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Broad majorities of Democrats and Republicans alike disagree with  President Obama's decision to supply arms to rebels fighting to  overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a Pew poll out Monday.
The survey reflected very little partisan divide in attitudes abo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meloney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meloney]]></source><link>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/17/19008183-most-americans-oppose-arming-syrian-rebels-poll-shows-cbs-news</link><guid>http://meloney.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/17/19008183-most-americans-oppose-arming-syrian-rebels-poll-shows-cbs-news</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>arming-syria</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyF7BC30E0-C4F5-F750-8D9E-D38FF1D0031E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MeloneyF7BC30E0-C4F5-F750-8D9E-D38FF1D0031E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Blood on your hands: Vladimir Putin's attack on Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of G8 talks on Syria </title>
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The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, rounded on Britain on Sunday, accusing David Cameron of betraying humanitarian values by supporting Syrian rebels with &ldquo;blood on their hands&rdquo;.
In harsh and undiplomatic language, Mr Putin accused the UK and other Western power&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/16/18990104-blood-on-your-hands-vladimir-putins-attack-on-prime-minister-david-cameron-ahead-of-g8-talks-on-syria</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/16/18990104-blood-on-your-hands-vladimir-putins-attack-on-prime-minister-david-cameron-ahead-of-g8-talks-on-syria</guid><category>russia</category><category>britain</category><category>northern-ireland</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>society</category><category>world-news</category><category>vladimir-putin</category><category>press-conference</category><category>foreign-affairs</category><category>g8-summit</category><category>western-powers</category><category>uk-news-channel</category><category>betraying-humanitarian-values</category><category>blood-on-their-hands</category><category>kill-enemies</category><category>eat-organs</category><category>legitimate-government</category><category>murderous-dictator</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0F80D356-66FA-43AE-7D26-09FB83FC8080.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0F80D356-66FA-43AE-7D26-09FB83FC8080.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Okay We Are Going To Arm The Syrian Rebels. Now What?</title>
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Any reading this who have been on Newsvine for the last 18+ months and who have been following my articles on Syria know my position of being pro Syrian intervention.&nbsp; I obviously then welcome this latest development of the Obama administration policy shift of deciding the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18974407-okay-we-are-going-to-arm-the-syrian-rebels-now-what</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18974407-okay-we-are-going-to-arm-the-syrian-rebels-now-what</guid><category>us</category><category>aid</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>no-fly-zones</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>president-obama</category><category>foreign-intervention</category><category>free-syria</category><category>arming-the-opposition</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:48:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective1C103999-83E3-2078-AEB1-BE1BD2B9BF75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective1C103999-83E3-2078-AEB1-BE1BD2B9BF75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members Of The Free Syrian Army.  The Ones Who Bashar al-Assad Insist Are Terrorist.  They don't look like terrorist do they?  That's because they are not.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective1C1CEBE3-98E2-CC7D-1F8F-3A8295FEF1A3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective1C1CEBE3-98E2-CC7D-1F8F-3A8295FEF1A3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;More Free Syrian Army Members &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective49352016-B374-47E9-3A9E-621EE4FB2581.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective49352016-B374-47E9-3A9E-621EE4FB2581.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Free Syrian Soldiers Prepare For Battle&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective16C0B587-532D-4D9F-D47D-46B86D7E9C97.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective16C0B587-532D-4D9F-D47D-46B86D7E9C97.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Free Syrian Soldiers In Darkoush, Idlib Province, Syria&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective28BCF771-60F6-FA57-FDC2-AB889B69720D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective28BCF771-60F6-FA57-FDC2-AB889B69720D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Free Syrian Soldiers Prepare For A Firefight&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective28A355A3-FE55-4482-C1F9-ED0CAD82A7FD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective28A355A3-FE55-4482-C1F9-ED0CAD82A7FD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Assad's Military Forces&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective45ADE26B-E46B-7D87-9059-5845C0BC86B0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective45ADE26B-E46B-7D87-9059-5845C0BC86B0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;More Of Assad's Forces The Ones The Free Syrian Army And The Majority of Syria and The West Consider Enemies Because They Are Responsible For Mass Killings And Other Crimes Against Humanity Against Innocent Syrian Men, Women, And Children.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective983C2958-4783-F63C-BEF7-0B8487708648.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective983C2958-4783-F63C-BEF7-0B8487708648.