The Homs Gap and Qal'at al-Hosn

conal · Site Admin

With a civil war now in full swing in Syria any (NATO) land force looking to meddle will have to travel through the Homs Gap.

Look forward to your favourite medieval fortress Krak de Chevaliers getting flattened Monte Casino style.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1229/

conal · Site Admin

Shes a dirty old civil war now.
1992 Bosnia styles.

http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120917-0000064/Iran-confirms-it-has-forces-in-Syria

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/syria/

conal · Site Admin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19468300

nice.

conal · Site Admin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Homs

conal · Site Admin

Check out the sandals.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Sep-28/189487-unprecedented-fighting-in-syrias-aleppo-residents-activists.ashx#axzz27kgSZMC2

Mad Jim · Location: Dunedin

Bugger, well fortress Krak de Chevaliers had a good run..thanks broken society..

conal · Site Admin

Coms gear anyone?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19874256

conal · Site Admin

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/syrian-internet-largely-restored-after-blackout-300210

In the photo the hardware geek is the one with his hands up.

conal · Site Admin

Syria crisis: Defiance and resolve in war-torn
Damascus

-By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, Damascus

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20674409

Some disturbing images.

Mr Bowen will need to be careful. Damascus under siege.

conal · Site Admin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR7tbwKIrHE

conal · Site Admin

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a1b_1357496363

conal · Site Admin

Not that others haven't intervened already. But herein the first foreign policy initiative ignoring Syria's sovereignty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21317600

Are Israel and Syria still officially at war? (I donno.)

conal · Site Admin

And here we are...

England, just needs three Lions on a banner in the back ground of this shot to cover off the ambiguity.

2kms from the border. Bit like "Long Shanks" really.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/mar/13/syria-crisis-uk-russia-talks-live

conal · Site Admin

I Like his suit too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7R7q1lSZfs

conal · Site Admin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmOlQFlgqNw