rumored to be defected Syrian soldiers, were killed Wednesday. The victims had been shot and were found face down with their hands tied behind their backs 31 miles east of the city of Deir al-Zor . Those responsible for this atrocity have taken the tragic fighting to a new, barbaric level. The U.N. Human Rights Council has plans to meet on Friday to confront Syria for the third time since the rebellion began in March 2011.
China and Russia still refuse to impose U.N. penalties to force Assad to stop the brutality towards protesters and armed insurgents.
Turkey, United States, Britain, France and Germany have joined forces and ordered Syrian diplomats out of their countries in protest of the Houla massacre. Reuters reports,
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani accused U.S. and other Western officials of seeking to “prepare the ground for a new crisis” over Syria, Iran’s Press TV website reported.
“The Majlis (parliament) condemns the opportunistic intervention of certain countries in Syria and the U.S. terrorist measures and unwise warmongering messages,” he said.
Twenty seven killed as Yemen army repels militant ambush | Reuters.
My heart aches for the middle east. It is a mess.