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Some of Those The Assad Regime Considers Enemies&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveE2BF260A-265D-4D8C-2584-53EF926BA3AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveE2BF260A-265D-4D8C-2584-53EF926BA3AF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Why Does The Assad Regime Consider Them Enemies?  I Don't Know Ask The Assad Regime Why They Committed The Houla Massacre And Countless Others Targeting And Killing Even The Children. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective7D8C8625-7A13-3CC8-697A-199A9DD6A6DA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective7D8C8625-7A13-3CC8-697A-199A9DD6A6DA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;One of The Assad Regime Latest Massacres.  145 civilians (34 children, 40 women, 71 men) killed in the Banias massacre.  Again Why Does The Assad Regime Consider Them Enemies?  Do These Look Like Terrorist?  How Can This Regime Be So Heartless To Intentionally Slaughter Unarmed Men and Women and Innocent Children? &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective3712DBB5-5223-DF9A-B860-EFF9000BF4B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective3712DBB5-5223-DF9A-B860-EFF9000BF4B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Is The Kind of Weaponry The Free Syrian Army Is Up Against&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveF4DE3740-7EE1-5AF1-06E7-F010ACF2713B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveF4DE3740-7EE1-5AF1-06E7-F010ACF2713B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Rebel Fighters Also Have A Sophisticated Syrian Air Force Capability They Have To Contend With&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveEDA913AF-3010-4D02-7A94-086D7A08ACBD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveEDA913AF-3010-4D02-7A94-086D7A08ACBD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yet More Of Assad's Air Power Sophistication That The Rebels Have To Try To Defend Themselves And Their Fellow Syrians Against&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveD4AF3397-6622-A235-4513-642BFD3AF3F5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveD4AF3397-6622-A235-4513-642BFD3AF3F5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;When And If We Try To Set Up A No Fly Zone At A Future Date This Is What We Will Have To Contend With A Sophisticated Air Defense System Of The Assad Regime&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective46482F8A-2307-64CE-D227-A690BCC34127.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective46482F8A-2307-64CE-D227-A690BCC34127.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Syrian Anti-Ship Missiles &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective64493C47-0310-72C7-E856-680A58B7A18B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="638" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective64493C47-0310-72C7-E856-680A58B7A18B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Syrian Army Surface To Surface Missiles&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective8D10A7C6-2C28-910E-9025-BA23405D3471.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective8D10A7C6-2C28-910E-9025-BA23405D3471.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Syrian Army Scud-B Surface To Surface Missiles&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveFDC9823F-BBFD-2AA2-40C7-16AFB7DFFD07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveFDC9823F-BBFD-2AA2-40C7-16AFB7DFFD07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Syrian Zelzal or M-600 Rockets (Missiles)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Weapon Systems Like These Could Be Modified To Allow For Chemical Weapon Warfare On A Large Scale &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>As Rebels Lose Ground in Syria, U.S. Mulls Options - NYTimes.com</title>
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By   MICHAEL R. GORDON and  MARK LANDLER
Published: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON &mdash; President Bashar al-Assad&rsquo;s gains on the battlefield have called the United States&rsquo; strategy on Syria into question, prompting the Obama administration to again consider  military&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18905373-as-rebels-lose-ground-in-syria-us-mulls-options-nytimescom</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18905373-as-rebels-lose-ground-in-syria-us-mulls-options-nytimescom</guid><category>us</category><category>aid</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>uk</category><category>no-fly-zones</category><category>president-obama</category><category>foreign-intervention</category><category>free-syria</category><category>arming-the-opposition</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:51:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective23FFBE15-CF67-3971-86ED-D404EF29074E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective23FFBE15-CF67-3971-86ED-D404EF29074E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reports: Obama administration close to approving arms shipments to Syrian rebels - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18877462-reports-obama-administration-close-to-approving-arms-shipments-to-syrian-rebels-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18877462-reports-obama-administration-close-to-approving-arms-shipments-to-syrian-rebels-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>kerry</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>syrian-civil-war</category><category>golan-high</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:15:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89AFE36AC8-6B3C-3BE3-C9E1-13458290F90B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89AFE36AC8-6B3C-3BE3-C9E1-13458290F90B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Syrian Victory, Hezbollah Risks Broader Fight - NYTimes.com</title>
