Syrien

[Schneemann]

Auszug aus dem Rian-Artikel:

Rund 5000 ausländische Söldner kämpfen derzeit gegen die Regierungstruppen in Syrien.

Genau die gleiche Zahl hatte ich ja schon vor ein paar Tagen geschätzt, wobei es dann bei der gleichen Aussagekraft bliebe: Dies sind allenfalls 5-10% aller Aufständischen dort. Insofern kann man auch schlecht von einer Aufstandsbewegung sprechen, die nur aus irgendwelchen sunnitischen Islamisten besteht.

Nebenbei: Wenn wir schon von ausländischen Kämpfern sprechen...

Report: Hezbollah increases support of Assad, sends fighters to Syria

Washington Post cites Lebanese sources as saying that the militant group has taken on an operational role in Syria; U.S. officials: Hezbollah expanded aid, did not yet send fighters.

Hezbollah has increased its support of Syria President Bashar Assad's battle with opposition forces, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, with Lebanese officials cited as saying that the militant group has even sent fighters to combat rebel troops. [...] Speaking to the Washington Post on Thursday, both U.S. and Lebanese officials indicated that Hezbollah had increased its support of Assad's regime, with Lebanese officials claiming that the militant group was sending fighters to the war-torn country. “Hezbollah has been active in supporting the Syrian regime with their own militia,” an unnamed Lebanese government official, affiliated with the anti-Hezbollah bloc, was quoted as saying in the report, adding: “They’ve been quite involved in a combat role, quite involved in fighting.”

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...wäre es ja dann auch mal interessant zu erfahren, wieviele ausländischen Kämpfer der "anderen Feldpostnummer" auf Seiten des Assad-Regimes kämpfen und mitmorden...

Ferner: Zu den Folgen des syrischen Dramas...

Syria refugees to reach 700,000 by year's end - UNHCR

The UN's refugee agency has warned that as many as 700,000 people could have fled Syria by the end of the year, a huge increase on its previous estimate.

Some 294,000 refugees have already left Syria, and the UNHCR is appealing for $490m (£300m) to deal with the crisis.
Most of the refugees are housed in camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. A UK-based activist group said that Wednesday was the bloodiest day of the 18-month-old conflict so far, with more than 305 people being killed.

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Schneemann.