Articles posted by Cecily Hilleary
Cecily Hilleary, one of our senior reporters, curates our Syria Watch feature with materials from such sources as the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian News Agency SANA and a variety of others. She also routinely reaches out to entities of the Syrian government.
Recent newspaper reports suggest that al-Qaida and associated jihadist groups are flocking in large numbers to Syria to help the opposition bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with an ultimate goal of creating chaos, fanning sectarian tension and, ultimately, working to ensure the establishment of a Sharia-based government. If these reports are true, they could More »
Violence in Syria has continued without interruption, in spite of a deal between Damascus and the Arab League signed December 19th. Under the agreement, President Bashar al-Assad was to halt the military crackdown against an uprising that, according to the latest United Nations figures, has so far claimed more than 5,400 lives on both More »
Violence in Syria has continued without interruption, in spite of a deal between Damascus and the Arab League signed December 19th. Under the agreement, President Bashar Al-Assad was to halt the military crackdown against an uprising that, according to the latest United Nations figures, has so far claimed more than 5,000 lives. The Arab-brokered More »
Violence in Syria has continued without interruption, in spite of a deal between Damascus and the Arab League reached several weeks ago. Under the agreement, President Bashar Al-Assad was to halt the military crackdown against an uprising that, according to the latest United Nations figures, has so far claimed more than 5,000 lives. More »