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BEIRUT, Lebanon &mdash; In the final days the outgunned Syrian rebels,  deprived of reinforcements, ammunition and sleep, were surviving on  olives and canned beans. They were hiding in the concrete shells of  destroyed houses and underground tunnels near the besieged rebel  st&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18786734-in-syrian-victory-hezbollah-risks-broader-fight-nytimescom</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18786734-in-syrian-victory-hezbollah-risks-broader-fight-nytimescom</guid><category>lebanon</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>hezbollah</category><category>nasrallah</category><category>bashar</category><category>fire-fight</category><category>qusayr</category><category>free-syria</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Jun 2013 03:24:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective605E639F-40C6-F0EB-915B-0DA7DCE0A0B1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective605E639F-40C6-F0EB-915B-0DA7DCE0A0B1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria and the Middle East: our greatest miscalculation since the rise of fascism </title>
<description><![CDATA[
There could no more dreadful idea than to pour more armaments into the sectarian war now consuming Syria. Yet that is precisely what Britain's coalition government wants to do. The foreign secretary, William Hague, seemed on Monday to parody his hero Pitt the Younger by demandi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/29/18581179-syria-and-the-middle-east-our-greatest-miscalculation-since-the-rise-of-fascism</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/29/18581179-syria-and-the-middle-east-our-greatest-miscalculation-since-the-rise-of-fascism</guid><category>iraq</category><category>libya</category><category>egypt</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>sadam</category><category>bashar-al-assad</category><category>fascism</category><category>simon-jenkins</category><category>gadaffi</category><category>sectarian-war</category><category>foreign-secretary-william-hague</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>western-sanctions</category><category>britains-coalition</category><category>media-choice</category><category>muslim-schism</category><category>seculrist-dictators</category><category>religious-discord</category><category>pitt-the-younger</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 10:38:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah00A442D1-CB82-A016-DD14-5218781A901F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah00A442D1-CB82-A016-DD14-5218781A901F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sen. McCain Slips Into Syria, Meets With Rebels - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[wow i wasn't aware of any of this.&nbsp; pretty brave of him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maria  lyn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maria  lyn]]></source><link>http://maria--lyn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/27/18542079-sen-mccain-slips-into-syria-meets-with-rebels-abc-news</link><guid>http://maria--lyn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/27/18542079-sen-mccain-slips-into-syria-meets-with-rebels-abc-news</guid><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>hatred</category><category>worldnews</category><category>civilwar</category><category>deathofcivilians</category><category>assadoutnow</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 02:25:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maria--lyn6E5CEB09-6862-3B02-021C-F28ABACF7698.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maria--lyn6E5CEB09-6862-3B02-021C-F28ABACF7698.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Assad Your Finished! (HD Music Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Well I have managed to piss off some pro Assad people who are hackers my investigation leads me to believe they are the Syrian Electronic Army.  They are monitoring me here and all other sites I use my name on like You Tube.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/25/18490058-assad-your-finished-hd-music-video</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/25/18490058-assad-your-finished-hd-music-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>justice</category><category>opposition</category><category>resistance</category><category>rebels</category><category>hackers</category><category>hd</category><category>assad</category><category>music-video</category><category>karma</category><category>fate</category><category>you-tube</category><category>bashar</category><category>free-syria</category><category>syrian-electronic-army</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:58:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFH2MpB456Y" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dFH2MpB456Y/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Bashar al-Assad you will not escape your fate!</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stand Up For Human Rights! Stand With The Syrian People! Stand Against Tyrants!</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you support the Syrian People, a free Syria, the mainstream Syrian opposition, and you think we should being doing more to end the crises in Syria please consider joining our Nation FREE SYRIA.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18193466-stand-up-for-human-rights-stand-with-the-syrian-people-stand-against-tyrants</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18193466-stand-up-for-human-rights-stand-with-the-syrian-people-stand-against-tyrants</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>genocide</category><category>rebels</category><category>activism</category><category>assad</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>bashar</category><category>al-assad</category><category>free-syria</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:23:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective68F9F142-08E8-1B5D-47D5-605E0B715F56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective68F9F142-08E8-1B5D-47D5-605E0B715F56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stand Up For Human Rights!&lt;br /&gt;
Stand With The Syrian People!&lt;br /&gt;
Stand Against Tyrants!  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time for Obama to decide</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Bremmer essentially say's " Arm the Al Qaida Jihadists" and to hell with the consequnces. If you like tortured logic, this is a greast example of speaking out two sides of the same mouth.
