Dec 24, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. military has assessed that the
Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah was helping the leading Alawite militia
sponsored by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Dec 16, 2012

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The leading militia of President Bashar Assad was said to have killed up to 150 Alawites in what the opposition termed a massacre.

Dec 13, 2012

LONDON [MENL] -- Leading supporters of the regime of Syrian President Bashar
Assad have been relocating to the Alawite-dominated coast of the
Mediterranean.

Dec 06, 2012

AMMAN [MENL] -- Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost control over much of
Damascus, a report said.