Mr. Bremmer's opines that if we are the radiacals ansd establsih a no fly zone in Syria&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barretts'View]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barretts'View]]></source><link>http://barrettsview.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18153200-time-for-obama-to-decide</link><guid>http://barrettsview.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18153200-time-for-obama-to-decide</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 21:05:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=barrettsview7F725AD1-868C-D955-8D28-520B71381CFF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=barrettsview7F725AD1-868C-D955-8D28-520B71381CFF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte.
"Our investigators have been in neighboring countries in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></source><link>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18072165-un-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator</link><guid>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18072165-un-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>sarin</category><category>poison-gas</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:10:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillis3AA7243F-1F22-B0A5-75E7-47A36563488D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillis3AA7243F-1F22-B0A5-75E7-47A36563488D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Some Tuaregs in Mali mark 1 year of rebel movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some separatist ethnic Tuareg rebels in northern Mali are marking the one-year anniversary of their political movement even after their group officially backed away from its quest for independence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baba Ahmed]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Baba Ahmed]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17642381-some-tuaregs-in-mali-mark-1-year-of-rebel-movement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17642381-some-tuaregs-in-mali-mark-1-year-of-rebel-movement</guid><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>mali</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 18:07:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Images of war: A child wanders amid the rubble and dust of a town he called home that now looks like the film set of an apocalyptic future  |</title>
<description><![CDATA[Standing amid the ruins, a child gazes at the devastation war has brought to his home in Syria.
Once&nbsp;Deir al-Zor&nbsp;was a busy town in the eastern part of the country, with a growing tourist industry, but when rebels&nbsp;moved in, it became a target for tyrant President &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17631906-images-of-war-a-child-wanders-amid-the-rubble-and-dust-of-a-town-he-called-home-that-now-looks-like-the-film-set-of-an-apocalyptic-future</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17631906-images-of-war-a-child-wanders-amid-the-rubble-and-dust-of-a-town-he-called-home-that-now-looks-like-the-film-set-of-an-apocalyptic-future</guid><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>torture</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>tyrants</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 19:11:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A28E8D80-2243-FFF3-5088-22103B6EE638.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A28E8D80-2243-FFF3-5088-22103B6EE638.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Group says South Sudan aids rebels in Sudan</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Sudan provided logistical, financial and political support &#8212; but not weapons &#8212; to rebels fighting Sudanese government forces, according to a report from the Small Arms Survey, an independent Swiss research group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlton Doki]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlton Doki]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17612562-group-says-south-sudan-aids-rebels-in-sudan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17612562-group-says-south-sudan-aids-rebels-in-sudan</guid><category>sudan</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>south-sudan</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 09:28:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Philippines, Muslim rebels expect peace pact soon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said Wednesday that they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579992-philippines-muslim-rebels-expect-peace-pact-soon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579992-philippines-muslim-rebels-expect-peace-pact-soon</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:49:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ada56ae4-b37a-4420-9ac2-62ed6afddadf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ada56ae4-b37a-4420-9ac2-62ed6afddadf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front listens to questions from reporters at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force.  (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83b645e4-7b85-422c-8174-1e88365d1215.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83b645e4-7b85-422c-8174-1e88365d1215.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, shakes hands with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles as they present the 15-member Transition Commission to the media at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country say they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30983078-cc4c-4d9a-8e67-471c23807916.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30983078-cc4c-4d9a-8e67-471c23807916.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front listens to questions from reporters at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rebel group: Congo warlord wanted control of M23</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for a Congolese rebel group said Thursday that rebel fighters in the M23 group were trying to kill warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who fled Congo and turned himself in to a U.S. Embassy last week before being transferred to the International Criminal Court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney Muhumuza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17500122-rebel-group-congo-warlord-wanted-control-of-m23</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17500122-rebel-group-congo-warlord-wanted-control-of-m23</guid><category>congo</category><category>rebels</category><category>international-criminal-court</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>bosco-ntaganda</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:32:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=237f031f-9273-4c5d-aa91-eb0fc3b55d91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=237f031f-9273-4c5d-aa91-eb0fc3b55d91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda, right, is flanked by a security guard as is seen during his first appearance before judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday March 26, 2013, since his surprise surrender to face charges including murder, rape pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo. Ntaganda had been one of the court's longest-sought fugitives until he unexpectedly became the first suspect to voluntarily turn himself in by seeking refuge last week at the U.S. Embassy in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Ntaganda allegedly led rebels who terrorized eastern Congo in brutal tribal fighting from 2002 till 2003. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0220be4-de4a-43bf-bb8f-6610e7c0d774.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0220be4-de4a-43bf-bb8f-6610e7c0d774.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda is seen during his first appearance before judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday March 26, 2013, since his surprise surrender to face charges including murder, rape pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo. Ntaganda had been one of the court's longest-sought fugitives until he unexpectedly became the first suspect to voluntarily turn himself in by seeking refuge last week at the U.S. Embassy in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Ntaganda allegedly led rebels who terrorized eastern Congo in brutal tribal fighting from 2002 till 2003. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mali secular rebels appoint administrator in Kidal</title>
<description><![CDATA[A secular rebel group that has long sought independence in northern Mali now has appointed its own administrator to govern the region of Kidal, a move that shows its growing strength after a French-led military operation forced its rivals into the desert.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brahima Ouedraogo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brahima Ouedraogo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490909-mali-secular-rebels-appoint-administrator-in-kidal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490909-mali-secular-rebels-appoint-administrator-in-kidal</guid><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>mali</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:27:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale Gavlak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dale Gavlak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489867-officials-arms-shipments-rise-to-syrian-rebels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489867-officials-arms-shipments-rise-to-syrian-rebels</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>bashar-assad</category><category>ml</category><category>arming-rebels</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:33:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3517fe5-f7f2-4f1d-805c-aaa59c91f38d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3517fe5-f7f2-4f1d-805c-aaa59c91f38d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, Syrian rebel fighter Tawfiq Hassan, 23, a former butcher, poses for a picture, after returning  from fighting against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, at a rebel headquarters in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria. America's Arab allies have dramatically stepped up weapon supplies to Syrian rebels in preparation for a push on the capital Damascus, the main stronghold of President Bashar Assad, officials and Western military experts say, with one official saying airlifts to neighboring Jordan and Turkey have doubled the past month. The U.S. and other Western governments are involved to channel the flow toward more secular fighters, they say. The influx appears to be boosting a rebel drive to seize supply routes from the border with Jordan to Damascus.  (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=14a0bd28-8b07-4366-8b08-3ad6b7137345.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=14a0bd28-8b07-4366-8b08-3ad6b7137345.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 file photo, Syrian rebels listen to their trainer on how to use a rocket propelled grenade in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria. America's Arab allies have dramatically stepped up weapon supplies to Syrian rebels in preparation for a push on the capital Damascus, the main stronghold of President Bashar Assad, officials and Western military experts say, with one official saying airlifts to neighboring Jordan and Turkey have doubled the past month. The U.S. and other Western governments are involved to channel the flow toward more secular fighters, they say. The influx appears to be boosting a rebel drive to seize supply routes from the border with Jordan to Damascus. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f41e9462-6abd-40b5-8665-c652a5133fd9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f41e9462-6abd-40b5-8665-c652a5133fd9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif, at the front line of Maaret al-Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria. America's Arab allies have dramatically stepped up weapon supplies to Syrian rebels in preparation for a push on the capital Damascus, the main stronghold of President Bashar Assad, officials and Western military experts say, with one official saying airlifts to neighboring Jordan and Turkey have doubled the past month. The U.S. and other Western governments are involved to channel the flow toward more secular fighters, they say. The influx appears to be boosting a rebel drive to seize supply routes from the border with Jordan to Damascus. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f01676bd-f114-46af-9366-7bc9cf2bc8ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f01676bd-f114-46af-9366-7bc9cf2bc8ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 file photo, a Syrian rebel checks an anti-aircraft weapon, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria. America's Arab allies have dramatically stepped up weapon supplies to Syrian rebels in preparation for a push on the capital Damascus, the main stronghold of President Bashar Assad, officials and Western military experts say, with one official saying airlifts to neighboring Jordan and Turkey have doubled the past month. The U.S. and other Western governments are involved to channel the flow toward more secular fighters, they say. The influx appears to be boosting a rebel drive to seize supply routes from the border with Jordan to Damascus. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>C. African Republic hospitals looted after coup</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aid groups and the international community on Tuesday condemned widespread looting in Central African Republic's capital, saying that even hospitals had been robbed in the aftermath of a weekend coup that ousted the president of a decade.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Richard Pouambi ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jose Richard Pouambi ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456080-c-african-republic-hospitals-looted-after-coup</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456080-c-african-republic-hospitals-looted-after-coup</guid><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>central-african-republic</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c2cdf8-e479-4866-8476-4e04ff71df03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c2cdf8-e479-4866-8476-4e04ff71df03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Foto del 2 de enero del 2013 de un soldado de Chad que apoya al presidente de la República Centroafricana Francois Bozize, cerca de Damara, a unos 70 kilómetros (44 millas) al norte de la capital, Bangui, (Foto AP/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ff56ee-4a6a-4a7a-a16c-fdacce22d76a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ff56ee-4a6a-4a7a-a16c-fdacce22d76a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Friday March 22, 2013 and provided on Monday March 25, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audio visual office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport, Central Africa Republic. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has &quot;opened a new page in its history.&quot; The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Elise Foucaud, ECPAD)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ed9db92-609b-4ee8-b97b-67c046dcb55b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ed9db92-609b-4ee8-b97b-67c046dcb55b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Friday March 22, 2013 and provided on Monday March 25, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audio visual office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport, Central Africa Republic. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has &quot;opened a new page in its history.&quot; The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Elises Foucaud, ECPAD)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e88a6946-8331-423f-8c7a-de135bf50740.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="335" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e88a6946-8331-423f-8c7a-de135bf50740.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, Central African Republic rebel leader Michel Djotodia arrives ahead of planned peace talks with Central African Republic's government, in Libreville, Gabon. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, March 24, after invading the capital. Seleka rebel group leader Djotodia told French radio station RFI Monday, March 25, that he is the de facto head of state and should be addressed as the president. (AP Photo/Joel Bouopda Tatou, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c4f9e11-19d7-4841-945b-9b65a5a3f9df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c4f9e11-19d7-4841-945b-9b65a5a3f9df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, Central African Republic rebel leader Michel Djotodia arrives ahead of planned peace talks with Central African Republic's government, in Libreville, Gabon. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, March 24, after invading the capital. Seleka rebel group leader Djotodia told French radio station RFI Monday, March 25, that he is the de facto head of state and should be addressed as the president. (AP Photo/Joel Bouopda Tatou, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea9a913e-c236-41c2-9578-dc49814a17c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="432" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea9a913e-c236-41c2-9578-dc49814a17c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Map shows Central African Republic where rebels have overthrown their president&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20cad8ee-fb3b-409f-a930-fb050255b0b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20cad8ee-fb3b-409f-a930-fb050255b0b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, March 25, 2013 photo, rebel soldiers stand guard outside a hotel where Seleka rebel alliance leader Michel Djotodia was due to make a declaration, in Bangui, Central African Republic.  Djotodia, whose fighters seized the capital of Central African Republic over the weekend, announced late Monday that he has dissolved the country's constitution and will stay in power for three years, according to excerpts from the broadcast carried on French radio.  The Seleka rebel leader justified his coup d'etat, saying ousted President Francois Bozize had veered into dictatorship during his 10 years in power.(AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Cameroon government says the ousted president of Central African Republic has fled to Cameroon and is seeking "temporary" refuge before going to another country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmanuel Tumanjong]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emmanuel Tumanjong]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17357937-c-african-republic-president-flees-to-cameroon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17357937-c-african-republic-president-flees-to-cameroon</guid><category>republic</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>african</category><category>central-african-republic</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:41:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c2cdf8-e479-4866-8476-4e04ff71df03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c2cdf8-e479-4866-8476-4e04ff71df03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Foto del 2 de enero del 2013 de un soldado de Chad que apoya al presidente de la República Centroafricana Francois Bozize, cerca de Damara, a unos 70 kilómetros (44 millas) al norte de la capital, Bangui, (Foto AP/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ff56ee-4a6a-4a7a-a16c-fdacce22d76a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ff56ee-4a6a-4a7a-a16c-fdacce22d76a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Friday March 22, 2013 and provided on Monday March 25, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audio visual office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport, Central Africa Republic. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has &quot;opened a new page in its history.&quot; The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Elise Foucaud, ECPAD)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ed9db92-609b-4ee8-b97b-67c046dcb55b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ed9db92-609b-4ee8-b97b-67c046dcb55b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Friday March 22, 2013 and provided on Monday March 25, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audio visual office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport, Central Africa Republic. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has &quot;opened a new page in its history.&quot; The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Elises Foucaud, ECPAD)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>USA funding Syrian terrorist rebels</title>
<description><![CDATA[


President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TV-MISSILE]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TV-MISSILE]]></source><link>http://tv-missile.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17348129-usa-funding-syrian-terrorist-rebels</link><guid>http://tv-missile.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17348129-usa-funding-syrian-terrorist-rebels</guid><category>usa</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tv-missileA2E4A8F8-1FE1-69A8-0212-F002184022CA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tv-missileA2E4A8F8-1FE1-69A8-0212-F002184022CA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Villagers say Rwandan troops crossed into Congo</title>
<description><![CDATA[Villagers in a town on the Congo-Rwanda border say they saw a half dozen trucks with Rwandan soldiers cross into Congo last week to lend support to troops led by a wanted rebel leader.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melanie Gouby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melanie Gouby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17336956-villagers-say-rwandan-troops-crossed-into-congo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17336956-villagers-say-rwandan-troops-crossed-into-congo</guid><category>congo</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:07:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e36b3c2c-5039-4cdf-9e44-25d856fca874.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e36b3c2c-5039-4cdf-9e44-25d856fca874.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, March 4, 2013, former M23 President Jean-Marie Runiga, center, is accompanied by general Baudoin Ngaruye, left, as he holds a press conference in Kibumba, eastern Congo, following a split within the M23 rebel group. Col. Vianney Kazarama, leader of the rival faction, said Saturday, March 16, that his faction has regained control of all the M23 held territory in eastern Congo, and that Runiga has been arrested by Rwandan authorities after fleeing across the border. (AP Photo/Melanie Gouby)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Special Report: Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid | Doctors Without Borders</title>
<description><![CDATA[Clip from Article:
Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid
March 6, 2013
After two years of an extremely violent conflict that the UN estimates  has killed more than 70,000, the people of Syria are mired in a  humanitarian catastrophe.
Despite repeated requests, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></source><link>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17215942-special-report-syria-two-years-on-the-failure-of-international-aid-doctors-without-borders</link><guid>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17215942-special-report-syria-two-years-on-the-failure-of-international-aid-doctors-without-borders</guid><category>women</category><category>human</category><category>children</category><category>international</category><category>court</category><category>syria</category><category>rights</category><category>babies</category><category>murder</category><category>democracy</category><category>genocide</category><category>rape</category><category>rebels</category><category>torture</category><category>against</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>crimes</category><category>civilians</category><category>criminal</category><category>mass</category><category>atrocities</category><category>assad</category><category>bashar</category><category>systematic</category><category>humaniity</category><category>viiolation</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 03:52:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chief of Syrian rebel army pleads for arms</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chief of staff of the rebel army pleaded with the international community Wednesday to supply arms and ammunition so the opposition can resist attacks by the regime of Syria's President Bashar Assad.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Melvin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Melvin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209628-chief-of-syrian-rebel-army-pleads-for-arms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17209628-chief-of-syrian-rebel-army-pleads-for-arms</guid><category>eu</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>bashar-assad</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:53:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=571b6e45-3d15-4918-a7ee-096fbc74e633.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=571b6e45-3d15-4918-a7ee-096fbc74e633.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013.  (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2ec043f-676c-48c4-9055-ce7d4025e24d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2ec043f-676c-48c4-9055-ce7d4025e24d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, not seen, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013.  (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03bc9e52-c070-415f-80c3-055cb9b96ca7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03bc9e52-c070-415f-80c3-055cb9b96ca7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013.  (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>